Hola folks, hoping to avail myself of your collective wisdom on the subject of the practicalities of travel to Spain to begin our new life, which will be happening at the beginning of next month now that our house sale in the UK is going through. We have jobs lined up in Spain with my current employer in the UK, and we're going out to Spain next week for an appointment to get our NIE numbers.
We need one-way travel to Spain for myself, my partner and our dog from the Isle of Wight to Alicante region. What strikes me as the most straightforward option is to take our car and just do a one-way trip. The car is mechanically sound but is an 08 plate so doesn't really have significant resale value, and is probably worth less than the cost of changing over to Spanish plates etc. We plan to buy a Spanish-registered car soon after we arrive and have obtained the documents necessary to do so. Would it be viable to trade in a UK-registered car, sell to someone who needs a vehicle for a one-way trip in the other direction, or, failing that, to have it scrapped?
Other options would be to obtain an LHD car that has been registered in Spain from a dealer in the UK - there are dealers who specialise in these - or to sell the car in the UK and send the dog via a pet courier and either accompany the dog with the pet courier or to fly out ourselves and meet the dog at the other end.
Muchas gracias for your advice...
Steven.