46 yr old here, listening to your comment about earning in your 20s / 30s. Experiences vary, but speaking from mine, 20s were years where I wandered, tried things, scrambled to keep my head above water, etc. all that uncoordinated bumbling around helped give me a sense of myself, like you said re. being outside of your comfort zone. 30s were faltering steps in a career, some years good, some years bad, most years just wondering wtf I was doing & why. 40s... blossomed. Would not have been able to do it without the experiences of not knowing what to do with myself. In 20 years if it's a priority for you guys, you will earn, you will leverage what you have learned to get where you need to be. But the worst thing you can do is to sacrifice the world on your doorstep today for some future that you may not even want in the future. Great video btw - inspired me to check out Canarias.

@EvanHailes

6 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching. Everything you said resonated with me. At times it's easy for me to get caught worrying about what's going to come next. This reminded me that it's all apart of the journey. Thank you

@loveroflife1914

4 ай бұрын

Well said! @Evo333 - please don't attach yourself to the "I have to do X by Y age" idea. Life IS indeed a marathon. Travel the world, study the world, study and learn about yourself. Succeed, fail, repeat. I spent my 20's working in dead-end jobs in every industry you could imagine. However, this time gave myself the space to really discover what I wanted out of life and made me confront questions and ideas about the world and myself that I wouldn't have encountered if I had been working a typical 9-5 from ages 22-30. I finally received a degree in my late 20's. However, the pandemic hit and 3-4 years of real difficulties followed. But I kept focused on my plan and played the long game. I moved to Europe last year. Now, I'm writing to you from Spain and I'll be starting a (remote) job in my dream industry next week. Looking back, I'm 100% grateful for going my own way in my 20's. Remember, your story is YOURS to write.

@Hermanubis1

3 ай бұрын

@@EvanHailes Cmon, do not destroy your genes. Wake up from your programming.

Wow, Evan & Mackenzie, this really gives us a picture into your lives! It was, is, so informative, and you both manage to make it work! I think you have to think outside the box, and growth begins outside of your comfort zone. You’ve shown people that this experience is the reward. What a great lesson in life, probably the greatest, for anyone who’s thinking and dreaming of going to another country. Thank you for letting us into your lives! Sending lots of ❤️ love!

@EvanHailes

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your kind words! We love you♥️♥️

very well said video!! super informative and love that you guys compared the two regions together! Its all about making the memories! I hope matt and i can see y'all on the island again next yr!

@EvanHailes

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Nicole🤟🏾♥️

Thanks for sharing! I’m happy for you Evan! I love seeing your post and I hope to make it over there soon with my family! I’m glad you have Mackenzie to experience all of this with! Wishing y’all the absolute best on this journey ❤

@EvanHailes

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!!🫶🏾 if you need any recommendations let me know

Hola from Sevilla! I love seeing both your updates on living in Spain! My partner and I have been living here for about 3 months now. We are from Canada so our visas are a bit different, but our experiences are very similar. The salary here is quite low (comparative to North America) but cost of living, going out, and groceries allow us to still have a really fun time while being here. Its not a very glam life (lol) but the experience has been wonderful and so eyeopening. Love these videos :)

@EvanHailes

Жыл бұрын

Hola! Hope you guys are enjoying beautiful Sevilla🤩♥️ thank you for watching!

@medalainechu

Жыл бұрын

Hi Canadian here! I'm starting to make decisions about going to live in Spain with my boyfriend. He's Spanish so I'm on my own for visas and stuff haha. Could you comment if you guys got jobs before moving so the company sponsored your visa, or did you move so Spain and looked for jobs before the 90 day expiry of free travel w/ no visa.

@KimberlyRude

Жыл бұрын

@@medalainechu Hello! We didn't get jobs before we left because we wanted to travel a bit prior to settling down. We have the youth mobility visa and with this visa, you have to apply for it from Canada. You don't need a work contract prior to coming to Spain, but you can start applying online for jobs before you arrive. I would recommend to come with some savings because it took longer than I thought to land a job here. Since you can't apply for a work visa while in Spain, I would look into applying while in Canada before you plan to come! Good luck :)

@fivestar000

Жыл бұрын

So would you say you like it better if you had the funds to live a better lifestyle? Or would rather live it in North America

@user-ec9xh4gy7m

Жыл бұрын

I want to live in Sevilla when I retire.

I wish I learned more about this option while in university. Awesome video and its great you guys showing people what's possible.

@EvanHailes

Жыл бұрын

Thank you man. Really appreciate your words. Glad to be able to show people a different way of post-college life

Interesting video Evan, love to see you thriving man! Keep going 🙏🏻

@EvanHailes

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching brother Joel 🤟🏾 more coming for sure

Absolutely great sneak peek of Spain and very informative, Guys! Love the breakdown of costs. Do the bus rides for Perm Residents happen in most of Spains areas. What does it take for residency. I'm looking to come and teach as a Primary School Tchr...at 54!! Experiences vs money...your message was so valuable and encouraging! Many thanks from me in NZ! 😊

@EvanHailes

7 ай бұрын

Thank you for your kindness and for watching! I think the bus rides were specific to where we were living in Tenerife unfortunately. But public transportation in Spain is really affordable, 2-3 euros for a single ride pass in most cities. I’m not exactly sure about residency because we weren’t considering it! But that is so cool you are going to move to such a beautiful place! Good luck in your journey! If you have any other questions please reach out😊

Noce video. Spain is a beautiful country, food is affordable and healthy do Accesible and rent is not expensive too. Love it more nature and adventure compared to other countries in Europe plus the weather is nice too.

Hi! Thanks for the breakdown. I applied through NALCAP this February, now patiently waiting for them to get back and receive a placement in Andalucia. Please do more of these every so often, I'm actually a teacher in Texas and want a change of slow pace, also I never picture myself living here permanently, I'm from Puerto Rico. Always wanted to live abroad and see the world, while I can and not wait until I'm retired to do so. Enjoy Tenerife!

@EvanHailes

Жыл бұрын

That’s so great to hear! Wishing you the best of luck in getting placed in Andalucía, it’s a beautiful region with so much to offer. It will definitely be the slow pace your looking for! We’re planning on making some more videos on this topic, thanks for the support! 🙏🏾😊

@rickireign

Жыл бұрын

I’m also in Texas waiting to see if I receive a placement through Nalcap 🙂

Love this video, LIVE FROM THE SOFA!

@EvanHailes

Жыл бұрын

😂 thank you Crystal♥️

nice,. I am considering moving to Spain, and your tips and point of view are pretty cool,..thanks,. may the force be with you.

@EvanHailes

6 ай бұрын

Thank you! Good luck on your journey.

Watching from China, with my 5K usd esl teacher salary and prices half lower than in Spain and I’m not even a native speaker. Love Spain but not sure I’d change this comfortable life for being poor in Spain. Try China, guys. You won’t want to leave for at least 2-3 years, until you move to UAE 😂

You guys are so young, beautiful and wise!!! I did all the partying, the men, the marriage, the business and the child and at 45, I am wanting a slow paced minimalist life surrounded by beautiful scenery, so I am doing this even though I have an MBA that I have never used. I feel with that and a TEFL, I can be quite comfortable. I was going to Mexico, but the main places teachers are in demand are not whare I want to live, so I saw everyone talking about Spain and the programs that offer at least some stability vs. going in blind.

Wow thx. I'm taking an online TEFL course now

Good info, thanks for sharing

What a great video! I was wondering if you guys could talk more about living in Spain as expats and talking about the expat community! I am from Canada and only speak English at the moment and am wanting to move to Spain to teach English as well (and learn Spanish of course!) but nervous about meeting people and getting by at the beginning with my really low level of Spanish. Has it been easy or hard to meet locals and other expats? As going alone I would hope to be able to meet a lot of new friends. Thank you so much!

@fivestar000

Жыл бұрын

Why don’t you take a trip or a week like on your vacation time and see how everything works, that’s what I’ll be doing

you are guys make it right, to see the world and to enjoy your life. With working for living. So you have more to see from the world. So you see your country from another side.

@EvanHailes

Жыл бұрын

Thank you brother👌🏾 that’s the goal

Thanks for your stores I just started watching you today. I love you guys .and I also want to come leave in Spain and teach English as I learn Spanish

@EvanHailes

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Mica! If we can do it, so can you🫶🏾 good luck in your journey

Thank you for all of the budget & location information. Did you have a car in Granada because the public transportation within the city and between cities didn't meet your needs?

Thank y’all I wanna do this, in my junior year of college and I have no interest in the path here in the USA

@EvanHailes

5 ай бұрын

Dude, live life. There’s way more than what we have in the US. Move abroad ASAP

Hi there! Thanks a lot for sharing all that stuff I'm a Moroccan teacher of English. I've been teaching English at state school for 6 years now . Grades ( 10th, 11th,12th) I'm thinking about moving to Spain. So please, How can I teach there, I mean the requirements? Are my BA in English at state univ. and experience of teaching enough for me to teach there? Thanks a bunch in advance

Hi! Super helpful video. What company or school is your program through? Also- what TEFL certification did you get?

@EvanHailes

8 ай бұрын

Hello! Thanks for watching. We did it through NALCAP. Through them we didn’t have to get a TEFL certification

Thanks for the video! Can you stay in Spain if you get accepted for the next school year? Congrats on doing something out of the ordinary and not forgetting to live life!

@EvanHailes

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! Yes you can stay in Spain but you'll have to apply for a Prorroga through immigration. Just a permission slip to allow you to stay after your visa expires.

@sacroyalty

2 ай бұрын

@@EvanHailes thanks. Probably doing DNV but good to know as we plan :)

I’m actually looking at moving over and since you’ve probably met people under different programs I was wondering if you feel like you chose the best program to teach English, since they’re so many companies out there.

@brianarussell323

8 ай бұрын

This question^

This gives me slot of hope..i definitely want to leave usa . But i feel i like i need a passive income source because i have a baby

I’ve thought about doing this, being an English teacher. but damm it sounds like I would barely scrape by.

@EvanHailes

Жыл бұрын

It’s what you make it! There’s many opportunities to gain more by tutoring on the side. Most language assistants have side gigs like this that support their monthly income. Lmk if you have more questions

Thank you for another great video. You talked about each of you being paid 800 euros a month, is this after taxes? What is the before and after tax amount?

@EvanHailes

10 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!! Well, our paycheck was definitely not taxed! It was kind of like a monthly stipend

Don’t think about going back to the states yet, assuming you’re from the states. 🙂It’s so expensive in the states now. In Ny, meals can cost you $20. Rentals have also doubled. If not tripled. Anyway, I’d like to be a language assistant there. So salary is $800 a month, can I find a room for rent alone easily? How do I avoid not getting scammed for it? Where did you stay in Andalusia? I was thinking of Malaga. Is that place still affordable?

@aliaflow6877

Жыл бұрын

800$ is too low for Spain. You need at least 1200$ to live alone outside of the cities If you live in Barcelona 1200$ can be enough if you find an extra cheap room at 700$

@denniszenanywhere

Жыл бұрын

@@aliaflow6877 Good to know. Thanks so much.

@EvanHailes

Жыл бұрын

Agreed. Depending on where you want to teach here, the salary can vary. Finding a place to rent can be difficult if you don’t speak the language. There’s websites like idealista and fotocasa you can use. We were in Granada, probably the cheapest city in Andalucía. Malaga is also affordable

@denniszenanywhere

Жыл бұрын

@@EvanHailes Thanks. Be safe. Hope you can vlog more about your day-to-day life there. Some vloggers just have their cameras on them daily, recording everything. I'm ok with this, as I just like to get a real feel of the place than the edited vlogs.

@lizbitclark9778

3 ай бұрын

​@@aliaflow6877 Do you think if I went with a roomate or two 700-800 would be enough?

Are you teaching at goverment schools or private schools?

Can you share the program information you chose to teach in Spain ?

@EvanHailes

7 ай бұрын

Yes! We did it through the North American Language and Assistants Program (NALCAP).

As a black man from Detroit I wanna come to Spain and teach English, and the money I'll earn there won't bother me it's the peace of mind getting out and away from America and what it stands for. I'll take 800 euros a month and live peacefully

Great video. Could non-native speakers find a job there as well? I have teaching certificate and expeience here, along with tesol. Can we earn more than $2000 working in a priv school?

@EvanHailes

4 ай бұрын

For the program we did, they only except native speakers. But there are other programs that might accept you. Not exactly sure about a private school salary

That’s all you earn? How many hours per week? Can’t be a full time salary (35-40 hrs/week).

@EvanHailes

9 ай бұрын

Nope we are only allowed to work 12-14 hours with the visa we had

I completed MA English literature. Can an Indian become teacher in Spain?

@EvanHailes

10 ай бұрын

You absolutely can! Apply to Nalcap😊

Did I miss the part when you stated the amout you earn a month?

@EvanHailes

8 ай бұрын

Yeah no worries, I said it at the beginning! 800 euros per month.

Sad reality of difficulty of finding good teaching jobs overseas. 800 euros definitely a laughable amount. I see you are now currently in Thailand. It's nice but salaries there are not enough for saving. Let me ask you this question, Have you ever thought about teaching in Saudi Arabia? Would you be interested in applying to teach in Saudi Arabia? I honestly think that's where you and your girlfriend need to be at in order to start family life together.

Walmart is ghetto

*Young people are poorer,embrace it.*

Hola, guaja ¿Estás soltera? 😝

So, you're broke? 😂

@EvanHailes

4 ай бұрын

Technically speaking 🤣 rich in experience tho my man

No, don’t come to Spain if you’re native English speaker

@EvanHailes

Жыл бұрын

Why?

Hey. Can i ask more questions via email if you don't mind ?

@EvanHailes

3 ай бұрын

Of course! Dm me on Instagram @evhailes

mack has an attitude. Makes it hard to watch

What a great video! I was wondering if you guys could talk more about living in Spain as expats and talking about the expat community! I am from Canada and only speak English at the moment and am wanting to move to Spain to teach English as well (and learn Spanish of course!) but nervous about meeting people and getting by at the beginning with my really low level of Spanish! Has it been easy or hard to meet locals and other expats? As going alone I would hope to be able to meet a lot of new friends. Thank you so much!

@EvanHailes

Жыл бұрын

Yes, we would love to talk more about that! Living here you will have a chance to meet lots of other language assistants through Facebook groups and WhatsApp. They are usually pretty active depending on where your placed. Also, take advantage of language exchange events in your city! Great ways to meet Spanish speakers and people from all around the world. You are going to have so much fun! Good luck on your journey 😊

@luvlihyunjin

Жыл бұрын

If you’re going to Madrid it’s very easy to get around not knowing Spanish or knowing very little Spanish because many people there speak English. In other cities you may have a bit of a problem

@haroonzia2214

11 ай бұрын

Hey VetaParco, I'm also planning on moving (to Valencia, from Toronto) in August. Going alone myself, so a bit nervous but excited too. Have you thought about when and where exactly you'd like to go?