owning a bar in benidorm

[DIANA MC]

hi
can anyone tell me if they run a bar in spain well benidorm are things still as bad as they were or has it improved over the last year and could you make a living for three people to live on

be gratefull for feedback from anyone who is doing this at the moment

[xabiachica]

Originally Posted by DIANA MC

hi
can anyone tell me if they run a bar in spain well benidorm are things still as bad as they were or has it improved over the last year and could you make a living for three people to live on

be gratefull for feedback from anyone who is doing this at the moment

I'm not far north of Benidorm - and according to friends of mine who run a bar here - every bar is for sale....................

they work 5.5 days a week from 9am - the daughter covers 5 evenings from about 8pm til close - which could be 9pm if there is no-one there or 1 am if there is - they close 4pm on a Saturday (where it is positioned, weekends are quieter than weekdays)

mon-fri it is pretty busy all year round, pretty much all day - and they do quite a good food trade too

the bar is closed the other 1.5 days because they can't afford to pay anyone to cover those days

if anything though, things are worse than a year ago - the bar just about supports the two of them (& they don't exactly live the high life) - the daughter has a full time job during the day

[DIANA MC]

thanks

[steve_in_spain]

Originally Posted by DIANA MC

hi
can anyone tell me if they run a bar in spain well benidorm are things still as bad as they were or has it improved over the last year and could you make a living for three people to live on

be gratefull for feedback from anyone who is doing this at the moment

I work with many bars in the area and Xabia is right... i will add, some do very well but those are the well thought out carefully planned ones.