What are you on about - I never ever bought the place had more sense

Would it not work out better to hire a Van in Spain, drive it to the UK fill it up and empty it, otherwise you have to drive all the way back to the UK and the fly back to Spain, I find it very odd people dont do this unless they still live here, I know for a fact when I get out, the last thing I would want to do is drive back to this dump to drop off a van

Bless him, don`t be too harsh with him he still struggles with big words.

Think most of the Brits who open bars here lack any experience the food is usually crappy slosh. I took an old Aunt to Fuengirola for lunch, thought she would like sitting looking at the boats. A Brit place looked ok. She had steak, it looked yuk! I had lasagne, it was just runny yellow stuff and the worst chips I have ever left (they were advertising home-made chips). They looked burnt but were soggy and greasy. When I passed the kitchen, saw they had 3 microwaves on the wall. The owner asked me if there was anything wrong with the chips when he cleared up, so I told him they were awful, he just shrugged.

The Spanish shrug That seems to be the answer for everything.

I agree about the food, I'd be ashamed to dish up some of the meals we've been served in some bars. The Spanish tapas are good though

Always had good food in all the Spanish places we have eaten. The least enjoyable was from an English restaurant so we have only eaten in Spanish places since.

Rosemary

No... if you hire the van in Spain, you'd still have to go two ways! That's why one-way van hire is so good... because you only hire one way!

Forget the facts and concentrate on the artform that is my humour!

Ask yourself why are there hundreds of bars for sale in Costa del Sol , Costa Blanca , Costa Almeria every Costa . I was married in Mojacar 5 years ago . My parents live there .Have spent every holiday of last 15 years in either Costa Blanca /Almeria/Del Sol . Like many other people . I love Spain .Made up my mind enough was enough and decided to make the move and buy a bar . My wife is a Head Chef and we decided to buy a restaurant bar/cafe bar ,thought the money was in food . Thought about it for 5 years and really researched in last 6 months . Decided against . Even looked at Lanzarotte for the all year trade but no . Too much competition . Scamming .Only a couple of businesses I dealt with had books and they were v suspect . They would say alot of cash business so not accounted for . How much ? Only the vendor knows .The problem is that the trade is v seasonal , alot of the Costas are now virtual ghosttowns out of season . Why are there only a handful and I mean only a handful of similar businesses for sale in the Algarve ? Because they are doing well thats why and the opposite is true for the Costas .Even established bars are selling up .The Brits are leaving in their droves.Checkout www.torretruths.com for the situation on Costa Blanca . Not pretty .In the last few months I have heard of a Brit retiree who built a lovely big house near Vera , Costa Almeria and had all planning permits etc from townhall . The government turned around and said they didnt want a house in that particular spot and bulldozed the poor mans home infront of him . The poor chap went into a weakness and had to be hospitalised . All the expats in the area are up in arms over it .Ask your self why there are hundreds of bars for sale ! Wait for the next boom and get in early !

I understand that, but Thats not what I meant, I was answering a question before your post come up, but fair enough if you can do that great. I would like to know the cost difference, I used manage a car hire Company and it was unreal the prices we used to charge people to hire motors abroad. Personally I would just take the motor abroad without mentioning it, so long as you have unlimited mileage

In fact I would be half tempted to keep it,

There are lots of guys around Spain who make regular trips with vans to and from U.K. They advertise in local expat Spanish papers and are v reasonable .

when Torrevieja was being built say back in 1996/1998 thats what I did quite a bit of, used to move a fair few from Essex down there, was quite good fun used to get down fast as, stop in estartit when it was good, then down to Torre, then slowy back having a couple of nights in benidorm, Its becuase of all that I had the flavour of Spain, from the very first day I woke up in Estartitt and snogged a well nice Catalunyan chica, from that day I new I belong there, shame im stuck here still

Hi andy,

What part of the Costa del la luz do you like best?

Regards,

John.

Chiclana, Cadiz, Jerez all that area, and Also inland Sevilla, although my partner hated Sevilla, said it dirty like east london compared to Jerez. It would be my dream to live in the Cadiz province, 100%