Hi All,
I am about to move to Spain, although I will still be working in London 3 days a week, I work weekends (Fri, Sat, Sun nights)leave for Spain very early Mon morning, Fly to London Fri afternoon, using budget airlines. I am just wondering if anybody else does something similar? And if they have any experiences/difficulties in doing just that?
Eventually I wish to make the move permanent- i.e. start a business for which I have an idea, but for the moment I will travel.
Any thoughts?

Regards, Robbie

hey riazorrob, WOW, our first multimadrid international jet-setter business man.

reminds me of a cnn promo for their business traveller show... "live in one country and work in another?" (say that with annpying richard quest voice and you will get it ).

not sure if any of the "regulars" here do anything like that.

i live in the plaza mayor (MAP) and work in puerta del sol (MAP) if that iis comparible?

seriously though, sounds like a tiring routine but i am sure your biz idea will take off (hope!) and you will be able to be in spain full time before too long

saludos,
jer...

What about Fab? He commutes between two countries every month, Catalonia and Spain.

I've met a women, working as a banker in Geneva, Swiss Monday-Thursday, and the rest of the week spend here with her family.
It works for her.
Nava

I suppose it depends on where in Spain and where in the UK you are positioned at.
If you are close to an airport in the UK that has cheap flights to Malaga or Jerez, like Ryan Air for example, and there is someone to pick you up at the airport in Spain and take you to your house for the rest of the week, then there should not be too much trouble.
You really get used to it as spending the time in the airports is more or less just as long as waiting for a train or long distance bus within the same country.

I make the trip back to the UK once a month from Madrid. Can be a drag if there are delays etc (quite often). As MadridInsider says if you've got someone to pick you up then its not to much of a problem. If you are relying on public transport then it can be a pain with timings. And if you are using Easyjet its a long walk from the Metro! I couldn't do it once a week though (unless the money was good). You've got to allow 4 or 5 hours each way to be safe. Happy commuting!

Back in the mists of time I had a job that meant I flew up to Glasgow (from England) each Monday morning, returning on Friday evening. In those days there weren't the budget flight companies as now so my employer had to fork out quite a lot (to Ba OR British Midland). The upside was that if the flight needed to be changed (whether I missed the check-in time or needed to work late at the weekend) there was no additional charge.
I suspect that if you fly Easyjet using this method you will end up paying almost as much (since Monday mornings and Friday eves are always in demand). Bear in mind that Easyjet can be monstrously expensive if you need to change flights at the last minute.
If you think you may have to change your flights often at short notice, it may pay to fly with the schedule operators (BA, British Midland, Iberia) especially as this may allow you to fly to/from more convenient airports.
However if you're faily sure of your schedule you may find it advantageous to buy up umpteen weeks tickets in advance. If then you have to miss a flight in 6 weeks time which only cost you £20 originally you may not feel too cheesed off.

If you can, try and fly at different times to the Monday morning/ Friday evening slot.

Hope this helps a little.

Spain is a worhty visited country in the world. I have been to there for quite a few times on travel. I think once you're in Spain, you can't miss ibiza where you can enjoy a comfortable sunbath and madrid. While in summer you can go to Tenerife , it is the summer resort. I love them all. People there are mostly friendly and hospitable and you won't be worried about anything in your travel. Hope everyone travel to Spain have a good time there!