The grey clouds spin their oppressive web across the British sky in January and even the greatest sun-dodgers start to fantasise about hotter climes.
According to Travel Bulletin a good half of Brits book a holiday in January.
Nearly a quarter (23 percent) of UK consumers agree that booking a holiday would make them most happy in January, with 44 percent booking days off work within the first week of returning to work in 2017, according to new research by Travel Counsellors.
However, what if that simply wasn’t enough? What if the British weather has simply become too much and you want to pull a “Dick and Angel”(Strawbridge) and actually make a home abroad?
What if I made this prospect even more tempting by also telling you that you know you can actually be paid to move abroad?
This is all due to population decline. When the citizenship of a country or region sharply falls, it can have a negative effect on both the economy and culture of a location.
This has led to many towns and cities across the world offering funding schemes to newcomers who are willing to relocate to their area to live and work. Intriguing to know, particularly if you’re looking to move.
Here are just some of the holiday hotspots you can be paid to move to:
Italy
Candela is offering single people €800 (£686.42), couples €1,300 (£1,115.42), and families €2,000 (£1,716.04) to move there. To be eligible, newcomers would need to rent a property in Candela with the plan to live full time, and also to secure a job that earns at least €7,500 (£6,434.74) per year.
Elsewhere, some towns in Sicily want to offer newcomers the opportunity to purchase a property for €1 (86p), in return for which, the resident will have to renovate the property and pay a security deposit of around €5,000 (£4,289.98), which will be paid back after you’ve completed renovations.
Chile
Through Startup Chile, foreign businesses are encouraged to apply to one of three programmes – Build, Ignite, and Growth; all aimed at different levels of business.
Build is for new startups and is a four-month programme helping to launch a new business with $14,000 (£11,037.67) funding and a one-year residence visa.
Greece
The island of Antikythera, northwest of Crete, has introduced a plan to pay families to relocate there. The scheme was organised by the Greek Orthodox Church on the island.
New residents will receive a home, some land, and be paid €500 (£429) every month for the first three years they live there, to encourage long-term plans of their new residents. The island is quiet and rural, with the added benefits of the amazing Greek weather and sandy beaches, which could be just what you’re looking for.
Spain
Ponga is a small village with only about 500 residents in a mountain region of northern Spain. Ponga is offering young couples €3,000 (£2,573.82) to move there for five years, with an additional €3,000 (£2,573.82) per child you bring or have while there.
A Xesta is an even smaller population: only 100 residents, and also in northwest Spain. There are about 125 vacant properties for rent, and it’s a low rent too: you’d pay only €100 (£85.80)!
Further east, with 130 residents, is Griegos, which is offering work and three months of free rent to newcomers, then rent of €225 (£193.03) per month and an extra €50 (£42.90) for each child aged between 4 – 18.
If you want to be paid to live abroad and if any of the above tempts you in, one or more of them could offer you the life-changing opportunity you’ve been craving.
