Diary of a Spanish Holiday Home Owner

Okay so we now have our dream holiday home in the sun and as I mentioned earlier we can go there as often as we like, or can we?   Obvious I know but the biggest draw back is that because we have a mortgage on the property in Spain both my wife and I have to work in the UK to pay the mortgage.  Don't get me wrong, I must have the best job in the world and no one can or should take paid employment for granted, but we are restricted to 25-30 days holiday a year.  Also we have a seven year old son at school so we are restricted to taking our holidays in the school holidays at a time when those nice airlines demonstrate their true customer care skills and take advantage by tripling the fares for their captive audience and loyal customers.

The other issue is that you may not always want to go to the same place every holiday.  Strange as it may seem to many, we do actually take all our holidays and some long weekends in our apartment in Spain.  Since we "owned" the apartment we must have been there about five or six times a year.  Are we bored, no not at all?  There is always something new to do and places to go.  I can't tell you how relaxing it is to turn up on holiday to somewhere comfortable that you are familiar.  From the first second you arrive you are relaxed and totally in the holiday mood.

There will be a time when we decide to venture elsewhere, as we did before, but for now we make up for it by making the most of our time in the UK by going away at weekends and exploring the south coast of England where we live.