We are hoping to move to spain this year, need advice on how I can transport my elderly dog, and whether rented places will allow pets until we find somewhere to buy.
Also hubby wants to know if his UK TV will work in spain or not

We have been here 12 months now and came out with a 17 yr old dog and one that was 6. Not wanting to distress them by having a carrier or by flying them out we drove down with them. We allowed 3 days at a gentle pace so we could stop every few hours to let them out, we got a little gas cooker so we could have drinks without locking them in while we went to get a drink. The French motel chains are pet friendly and most will allow pets at a small surcharge, we used the B&B motel chain and could not fault them. He is now 18 and arrived no worse for his travels.

As for renting it all depends on the landlord. Most will allow pets but it is always worth checking before hand, if the house you view says no there will be plenty more that says yes.

We brought our UK tv out have had no problems so it should OK.

Hope this helps and good luck with any move.

Sound advice.

All UK TVs will work in Spain.

UK TVs in Spain used to have sound issues, as the SPanish analogue TV service used different sound to the UK.
But the switch to digital (Spain is way ahead of the UK!) means this is no longer an issue, as digital TV is a Europewide (and world wide?) standard.
So, if you have TV with a built in digital terrestrial tuner (like a Freeview tuner), then a few playing around with the country settings and all should be OK.
But you will not get Freeview in Spain as Freeview is the UK ONLY TV service. A Freeview tuner in SPain will, if connected to a TV Aeria in Spain, will only get SPanish Channels...but most of the tim if those Spansh channels are showing UK / USA imports, 99.9% of the time you can change the soundtrack from the dubbed Spanish to the original English.

A Freeview tuner in SPain will, if connected to a TV Aeria in Spain, will only get SPanish Channels...but most of the tim if those Spansh channels are showing UK / USA imports, 99.9% of the time you can change the soundtrack from the dubbed Spanish to the original English.
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By pressing the audio button on the remote and changing whee it says channel off the spa to whatever it says is available, once you do this, it will be in English on the channel when it is available, and there is a lot available

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