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Hello STT,
On planning the PMV.
I feel I have investigated the island... but I think there must be something I am missing.
When I was 17 I worked on a cruise ship as a dancer and had a bank account at (I think it was Scotia bank?!? maybe i am wrong...in Haven sight)
Getting the bank account, surveying the island....
What does a PMV entail? Does someone have a checklist?
I just think I am missing something... I know I am getting closer to making the move... It is just a BIG change... I want to cover all my basis... It is stressful moving into a new area; having no friends; starting (basically) all over.
But I know it is the right move.
Most of you are probably laughing at me and just thinking " git your butt down here and it will all work it self out!"
I just want all the info I can get.
Night islanders,
Matthew
Posted : November 17, 2006 5:36 am
A PMV visit is different for everyone. But mostly it means:
Staying for 2 or 3 weeks - or more
Find non-luxury accomodations - a condo or apartment in someone's house - for your stay. You want to find someplace like were you might live once you move. You need a kitchen on your PMV so try to find a place to stay with kitchen priviledges.
Plan NOT to go to the beach or do any "touristy" things (well, not many). Spend your time going to the grocery, the laundrymat, the bank etc. Try to do what you might do if you lived here. Buy the paper every day. Read the ads. Don't go out to eat, cook.
DO hit the neighborhood bars in the evenings. Talk to the employees and customers. Ask where they live, if they like it on-island. Ask what frustrates them.
Plan to rent a car. Drive around the island.
At the end of your stay you can ask your self some questions, Do I like it here? Can I find a job that will support me? Will I be able to find housing I can afford that I want to live in. Can I afford to get back and forth to the states when I want/need to?
Good luck.
Posted : November 17, 2006 8:30 am