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i will be your first employee or partnerI am an American with an American passport but I grew up in Spain. I would love to find out if I purchase an albergue, can I run it as a business given my status. Any Americans or non EU nationals running Albergues, I would love your advice and possibly chat with you.
Thanks Anne
Rebecca mentioned by Annie you can find here @Rebekah ScottI am an American with an American passport but I grew up in Spain. I would love to find out if I purchase an albergue, can I run it as a business given my status. Any Americans or non EU nationals running Albergues, I would love your advice and possibly chat with you.
Thanks Anne
And I'll be your second!i will be your first employee or partner
Talk to Spain as well!!Talk to Rebecca at The Peaceable Kingdom in Moratinos.
Are you serious? Because I am and I do need a partner to do this.And I'll be your second!
Thank you. Does she have a web site, email or phone number I can call?Talk to Rebecca at The Peaceable Kingdom in Moratinos.
Rebekah wrote a more recent one that kept me laughing for most of the day. She absolutely hit ever point spot on. I would never share it without permission, but I think anyone who entertains the idea of either serving as Hospitalero, or most certainly as a potential buyer would do well to read it. If you're out there Rebekah? It was a treat to read and oh so descriptive.@Rebekah Scott wrote about this a few years ago here:
https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/so-you-want-to-run-your-own-albergue.21604/
This is neither here nor there, but the places I'd love to see a cozy private albergue are O Cebreiro and Astorga. I assume there's a very good reason there aren't more options in those spots (given how saturated with albergues some villages are), but I'm still hopeful.
Here I am.
There are TONS of people out there with the same dream, one of them is presently living in my spare room while she looks at rental apartments. Two more are now walking the Camino Portuguese, scoping-out the neighbhorhood 'round their intended target.
They are volunteer hospitaleros with years of experience between them. They have the legal right to live and work in Spain, they have job skills they can put to work to support themselves in the low season. They speak fluent Spanish, as well as a couple of other languages. They have savings, or income enough to eke out a living if things don't work out. They know their way around Spain and the caminos.
Still, they're struggling to find a place that's not falling down/a rip-off/ alongside a power station or truck stop/ in a town that's not already bursting with albergues/in a town where the people speak to one another/speak to outsiders.
They have all these advantages. They have a fighting chance of making it work.
If you have never served as a hospitalero, stop right there -- you are not qualified yet. Running a pilgrim albergue is NOT what it seems from the pilgrim's point-of-view. It's tough enough hanging on for two weeks; Doing it full-time is exhausting. The average life-span of a hospi career is about six years.
I don't aim to rain on the parade. But I have witnessed the progress of several of these enterprises...
I will have a rustle around and try to find my "Wannabe" document, and upload it here.
Are you serious? Because I am and I do need a partner to do this.
Thanks so much! Anne@Rebekah Scott wrote about this a few years ago here:
https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/so-you-want-to-run-your-own-albergue.21604/
Yes she is; the lovely Paddy is a Brit. Although "Brexit" may cause issue, but then they have been there for more than 8 years so have establish permanent residence!I believe that Rebekah is married to an EU citizen, so that presumably would make residency easier than for an American with no EU ties.
Hey Anemone,I find there are many albergues owned by someone, but with employees running the daily chores. La puerta de Najera is one, the Cantabrico in A Fonsagrada, La Jerezana on the Portugues. On thr Portuguese there is also a pair of Canadians who have opened their albergue (in Portugal, with contact info in Brierly). In the beautiful village of Rabanal, Nuestra senora de Pilar was for sale in 2012 for a rumoured 800k$, but the number may be wrong and it may have already sold.
I am an American with an American passport but I grew up in Spain. I would love to find out if I purchase an albergue, can I run it as a business given my status. Any Americans or non EU nationals running Albergues, I would love your advice and possibly chat with you.
Thanks Anne
jwpiv2004@gmail.comI have information on an Albergue for sale. I am willing to be an absentee partner with you on this if you are considering it.
Please contact me directly or let me know how to contact you directly to give you extensive details.
Danny
Oh, I just hope this is a "beginning of a beautiful friendship"I have information on an Albergue for sale. I am willing to be an absentee partner with you on this if you are considering it.
Please contact me directly or let me know how to contact you directly to give you extensive details.
Danny
i am not so kinky but a 25 year restauranteurOh, I just hope this is a "beginning of a beautiful friendship"
Buena suerte!
i am not so kinky but a 25 year restauranteur
. I remember chatting to one alburgue owner about the general lack of international food in the towns and villages, and his response was that the Spanish don't like foreign food, and any such business would not be well received and go under very quickly..
Danny, I left you an email message today. I just want to let you know in case it goes to your spam. I look forward to hearing from you when convenient.I have information on an Albergue for sale. I am willing to be an absentee partner with you on this if you are considering it.
Please contact me directly or let me know how to contact you directly to give you extensive details.
Danny
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