{"id":74111,"date":"2025-05-04T15:00:08","date_gmt":"2025-05-04T15:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/74111\/"},"modified":"2025-05-04T15:00:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-04T15:00:08","slug":"expats-word-of-advice-for-brits-heading-to-spain-as-many-make-big-mistake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/74111\/","title":{"rendered":"Expat’s ‘word of advice’ for Brits heading to Spain as many make ‘big mistake’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Daniel Efford has been living in the country for 38 years, and said life there was “brilliant” but “not easy”\"peopleDaniel Efford said life in Spain was “brilliant” but “not easy”(Image: Getty Images)<\/p>\n

A British expat had one piece of advice for those considering a move to Spain as he said many made a ‘big mistake’.<\/p>\n

Daniel Efford has been living in the country for 38 years, and said life there was “brilliant” but “not easy”.<\/p>\n

The TikToker, who is based in La Cala de Mijas on the Costa del Sol, often shares clips admiring the region’s balmy weather, picturesque landscapes and delicious cuisine.<\/p>\n

But in a recent video, Daniel – who goes by @danielelfford23 on the platform – had some wise words for anyone hoping to follow in his footsteps, The Express<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n

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He said: “I think one of the biggest stumbling blocks that people have is that when they come to Spain, they come as holidaymakers.<\/p>\n

“They look at life from the holidaymaker view and they don’t really take into consideration of what happens behind the scenes.”<\/p>\n

Daniel explained that when tourists visit the country for a short amount of time, they believe that their holiday experience will be the same as living there.<\/p>\n

He said that prompt them to want to stay long term, but having that mindset in fact is “just a mistake”.<\/p>\n

“If you are thinking of moving to Spain, one you check out what happens in Spain by asking local people,” he continued.<\/p>\n

“Do a bit of homework, speak to locals, and I’m not talking about the Brits in your favourite bar that you go to.<\/p>\n

“Get to speaking to some local Spanish people that can speak English or that you’ve managed to create a bond with.”<\/p>\n

Daniel warned that people’s “tourist view clouds common sense” and re-emphasising people should “do [their] homework” and speak to multiple local people.<\/p>\n

However he assured viewers that living abroad was good, it just requires “the right ingredients”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Daniel Efford has been living in the country for 38 years, and said life there was “brilliant” but…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":74112,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5312],"tags":[2000,299,104,8879],"class_list":{"0":"post-74111","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-spain","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-spain","11":"tag-spain-travel"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114450164903855316","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74111\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}