Climbing off a plane to start a new chapter in one's life in an unfamiliar country can be a pretty daunting reality. Does anyone know of a service that is offered on the north coast that helps new comers accomplish the "necessities" of life in the first few weeks or months after arrival?
I mean a company that helps with getting utility accounts set up, to place ads for help wanted in local newspapers, that can help locate and procure needed products and services, offer assistance at the bank and other places where the language barrier is sometimes difficult to overcome etc?
There are lots of questions that new arrivals have about their new environment that just aren't that easy or convenient to find answers to on the internet. Things like, where and on what days is the local market operating, how does one deal with household trash, the mail system (such as it is) finding and hiring a property/pool maintenance company and of course advice on reasonable pricing for various goods and services so that the gullible gringo isn't "taxed" out of existence before their boxes arrive from the old home.
I mean a company that helps with getting utility accounts set up, to place ads for help wanted in local newspapers, that can help locate and procure needed products and services, offer assistance at the bank and other places where the language barrier is sometimes difficult to overcome etc?
There are lots of questions that new arrivals have about their new environment that just aren't that easy or convenient to find answers to on the internet. Things like, where and on what days is the local market operating, how does one deal with household trash, the mail system (such as it is) finding and hiring a property/pool maintenance company and of course advice on reasonable pricing for various goods and services so that the gullible gringo isn't "taxed" out of existence before their boxes arrive from the old home.