Well this week has been a busy week.
For the last year we've been racking our brains to think of a way to spend more time in Spain while I finish my degree. The only idea that we have been able to come up with is to start our own business selling second hand and new goods, to do that successfully we have had to buy our own van. There's tons of facebook sites advertising goods but they all need collecting. The way I see it, if they need collecting, the owner wants them gone and they're willing to sell very cheap or even give things away. Having a van means I can buy and then provide a delivery at a profit.
At the same time, the van can be used to transfer goods to Spain for other people while being paid to visit our apartment, each time upgrading my insurance for transporting goods for hire or reward.
So we've bought the van, got business insurance, business cards, and goods in transit insurance.
All we need now is customers and goods to sell. Our bids are in on Uship so we'll see what happens, the worst that can happen is that we'll sell the van and have to rethink our short term plans.