Host Casey Kelly runs a podcast for Americans who are serious about making the move to Europe, not just thinking about it. For episode six, she brought in both Jana and Bethany to talk through the Netherlands specifically. Keukenhof, Netherlands, photo: Casey Kelly The conversation covers the ground that actually matters when you're planning a move: the DAFT visa and how it works, the housing market and how competitive it really is, what to expect from Dutch schools if you ha

Haarlem 105, the local radio station for the city Bethany actually calls home, invited her in to talk about GTFO Tours and why she left the US in the first place. She was direct about it. She had worked in politics long enough to see what was coming when Trump was first elected. She hoped she was wrong. She wasn't. Beyond politics, she talked about the practical reality that pushed her out. Healthcare in the US is brutally expensive, especially if you're single and navigating

DutchReview, the go-to English-language publication for internationals living in the Netherlands, covered the record-breaking numbers of Americans applying to move here. In December 2025 alone, nearly 6,700 visa applications came in from US nationals, a ten-year high, and December hadn't even been counted yet. Source: Dutch Review Jana talked to the NOS for the piece, which DutchReview picked up and ran with. Her explanation for why the Netherlands specifically keeps rising t

Bethany Quinn (left) and Jana Sanchez, founders of GTFO Tours, at their small office in Haarlem. Source: Daniel Rosenthal / de Volkskrant The Netherlands' biggest daily newspaper came to us with a simple question: why are so many Americans choosing the Netherlands specifically? Jana talked through what she sees every day. Americans instinctively look for English-speaking countries when they start researching emigration. The problem is that Canada, the UK, and Ireland are genu

When journalist Atossa Araxia Abrahamian started noticing that everyone around her in New York was asking how to leave the United States, she decided to write about it for The New Yorker. And to do that properly, she went on a GTFO tour. Illustration by Brian Rea In September 2025, she packed her bags and traveled around the Netherlands with us. She spent the week getting to know the group of Americans on the tour, seeing the country through their eyes, and reporting on what

In December 2025, NL Times reported that 6,690 Americans had applied to move to the Netherlands that year, the highest number in a decade. Jana spoke to NOS for the piece and explained exactly why the Netherlands keeps rising to the top of the list. A sign at Schiphol Airport saying "hello, goodbye," 1 November 2023 - Credit: NL Times / NL Times - License: All Rights Reserved Her answer was straightforward: Americans instinctively look for English-speaking countries when they

Newsweek published this piece on July 4, 2025, which felt fitting. The article follows Grover Wehman-Brown, a transgender writer and consultant who was packing up to move to the Netherlands the week the Supreme Court issued two more rulings against transgender rights. Their story is detailed and honest about how hard the decision was, even when it was clearly the right one. Photo-illustration by Newsweek/Getty/Canva Bethany spoke with Newsweek for the piece, sharing what GTFO

Y'all-itics, the politics podcast from Dallas ABC affiliate WFAA, had already covered Jana's move to the Netherlands back in November 2024. Six months later, they brought her back to talk about what had happened since: a new company, a growing community, and a whole lot of Americans who were no longer joking about leaving. Jana joined hosts the Jasons to walk through how GTFO Tours works, who it's designed for, and what the process actually looks like from the moment someone

The Irish Mirror asked Jana about the wave of Americans eyeing Ireland as an escape route. Her answer was honest: for most people, it's not the right move. Jana explained that English-speaking countries like Ireland, Canada, and the UK are the first places Americans think of when considering emigration. The problem is that those countries don't particularly want Americans, unless you're a nurse or a scientist. Ireland's passive income visa requirement alone puts it out of rea

Forbes writer Laura Begley Bloom covered the growing wave of Americans leaving the US, and GTFO Tours was at the center of it. The story followed Lalita Coetsee and Nico Garza, a couple from Colorado who found us while researching their options after the 2024 election. Within weeks of discovering GTFO, they had made the decision, applied for the DAFT visa, and moved to the Netherlands. Lalita told Forbes she had left South Africa years earlier because of crime and corruption,

Jana Sanchez (center) shows clients around Den Haag on May 19, 2026. Public radio program The World covered the growing wave of Americans building lives overseas, and our co-founder Jana is part of the story. The piece follows several Americans who made the leap, including a Texas couple who relocated to Leiden after the 2024 election, a lawyer who found a new sense of home in Senegal, and a family navigating life in Denmark. It also looks at the numbers, citing a 2025 Gallup