It gave us a lot more scope to show different types of stories because there’s everyone from the working class to the rich,” adds Bob, who has a holiday home in Benalmadena. “The Costa has everything from your euro pints to expensive cocktails in Banus. He says it offered a greater variety of stories due to the more ‘affluent’ crowds that the Costa attracts, showcasing everything from estate agents, to animal charity workers to a businessman selling a 70K vintage boat in Marbella. The producer, who has worked on popular shows such as Come Dine With Me, The Class of ‘92 and Antiques Road Trip, admits that filming on the Costa del Sol was ‘completely different’ to Benidorm, which was more about ‘cheap thrills’. We want viewers to watch it and think, maybe I could do that too!” 'Half the country is going to be happy, so they are going to go out and spend, and half is going to be very distraught and disturbed - and one way to get out of that slump is to distract themselves by going to stores.“We think it’s a brave thing to do – up sticks and start a new life in Spain having no idea whether it’ll work out. 'You will see a bump in spending this year because this election was so close, so highly contested, and so dramatic no matter which candidate you supported,' Cohen told Business Insider. Supporters of both president-Elect Donald Trump and former Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton are expected to contribute to the spending increase, either to celebrate or mourn the election outcome, according to Marshal Cohen, retail analyst with NPD Group. 'But with the election settled - and television airtime previously consumed by political ads now freed up for retailers’ holiday advertising - shoppers are expected to pull themselves out of the election doldrums and retailers will likely see a rush of customers in the coming weeks.' Craig Shearman, a spokesman for the National Retail Federation. 'Amid the most contentious White House race in recent US history, close to half of consumers told NRF in a survey last month that they were being more cautious in their holiday spending because of uncertainty over the election outcome,' writes J.

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Expats in Spain by Mark Shearman