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BradParryMember19 March 2010 10:54:06

Hi guys!

Right, not too sure where to start really, im just after a bit of advice or any info!

Me and my girlfriend are thinking of moving to Tenerife in the year 2012.

I currently work as a Marketing Assistant for the University of Central Lancashire and my partner is studying English literature at another University.

We will be able to financialy support ourselves for about 6 months when we arrive in Tenerife. Within in that six months our plan was to look and take any job possible, just so we get the chance to meet new people and get a feel for the place properly and what working life is like there and also pay some of the bills. (We will be renting somewhere) Once we have found our feet properly we will then begin the search for jobs more suited!

I will be 25 when we come over and my partner will be 23.

We are dead set on moving away and would not treat this as a holiday in any way, shape or form. We have 100% determination and drive to make this work.

As some of you live/work over there i was wanting some advice on whether you think we would be able to successfuly make a living over there? As i say it won't be for a couple of years yet, but i thought i would start reasearching now as this will take a lot of planning.聽

We are intending on taking up Spanish classes later this year also!

Any tips, info, advice would be fantastic!

Thank you very much!

Bradley Parry =]

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GuestPoster4017Guest20 March 2010 11:24:55

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Hi Bradley

You are right to plan ahead as so many people come to Tenerife with few ideas of how to support themselves and get into financial difficulties and have to return to their home countries.

Learning to speak Spanish is the first step to success and will help you find jobs more easily, but also help with the legal and practical side of living as an ex-pat in a foreign country. Low paid seasonal jobs in the tourist areas are possible with British owned businesses, but the current economic problems are also felt here, so unemployment is high here at the moment. However, remember that the Canary Islands has a year round tourist industry as the weather remains the same and people are now coming here for golf holidays and medical vacations for surgical treatments, and so offer more possibilities for casual work than Mediterranean Spanish Costas.

The local website [moderated: no ads in your very first messages] offers some practical help to those wanting to live and work abroad, as well as information about Tenerife and contacts with local businesses.

All the best

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