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The relocation experts at Global Mobility Solutions offer insight on top mobility challenges and industry trends. Learn important tips such as the benefits of benchmarking your relocation policy every 12 to 18 months and the importance of choosing the right relocation technology. We also present industry best practices and helpful information for companies and their employees on everything relating to relocation, including visa and immigration issues, learning new languages and culture, and finding a new home.

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AI Home Search and Virtual Tours

AI Home Search and Virtual Tours: What They Get Right (and Wrong) for Relocating Employees

This post is also available in: FrançaisRelocating employees now start their housing search online, long before they meet an agent. AI-powered search tools suggest listings in seconds, and virtual tours let them walk through a home from another city or country. Both are genuinely useful, but neither replaces local knowledge. Here is where each one helps and where it still falls short. How Relocating Employees Use AI Home Search Most transferees open a listing app or an AI assistant the moment they learn about a move. Tools like these filter thousands of listings by price, bedrooms, and commute, then rank them against stated preferences. For an employee who is unfamiliar

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Mike August 17, 2026
Commuter and Hybrid-Role Relocation

Commuter and Hybrid-Role Relocation: When a Full Move Isn’t the Right Answer

This post is also available in: FrançaisFor decades, relocation policy operated on a simple binary: an employee either moved to a location or they did not. Hybrid work broke that binary apart. Now a growing share of roles need someone physically present in a specific city two or three days a week, not five, and a full household relocation, complete with home sale assistance, school changes, and a permanent move, is often the wrong tool for that job entirely. Companies that have not built a policy for this middle ground are stuck applying an all-or-nothing framework to situations that clearly need something in between, and it is costing them both

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Mike August 17, 2026
Dual-Career Couples

Dual-Career Couples: Solving the Two-Career Problem in Relocation

This post is also available in: FrançaisFor most of the history of corporate relocation, policy was written around a single assumption: one working spouse relocates, the other manages the household transition. That assumption stopped reflecting reality a long time ago. In most households today, both partners work, and when one receives a relocation offer, the other is not simply along for the ride, they are weighing whether to give up their own career, their own income, and often their own professional identity to make the move possible. Companies that have not updated their relocation policy to reflect this are losing candidates over it, sometimes without ever realizing why. An offer

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Mike August 17, 2026
Third-Country National Relocation The Overlooked Segment of Global Mobility

Third-Country National Relocation: The Overlooked Segment of Global Mobility

This post is also available in: FrançaisMost global mobility policies are written with two scenarios in mind: an employee relocating from the home country to a host country, and eventually repatriating back home. It is a clean model, and it covers the majority of assignments most companies manage. It also completely misses a growing category of moves that does not fit that pattern at all: the third-country national, or TCN, an employee who is neither a citizen of the company’s home country nor the country they are being assigned to. A German employee based in Singapore who gets assigned to a project in Brazil is a TCN. So is an

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Mike August 17, 2026
Back-to-School Relocation Timing When to Move Families for the Smoothest Transition

Back-to-School Relocation Timing: When to Move Families for the Smoothest Transition

This post is also available in: FrançaisAsk any HR manager who has run a relocation program for more than a few years, and they will tell you the same thing: the hardest part of moving an employee with school-age children is rarely the employee. It is getting the timing right for the kids. Move too early in the summer and families spend weeks in limbo before enrollment opens. Move too late and children start the school year as the new kid three weeks in, already behind on friendships and routines that formed in September. Relocation timing is one of the few variables in a corporate move that a company can

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Mike August 16, 2026
Relocating Summer Interns A Playbook for HR Teams

Relocating Summer Interns: A Playbook for HR Teams

This post is also available in: FrançaisWhy Employee Relocation Experience Matters in 2026 Summer internship programs have become one of the most competitive parts of talent acquisition, and for many companies, that competition now extends beyond the office walls of headquarters. Interns are being recruited nationally, sometimes internationally, and increasingly expect the same kind of relocation support that full-time new hires receive. Yet most companies still treat intern relocation as an afterthought, cobbled together with a stipend and a list of nearby Airbnbs rather than a real program. That gap is a missed opportunity. A well-run intern relocation program does more than get a student from campus to your office.

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Mike August 16, 2026
lightbulb over a smile face for happy employee

5 Practical Ways to Improve Your Employee Relocation Experience

This post is also available in: FrançaisWhy Employee Relocation Experience Matters in 2026 Employee relocation plays a direct role in how organizations execute their business strategy. It impacts whether employees accept assignments, how quickly they become productive, and how effectively skills and knowledge are transferred across locations. While many companies already offer structured corporate relocation services and global mobility services, the real opportunity today is improving how those programs are experienced by employees. The most effective organizations are not necessarily adding more benefits or increasing spend. Instead, they are making targeted improvements that increase clarity, confidence, and consistency throughout the relocation process. One of the most impactful ways to improve

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Hrvoje "H" Crnečki April 30, 2026
women at computer auditing

3 Ways Your Relocation Program Gets Smarter Starting Next Week

This post is also available in: FrançaisGlobal Mobility Solutions continues to invest in how modern global mobility programs are delivered—ensuring that operational excellence is supported by clear data, strong cost control, and reliable financial visibility. As part of that continued focus, GMS is launching its partnership with Daycos. This collaboration enhances how corporate relocation services, supplier activity, and financial outcomes are connected across every stage of the relocation lifecycle. For organizations managing global mobility services across multiple regions, vendors, and policy structures, the challenge is no longer execution alone. It is visibility, alignment, and the ability to make informed decisions in real time. This is where the partnership delivers immediate

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MIchael Hughes April 24, 2026
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Relocation as a Strategic Workforce Lever

This post is also available in: FrançaisA Workforce Decision That’s Getting More Attention As organizations continue to expand across regions and markets, one workforce decision is coming into sharper focus: Do we bring in external talent — or redeploy the leaders we already have? Research from institutions like Wharton and Deloitte continues to highlight the advantages of internal mobility. Organizations that redeploy proven talent often experience faster operational readiness, stronger cultural continuity, and more stable early performance. At the same time, these benefits only materialize when employees are willing to relocate — making corporate relocation services and global mobility services an important part of the equation. Why Internal Mobility Is

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Christina Urrutia April 15, 2026

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