Still easy to get bar/restaurant work in Gibraltar?

Hi everyone,

I am looking to move to La Linea in April with my brother to get work in Gibraltar - basically i used to live there 9 years ago for 6 months a work in a restaurant in Gib. We are both UK citizens and i was just wondering if anybody knows roughly what wages are paid now for bar/restaurant work in gibraltar and how much a crappy 2 bed apartment would cost in La Linea - somewhere nearish the beach! I currently live in Nepal where i have aquired 3 street dogs and would do anything to avoid the 6 month UK quarrentine - hence living in Spain - working in Gib.  we will be moving in April and would just like to find out if it is still as easy to get bar/ restaurant work as it was all them years ago.  I am 27, my brother 30. What are the wages like?  Still cash in hand.  Also, my brother has experience working in customer service for vodafone and i have experience working in adsales in publishing (magazines).  We both prefer the happy-go-lucky work of bars, meeting and greeting etc. and love the beach life (i know the beaches arent amazing but as long as there is sun,sand,sea and a frisbee we are happy.  we want to save some money for a busines venture but have time, we live very frugally - providing we can both eat and my dogs (3) can eat we are happy :-)

Please let me know if anyone has recent experience or info on this, and also cost of living in La Linea - it used to be so cheap.  Just a 2 bed apartment would do us nicely!

Thanks in advance

Laura

Hi Laura

Sorry that I can't help with your main query, although with high unemployment in Spain at the moment, I suspect that it won't  be easy to find work.

I noticed your comment about your dogs (how are you planning to bring them to Spain, by the way?) and thought it worth pasting this information which I found on the Hot Dog Holidays website:

For traveling with noncommercial kept dogs and cats from other countries to a EU member state more or less the same rules apply.

• To travel from Norway, Switzerland, Iceland, Andorra, Liechtenstein, Monaco, San Marino, Vatican City to a EU member state the same rules apply as travel between member states.
• If a dog or cat from a country where rabies exists, it is obligatory to have proof that your pet does not have rabies by means of a blood test that has been done at least 3 months before departure. This tests only needs to be done once, provided that the dog or cat is vaccinated each year after that.
• For a dog or cat from a country where rabies exists to Ireland, Sweden and the UK the quarantine period of 6 months is still obligatory.
• If an animal goes on holiday from the EU to a country where rabies exists, the animal needs to undergo a blood test before departure. This ensures that the required blood test to get back into the EU country is done on time.

Hopefully someone who know the work situation in Gib will post information for you.

Good luck!

Sue

Laura Hi,

Like Suemac I cannot answer your main question about work.

Here is a link to a property for rent agency website, pisos.net

3 dogs in a 2 bedroomed apartment?

Nearly as bad as me with 5 in a 2 bed house!

Good Luck

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