Move Preparation

Preparing to leave for Spain — documents to gather, accounts to sort, subscriptions to cancel, mail forwarding and the many details that are easier to handle before you arrive.

Leaving The US For Spain: The Part That’s Rarely Talked About

Everyone talks about what it takes to move to Spain. The visa process, finding a home, setting up a bank account, learning where to buy groceries. That's where the excitement is and honestly, that's where most of our energy goes too. But hardly anyone talks about what it takes leaving the US. What it takes to wrap up your life here. And the more we've worked through it ourselves, the more we've realized how easy it is to underestimate.

One thing we'd say to anyone in the early stages of planning: you can never start this too early.

Read MoreLeaving The US For Spain: The Part That’s Rarely Talked About

The Gestore: Your Government Concierge

If you've been spending time in expat groups or reading about life in Spain, you've almost certainly run into the word "gestor" — usually in the form of someone saying "just get a gestor" without explaining what that actually means or what one costs.

We kept running into the same gap as we researched our move. The concept came up everywhere — NIE applications, car registration, annual tax filings, TIE renewals — but nobody seemed to explain the full picture in one place. So we built the page to help others who were in the same situation.

Read MoreThe Gestore: Your Government Concierge