Posts Tagged ‘spain’

Holidaying with Kids, make it easier!

Friday, March 5th, 2010

I found this very interesting site on the web and thought my followers would be interested in it. It is for all of you out there who have to holiday with children and would like to go to a safe and secure holiday home. Also interesting for those of you wanting to rent out your home or spanish investment apartment…Check it out!

After several successful years in France, Italy and the UK, Tots to Travel has launched its Spanish arm at www.totstotravel.co.uk.  Wendy Shand, it’s founder, an author and lettings expert writes on how people with a property in Spain can maximise yields and extend their rental season by making their property appeal to families holidaying with small children.  She has also written a free report, which is available for your readers to download at www.tttowners.co.uk/spain, which gives advice on how to avoid empty lettings weeks and lost revenue.  For readers who may be stuck in negative equity, this might be of real interest whilst they wait for the property market to bounce back, or help them make their property stand out from the crowd of identical holiday villas. 

If you want to talk about this further, supply photos or arrange an interview with Wendy, her  number is 00 44 7789 725 583.

And we think we are cold!

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

As yet again I write another blog about the weather, I realize that in Ireland, where I was brought up, it is something we talk about on a daily basis (if not hourly). I was reading this week’s Euro Weekly when I happened upon an article telling me I should not be feeling cold, wet and miserable but….Wait for it!! WARM, wet and miserable as the weather in Malaga this winter has not only been wetter but also warmer than previous years. In fact the period between March 2009 and January 2010 has been the warmest on record since 1943 according to the State Meteorological Agency.

Is anyone else out there as surprised as I am?

More Rain than Rainbows…Contd.

Monday, February 8th, 2010

Although the rain that has fallen over the last few months has caused chaos on the Costa del Sol and had all of us expats thinking about packing up and heading home (the rain here always seems that bit more miserable) it has been fabulous for the campo…or has it!!

Water levels in the Malaga province’s seven reservoirs are at a 12 year high. The stocks representing 72% of overall capacity are, according to local newspaper reports, enough to last us for the next 12 months. This is great news for home owners and tourists alike as it seems unlikely that we will be subjected to the continuous water cuts of the last couple of years.

The downside however is that the damage caused to the province during the last rains has been estimated by the A.S.A.J.A. (The Young Farmers Association), to have reached a staggering 40 million Euros, with olives and mandarins being the worst affected. This has left the already poor farmers to suffer even more.

Let me know your thoughts and views on the rain in Spain staying mainly on the plain and how it affects your life!!

The new face of advertising in Spain!

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

A little known and even less advertised government project plans to do away with television advertising on state owned channels sometime next year. How it will compensate them for the loss of revenue is not quite clear yet. One thing I am absolutely confident of, is that private television companies are opening bottles of champagne to celebrate the news as it will mean more revenue for them and less cost. They will be able to stretch 1 hour and 45 minutes of film to 3 hours with the obvious consequences that people will switch off whatever they are watching because they cannot remember what it was about in the first place.

So, all in all good news for viewers, publishers, gymnasiums and society’s health in general.  Effective advertising in future will be channeled via the internet so why not start now by listing your company on www.servicesdirectspain.com   for as little as 55 per year.