BEST RETIREMENT WEBSITES
ACCORDING
TO THE RETIREMENT
CAFÉ
80 (Soon 101) Retirement-Related Websites and Blogs That Will Help You to
Retire Richer, Smarter, and Happier
This is a retirement directory of the 101 best retirement websites and the
best retirement blogs that provide retirement information which will help retirees retire
richer, smarter, and happier.
1. US Government Retirement Website for
Seniors: Official information and services from the U.S. government for the retired
and soon-to-be retired including money and financial issues.
2. US Government Website: Home page of the US Government's
Official Web Portal for all government transactions, services, and information including links to Social
Security and Retiree Benefits.
3. Retirement Income
Calculator: Take an educated guess at how much money you will have to spend in
retirement by estimating your retirement benefits at this U.S. Government website.If you currently
have enough Social Security credits to qualify for benefits, you can use the Retirement Estimator for a
retirement estimate based on current law and real time access to your earnings record. The
estimator provides an estimate of your retirement benefits comparable to the estimate you
receive on your Social Security Statement each year, and lets you create additional "what if" retirement
scenarios.
4. How to Retire
Happy: Your true nature is to retire happy, wild, and free. Never lose
touch with it. You will, however, if you are not careful. The way to ensure that you have a happy
retirement is to have a copy of The
World's Best Retirement Book by Ernie Zelinski
available at your fingertips. This webpage shows you why you should retire before you
expire.
5. Retirement
Quotes for Smart
People: Part of the Sensational Quotes for Smart People Website which also has
Funny, Inpsirational, and Motivational Quotations in the areas of Artists, Business, Cars, Creativity,
Dancing, Dating, Education, Fame, Gambling, Hockey. Laughter, Life, Marriage, Opportunity, Single Life,
Success, Travel, Work, and Writers.
6. 101Life.com: A Directory of Inspiratioinal
Resources for Happiness, Money, Success, Friendship, Creativity, Work, and Retirment.
7. Wall Street Executive Library: A
reference library with links to "The Web's Best Business Sites." This is a great website with links to
o ver 1,000 content-rich resources for an informed, intelligent,
perspective. Many people use this as their home page on Internet
Explorer.
8. Social Security for Retirement: When
should I retire? Can I retire? The three major elements of your retirement portfolio are benefits from
pensions, savings and investments, and Social Security benefits. To help you plan for retirement, this
government website allows you to apply online for your Social Security.
9. Benefits of an Economic Recession:
This Website will help you see the positives of a recession and help you survive a recession if your sense
of humor is still intact.
10. CNN.Money Retirement: Cover topic
such as Finding the right retirement planner, spreading your retirement money around, retiring later for
bigger pay day, Gambling with your retirement nest egg away versus letting your retirement money grow and
Social Security's future.
11. Quintessential Careers
Reviews of Retirement Books: From time-to-time, the staff of Quintessential Careers
receives career-related, job-hunting, and retirement-related books from publishers and reviews them to
help you make better decisions about the best books to read.
12. For Do-It_Yourself Retirees: DIY Woodworking, Home
Improvement, and Art Projects. From building a guitar to installing a toilet, retirees can learn
how to do it all here.
13 A Better Retirement Life:
Health and Medical News. From USA Today, this blog features
all the latest news on health and wellness.
14. NPR Planet Money for
Retirement. NPR Radio's Money Blog. Keep up with the global economy with news from
this blog. Categories include, Asia's Financial Crisis, Currencies, Economic Scene, Europe's Financial
Crisis, Fun With Economics, Standard of Living, Understanding The Crisis, Wall Street.
15. 43 Things: 43 Things.com can be a great
way to achieve your retirement goals. You can post your retirement aspirations for all to see. Your
retirement goals can include such things as getting out of debt, becoming financially independent, becoming
a millionaire, and retiring early.
16. Planning to Retire
Blog: By U.S. News retirement reporter
Emily Brandon tells you how plan financially for retirement and how to make the best of your retirement
years. 
17. Personal Growth from
SelfGrowth.com: SelfGrowth.com is the most complete guide to information about Personal Growth on
the Internet
18. AARP: Health, Travel, Baby Boomers, and Retirement
Travel. AARP is a membership organization leading positive social change and
delivering value to people age 50 and over through information, advocacy and service.
19: AARP The Magazine: The World's Largest
Circulation Magazine for Retirees: serves the interests of people 50 and over. Editorial topics include
money, health, travel, and retiree finances.
20. Alliance for Retired
Americans: ARA is an
activist voice for older Americans and is one of the largest organizations today representing senior
citizens and their families. Created to spearhead the charge to enact a health care program for senior
citizens -- Medicare. Has approximately 3 million members.
21. Retirement Jobs and Retirement Businesses at
The Real Success Resource Center: Retire to a Job You Love Instead of One You Love to Hate! Top-10
Retirement Jobs. Top-15 Cool Retirement Jobs. Retirement Jobs versus Retirement Businesses.
22. Retirement Jobs: helps retirees to
identify companies most-suited to older workers. Whether you are seeking to supplement your income, a new
challenge, a way to get out and meet people, or another reason, this website is your source for finding
part-time retirement jobs or full-time projects that match your lifestyle.
French Edition
of 1001 Ways to Enjoy Your
Retirement
- Published by Groupe Eyrolles in Paris,
France
23. The Retirement Quotes Café: A
Comprehensive Collection of Retirement Quotes and Retirement Sayings for Any Occasion Including a Retirement
Card or a Retirement Party. Also Retirement Letters, Retirement Speeches, and Retirement Poems to help you
retire happy.
24. National Institute on
Aging: This U.S. government website is of special interest as it
has an easily navigated presentation on diseases like Alzheimer’s, arthritis and
diabetes.
25. Canadian Senior Years: a site specifically
designed for Canadian retirees over 50. Here you will find retirement information, articles, news and
Canadian site links available for seniors on the web today!
26. VocationsVacations®: Live your retirement
dream job or retiree business with VocationsVacations® before your career ends or after you
retire. Learn how to work in your dream job with short one-on-one mentorship. The only company of its kind,
VocationsVacations® enriches retirees lives by allowing them to test drive the cool retirement jobs that
they fantasize about.
27. Wikipedia: the online encyclopedia that is the work of 6,000
volunteers and covers a huge range of subjects including retirement and finance
issues.
28. Health.com: Health.com is produced
by editors and journalists dedicated to delivering accurate, trusted, up-to-date health and medical
information, for consumers, including retirees. The website focuses on problem-solving content using
real-life examples to help you make decisions during complicated, stressful
times.
29. Healthopedia: This website is a medical and health consumer information
resource containing comprehensive and unbiased information in patient-friendly language from trusted
sources on over 1,500 health topics, 70 focussed health centers, and more than 11,000 drugs and
medications.
30. Health Canada: Health Canada is
the Canadian Federal Government's department responsible for helping Canadians maintain and improve their
health, while respecting individual choices and circumstances.
31. NIH Senior
Health: A government health website
that features health and wellness information for older adults from the National
Institutes of Health.
32. Living Smart in a Crazy World: How to Live Happy,
Wealthy, and Wise: A website/blog that features inspirational content about happiness, retirement,
creativity, success, money, friendship, and work. Feature articles are excerpted from books by Ernie
Zelinski such as 101 Really Important Things You Already Know, But Keep
Forgetting; The Lazy Person's Guide to Success; Don't
Hurry, Be Happy; and The Joy of Thinking
Big.
33. U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation: Money and Financial Resources, Information,
Advice, Research and Databases for Retirement Planners, Financial Advisors, Investors,
and Consumers.
34. National Seniors Council of
Canada: Takes into account the views of experts, seniors, retirement organizations and
groups that provide seniors programs and services, provincial/territorial advisory bodies on seniors, and
other interested parties and then provides advice to the Minister of Human Resources and Social Development,
the Minister of Health, and the Secretary of State (Seniors).
35. Seniors Canada: Government
of Canada website with Information and Services relating to the areas of Care Facilities, Finances &
Pensions, Health & Wellness, Housing, Legal Matters, Retirement, Seniors Networks, Travel & Leisure,
and Work & Volunteering.
36. U.S. Government Department of Veterans Affairs:
Information on veterans' benefits and other resources for the 25 million American veterans alive today.
37. The Friendship
Café: Where Best Friends Learn How to Become Great Friends. Friendship Is an
Important Factor for a Happy Retirement. This Website Offers Friendship Tips, Friendship Advice, Friendship
Quotes, Friendship Proverbs, and Friendship Poems.
38. Budgeting
& Savings Tips For Retirees: Financial advice on the right way to change spending
habits and learn why the wrong ways don't work. Budgeting is an important tool to use at any age, although
to many of us it sounds like a four letter word. Practical ideas for budgeting and saving that make managing
expenses easy.
39. Fiscal Fitness for Older
Americans: Stretching Your Savings and
Shaping Up Your Financial Strategies. Advice from The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation which has been
publishing FDIC Consumer News quarterly since 1993 to help people protect and stretch their money.
40. Top 10 Ways to Prepare for
Retirement: from the U.S. Department
of Labor: "Know Your Retirement Needs Because Retirement is expensive," according to this website. It goes on
to state that, "Experts estimate that you will need about 70 percent of your preretirement income to maintain
your standard of living."
41. Retirement
Planning Strategies for All Ages: A To-Do List for retirement planning.
42. National Save for Retirement Week:
National Save for Retirement Week is the first American Congressional effort created to encourage more
working Americans to save for retirement. It is a key event American employers use to inspire their
employees to save more for retirement.
43. Debt Management Tips for
Seniors: by Aleksandra Todorova Cites five overlooked debt-management strategies that can help
retirees dig themselves out of a financial hole.
44. U.S. Internal Revenue Service Page for
Seniors & Retirees: Tips for Seniors and Retirees in Preparing their Income Tax
Returns. Cover common pitfalls for retirees and seniors to watch for when preparing their individual tax
returns.
45. Canada Pension Plan:
Official Government of Canada Website for Canadian retirees and soon-to-be retirees. Check out how big of a
pension you can expect to get when you retire.
46. CARP: Non-government Canadian
organization that claims it is committed to enhancing the quality of life for all Canadians as they
age. Advocates social change that will bring financial security, equitable and timely access to health care
and freedom from discrimination for seniors and retirees.
47. 100
Blogs That Will Make You Smarter: An Online Universities Blog Entry By Alisa Miller.
Includes popular topics for retirees such as politics, news, sports, higher education, science, and
art.
48. Travel and Recreation for
Seniors: Official U.S. government website includes information on the
Amtrak Senior Citizens Discount, Driving and Older Adults, Parks and Recreation Pass for Seniors and Tips
for Seniors Traveling Abroad.
49. Seniors Discounts: SeniorDiscounts.com
is an online directory of US businesses that offer age related discounts to people 50 years of age and
older. The website lists over 150,000 business locations offering discounts. Includes the contact
information, discount information and other information necessary to receive each discount.
50. The School of Life: Great for retirees
who live in London, The School of Life is a new social enterprise offering good ideas for everyday
retirement living. Based in a small shop in Central London this private educational institution offers a
variety of programs and services on how to live wisely and well.
51. Retirement Living TV: RLTV is the website of the American
cable network dedicated to serving the needs of adults 50+ with information and entertainment that inspires
and changes the perception of aging. The network addresses a variety of subjects including health, finance,
travel, reality, comedy and drama.
52. Where to Retire Magazine: The website of
the magazine with more than 500,000 American and Canadian readers each issue. Where to
Retire magazine covers all topics related to retirement relocation. Now in its 15th year in
publication, the magazine may help you discover the ideal setting for a happy and fulfilling retirement.
53. UK Government Retirement
and Pensions Webpage: The Pension Tracing Service can help you find the contact
details of a personal or company pension scheme that you've lost touch with.
54. 100
Best Retirement and Finance Guides for Seniors:
55. Suddenly Senior by Frank
Kaiser: Cited as “a place for everyone who's become a senior before their time.” Frank Kaiser
specializes in senior jokes as well as useful information and poignant true stories for retirees. This
top-ranked website now has over 4,450 pages of humor, nostalgia, senior advocacy and useful information for
seniors 50+.
56. SeniorNet: America's leading nonprofit
technology educator of older adults 50+ headquartered in Herndon, Virginia. Besides teaching retirees how to
use computers, SeniorNet works toward raising awareness throughout the legislative community of the need for
technology access and education for the nation’s older adult population.
57. The Joy of Not
Working Website: Features The World's Best Retirement
Book
and The
World's Second Best Retirement Book. Real life success stories about people
not working, 25 reasons to retire early, and retirement quotes, letters, jokes, and poems from an author
whose books have sold over 650,000 copies worldwide. The two retirement books mentioned above
have together sold over 375,000 copies.
58. Sensationally Creative and
Innovative:
59. The Joy of Being Retired: Besides
featuring the retirement gift book The Joy of Being Retired: 365 Reasons Why You Will
Love Retirement, this website also includes retirement resources such as retirement
quotes, retirement poems, and snappy retirement cake sayings.
60. The Fun at Work
Cafe : For the soon-to-be retired who want to have fun at work
before they retire. Besides This website has a webpage totally devoted to the soon-to-be
retired.
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Retired.
62. The Retirement Planning Coach on
Squidoo.
63. Retirement Letters on
Squidoo: This webpage contains several sample retirement letters, not
only written by employee to employer, but also ones written by employer to
employee.
64. Retirement Speeches on
Squidoo: Free Sample Retirement Speeches Information and Ideas on Retirement
Speeches including Fast and Helpful Hints, Retirement Speech Tips, and Suggestions on How
to Make Your Retirement Speech More Enjoyable and Memorable.
65. Retirement Poems on
Squidoo: A collection of free retirement
poems to compliment and compete with the collection on The Retirement Poems
Cafe by Ernie Zelinski.
66. Retirement Planning Resources on
Squidoo: This Retirement Webpage gives links to some of
the best retirement planning resources on the Internet, including some of the best retirement books that
take a holistic approach to retirement.
67. Retirement Planning Terms on
Investopedia: Refer to this webpage on Investopedia if you don't know what a financial
term relating to retirement means. Incidentally, this website was started by three young men in my home
town of Edmonton and was sold to Forbes about three years. These young me likely don't have to worry about
the financial aspects of retirement; my guess is that they received at least $10 million
form Forbes. In fact, someone told me it was much higher.
68. Retirement E-book: The 237 Best Things Ever
Said about Retirement: Few things spice up an article, a book, a
conversation, or a speech more than a great quotation. From a collection amassed over many years, this is a
wonderful assortment of some of the most unpredictable, ridiculous, outrageous, humorous, motivational, and
inspirational quotations about RETIREMENT.
69. The Money
Café: Where Money Talks with a Conscience: This website gives you free financial
advice on how to make money, how to save money, and how to spend money wisely. Hopefully, this financial
advice will help you put money in proper perspective so that you achieve prosperity beyond your wildest
dreams.
70. UK
Government Retirement Health and Well-Being Webpage:
Health services; Doctors, Managing your healthcare; Accidents and emergencies Healthy Living; Healthy
eating.
71. Choose to Save: A public education and outreach program that
is dedicated to raising awareness about the need for Americans to plan and save not only for
retirement also for long-term personal financial security.
72. Get Smarter about Money: This
Canadian website is run by The Investor Education Fund (IEF), which develops and promotes unbiased,
independent financial information, programs and tools to help consumers make better financial and investing
decisions, including saving for their retirement. The Investor Education Fund was established as a
non-profit organization by the Ontario Government run OSC (Ontario Securities Commission) and
is funded by settlements and fines from OSC enforcement proceedings.
73. My Retirement
Paycheck: Developed by the National Endowment for Financial Education (NEFE) in
partnership with many leading retirement experts. (NEFE is a national nonprofit foundation working to
improve the financial well-being of all Americans.) This retirement website separates retirement
into eight topics that can have a major impact on how much money is available for retirement. The eight
topics are Social Security, work, debt, fraud, insurance, pensions, home & mortgage,
and retirement assets. Each major retirement issue is explained in detail and related to the
other respective categories.
74. Retirement Home Exchange: The premier
international home exchange and home swap service. Home Exchange
is the vacation alternative where two families agree to swap homes for a vacation. "You stay in my house
while I stay in yours." Price Is $99.95 per year.
75: The Retirement Planning Association of Canada:
(RPAC) provides a multitude of resources to its members via a variety of education programs.Their members
also assist corporations and unions in delivering effective retirement education programs for their
employees and members. A source of relevant information on the changes in retirement planning in Canada for
the general public.
76. Elderhostel Adventures in Lifelong
Learning® Educational Travel and Learning Vacations
for Retirees Offers group educational travel adventures especially designed for grandparents (over age
55) and their grandchildren. Discover nearly 8,000 educational tours in all 50 states and
more than 90 countries with Elderhostel, the not-for-profit leader in educational travel since 1975.
Alongside local and renowned experts, experience in-depth and behind-the-scenes learning opportunities, from
cultural tours and study cruises to walking, biking and more.
77.
Plan Well, Retire Well: Tips for saving and investing your money by
Universiy of Illinois Extension. This retiremen blog is the second most popular of all the blogs
hosted by U of I Extension. Also an electronic newsletter that links to the blog posts.
78. Money Guru Suze Orman: Author of the books
The 9 Steps to Financial Freedom: Practical and
Spiritual Steps So You Can Stop Worrying and Suze Orman's 2009 Action Plan. Quotes
from Suze Orman: "Invest in the known before the
unknown."
79. Don't Retire, Rewire: Emphasizes
the new retirement model that includes life planning and financial planning. Using this model, you can
still claim your dreams, achieve life balance, continue to work, to contribute, to have meaning and purpose
and to enjoy good times and relationships.
80. The American Retirement
Initiative: Founded in 2011, the American Retirement Initiative (ARI) strives to
be an important voice in the retirement education discussion. ARI is a non-partisan, non-profit national
forum focused on improving the quality of retirement planning for all Americans.
It shares news and information on the
latest trends in retirement planning and presents a forum for discussion for thought leaders and policy
makers to strategize about how best to address the retirement planning issues that concern average
Americans. Even more important, the American Retirement Initiative strives to give all
Americans the insight needed for them to more effectively plan for the rest of their
lives.
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