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Atricle Dump - Moving to Spain: Tips and Lessons Learned
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Buying kitchen stuff. If you want to buy kitchen stuff in Holland, you go to a wholesaler. There you will find all equipment neatly arranged with prices and product details. In Spain only few items are on display and they show no prices at all. We first had to go home to look up all the words in the Spanish dictionary (so we could at least ask what we wanted to have). Furthermore, they gave all pri
Let's say your company or group decides to hold a special event six or twelve months down the road. Eventually somebody on the planning committee will suggest the group create a special website for the event: "We can create an online registration form, include information about the special speakers and entertainment, post a schedule, and provide links to accommodation, travel agents, etc., etc."Sounds like a good idea.But how can you maximize the effectiveness of such a site? Will it be something that people actually refer to and use? Or will creating it just be a waste of time and ef
It has been almost three years since we moved to Spain and finding our way around has been fun and sometimes a struggle. When you move abroad you realize that you are giving up your career, your house, the lease car and all. But in return, there is a romantic future lying ahead of you; a future without stress, traffic jams, thousands of emails a day, dark clouds, rain. An exiting future with new possibilities, new people and new habits.
Our romantic and exiting idea of the future was setting up a tapas restaurant in a pretty little village on the Costa Blanca. We would only open for a few hours per day, run it together, and cook all kinds of delicious tapas for our guests.
We were able to rent a location close to a very busy weekly market. Definitely a hotspot. As the unit was completely empty when we rented it, we were able to build it up from scratch. Setting up something new is almost everybody’s dream. And yes, it is a lot of fun. However, with only little experience in the catering industry (but not completely brainless), little knowledge of the Spanish language, no knowledge of the Spanish culture or business attitude whatsoever, we were bound to get in a lot of trouble.
But somehow we didn’t… Although it took endless discussions, brainstorm sessions, continuous questioning and numerous drives along the Costa to find the right suppliers and equipment.
Some examples:
Buying kitchen stuff. If you want to buy kitchen stuff in Holland, you go to a wholesaler. There you will find all equipment neatly arranged with prices and product details. In Spain only few items are on display and they show no prices at all. We first had to go home to look up all the words in the Spanish dictionary (so we could at least ask what we wanted to have). Furthermore, they gave all pri
A successful business needs good management. However, without satisfied, dedicated employees, it will fail. Happy employees are optimistic and productive. Their enthusiasm rubs off on both management and customers. There is nothing like going into a business where the employees are happy, enthusiastic and satisfied with their careers and the way the company is run. As a customer, supplier or even a competitor, it is a pleasure to walk through the door of such a business.Happy, satisfied employees are the most attentive and helpful to the customers. An employee with a pos
Our romantic and exiting idea of the future was setting up a tapas restaurant in a pretty little village on the Costa Blanca. We would only open for a few hours per day, run it together, and cook all kinds of delicious tapas for our guests.
We were able to rent a location close to a very busy weekly market. Definitely a hotspot. As the unit was completely empty when we rented it, we were able to build it up from scratch. Setting up something new is almost everybody’s dream. And yes, it is a lot of fun. However, with only little experience in the catering industry (but not completely brainless), little knowledge of the Spanish language, no knowledge of the Spanish culture or business attitude whatsoever, we were bound to get in a lot of trouble.
But somehow we didn’t… Although it took endless discussions, brainstorm sessions, continuous questioning and numerous drives along the Costa to find the right suppliers and equipment.
Some examples:
Buying kitchen stuff. If you want to buy kitchen stuff in Holland, you go to a wholesaler. There you will find all equipment neatly arranged with prices and product details. In Spain only few items are on display and they show no prices at all. We first had to go home to look up all the words in the Spanish dictionary (so we could at least ask what we wanted to have). Furthermore, they gave all pri
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We were able to rent a location close to a very busy weekly market. Definitely a hotspot. As the unit was completely empty when we rented it, we were able to build it up from scratch. Setting up something new is almost everybody’s dream. And yes, it is a lot of fun. However, with only little experience in the catering industry (but not completely brainless), little knowledge of the Spanish language, no knowledge of the Spanish culture or business attitude whatsoever, we were bound to get in a lot of trouble.
But somehow we didn’t… Although it took endless discussions, brainstorm sessions, continuous questioning and numerous drives along the Costa to find the right suppliers and equipment.
Some examples:
Buying kitchen stuff. If you want to buy kitchen stuff in Holland, you go to a wholesaler. There you will find all equipment neatly arranged with prices and product details. In Spain only few items are on display and they show no prices at all. We first had to go home to look up all the words in the Spanish dictionary (so we could at least ask what we wanted to have). Furthermore, they gave all pri
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But somehow we didn’t… Although it took endless discussions, brainstorm sessions, continuous questioning and numerous drives along the Costa to find the right suppliers and equipment.
Some examples:
Buying kitchen stuff. If you want to buy kitchen stuff in Holland, you go to a wholesaler. There you will find all equipment neatly arranged with prices and product details. In Spain only few items are on display and they show no prices at all. We first had to go home to look up all the words in the Spanish dictionary (so we could at least ask what we wanted to have). Furthermore, they gave all pri
Crimes, scams, and untruths are as common in the moving business as elsewhere. Each year thousands of complaints are registered with DOT and are awaiting justice. Moving is a business in which there is tough competition and there are many movers that are not reliable and whose operations are suspect.Bad movers are those fly by night operators who conduct their business without proper infrastructure or licenses. Common scams in practice are tricking you to selecting them by giving a low quote and then using loop holes in the contract to get you to pay at least 3-4 times more than the estimate
Buying kitchen stuff. If you want to buy kitchen stuff in Holland, you go to a wholesaler. There you will find all equipment neatly arranged with prices and product details. In Spain only few items are on display and they show no prices at all. We first had to go home to look up all the words in the Spanish dictionary (so we could at least ask what we wanted to have). Furthermore, they gave all prices in Pesetas – on purpose I’m sure - although they kept smiling.
Building the bar was something else as well, because we wanted a non-Spanish bar set-up. That made the beer people, the wine people, and all other suppliers freak and run out immediately with the words ‘ai hombre, problema!’ – probably catching a beer in the bar next door – and not show their face for a couple of days.
In order to get ice-cream, we had to stand in the middle of the street to stop the sales rep and ask him to come in. He delivered once, came for a refill and then never showed up again. Hence, we had to change brands in the middle of summer..
It took us 2 years to finalize the paperwork for the license. It took numerous visits from the ‘ajuntamento’ and the health inspection before they finally approved it. Each time they came, they brought a new list with rules and regulations, ensuring us this was the final version.
However, once set up, the restaurant worked really well. Some people said we were crazy starting a tapas restaurant in Spain, but we managed to serve both foreigners and Spaniards, which made us very proud.
After 2 years we sold the restaurant to start a new adventure. Because we had such a hard time finding the right stuff at a reasonable price for the restaurant, but also for stuff at home, we set up www.CostaMarket.com, a marketplace for people living on the Costa or with plans moving there. We have just started, which is both exiting and scary, but again I’m sure we will manage somehow…
Our Tips:
Running a bar/restaurant is probably one of the most effective ways of learning Spanish,
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