Mendoza Retirement Planning Workshop

 

Dining at the Posada is a great way to end the day. The Workshop

 

In journalism, reporters are taught to ask--and answer--six key questions when they cover and write a story: Who? What When? Where? Why? How?

The same questions serve as the framework for this stimulating, practical and fun retirement planning workshop based at the Posada de Rosas in the center of Mendoza.

Ellen Hoffman, owner of the posada, author of two books on retirement and a retirement columnist for Business Week and other national publications, will conduct most of the sessions, with assistance from other local experts and from expatriates who have chosen Mendoza for their own retirement.

The Schedule


Seven days and seven nights, October 25 - November 1, 2008

Each day starts with Continental breakfast in the sunroom, on the terrace, or alongside the swimming pool. During your Mendoza visit, you will participate in six lively, thought-provoking sessions on the key topics.

The daily schedule will vary, but in addition to the workshop sessions, it includes:

  • Private tasting and briefing on Argentine wines

  • Visits to wineries for tours and tasting

  • Gourmet meals, including the typical Argentina beef barbeque (asado)

  • A full-day excursion into the majestic Andes, with views of Aconcagua, the highest mountain in the Western Hemisphere

  • A tango demonstration and visits to art studios and museums

  • Opportunities for spa treatments, shopping and other free-time fun

 

Workshop Sessions

 

WHO:

Your retirement decisions will almost certainly affect other people as well; your spouse or partner, children, parents or close friends. Because women live longer and tend to have fewer retirement assets than men, they face special issues in retirement planning. This session examines how to take your personal characteristics and relationships into consideration when you plan your retirement.

WHAT:

You can't make key retirement decisions until you have a vision of your lifestyle. This session outlines the components and issues to consider in making lifestyle decisions.

WHEN:

You can take Social Security at 62 or later, start Medicare at 65, take money out of your 401(k) without penalty when you turn 59 1/2. Maybe in a few years, the kids will be in college or maybe in five years you'll qualify for a pension. Thinking through these and other factors to set the right retirement date is not easy. This session will offer tips on how to figure it out.

WHERE:

Your current house? Or a smaller apartment or a condo on the beach? Your current neighborhood, city, region or state? Or maybe another country? This session will review the key options, as well as their pros and cons.

WHY:

Have you ever said, or heard anyone say: "I'll never retire"? Even if this is your attitude, there are some good reasons--ranging from your health status to the search for new, inspiring, creative activities--to retire, at least partially. This session offers examples of the many new lifestyles and activities that are making retirement attractive, even to people who said they would never do it.

HOW:

What are your next steps toward retirement? In the final group session, we weave together the threads from the entire workshop to guide you to a series of specific next steps.

HOW MUCH?:

Rates depend on group size and other factors.

Contact Amazing Mendoza Tours to find out more
about this retirement workshop.