About Us

Livtopia was founded by Mr. Samer Salameh. Samer had been the CEO of Prodigy Communications, a public company, sold to SBC Communications (now AT & T) for over $2 Billion, as well as for Rstar, Raysat, and several other highly successful US companies. Samer spent over 10 years in Mexico as an expatriate, married a Mexican woman with whom he has 2 beautiful daughters, and went back to Mexico in 2005 to retire.

The idea of Livtopia was born when Samer realized he was spending countless hours showing American friends and family members how they too could move to, vacation, or retire abroad. People had noticed that they were able to enjoy a higher quality of life and that their dollars went much further in Mexico, Panama, Dominican Republic or Costa Rica than they did in the US. Facing a deluge of requests for help, Samer also realized that non-Spanish speakers faced numerous obstacles in their efforts to relocate outside the US, not the least of which was deciding where to retire, and then finding good housing once they found the ideal location. A move also involved dealing with how to relocate household items across international borders, as well as dealing with the many minor issues involved in moving to a new place, but magnified by the differences in language and cultural barriers. Finally, Samer decided to transform the blog he had started to help his friends into a full-fledged network of websites, Livtopia, as a way to help all the people who were looking to improve their quality of life. Today the network includes, Livtopia-Panama, MexRetire.com, Livtopia.com, and is being expanded to include sites for Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic.

We trust that while on our sites, you will feel the personal touch and the care that we take in helping, guiding, and servicing all our new friends. The objective of Livtopia is to make moving to Mexico, Panama, the Dominican Republic or Costa Rica “almost” as worry-free as moving within the US or Canada. We’ll help you determine the ideal place to live, based on your individual needs and give you all the tools to fine tune your research to make sure that the location you pick is indeed the place where you want to spend the many years to come. We can also help you to visit the location, find a place to buy or rent, and can either give you the required contacts to relocate and settle down, or can even do all the work for you through our Concierge service. If you choose Concierge, moving abroad will be a pleasant, effortless experience from start to finish. We take care of everything, and we mean, everything: we will get your papers, get the movers, pack, unpack, book your tickets, find you a nanny, a maid, driver, nurse, whatever you desire will be our mission. At Livtopia, we believe we are the only online one-stop-shop for everything you need to move abroad, and we’re also the folks who can actually MOVE you there.

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