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Important LINKS You Should Know About!
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FINDING OVERSEAS PROPERTY INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITES
The Overseas Guides Company is happy to help put you in touch with suitable property professionals that can help you to...Find investment opportunites for Buying-to-Let, Buying-to-Flip, Renovation, Syndications, Commercial and residencial opportinites that provide excellent return-On-investment, high rental yeilds and options from low to medium to high-risk options. For use to understand your requirements, please fill out the Smart Overseas Property Investment form here.
Although this forum is relatively new, we have added a substantial amount of information. Please check out the Forum for information on all sorts of stuff...and remember to post some more questions or perhaps help us out and answer some others.BUYING CURRENCY
(For Large Sums for Property Purchase)
One of the largest mistakes that we see property buyers and investors make is that they work hard to find a great opportunity, but then fail to create a currency strategy. A strategy that enables them to SAVE MONEY and avoid the risk of their property prices increasing. If the currency you need to buy is at a good rate now, you can actually reserve it at today's rate and pay for it later when you need it. Why take the chance of your property increasing by £100 or £1,000 or even £10,000?Many buyers unknowingly pay £1,000 to £10,000 more than they have to - don't let this happen to you. By using a currency exchange specialist rather than a bank you can save money by:
1. Buying at a better rate (save 2% - 4%)
2. Create a strategy to buy at the best time (save £1,000's)
3. Eliminate Overseas Bank receiving charges that can be in the £100's
Contact Smart Currency Exchange as they are the only currency specialist the focuses specifially on overseas property buyers and investors.
Smart Currency Exchange Limited
Smart is the UK's only currency exchange company that works exclusively with overseas property buyers. They help their clients to save money by creating a currency strategy and working to a budget figure. Please check Smart out as soon as you know that you need to move money overseas.Smart Report
Learn how to save £££’s being Smart with your Currency when buying in
overseas – Free Report provides the top three mistakes that buyers make
along with helping you to create a currency strategy that will help you in your
particular situation
GETTING TO YOUR OVERSEAS DESTINATION
Airlines
British AirwaysNot realising that BA flew to tonnes of destinations, I never looked before however, someone mentioned that they were doing really good deals. Well – let me tell you…I cannot recommend more highly the entire process of buying and flying with British Airways (and that goes for flying anywhere in the world).
To begin, I booked my tickets over their website and it was totally awesome. You can specify whether or not you can fly +/- 3 days or +/- 7 days in order to see the various prices on each day. By booking this way, I found that it was £100’s of pounds cheaper to go out on a Saturday rather than a Sunday. If I didn’t know this, I would have simply booked the days I originally had in mind.
Then…when I arrived at the airport, all I had to do was go to a machine that looked like a cash machine (hole-in-the-wall) and enter the Credit Card I had used to purchase the tickets. After about 3 minutes of answering the security questions on the machine, my tickets popped out and I was instructed to go to the baggage drop-off point. Holy-flippin-smokes!!! The entire booking in process took no more than 7 minutes.
I highly recommend British Airways if you fly anywhere…they truly are a class act!
Travel Booking Webservices
I use the following two websites when I want to compare the prices that different airlines offer. It's easier than calling a travel agent as you simply enter your preferred dates and let the website work it's magic. With both Opodo and eBookers I have never experienced any problems.Opodo
This website is also fantastic – it is one of those sites that checks all air carriers at once. Every time I fly home to Rochester, New York, I use these people. It’s easy to use, the online system checks all the airlines flying to your particular destination and then ranks them according to price, dates or whatever you want them to be ranked by. The tickets are sent out automatically or you can often get electronic tickets. I’ve used this company at least 14 times and have not once been disappointed. The only thing I don’t like is that you can’t see the prices if you travel 1 day earlier or 3 days later as you can on British Airways.eBookers
eBookers is an excellent site. You can book flights, hotel, car rental and anything else to do with travel. The site is easy to use and I find the prices very competitive. When booking flights I often check this one and Opodo. eBookers sends out eMails if the flight changes so I always feel confident that I know what's going on.Thomas Cook
Remeber to go to the Thomas Cook website before you book your flights. There may just be a holiday offer that would slot in with your plans to view property - a whole lot cheaper perhaps than it would cost you through a high-street travel agent. There is no better way to decide where to buy than to spend a holiday there, preferably out of season. Look at Thomas Cook's website for inexpensive holidays.CAR RENT
One word about car rental overseas - make sure you book before you go! I've seen many people arrive at the airport only to find that all the cars were sold out. Can you imagine flying for hours to find out that you can't get out of the airport! So I urge you to book before you go!Holiday Auto's
Holiday autos is part of lastminute.com plc. They claim that they select only the best car rental companies around the world, and then negotiate the lowest possible rates from them, passing the savings onto our customers in the form of lower, fully inclusive prices.What I like about Holiday Auto's is that you can designate where you pick up and drop off the car.
Sixt Car Rental
I've personally used Sixt more often than any other car rental service and have never had a problem. They're usually located at the ariport so you don't have to travel to get to them...It's as easy as going to the desk, getting the car keys and then driving off.EasyCar is another good car rental option...Columbus Direct
I get my travel insurance from Columbus or Direct Line - one or the other is always cheaper than everyone else. The website could not be easier to use – it’s not crowed with all sorts of services…it just offers travel insurance. All you do is enter some details, determine what kind of insurance you want and decide if you want to pay the price. The site offers regular travel, over 64, adventure, pet insurance and more.Direct Line Travel Insurance
On a previous trip I tried Columbus Direct and the website wasn't working. Getting annoyed I tried American Express and discovered I would have to sell an organ to pay their prices. After thinking about providers, I remember Direct Line - those stupid commercials with the little red phone must have worked on me. Any way, getting a quote from Direct Line and purchasing your insurance on-line could not be any easier. Click on the link below:
American Express
This website has insurance for everything - home, motor, identity, and of course - travel insurance. If you click on the link above, you'll go to the Travel Insurance area. Personally, I feel that their prices are outrages.Travel Insurance Online
This company is part of Jade Stanley Limited which is regulated and authorised by the Financial Services Authority. They provide Annual Travel Insurance for UK Residents only. The insurance seems fairly cheap so check this site against the others to find out where you can get the best quote.Sim4Travel
This is an outstanding service that delivers a SIM card straight to your door, where you can receive calls for FREE in over 65 countries, Save up to 85% on calls worldwide and top it up from anywhere at anytime - direct from your phone. Further, you can to up your credit from anywhere in the world. Take it from me - I've had phone bills amounting to over £500.00 due to phone calls received and made from Cyprus - and I'm not a huge fan of the phone, but even a few calls can add up if you don't make plans to change your SIM card!
Amazon.co.uk
Amazon is my absolutely favourite online book store! I order everything from this site and have always been very happy. The reviews and outline of the books are comprehensive, the order process is easy and usually the books arrive within 2-3 days. What more could one ask for?
WH Smiths
I'm sure you know all about WH Smiths! They have a wide variety of Overseas Property magazines.
Rossetta Stone
I first found Rosetta Stone in America located in Airports - that was several years ago. Since then the company has gone international in a big way. From what the *experts* say this system is the absolute best. The curriculum includes listening comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing. You can get the information in a CD rom or via an online subscription format. There are two reasons that I think this site is worth looking at:1. They offer a free on-line demo so you can 'try-before-you-buy' and
2. If you do decide to purchase they offer a 6-month full money back if you're not happy. Any one that puts a claim like that on their products must believe that their product will deliver!Click on the Rosetta Stone link above to check out their site. To find the demo - it's a tab along the top that says, 'Demo'.Audible
Another great website that offers Digital Books on learning languages is Audible. When you do a search the details of each audio book appear listing the price, ratings from other listeners and an audio clip so that you can listen before you buy. The site also offers comedy shows, radio dramas, self-development programs and all sorts. The way it works is you sign up, install software on your computer that manages your audio device (i.e. MP3 player, Ipod) and then you download the audio of your choice and simply upload the data to your MP3 player...When I looked at the site they were offering two FREE audio books when you try Audible, so it's worth looking at. The whole site is set up for people that use digital audio players, so if you have an IPod or MP3 player this is a must-see site!
Transparent Language
Transparent Language is another website that offers language sets. When I first signed up to this site, they offered a free 'lite' version of their software - it came with flash cards and this cool testing and review system. Since I signed up to the freebie, it seems to have vanished from the website...Unless I'm blind? Any way - this site seems to be a cross between Rosetta and Audible as it offers both CD's and digital information for download - for an IPod or MP3 player.TAKING PETS OVERSEAS
Pet Exports
The website states that international relocation with pets is sometimes a minefield of legislation, veterinary requirements and logistics. It is advisable to consult with an experienced professional, conversant with exporting domestic animals. We aim to provide all the necessary advice and information in order to make this seemingly complicated process as simple as possible.Pets Passports
Pets Passports is the leading pet relocation specialist and as such are devoted to the safety and welfare of all animals. They seem to have a good website!OTHER STUFF
I just wanted to mention a very GOOD site that you might find helpful. Check out: JoinCreditExpert as it allows you to enter your details and get a free credit report. This will allow you to check your credit history BEFORE you apply for a mortgage to ensure that it’s correct and avoid any unnecessary delays.
Link Exchange
If you would like to set up reciprocal links between this website and yours, please email me at: mailto:Kim@OverseasBuyingGuide.comI am only looking to link to high quality websites related to buying a property overseas or getting to and around an overseas destination, and am not looking for links for links sake...
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