What is your ideal accommodation type?

If you are planning a trip, or want to live abroad, there are a few key points to consider when you decide on where to stay. Here are the steps on how to choose the right accommodation and maximize your budget.

Your Goal: First you must know your goal on your trip. You may say it is something as general as a vacation or a business trip, but it is good to actually specify what you want.

Your Time: Knowing or setting the length of your stay can lead you to adjust your accommodation as well.

Your Budget: Draw up a budget table with possible projections on how high you would want to spend for you accommodation. Think of the services you want to avail and extra transportation costs if necessary.

Know you Options: Now that you have your criteria for your accommodation, you have plenty of options regarding accommodation. Look at your budget, the duration of your stay, and your objectives. 

According to your criteria, choose your best option:

Advantages of living in a residence in London

 

Last but not least, the third way to live in London without spending too much money on the rent is the student residence. This is the cheapest way because you can share, if you want, the facilities such as the kitchen or your room with other people coming from all over the world. These are some reasons to choose the student residence when you are coming in London.

Advantages of sharing a flat in London

When you arrive in London one of the best option for accommodation is to share a flat, but sometimes people are afraid of that but there is no reason to because it brings a lot of advantages. Check out some of the benefits:  

The Tour de France in London

The Tour de France is coming to London!

The Tour de France, the world's largest annual sporting event, is taking place in London on Monday 7 July 2014.

It'd be a great occasion to enjoy in London's streets all the world’s greatest cyclists will compete for the famous Yellow Jersey.

On Saturday 5 July, Stage 1, the Tour will start its three-day visit to Britain in Yorkshire.
On day two, Stage 2, riders will go from York to Sheffield. And the last day, Stage 3, the route will start in Cambridge city centre and the race runs between Cambridge and London.

In London, once past the Tower of London, the final kilometres of the route will take them alongside the Thames towards Victoria Embankment before riding past the Houses of Parliament, around St James's Park and finishing, with Buckingham Palace as a backdrop, on the Mall at around 15:30* (estimated times for cyclists).

You can see below the map of the route. In Come2England we are so happy because the race is going to take place just in front of our office! On 7 July we will give all our support to the cyclists, and you, are you coming? In that case, contact us we can provide you the best accommodation!

Be ready for the London Marathon

The annual long-distance race returns for 2014. Starting from three different points in Greenwich Park the course covers 26.2 miles. The biggest crowds of spectators gather at Tower Bridge and Embankment and the emotional finish of the Marathon takes place on the Mall in front of Buckingham Palace.

Zones and look for accommodation in London

When you arrive for the first time in a new place, the most important thing is look for accommodation.

If you've already decided to come to London or just you are thinking about it, we want you know that you can find different zones in London and also we want to give you some advice to look  for accommodation.

After Job or Internship: Time to Visit London's Museums

Not everything about our life in London has to be about job and internship, we also have to enjoy it! :D

This week, we propose: London Museums :) As a way of making up for our Saturday's night excess ;) let's improve ours mind :D

Our suggestions:

September in London: Work and Accommodation

The end of the holidays is getting closer. Some months when many changes happen in this great city, Londoners come back from their summer vacations and many foreign go to their own countries after having spent some time learning English, working...

This affects London in many ways, people start acting like children when the have to go back to school, they pick up their bags, cry a little at home and then go to work. So be ready to see some stress in the streets, you might think it was different but even Londoners appreciate calm, beach and sun.

But don't you think everything is going to be this way. London's spirit is always going to be latent, many festivals and events will help you throughout the hard process September is!!London fashion Week, Oktoberfest, iTunes festival... and many other things that will make you forget summer is gone!

Come2England can provide you the best service during the year, as you probably know all our clients find job in less than 2 weeks and within the next months of craziness you will be able to save a lot of time looking for the job you need to start earning money and learning some English. Remember, when things get hard you can always trust us!

Helena's experience in London

Today we are going to introduce you to Helena.

Helena came from Spain to London with the aim of working and improving her English, then she saw that Come2England offered many resources to start from the beginning...

She found our agency thanks to a friend who talked to her about us, she searched us on the internet and then she contacted us by email. Her impression during the whole process is that the service received is direct and customized, adapted to her own needs.

Helena paid for the English courses and she is specially happy with the results she had!! She is really satisfied with our system and she has even said that if she went abroad again she would hire our services again, the reason is that our performance is very useful when taking the first step towards an unknown country and a new language.

What are her future plans? She wants to go back to Spain, after having worked in London this summer, to keep on studying. She does not put away the idea of coming back next year or any other, now that she knows London and she has been able to see that it is a city full of opportunities.

We wish you the best Helena! :)

30's in London? YES YOU CAN!

Ezio, one of our Italian customers, has been working in a telecommunication company in the north of Italy, until it closed due to the economic crisis.

Bored of the Italian economic context, Ezio decided to come to London and change his life!

How? Thanks to Come2England.
Without knowing anyone in London and with a basic English knowledge, he decided to call us and asked for help.

The results?

In less than one week Ezio has found a job in a Turkish Restaurant. He is now very satisfied with both Come2England team and his employer who is spending time training him and who is also very patient regarding his "work in progress" English level.

Future plans?

Becoming the Manager of the Restaurant as a return for the employer's faith in him!!

.....We are happy for you Ezio, you are doing it right! :)

Trust us!

Are you thinking about moving to London? Have you been looking for an agency that can help you, but you are uncertain and do not know how to choose the best one?

Come2England is a genuine agency and is different from other agencies because we do not make empty promises. With us everything is clear and you are actively involved in every part of the process.

In Come2England  we try our best to create and maintain a better image for this type of agencies. We are trying to combat the distrust and disbelief of people by providing real services and doing the best to make sure our clients are happy and satisfied.

Today we want to tell the story of Filippo, who found a job through our Come2England.
A few months ago Filippo contacted us via our Facebook page, saying: 

His English is not better than the English of the average Italian person and he was suspicious of Come2England and agencies like ours. After exchanging a few e-mails with our team members,he dicided to contract our service plus our language course, but he was still a bit suspicious. 

Two weeks later after finishing the language course Filippo managed to find a job with our help and now is more than happy he choose Come2England and not any other agency. This is the message we received from him: 

Thanks to our English courses, the effort of our team and his positive attitude, Filippo found a job at the restaurant Marquis in the heart of London (Westminster)!

You can trust us that we will do our best to help you, the rest is up to you!

Welcome to England

From Come2England we are really happy to see how the people that is coming to ask us for help, finally find the job they were looking for. As we have been showing in the last posts, there are many examples of clients that are really happy with their current situation, and of course, that makes us happy as well. 

Some people who come here are afraid of the city. They may not speak English as fluently as the thought, but we have the solution for them and that's why we offer English courses which are an investment in their future.

If you ever feel that this city is too big for you don't panic, just call us, we are willing to help you find accommodation, job and learn English! Don't forget it this is a city full of opportunities and you can already count on us.

Our clients are our priority and that's the reason why we try to improve our service and  look for partnerships with other English academies, such as Callan School or Burlington School. This is just one many things we do in order to reach the top and be the number one of the agencies. Stop hesitating, life is short and we can be your time saver. Enjoy London!!