Moving

Moving to another country can be hard as you adapt to your new surroundings, particularly when moving to locations as contrasting as the United Arab Emirates. However, with the globetrotting world citizens of today it is unlikely that you will visit or relocate anywhere that doesn’t have an already established expat community - unless of course you have managed to secure an obscure role ...

No matter how you look at it whether you’re moving abroad or moving down the road, relocating will always be more stressful and more time consuming than it looks on paper. However, there are a few things you can do to make the whole process quicker and easier. The first step towards a simpler move is to plan it out. The timescale of your plan depends on the timescale of your move but t...

It’s hard enough moving all your belongings to another house but when that house happens to be half way across the world, that difficult task becomes a seemingly impossible mission. One solution which can save both time and money, is moving some of your items into a storage facility. Even when moving houses domestically, storage can offer plenty of benefits particularly in the case of those who ...

We’ve all been there. You’re finally settling down for a nice mug of cocoa  after a hard day of packing up all your worldly belongings into boxes, only to find you don’t have any mugs.  Instead you retire to bed, brushing your teeth and setting your alarm beforehand. Only to find you’ve packed your toothbrush, toothpaste and your alarm clock. All very easily done, but also very easily av...

It’s hard moving to a new country, finding new jobs, making new friends and having to adapt to a completely different culture.  As a child, you experience all of these changes and problems but at an age where you are far less emotionally and mentally equipped to deal with them. However, with the support and help of mum and dad, these challenges can be quickly overcome opening up a whole new w...

Now that you’ve taken the decision to actually move to the UAE and the paperwork is progressing nicely, the next thing you have to think about is getting your belongings over here. And in many cases, it’s not just your belongings but – if you’ve a family – everyone else’s treasured‘can’t-possibly-live-without’ possessions too. So just how do you manage to get it all across numerous bodies ...

Travelling anywhere with little ones isn’t great but to go half-way round the world to live in a new country is downright daft – or so it may seem if you don’t get a plan of action in place prior to take-off. At the top of your survival list should be the words Children’s Entertainment – especially on a long-haul flight. Hundreds of parents will agree, the portable DVD player with favourite movie...