Someone my family know wrote this what is your take on it?
" I'm not sure it is a good idea.
Hope I don't sound negative but a few things come to mind immediately.
1) They hire locals for these type of position (pay is not very good).
2) To legally work here you must have a residencia (cost about $USD2,000, plus takes minimum 3 months to get)
3) Where will she rent an apt.? There is nothing at all in this area.
4) If she chooses to live in Puerto Plata (not much other options), it would be very unwise for a single white girl to do so especially if she is coming here by herself.
I've seen this many times over the years where gringos just come here without much (or any in this case) planning and it never seems to work out and sometimes gets ugly.
I came here 3 times on holidays first (a total of 2 months spent here) before I decided to move here."
" I'm not sure it is a good idea.
Hope I don't sound negative but a few things come to mind immediately.
1) They hire locals for these type of position (pay is not very good).
2) To legally work here you must have a residencia (cost about $USD2,000, plus takes minimum 3 months to get)
3) Where will she rent an apt.? There is nothing at all in this area.
4) If she chooses to live in Puerto Plata (not much other options), it would be very unwise for a single white girl to do so especially if she is coming here by herself.
I've seen this many times over the years where gringos just come here without much (or any in this case) planning and it never seems to work out and sometimes gets ugly.
I came here 3 times on holidays first (a total of 2 months spent here) before I decided to move here."