UK Shopping in Spain-Blog

Welcome to our shopping and expat information blog To buy products from all your favourite UK shops, or for more information, go to our main  website   UK Shopping in Spain Or visit our sister site, The Expat Market Place, which is the largest expat shopping site in Europe. SPANISH BANKING Spanish banks are open Monday - Friday, 9.00-14.00 and Saturday, 9.00 - 13.00. In summer they may close slightly earlier. Most Spanish banks have English speaking staff and all can cope with International transactions. Commissions may be charged on foreign transactions and passports will be required for most.  Most banks have a list of telephone numbers for stolen/lost credit cards although you are advised before arrival to ensure … [Read more...]

Welcome to our shopping and expat information blog To buy products from all your favourite UK shops, or for more information, go to our main  website   UK Shopping in Spain Or visit our sister site, The Expat Market Place, which is the largest expat shopping site in Europe. THE SPANISH LANGUAGE   Q: What connects 24 countries, 500 million people and is the second most spoken language in the world? A: Spanish! Spanish is one of the fastest growing languages today. The combined GDP of all Spanish speaking countries is the third highest in the world! Even in a non-Hispanic country like the United States, being bilingual is a great enhancement to your professional and personal life. So here's how to learn this beautiful … [Read more...]

Welcome to our shopping and expat information blog To buy products from all your favourite UK shops, or for more information, go to our main  website   UK Shopping in Spain Or visit our sister site, The Expat Market Place, which is the largest expat shopping site in Europe. SPANISH STORES Finding the location of Spanish stores/Spanish shopping centres Big Spanish stores, like UK shopping centres, prove invaluable to those of us who have little time to devote to shopping and who appreciate the ability to buy everything under one roof. Whether for food, clothes, furnishings, toiletries, electrical goods or DIY, Spanish stores ( Spanish shopping centres) will normally supply the demand. Below you find our list of Spanish … [Read more...]

Welcome to our shopping and expat information blog To buy products from all your favourite UK shops, or for more information, go to our main  website   UK Shopping in Spain Or visit our sister site, The Expat Market Place, which is the largest expat shopping site in Europe. BUY IN SPAIN Live in Spain and want to Buy in Spain? You may want to buy lots of different items online in Spain, in much the same way as you would do in the UK. Now help is at hand with ukshoppinginspain.com’s new and unique expat shopping directory dedicated to expat shopping websites that are based in Spain and who deliver within Spain.   When you buy in Spain from expat websites, you will be amazed at the choice you have. … [Read more...]

Welcome to our shopping and expat information blog To buy products from all your favourite UK shops, or for more information, go to our main  website   UK Shopping in Spain Or visit our sister site, The Expat Market Place, which is the largest expat shopping site in Europe. THE UKSHOPPINGINSPAIN.COM GUIDE TO BUYING AND SELLING ON EBAY SPAIN/UK With the economic crisis in full swing across Spain/Europe many UK expats are looking for ways to make ends meet. Many are now turning to eBay Spain or eBay UK to either sell a few unwanted bits, to make a living or to find a great bargain. UKshoppinginspain.com has now Partnered with eBay UK, eBaySpain, & eBay France so that every time you shop or sell on eBay you can now … [Read more...]

Welcome to our shopping and expat information blog To buy products from all your favourite UK shops, or for more information, go to our main  website   UK Shopping in Spain Or visit our sister site, The Expat Market Place, which is the largest expat shopping site in Europe. THE UKSHOPPINGINSPAIN.COM GUIDE TO ONLINE EXPAT BARGAIN HUNTING When is the best time of the year to get a bargain online? January – March When living in Spain - Europe and looking for great online deals, it's best to head online in the January sales for hot deals on new TVs, DVD players or a sat nav systems. You'll find some of the best bargains of the year on all kinds of consumer technology products in January.   Argos releases its … [Read more...]

Welcome to our shopping and expat information blog To buy products from all your favourite UK shops, or for more information, go to our main  website   UK Shopping in Spain Or visit our sister site, The Expat Market Place, which is the largest expat shopping site in Europe. THE UKSHOPPINGINSPAIN.COM SURVEY OF The Best Online Retailers in The UK Home and garden is one of the fastest growing areas in the online retail market Most of our customers who buy using our ordering service from the UK want to buy something for their home or garden in Spain, France, Germany, Italy or Germany. Overall results Most visited website in the UK - Amazon.co.uk Favourite website in the UK - Johnlewis.com Least favourite website … [Read more...]

Welcome to our shopping and expat information blog To buy products from all your favourite UK shops, or for more information, go to our main  website   UK Shopping in Spain Or visit our sister site, The Expat Market Place, which is the largest expat shopping site in Europe. SHOPPING ON THE UK HIGH STREET Ukshoppinginspain.com has asked you, our customers, about your favourite shops on the high street? When you go back to the UK on holiday which shop do you head for first? For the second year running, Waitrose topped the poll of more than 14,000 members. Sister firm John Lewis came second. In our survey of over 2,500 people, 90 stores were rated on everything from products to price to customer service. The … [Read more...]