Last updated: 12/2008

leaving Spain - giving up on their dream, poorer, disillusioned and defeated.

The Spain Survival Manual tells you what to expect and why Spain can be a financial and emotional nightmare instead of the new life everyone dreams of.
Why many expats never recover from ?Culture Shock?

How to deal with the minefield of Spanish Bureaucracy and save hundreds of pounds

The truth about finding work in Spain and why many expats face financial ruin

Discover the ?hidden?charges that can add thousands to the cost of buying property

Why property in Spain is not always the ?dream home?in the sun that everyone imagines

Learn the most common mistakes that expats make

Spain still continues to rank as the most popular expat destination with hundreds of thousands living in Spain or owning property there. The sunshine, the lifestyle, its got to be better than where you are right now.......hasn?t it? Not necessarily. Thousands of expats have found out the hard way that moving to Spain or buying a property there can become a financial headache filled with struggle and heartache.
There are ways to avoid the problems that most expats are faced with, but which are impossible to know not having lived through the experience beforehand.

Most books on Spain talk about where to go, what to see and where to stay. They also talk about how fantastic the culture, the food and the lifestyle is. What they don?t tell you is the price you have to pay for leaving your comfort zone - what you know and are familiar with. ?Culture Shock?is not just a short-term condition....some may never recover and find themselves giving it all up to go back home.

Who Needs The Spain Survival Manual

Anyone thinking of moving to Spain
Anyone thinking of buying property in Spain
Anyone recently arrived in Spain

What You Need To Know
Culture Shock - Prepare yourself for some of the basic differences you will be faced with in Spain including the timetable, working conditions and why it doesn?t pay to be too polite!
Bureaucracy - Avoid expensive mistakes dealing with the minefield of Spanish bureaucracy
Employment - Find out why you may well be unable to find a job in Spain and end up spending all of your savings
Finance - Save thousands by learning a few simple tricks and shortcuts
Property - Property can be a financial black hole into which you might find yourself throwing a seemingly never ending amount of money. Find out why.
Most Common Reasons For Failure - Avoid the most common mistakes made by expats
Resources - Hundreds of links to useful resources to save your time and money.

I did it all the wrong way. Desperate to leave the rat race in London when I was offered the chance to come to Spain with work I jumped at the chance. Even though I was brought up in the UK my family are Spanish so can speak the language, I had a job, my husband was just as keen to go as me and my kids were 3 and 5 years old - young enough to adapt easily.

Sounds like the perfect formula doesn?t it? Well let me tell you that the first 2 years in Spain were a nightmare. Every time I thought I had finally settled in, something else would happen and the frustration would set in yet again. Having spent all of our savings and wondering just how the hell we were going to manage I began to wonder. If I had such a hard time, with the advantages I had, what must it be like for other expats who couldn?t even speak the language?

And so the Spain Survival Manual was born - to help other expats avoid the mistakes that I, and thousands of others make each and every year.

The Spain Survival Manual is a real life guide to the before and after of relocating to or buying a property in Spain with a simple three step process.
Learn how to avoid the mistakes most expats make

Find out the six crucial elements to making your experience a successful one
Use the planning and preparation guides to make your experience as painless as possible!

What Do You Get?

Over 80 pages packed full of useful information covering what you need to do before and after as well as hundreds of useful links

More than just a short report on life in Spain - the Spain Survival Manual covers all the important factors that will affect your Spanish experience, with practical solutions and resources to help you.

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