Cuenca Ecuador Expat Life on a $1,039 monthly budget (Cost of Living Ecuador)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ส.ค. 2024
- This video is meant to show the quality of life you can experience as an Expat living on a $1,039 a month budget in Cuenca Ecuador.
Ecuador is affordable, and the lifestyle you can have on a typical Social Security check of $1,500 a month for a single person or $2,500 for a couple is very attractive. Budgets vary, and many live in Cuenca Ecuador on much less than $1,500 and others far exceed $1,500. We've met people living on under $1,000 while we've been here, so that is a possibility.
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I'm from Ecuador, thank you very much for your kind words about our country, we are a small country but very lovely and peaceful. God bless you all you're welcome 🇪🇨❤️
Thanks for the kind words 👍😁♥️🇪🇨
what city you live in? endicada@gamil.com-- I wana move in Quenca
@@endicada9359 I live in Quito, a beautiful city too. Most of the ecuatorians are nice and peaceful people and love the tourists because we understand that our country can offer a lot of pretty things. Cuenca is a smaller city and maybe more quiet than Quito. Both are very charming
What a beautiful message.
Dear imran arain from Pakistan I like a Ecuador
1:25 Apartment tour
7:40 Rent price.
11:30 Full budget
Visited Cuenca about 10 years ago. Stayed behind a coffee shop owned by a couple from Australia. Absolutely loved Cuenca!
There is so much to like 👍
I sell a Building of 3 Levels with 2 Comercial Stores in
Ecuador Machala.
What a free and courageous soul! As a local I feel proud whenever I hear people talk about how much they like my city.. I hope you never change your opinion :) Blessings to you all and thanks for sharing these wonderful videos!
Thanks so much for commenting 😊
I’m an Ecuadorian living in Houston, but I remember going to Cuenca every spring for break and loving everything about the city. Although Guayaquil is where my home is, I have always had a soft spot for the Andes. Took my wife to city outside of Cuenca in 2003 and we fell in love with it’s highland country feel.
Glad you enjoyed the video. 😁♥️🇪🇨
I did enjoy the video, truth is you can live very economically in Ecuador. But life there is not perfect either. I can see myself doing what most Ecuadorian’s who live outside of Ecuador do - spring and fall in the U.S. / summers and winters in Ecuador (Andes and the Coast).
@@gigioecu Rudy where in Houston, Katy?
@@be028 I’m in lake Conroe
@@WarrenJulieTravel I have a remote cybersecurity job, and need internet to be super reliable and comparable to US internet. Do you have any idea how her internet compares?
I love Cuenca, Ecuador. I spent six months there earlier this year. As a world traveler, it is one of my favorite places and I may retire there in five years or so.
It’s wonderful place.
I Sell a Building in Ecuador - Machala Of 3 Levels with 2 Commercial Stores .
if you are interested. back this comment.
My college Spanish professor was from Quito; I always had a hankering to go. Now I know why.
Thanks for watching and commenting ❤️❤️🇪🇨
Wow! Super spacious and beautiful apartment with two balconies.Super affordable and the neighborhood looks really nice. Thanks for a great video.
Thanks glad you liked it. 😁
Love Ecuador, been There and I was surprised with the cost of living and great gastronomy they have, Other places Are Very Expensive but I was really amazed with the low prices
It really a nice place, your dollar goes a long way.
@@WarrenJulieTravel my pal bought a house in Ecuador but his real estate agent refuses to send him the title? does that sound fishy??
@@rhlang11 I’m not sure, look at our video on real estate, we spoke with Grace an attorney, her email is in that video description.
Well he thinks he owns the place. My pal will find out soon.
@@rhlang11 I hope it’s all on the up and up.
Im Ecuadorian and im glad you love my country
Thanks we really do. ♥️♥️
Thanks again for another great video! What a lovely apartment she has! The food looks great too!
Thanks, we’re so glad you liked the video. 👍♥️🇪🇨
An excellent video. Thank you!
had 1-800 GOT JUNK to empty my 880 sq. 2 bedroom apartment, and I moved to Mexico with the shoes on my feet and one suitcase and a backpack. I live in a beautiful furnished apartment, that includes everything, and I only buy food,water and drinks. (non alcohol) I always gave stuff away, but at 79, it was time to let go of everything.
Let go and let God always
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Karma never loses an address. We reap what we have sown.
Thanks for watching and commenting 😁
Im fixing to do that this summer as soon as my lease is up. I fear being homeless in America, as im an elderly lady, alone w no safety net, and a doctor messed up my hip replacement so I'll use a walker forever. It's no condition to be alone in but I can't face the thought of being homeless, Especially in the cold.
It makes me sad that America has taken in ppl from all over the world and helped them have a better life, but we have few places to go now that we are old.😢
I just returned from Ecuador and spent two weeks in Cuenca, a month in Manta and a week in Galapagos. Cuenca is a lovely city with so many places to visit and with the Tranvia you can get across the city inexpensively and quickly. I was lucky enough to meet friends in Galapagos who live in Cuenca and they also have a really nice apartment for a very reasonable cost. Ecuador is a beautiful country with wonderful people. I will very likely return there.
Thanks for sharing! We agree.
Thank you for this video. It was so very informative and encouraging. I'm coming down there later in the year to try it out for a month. Maybe two!
I really appreciate this video! I’ve mostly traveled in Mexico but am going to have to experience Cuenca. I love the detail you offer in the presentation of a typical budget. It’s amazing how much having a car and miscellaneous expenses can blow up a budget. This person has created a lovely and interesting life!
Thanks we appreciate your comments. ♥️
Lovely place, lovely woman. Thank you for covering this price point; it's more what my husband and I are working with. I enjoyed the video and feel hopeful!
I’m sure you’ll find a place in your budget, if possible visit and check Cuenca out.
OMG, Warren i want to live in that apartment, i still have two more years here in texas :(, love your videos, please don't stop, i have my entire family looking at your vides. chao stary safe!!
Thanks so much ♥️♥️
Oh I had uncomfortable style furniture. I found and bought a Chaise that I added and sat on til bedtime. I lef to care for my mom. An only child. Not sure my health is good enough to go back but I think about it.
That's quite some place to live in! Loved the way she gave us the tour of her apartment.
Thanks she has a nice place 😁
Wow! She's got a really cool place there... and super affordable.
We really like her apartment and location. 👍
Spray your hummingbird feeder with Pam. The bees hate it and the birds don't mind. It doesn't hurt either one of them.
Interesting 🧐
Great video guys I really love cuenca the weather is awesome and the people are friendly keep it up like this my friends👍👍👍👍👍
Thanks, we appreciate your watching 😁
Looks lovely, quite spacious for a single lady. Sound proofing - yes! And the purple princess scooter os perfect.
She really has a nice place, and lifestyle. 👍
I love this video! Very informative video. Great inspiration to visit Ecuador.
Thanks 😊
I visited Ecuador for 10 days a number of years ago and spent 4 in Cuenca. If I were to move to spend significant time living overseas Cuenca would be top of my list, Primary reason is the climate as I hate hot weather. Having $US as the currency is a big plus, and there are no extra costs/prices for being a foreigner.
Thanks for commenting. You are correct on all points.
What a gorgeous, spacious apartment! Great bid! Thanks for opening your home and sharing your experience!
Thanks for watching 😁
Thank you for the video it helps me to star thinking about my retirement saludos from Toronto
Thanks! Glad you liked it 😁
Great video ,the rent is very well priced as I have watched many recent videos on other countries close by and you need much more
A beautiful apartment. I couldn't believe the double glaze windows. The apartment is really big and nicely furnished, and for only 500.00 dollars a month. Impressive. And she eats out once a day. Amazing. Here in Portugal, where I live, she would pay about 50% more to live in a city of the same size.
Cuenca Ecuador is a very cost effective location.
Good videos! I really like how you go over prices and different costs of living.
Thanks 😊 we appreciate your comments.
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Nice video, I’m actually from Ecuador and moved to Florida in 2002 when I was 21 years old. When I used to lived in Ecuador I used to enjoyed both worlds the coast and the highlands. I honestly enjoyed more the highlands cities. But I’m pretty much living the American dream in the States (Im a government employee and have VA disability, the wife and I don’t have kids, which is pretty sweet.) If I ever go back to Ecuador I can live like a king just with my VA disability but one thing that I do not miss from Ecuador is the robbery. I personally was robbed twice when I was a teen in Guayaquil plus the heat sucks over there that is why I enjoyed more Quito, Latacunga, Ambato, Cuenca. But good for everyone that can move and enjoy retirement in another countries with a small budget 👏🏻👏🏻
Most crime in Cuenca is petty, it’s definitely not Guayaquil or Quito. I’m glad you liked the videos. 😁♥️🇪🇨
@@WarrenJulieTravel maybe we can meet up one day when I go visit my family in Ecuador, been want it to have some vacation in the highlands also I check the fundrise site, very interesting
We expect to be moving to our next country in January, depending on Covid19, otherwise we would have loved to meet up.
@J Daniel I think you missed the part that I said that I’m was born and raised in Ecuador lol, Believe me I know my little country. And yes Guayaquil is a pretty bad city compared to the cities in the mountains. I have family that used to lived in Latacunga and Ambato, so I travel to the highlands all the time on vacation.
@J Daniel yeah I think Guayaquil is the ugliest City I've ever been to...
I can't wait to visit Ecuador, cheers from the PNW.
Thanks for watching
Wow so incredible & educational , thank you .
We appreciate your comments ♥️😁
@@WarrenJulieTravel You're Most Welcome & God Bless Both Of You .
Great Video, cant wait to see Cuenca.
Hope you get a chance to go.
Nice that you like Ecuador looking forward to move to Ecuador
Thanks we appreciate you watching the video. 👍♥️🇪🇨
Inspiring. Thank you for sharing this.
Thanks, she is very inspirational. 😊👍
Great video by the way thank you for sharing
Thanks for watching 😊
Hi Warren & Julie! Thank you so much for the great info! I respectfully request that you turn up the volume on your recording devices, as I have difficulty hearing everything that is being said on this video. And please, keep up the great work!
We hear comments like this on occasion, however others do not encounter the same issues. We believe it may be device driven, we do try to check the sound quality before uploading. My apologies, hopefully our other videos sound clearly. 😁
Beautiful apartment thanks for sharing this video frends
Thanks for watching ♥️🇪🇨
Very nice video 📹 keep up the good work 👏
Great Video, there are hiking groups and you do not need to pay for registration. I recommend installing alarms/sensors on the balcony areas.
Thanks for the input 😁
Thank you for sharing!
you sold me on visiting ecuador, thats fab!
Great, enjoy your visit 👍
Nice soon I going to move to Ecuador
Great 👍♥️🇪🇨
So excited to know there is disc golf!!!!
Excellent video ! Thank you!😎
Glad you liked it!
Great video. Very informative. Thank you
Thanks 😊
what a great place! I would like to go one day to Ecuador
Glad you enjoyed it.😁
Just subscribed! The cost is amazing 🤩
Thanks, we are happy to have you with us 😊
I know this is an older video and there's been a little bit of unrest there but its still on my list. I am single too. Thanks for sharing.
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks for sharing. I love the video.
Thanks 😊
You welcome. I will love one day to visit Ecuador.
Ecuador is a great country with great people. Not to throw shade on
anyone, but you should know that the only people I know who move to
Ecuador are those who never considered Colombia. Emilia and JP said so
on their "why" video. In the beginnings of the Pandemic, many foreign
nationals had to be rescued from Ecuador, because the government
suspended all flights. I know other people who had to be rescued from
Ecuador for other reasons. Visit Medellin and the Coffee Region of
Colombia before you decide where to retire. Just a friendly suggestion.
Wow! An amazing apt. and we applaud Kay for her quality of life on a budget. This is what I expect to pay for a condo or apt. in P.V. Mex. and doubt I'll get as nice a place as she's found. I see that my wife watches this video later too.
Thanks we hope she likes it, take a look at our other budget videos also.
Good video, thanks for the info., just found you and subscribed, currently working in China.
Welcome aboard!
What a beautiful apartment! Cuenca is on my to visit list next year along with Panama.
It's a beautiful country to visit.
Wow! Awesome! Beautiful plàce, especially love the outdoor space❤
She has a beautiful apartment:)
Hi there! let Kay know that if you have yellow flowers on a hummingbird feeder..it attracts wasps...so you need to get one with red flowers and you will have hummingbirds and no wasps 😉 weird but true 🌺. The budget was reallly good and a beautiful furnished apartment! I have traveled a lot in my life so far but have never been to Ecuador.
Interesting 🤔
I'm from Ecuador but been living in Dominican Republic for more than 25 years. This video makes me think about returning to my country LOL. I will continue looking for your videos guys :)
Thanks we appreciate you 😊😊
You couldn’t pay me to live in the Dominican Republic
What an amazing apartment! Thank you for sharing. This makes me really think about moving from Guayaquil to Cuenca. Guayaquil is too expensive
We prefer Cuenca to the coast. 👍
Manta is also cheaper than Gye and Uio.
Wow me encanta este video❤️🇪🇨🇪🇨🇪🇨
Thanks we ♥️🇪🇨
Es un buen Video, les felicito, y gracias como Ecuatoriana que soy.
Thank you for watching us.
That is an incredible apartment! Having just visited Cuenca, i consider it to be a gem of city. Having also visited Quito, Otavalo, Cotacachi, Banos, Loja, and Vilcabamba this month, Cuenca has been my favorite city (though i have liked each of the above referenced cities; they are all distinct and have their pluses).
Thanks for commenting and we also liked Cuenca a lot.
Thank you for video.
Thanks 😊
That place is amazing!
It really is when compared to the US. 👍
Thanks very informative.
Thanks 😊
This place is SO beautiful!
Thanks 😊
Hey, that is our Sister from Trinity Vineyard church you interviewed. His blessings to you all 🙏
Yes, we knew she went to church in Cuenca.
Great, informative video.
Glad it was helpful!
Great video beautiful apartment and lovely lady thank you so much for your Awesome video
Thanks we appreciate hearing from you 😁😁
Great Video!
Thanks 😊
Today is the first time seeing your vlog. Very informational, thanks. Are there more apartments similar to hers within that price range?
Yes, keep an eye on gringopost.com real estate section.
Love it!
Thanks 😊
Very helpful!
Thanks 😊
Wow, she really got herself a great apartment!! Tell her to buy a hummingbird feeder with a bee guard. She should really take down the one she's got. A bee sting could kill a hummingbird and I know that she doesn't want that.
Thanks for posting this!
Happy trails!
Thanks 😊
Love the scooter.
me too.
I am shocked . What a beautiful apartment seriously. I am Canadian looking to want to retire warm but not swealtering heat. It looks beautiful there.
I spent 2 winters in Cuenca. Temperature is like spring in Toronto. Lovely place, lots of colonial buildings. I felt safe there, lots of expat activities. I'm a big city girl, so Cuenca's a little too quiet for me.
Very nice place!
I want to move to Ecuador. That fits me. I am from the Caribe. I am seeing a lot of Americans , Canadian people moving to Ecuador
There is a large growing Expat community.
That was a very interesting and informative video. I will be visiting the end of January and we'll explore around that area. Where did you say you play disc golf? I'm going to bring a couple discs with me. Thank you!
They play in Parque Paradiso.
Great, thanks!
Very informative
Thanks 😊
Very helpful. Thank you Warren, Julie and Kay! This was my first video and I liked it very much. Does Kay have her own TH-cam channel? Thank you!!
Thanks 😊, unfortunately she does not.
Excellent video
Thanks 😊
Really nice apartment!
It really is 😁
Lovely video, ALL YOU NEED IS ECUADOR!!!
Ecuador is a nice place.
Thanks for the vlog
That's my exact early retirement benefits or wait another 3 1/2 years to receive full benefits of around$1500.......
However feeling sad without having proper saving after 35 years of non stop working have to shop for another country that can accommodate my remaining years!!
You can easily find a lower rent location if needed.
Travel With Us by Warren & Julie
Thanks I know that
My rant was against our System and the way most retirees have to deal with!
@@MrMaziar58 government are devaluating the dollar by endless printing and destroying the middle class while they are enrich ing their buddies.
mark yes you can , you can get a nice place for $ 350 and new .I am a local middle class here and I used to live in the states ...my advace come and see it for your self
You can always jump from a very high building!!! If I have to live a desperate poor life when I m old I jump!!
Kay is a great example of a great Expat and Friend
We think so also. ♥️
Nice! Except for the part on eating out. I hate eating out LOL, and I know I'm really weird on that. But I just love my own cooking :)
😂😂lol we get you.
Wow!!
Wow the rent is so cheap in ecuador i 💘 love it
It’s very affordable ♥️🇪🇨
I'd love to be there now!
Keep watching, we’ll be checking out some other countries soon. But Cuenca Ecuador surpassed our expectations.
did a like :) kinda wanna check montanita or salinas :D
Hey im currently living in Cuenca Ecuador ! I was born in the USA but live here 😁
It’s a great place 😁
We're moving to Cuenca in about a year & I was wondering about recreational activities, like tennis, gyms, mountain biking shops etc.
Yes to all, you’ll enjoy the outdoor recreational activities there.
Great video! Thanks for sharing. Just wondering if your guest in the video is planning to continue traveling now that she's settled in Cuenca (post Covid)? Can you comment on how easy it is or how often expats travel from Cuenca, domestically and internationally to Europe/Asia? (Thinking of costs, connecting flights) Than you!
As you can guess travel currently is a little tricky with each country having their own requirements. This said, she actually is scheduled to visit Egypt in a few months with some friends she’s made in Cuenca. You can look up flights from Ecuador on Skyscanner.com Guayaquil and Quito are the two international airports here, with Guayaquil the closer of the two. Cuenca has regional airport for a short flight to Guayaquil or Quito if needed.
It must be nice. Unfortunately, Ecuador is not an option for us. I’ve seen videos about this country and I like what I see. Nice video
Sorry to hear that
Still need to visit that spot
We hope you do. 👍
Great apt, just one thing, in from Azogues 25 minutes from Cuenca and let me tell you i pay $180 a mont eve thing included, and food is even cheaper I get 20 oranges for $1 or 5lbs bananas for a dollar organic milk 🥛 for $.70 cent a liter and organic eggs 🥚 for .25 cents a piece, life is great and plentiful of outdoor activéis.
One thing to notice, is really expensive getting McDonalds, Taco Bell, Bebe ether king than eating in a restaurant that serves organic food.
If $1000 spuds cheap to you try living in the surrounding of Cuenca, sick is Azogues, Paute, Biblian, Girón, etc etc will blow your mind, $500 or less.
Yes it’s possible, it definitely depends on the Person and how often they need to go out.
In Cuenca Costs the same, and it's more safer, but Azoguez is nice to.
Jose... Are you an expat, tourist, resident, or born n raised Ecuadorian? Is that a small apt. or hotel/resort set-up? I’m hoping to travel some time this year. I’m Ecuatoriano born and raised in Chicago. And when I go to Quito I avoid any and all eateries with US names. I always eat real street food. Mercado foods are the best too. Nothing like being in Ecuador and enjoying a round pan de agua w a Coke.
Good thing that all that junk food (McDonalds, Taco Bell)is expensive! The worst food you can put in your body.
Hello!! Good video.
Thanks so much 😁
Indeed, Ecuador is dirt cheap in regards to food, obviously without counting expensive restaurants, and the price for the apartment is spot on considering that's inside a residency building, u can rent apartments/houses for around $300 a month, so the price can actually go less than $1000 if u want. And for the record, Cuenca is not that dangerous compared to other cities like Guayaquil for example, so it's safe to say that overall it's more pacific, and as pointed out in the video, ppl over there like to hang out and party, drunk ppl can be an issue depending on where u at in Cuenca.
Greetings from Guayaquil, great vid!
Thanks for the perspective. If you’re a partier there is a crowd for you, if you’re not you can live life without knowing they even exist.
@@WarrenJulieTravel totally agree with that.
From my younger travels to Quito Ecuador where my parents are from I knew that is the place I wanted to make a part of my life. My travel is close at hand as soon as Covid-19 dies down and things get relaxed a little more. Ecuador has everything to offer everyone’s idea of a getaway. I will be searching for you expats to show me the cheap eats. My treat. I can afford to spend $10 on food and drinks for all of us 😀
Thanks for watching 😁😁
Есть один замечательный лайфхак - заходишь в кафе и просишь almuerzo или desayuno . Я это делал в любое время суток и как по моновению волшебной палочки , комплекс из первого , второго и третьего за 8 долларов , превращался в 3 - 1.5 бакса )