Yes but when you come home from work on the first day after renting you'll come home toa pile of burnt timbers, although if you're Canadian you might just get away with it. Certainly not if you speak with an English accent.
You can live in a small village in Wales, but if you try to leave, one of those big white bouncing balls will capture you and take you back, and you'll never find out who Number 1 really is!
My rent is £348.00 per month for a large 1 bedroom flat in a converted pottery factory, canal side and 5 minutes walk into the city centre. This is in the Midlands.
It doesn't necessarily follow that the further north you go, the cheaper it gets. I'm originally from York My monthly rent would probably get me a room in a shared house there.
@@watersideanimals215 yea, i havnt seen anything for less than 400 in my area of manchester, i saw one place advertised for 400 and my god, it was basically a tiny room above a shop
That moment when you look at the rental prices in an estate agents in London and think 'that's not too bad', then notice it is per week, not per calendar month 😱
We’re quite friendly up north you know, you might like us if you tried. Also if you want to budget £250 for food then it’s your money and you shouldn’t be embarrassed. Hope you and your family are staying well, thank you for the video
Not round some areas of Peterlee they are not. I have nearly had my teeth kicked in several times in Easington till they find out my family was a mining family from there.
@@gordonlawrence1448 I spent the first twelve years of my life growing up in Murton and my Dad’s family’s from Shotton and you have a valid point, choosing the right location is very important
I love your videos because they are so unprofessional. I know that sounds like a diss but bare with me. All the other comparison videos I watch are so polished and well presented with good production values and, well, fake. Yours are lovely and genuine.
Love your ethos of avoiding big chains (Costa, Wetherspoons); I do so myself as much as I can to help the small independants and keep the high street going.
with prescriptions if you have more than one medication per month its cheaper to get pre pay certificate which is about £110 a year and really worth it. Also Orcado its really overpriced, but if you like it . they do sell some really nice food including Marks and Spencers so i see the attraction
Thanks for making this video as it does help people who are considering going to work in UK. I've been away from UK for about 10 years and it is scary how much things have gone up in that time.
I know what you are saying about Wetherspoons, but I live in Maldon in Essex, and before Wetherspoons came here, all the pubs were expensive and dirty. When Wetherspoons took over an existing pub the poured over a million pound into extending and improving it into a really nice pub. Then all the other pubs suddenly upped their game. Now all the pubs in Maldon are quite nice and we’ve got Wetherspoons to thank for that.
Most TV is funded by adverts, historically the BBC has no adverts and instead you pay annually as noted. You should get a SIM-only contract for your mobile with a standing-order to your bank or credit card. These start at £5/month or less depending on how much data.
@@AdventuresAndNaps Very useful to know I am tempted to get one now for when cinemas re-open. I get free tickets with Vitality but my nearest cinema that I can use with that is over 40 miles away.
An excellent explanation. Excluding alchohol I spend about £200 a month on my supermarket shop. If your £250 per month includes alcohol then it is not so bad.
@@gerrymccartney3561 He Philip is talking crap , nothing like that at all , a lot less than that if one is sensible about $85.00 per week for my Wife and i .here in Queensland
I am from London originally, with family in Kent,but now live in Edinburgh. We live in a family size 2 bed flat 10 mins walk from the centre with views of the castle from the living room. We also have a back garden (shared). We pay £840 pm rent. Also in Scotland Council Juice (water) is included in your coucil tax (no water meter). We spend about £250 a month on food. I used to spend way more at the local Waitroses and Sainsbury's but since realising the quality of most things at LIDL was higher than those shops it's dropped to next to nothing.
Wow - some big costs there Alanna! I rent a similar-looking two bed flat up in Lancashire for £600 a month, so around half what yours costs. My monthly grocery shop is a measly £100 a month too - I'm an Aldi regular!
That was a fun one. Took me back to when I moved to New York because a lot of the questions were the same. The solutions are different but it’s the mindset that is the same.
I am British but living in Saudi Arabia for the past 23 years and these prices are eye watering and heart breaking... Looks like I'll never move back..
Exactly what I was thinking. I left England 31 years ago for Sydney. I now live in Kazakhstan and I live as well as this young lady for just US$800 a month (and I don't have anyone to share the costs with).
Alanna, Good video. Interesting how much you pay/month and the differences in communications costs (internet and cell phone)! You didn't really elaborate on the Council Tax, is this some sort of city property tax? I can't explain why I enjoy watching you chat about stuff, but I do. Must be the beautiful smile and lovely manner you have. Thanks for sharing.
Alanna seems to have this strange impression of the North of England, that it's akin to spending your summer in the Arctic Circle, when effectively, the average temperature in Kent isn't very different to that in Northumbria! Also, the difference in rainfall: There is a difference in average rainfall figures in different areas of England, but this seems more to be that it differs between the Western side of England and the Eastern side, more than between North and South, and that's even when you take into account that Norfolk (the driest place in England,) lowers the average for the East, and parts of Cumbria (the wettest place in England,) raises the average for the West; so rainfall in Kent is probably on a par with just about any other area in the East of England (excluding Norfolk of course,) EVEN the North East!
@@DaveBartlett Very true. I also think it's tied in with her Morrisonsaphobia... she thinks every shop up here's a Morrisons. In fact I think her phobia's so bad she on meds for it, and it's in her prescriptions allowance calculations. PS Morrisons are great. And no, this reply is not sponsored :)
Pub.. "Where are the toilets please? Just there Sir" Wetherspoons.."Where's the bog? Half a mile down there, take a left, up 3 flights of stairs, past the lion cage, down the spiral staircase, double back on yourself, go right, bounce across the trampolines and click your heels 3 times"
@@Zlikken We used to have one in the city where I live that was a converted ex-bank and it had loads of character: lots of little wood panelled semi-private rooms that had originally been the offices, and you passed the enormous metal vault door on the way to the gents. Though it had originally been a Midland Bank, Wetherspoons ran the place as one of their Lloyds Bars, (confusing, I know, but they did that with many of their smaller premises.) Since then it has been sold off and has opened as a Yates' Wine Lodge.
@@DaveBartlett sounds pretty cool, and i didnt know lloyds and weatherspoons were the same people. There is one in bury and one in rochdale that use to be old theatres too,
you can get a sim only deal on your mobile that's about £10 a month with most providers. deals like that you can cancel at any time. would save you a lot of hassle
Food is really expensive and just climbs in price as time goes on. £250 per month isn't too bad for using a non budget supermarket. I usually go to Lidl and really notice a big difference in price going to the big four supermarkets that is much more costly.
I honestly dont understand this sentiment I keep seeing about "food being really cheap in the UK". Like...it isnt? Lol. Especially if you want quality ingredients. I mean, yeah, you *can* get a food shop of Tesco basic items for dirt cheap but you get what you pay for, and you fill your body with rubbish. Whereas when I lived in both France and Spain for a bit, you can get wonderful fresh fruit veg meat, cheese etc for half the price as in the UK. IMO, snacks and processed food is cheaper in the UK, but proper whole foods are more expensive, because most of it is imported. And let's not even compare food prices to USA lol. It's crazy good value over there.
Rents are much cheaper in the North, anything from half Alanas £1150, Ilkley and Wetherby in WestYorkshire are nice places and the people are friendlier, cheapest pints up here too. Mobile contacts are dirt cheap, £20 for 100g. Ocado is great but expensive, pretty much the most along with Waitrose.
I moaned when the price went over £1 and before that over 10 shillings (50p). at least one can still get a 500ml can for £1.50 in a supermarket if one likes the cheap stuff.
I went to a pub in Sussex the other day now they are open, they were doing drinks on tab and I didn't think to ask about prices, at the end of the night went to pay up, the pints were 5 fucking 60.
@@goggler2 No pound a pint nights then that was the normal price, my first ever non legal pint (at15) was 2s. 10p in todays currency and in the saloon bar. 1/9d in the public bar. A neighbour was playing darts in there so was hiding from him. A posh pub as well, Free House.
Just to put this in perspective you can get a two bedroom place to rent in Peterlee for less than £300 a month. That alone is a saving of a bout £200 per week. Also my bills (all of them) come to a total of £60 per month. £24 gas and electricity combined, £19 unlimited internet, £6 5000 minutes 5000 texts and 3 gig data, water rates and council tax (I get the disability discount as I cannot work).
Interesting. I've lived in the US most of my life, but I have UK as well as US citizenship and am thinking of retiring to the UK. Good to have even a vague idea of the cost of living in one region of the UK.
Alanna's personality really makes her stand out from other TH-camr covering similar topics. Also, it is the main reason I subscribed and support her channel.
Hmmm, car vs bus. The car gives you the freedom to go when and where you want to go, and maybe more expensive, but very handy in winter time, so you leave from home in the dry and warmth, and not have to walk to the bus stop, hang about there in the wind and rain until your bus arrives, and then the walk from the bus stop to you place of work. In a car, you travel just about from door to door without getting web and miserable....:) I would choose a car over a bus any time, even if it does prove to be more expensive, but much more convenient....
We are lovely, here in the North, you know, Alanna. Yes, you're living on the edge of a post-industrial town often, but within 20 mins you're in the countryside and taking in all that fresh air. The transport isn't wonderful, but not horrible either. We're not Mordor, or the Morlocks!
On prescriptions its worth bearing in mind that if there's a particular point of the evening where you rattle when you jump up and down, you can get a pre-payment certificate. That costs a little over £10 a month and allows you to get as many items as you need to on prescription. Very useful if you have a number of ongoing or chronic health complaints. And GP visits are free, as is emergency care. As a non-citizen there is a cost associated with some healthcare andf hospital treatment, BUT the rates are extremely reasonable when compared to countries like the US.
It was actually really interesting to hear your breakdown as I live in Kent too. I pay £550 for a one bed flat, tax is cheaper as I am a single person residence. I pay £20 a month for internet, about £40 a month electricity, i have gas too. I used to have a car but then disability got in the way so I have to use public transport but I do get a free bus pass so, silver linings! I must admit I spend probably half what you do on food but then I smoke so I spend money on that. I don't drink though, or go to the cinema and I rarely get take out but coffee is my downfall! So we have similar outgoings. People do say to go up north but I love Kent and was born and raised here and will never leave.
5:12 What goes into the tank determines how well the engine runs, and the better stuff tends to cost more, so don't be ashamed of having a relatively high food bill. That being said, there are ways to get more bang for your buck (or, if you forgive the British slang, "nosh for your dosh") without resorting to eating junk. Vegetable co-ops are well worth signing onto, and can be found in most parts of the UK nowadays. We pay about £60 per month for a weekly bag of organic vegetables, and they taste even better than supermarket organic brands. Also, knowing how to portion and stretch things - especially meat (any vegetarian and vegans are already onto a winner, financially) can help to save money. I should also say that for the last month, I haven't bought any eggs, owing to having bought chickens. It's a massive commitment, needing lots of preparation, so only do it if you have the means and wherewithal, and are prepared to research keeping fowl beforehand. Ironically, getting take-aways or eating out can cause your food bill to skyrocket. (I realise you have budgeted for such things separately, but it's perhaps too easy to fall into the trap of spending more than you need for food if you eat out or get takeaways/deliveries.) 8:15 Council tax can be a political thing, so if you feel yours is too high, consider whether the parties you vote for in local elections will cost more or less if they win majority control of your council... 13:16 and 14:25 Alanna, I have come to regard you very highly, but for saying these things, you have just jumped about 800% higher in my admiration! I too love the independents. I too detest Wetherspoons and all they stand for. I shouldn't get political, but since their boss backed Brexit, and in light of his treatment of staff when the first lockdown began, I have vowed never to set foot in one again. No disrespect to any that drink there and like them, but I wouldn't even do it if you paid me. Having mentioned Brexit and lockdowns, I suppose I cannot resist saying that I wonder what figures you would come up with if you remake this video a year or five years from now. Even if the Brexit doubters are proved wrong, and the value of the pound hasn't been permanently tanked by pulling out of the EU, the Covid debt could be upon us for decades, and that could mean higher taxes, rampant inflation.... Norway, Switzerland and Iceland are already high tax, expensive countries, though their people seem happy enough with their lot that they endure such high cost of living. I can only hope that we may learn to do the same if we end up in their financial bracket. To end on a more positive note: 6:45 I already am subscribed, so I hope you won't take it personally - even if you do....
One of the best places where money goes further is Liverpool. The cost of living is really affordordable here. I know I'll get a few jokes but it's not bad at all up North.
As a 25 year old man who lived with his parents up until 6 months ago when i bought a flat in the south east of England his topic is of great interest to me. The rental prices around here start at £550 a month (my mortgage is £390 a month) i have set my finances up as an account that pays bills (all monthly direct debits) which is the account i get paid into. Then i put £500 a month into a spending account. And then i put anything over the amount i need for bills into a savings account (i work shifts so my income can go up quite a lot some months). Your budgeting system is very precise and kind of intimidating to a mere beginner like myself.
Omg go to aldi!!! U can get curry powder and spices as well as peppers and onions and garlic. Perfectly easy curry. As well as more exotic seasonal foods like pac choi (idk how to spell) and chillies. YOU CAN COOK SO MUCH FOR SO LITTLE MONEY IF YOU BUDGET PROPERLY!!! (Seriously tho, aldi's costs pennies for good food)
USA here. Agree go to Aldi/Lidl. Get the basics. Here they are one of the cheapest by price but still have good quality. At least here Aldi has both our great Wisconsin cheese but lots of EU imported cheese. And it's cheaper than at the main grocery marts. I live in Wisconsin which is probably the cheapest food market in the USA for Americans. Try the cheap outlets-- it frees up more money for trips and booze!!!
You could literally buy a house for what you're spending , in North Wales , You would feel at home in North Wales , Geology is similar to Canada , the people are super friendly , the cost of living is half the price of Kent , the scenery is amazing . wonderful coastline . or consider Cornwall , Devon
I'm sure you already know, council tax is for all the services, waste collection, fire brigade, sewage, police, street lights, parks, libraries,etc and is paid by the property size not by how many live there and the TV license goes to the BBC to cover all it's costs, so you get ad free TV and Radio...100k getting closer!
Except the PCBBC is getting rather unwatchable these days with all the rubbish programmes they put out, so I rarely watch it, even though I get charged a monthly fee to watch it and all the other channels, who make their money by adverts (which I hate), so I think the PCBBC should also run adverts to pay for its own output, and stand on their 'own two feet' by a subscription service.....:)
Another great video . You do a fantastic job of explaining the nightmare of council tax and our lovely TV licence or TV tax and you were truthful on costs of food it is always more than you think . Please can you mention petrol and diesel prices next time plus MOT testing costs . Please keep the videos coming best wishes .
250 for food does not sound like a lot. In Toronto 3 or 4 bags of groceries is between 40 to 80 dollars each walk to the grocery store times that by 5 or 6 trips a month. Plus takeout...
We used to have TV licences here in Australia covering our ABC, but the licences were discontinued several years ago. When we did have the licences, they only covered one purchased TV per household. Extra TV's or rented TV's were completely exempt.
@@Trillock-hy1cf The radio licence was always in with the TV licence, since 1945, one only paid it as a separate licence if one did not have a TV. It was abolished as a separate licence as it cost more to collect and issue than the licence cost as so few separate ones issued by the 70's.
Just for a rental comparison - I'm in the North-East of England, am a cheapskate, living in a "really bad" area, and pay £350PCM for a 3 Bed Mid Terrace.
@@jrd33 To be fair, about 50% of the houses around me are currently empty/boarded up, and nobody local will touch them. Even buying a house around here starts at £15K - no heating or plumbing (stolen), no windows or doors (other than steel sheets) things are getting better, but very slowly, and prices are on the rise
Our local has quite small screens ( 2 smallish, one bigger) but is £3 during the week or £4 at weekends. But it is run by lovely people, and basically everybody goes there rather than to our local Odeon... For once, it is the big chains that are being priced out of the market. I think that is awesome.
So my rent for three bed end of traace on a close in the north East is 495 council tax 127 water rate 36 internet 46 .. costs in all before gas and electri about 840 ish gas and electric 4o per week
I live in nice area in Wimbledon and have a large one bed Edwardian conversion flat, big bedroom with ensuite bathroom and toilet, very large sitting room, separate kitchen and plus another guest toilet for 1100 pounds PCM. 1100 pounds per month in Kent seems expensive in comparison
Kent is pretty expensive tbh. Prices have inflated there because it's a prime area for people who 'cant afford to live in London', or dont want to, but work in the city or wanna be fairly close to it.
Prescriptions: If you have a chronic condition that requires regular meds you can buy a prepayment certificate that covers you for an unlimited number of prescriptions. £108.10 for a year. That 10p makes all the difference to the public finances.
Additionally, if you have an ongoing, rest of your life condition like diabetes, you can also get an exemption card that means you don't pay for your prescription.
@@DaveBartlett Yes, I'm now 61 and only just found that out but the last time I got a prescription it must have been something like 25 years ago so I'm thinking of doing some minor damage to myself so I can benefit.
Re: TV Licence. You don't have to pay for the TV Licence if you don't watch live TV/BBC iPlayer. We cancelled our TV Licence a few years ago and put that money towards Netflix and the occasional month of Amazon Prime. The TV Licence people send you harassment letters every once in a while but they've got no power to do anything.
@@nicksimmons7234 They are one tv company that do not have adverts to raise funds for the programs but force the public to pay whether or not they actually watch any of their programs. The law is "if you watch or record live tv" you have to pay the BBC. Also to rub salt into the wounds they have recently made pensioners pay for a licence when this was previously free.
This is quite the contrast from the videos I just watched on real estate prices in Marbella, Spain. We’ve visited Canterbury. Drove past up through Dartford crossing.
It’s day time, it looks like the weather is decent there judging by the light in the living room, why aren’t you drinking a cider?? That’s borderline criminal. 🏴🇬🇧🇨🇦
Hi Alanna, have you managed to get to a pub garden since they reopened? Your efforts to keep British cider orchards thriving is much appreciated. Keep up the good work!
I thought £250 a month was a lot, until I started thinking about what I spend, and how all those little treats like duck breasts, lamb, fresh shellfish etc , add up, and yeah, we all love our food 🥘
Northumberland - Mortgage on a 4 bedroom house 625 (312 each), food 200 per month (100 each). Everything else is about the same (except council is much more for some reason...)
Strange how I nodded off early afternoon on my day off, only to wake up thinking of cheese, pickles and crusty bread. (maybe cider too. Ahem!) Must be a Tuesday! Nice video Alanna, with some eye opening prices for some. But try living around Oxfordshire!
We were surprised the first time we went to London with how cheap the mobile plans were. We paid about £20 for a pay as you go and got I believe 10 GB. It was great for the week we were there. No worry about wifi. In Canada that would be like $60-70 CDN.
Went to Tesco yesterday and spent £42.50 for a weeks shopping including 3 bottles of wine..... Merlot £3.99 per bottle.... But drank 2 bottles last night!!!! so might have to buy some more!!!!! Awesome as ever Alanna.... :-)))) xx
Totally just got into these vids. I moved away from uk a while back, so these are interesting videos to me as im going through similar things to allana here. Shes cool too. Laughed my socks off at the slang video..
She,s a spendthrift! Try the discount companies..i.e. Aldi and Lidl, also Asda do a cheaper line called smart price! I can live on £70.00 per week including rent ,gas and electricity, my broadband @ £23.00 per month , telly license £15.90 per month, my food bill is approx £ 80.00 per month , Council tax £39.00 per month.... You live extravagant!
@@CraigSteelyard I,m a senior citizen,so must economise, you should shop around, maybe try open air markets, don't be ripped off ! You might even save a few ££££...
Buying a phone upfront and then get either a cheap sim only deal or top up is always cheaper than contract with phone. If you have the money to buy the phone upfront
It’s nice to see you support small business, very important if we are to avoid the big faceless corporations taking control of every aspect of our lives.
Hi Alanna, as a BC boys, er, senior, I just , first of all love your smile-similar to my two grown up daughters-but you're so Eastern Canada; in a good way. The kind of way Anne Murray (ask your parents...) is. I love your channel; and more Canadians should drive standards.
If you don't mind living in Wales, you can rent a small village for £1100 a month.
Yes but when you come home from work on the first day after renting you'll come home toa pile of burnt timbers, although if you're Canadian you might just get away with it. Certainly not if you speak with an English accent.
@@rayjennings3637 "Come home to a real fire - buy a cottage in Wales!" was a popular joke for a while.
You can live in a small village in Wales, but if you try to leave, one of those big white bouncing balls will capture you and take you back, and you'll never find out who Number 1 really is!
@@DaveBartlett Lost on so many people watching this right now....
You’ve obviously never been to Cardiff
Amazing how I’ve lived in Britain my whole life but Alana has the rare skill of making things we already know still very interesting!
Thank you so much!
same here
I could listen to that voice all day
@@stezo2k I have listened to that voice all day 😂
Alanna's "real" monthly cost of living in England:
75% for cheese and cider
25% for everything else
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Cheese might be cheap in the UK, but birth control is free! We have our priorities in reverse - It should be cheese that's free - Sex is so overrated!
So often cider makes the difference between needing cheese or birth control.
I would say more like 85% Cheese + 10% Pub ... what are we trying to say about our beloved Hostess.
@@charlestaylor9424 Good quote!
My rent is £348.00 per month for a large 1 bedroom flat in a converted pottery factory, canal side and 5 minutes walk into the city centre. This is in the Midlands.
So basically what ur saying is... it don't exist 😂😂😂
Mine is £400 for a 3 bedroom semi detached house, front and back garden, private driveway in Durham
@@crystalkirlia4553?
It doesn't necessarily follow that the further north you go, the cheaper it gets.
I'm originally from York
My monthly rent would probably get me a room in a shared house there.
@@watersideanimals215 yea, i havnt seen anything for less than 400 in my area of manchester, i saw one place advertised for 400 and my god, it was basically a tiny room above a shop
That moment when you look at the rental prices in an estate agents in London and think 'that's not too bad', then notice it is per week, not per calendar month 😱
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I used to work in Kensington.... It was crazy
We’re quite friendly up north you know, you might like us if you tried. Also if you want to budget £250 for food then it’s your money and you shouldn’t be embarrassed. Hope you and your family are staying well, thank you for the video
Thank you so much!!
Not round some areas of Peterlee they are not. I have nearly had my teeth kicked in several times in Easington till they find out my family was a mining family from there.
@@gordonlawrence1448 I spent the first twelve years of my life growing up in Murton and my Dad’s family’s from Shotton and you have a valid point, choosing the right location is very important
I love your videos because they are so unprofessional.
I know that sounds like a diss but bare with me.
All the other comparison videos I watch are so polished and well presented with good production values and, well, fake.
Yours are lovely and genuine.
I'll take it as a compliment!
Love your ethos of avoiding big chains (Costa, Wetherspoons); I do so myself as much as I can to help the small independants and keep the high street going.
with prescriptions if you have more than one medication per month its cheaper to get pre pay certificate which is about £110 a year and really worth it. Also Orcado its really overpriced, but if you like it . they do sell some really nice food including Marks and Spencers so i see the attraction
Thanks for making this video as it does help people who are considering going to work in UK. I've been away from UK for about 10 years and it is scary how much things have gone up in that time.
I know what you are saying about Wetherspoons, but I live in Maldon in Essex, and before Wetherspoons came here, all the pubs were expensive and dirty. When Wetherspoons took over an existing pub the poured over a million pound into extending and improving it into a really nice pub. Then all the other pubs suddenly upped their game. Now all the pubs in Maldon are quite nice and we’ve got Wetherspoons to thank for that.
Yeah, but the owner is a w⚓.
@@janetgraham-russell4476 😂🤣! That might be true, but I don’t care when it’s good value!
@@janetgraham-russell4476 he hates the remainer filth
I don’t go there because of the owner. Useful if caught short without a public toilet though . Neverspoons app can suggest independent alternatives.
@@nickclarkuk fair dos, but I will say, I have never had a bad pint in a Wetherspoons and I’ve sent back plenty in independent pubs!
Most TV is funded by adverts, historically the BBC has no adverts and instead you pay annually as noted. You should get a SIM-only contract for your mobile with a standing-order to your bank or credit card. These start at £5/month or less depending on how much data.
Don't forget that the unlimited card gets you discount on snacks too, definitely one of the best things I pay for each year!
So true! I totally forgot, it's been so long 😩😂
@@AdventuresAndNaps Very useful to know I am tempted to get one now for when cinemas re-open. I get free tickets with Vitality but my nearest cinema that I can use with that is over 40 miles away.
...and the 'discount on snacks' makes them still what percentage above normal shop prices?
Every Tuesday, when I hear the "Hi everyone! It's me" intro, it makes me happy - I love these videos and look forward to them 😊
An excellent explanation. Excluding alchohol I spend about £200 a month on my supermarket shop. If your £250 per month includes alcohol then it is not so bad.
Food here in Australia for 2 persons is about 200 quid a week!
@@philipdevenish9416 Gulp!
@@gerrymccartney3561 He Philip is talking crap , nothing like that at all , a lot less than that if one is sensible about $85.00 per week for my Wife and i .here in Queensland
Lol 50£ on alcohol per month, what a sad life...
I am from London originally, with family in Kent,but now live in Edinburgh. We live in a family size 2 bed flat 10 mins walk from the centre with views of the castle from the living room. We also have a back garden (shared). We pay £840 pm rent. Also in Scotland Council Juice (water) is included in your coucil tax (no water meter). We spend about £250 a month on food. I used to spend way more at the local Waitroses and Sainsbury's but since realising the quality of most things at LIDL was higher than those shops it's dropped to next to nothing.
Wow - some big costs there Alanna! I rent a similar-looking two bed flat up in Lancashire for £600 a month, so around half what yours costs. My monthly grocery shop is a measly £100 a month too - I'm an Aldi regular!
That was a fun one. Took me back to when I moved to New York because a lot of the questions were the same. The solutions are different but it’s the mindset that is the same.
I am British but living in Saudi Arabia for the past 23 years and these prices are eye watering and heart breaking... Looks like I'll never move back..
Its still reasonable in Durham
@@ronrichardson3103 worth a try
Exactly what I was thinking. I left England 31 years ago for Sydney. I now live in Kazakhstan and I live as well as this young lady for just US$800 a month (and I don't have anyone to share the costs with).
how’s the cost of living in SA?
Wait, what? That's very cheap... Especially compared to london. Most people on an average salary can very comfortably afford 1100 a month all in...
Alanna, Good video. Interesting how much you pay/month and the differences in communications costs (internet and cell phone)! You didn't really elaborate on the Council Tax, is this some sort of city property tax? I can't explain why I enjoy watching you chat about stuff, but I do. Must be the beautiful smile and lovely manner you have. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you so much!
@@dank9561 Thanks for clarifying.
Wow, you didn't have to be so emphatic about not moving North, not ever, NEVER EVER! You could give us a complex :)
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I know right! What the heck is wrong with the North?! How very dare you 😂
I was born in the north but my life started in the south.
Alanna seems to have this strange impression of the North of England, that it's akin to spending your summer in the Arctic Circle, when effectively, the average temperature in Kent isn't very different to that in Northumbria!
Also, the difference in rainfall: There is a difference in average rainfall figures in different areas of England, but this seems more to be that it differs between the Western side of England and the Eastern side, more than between North and South, and that's even when you take into account that Norfolk (the driest place in England,) lowers the average for the East, and parts of Cumbria (the wettest place in England,) raises the average for the West; so rainfall in Kent is probably on a par with just about any other area in the East of England (excluding Norfolk of course,) EVEN the North East!
@@DaveBartlett Very true. I also think it's tied in with her Morrisonsaphobia... she thinks every shop up here's a Morrisons. In fact I think her phobia's so bad she on meds for it, and it's in her prescriptions allowance calculations.
PS Morrisons are great. And no, this reply is not sponsored :)
Prescriptions you can in england buy for £108 a prescription prepayment card that covers the cost for 12 months
That covers ALL prescriptions too.
Pub.. "Where are the toilets please? Just there Sir"
Wetherspoons.."Where's the bog? Half a mile down there, take a left, up 3 flights of stairs, past the lion cage, down the spiral staircase, double back on yourself, go right, bounce across the trampolines and click your heels 3 times"
Yeah, so true
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thats actually pretty cool though, as wetherspoons are often converted banks and things
@@Zlikken We used to have one in the city where I live that was a converted ex-bank and it had loads of character: lots of little wood panelled semi-private rooms that had originally been the offices, and you passed the enormous metal vault door on the way to the gents. Though it had originally been a Midland Bank, Wetherspoons ran the place as one of their Lloyds Bars, (confusing, I know, but they did that with many of their smaller premises.) Since then it has been sold off and has opened as a Yates' Wine Lodge.
@@DaveBartlett sounds pretty cool, and i didnt know lloyds and weatherspoons were the same people. There is one in bury and one in rochdale that use to be old theatres too,
you can get a sim only deal on your mobile that's about £10 a month with most providers. deals like that you can cancel at any time. would save you a lot of hassle
Food is really expensive and just climbs in price as time goes on. £250 per month isn't too bad for using a non budget supermarket. I usually go to Lidl and really notice a big difference in price going to the big four supermarkets that is much more costly.
I honestly dont understand this sentiment I keep seeing about "food being really cheap in the UK". Like...it isnt? Lol. Especially if you want quality ingredients. I mean, yeah, you *can* get a food shop of Tesco basic items for dirt cheap but you get what you pay for, and you fill your body with rubbish. Whereas when I lived in both France and Spain for a bit, you can get wonderful fresh fruit veg meat, cheese etc for half the price as in the UK. IMO, snacks and processed food is cheaper in the UK, but proper whole foods are more expensive, because most of it is imported. And let's not even compare food prices to USA lol. It's crazy good value over there.
Rents are much cheaper in the North, anything from half Alanas £1150, Ilkley and Wetherby in WestYorkshire are nice places and the people are friendlier, cheapest pints up here too. Mobile contacts are dirt cheap, £20 for 100g. Ocado is great but expensive, pretty much the most along with Waitrose.
I'm in Cornwall and am 33, I remember when pints were £1 something in local pubs, the prices are ridiculous now!
I moaned when the price went over £1 and before that over 10 shillings (50p). at least one can still get a 500ml can for £1.50 in a supermarket if one likes the cheap stuff.
I went to a pub in Sussex the other day now they are open, they were doing drinks on tab and I didn't think to ask about prices, at the end of the night went to pay up, the pints were 5 fucking 60.
Inflation
Cant imagion Pubs dong Pound a Pint nights anymore.
Anyplace under £4 is pretty rare and cheap these days.
@@goggler2 No pound a pint nights then that was the normal price, my first ever non legal pint (at15) was 2s. 10p in todays currency and in the saloon bar. 1/9d in the public bar. A neighbour was playing darts in there so was hiding from him. A posh pub as well, Free House.
Just to put this in perspective you can get a two bedroom place to rent in Peterlee for less than £300 a month. That alone is a saving of a bout £200 per week. Also my bills (all of them) come to a total of £60 per month. £24 gas and electricity combined, £19 unlimited internet, £6 5000 minutes 5000 texts and 3 gig data, water rates and council tax (I get the disability discount as I cannot work).
Interesting. I've lived in the US most of my life, but I have UK as well as US citizenship and am thinking of retiring to the UK. Good to have even a vague idea of the cost of living in one region of the UK.
Live in the SW and your rent will be around £500-600 pm a little more if you choose the countryside.
When you spoke about your "pub" budjet I was thinking back at your beer drinking episode and how you nearly lost you cookies.
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People are moving to different countries all the time so I think this upload offers a broad financial understanding of outgoings for England. Liked.
Very much enjoying the dry, self-deprecating, dare I say “very British” humour in these videos.
Alanna's personality really makes her stand out from other TH-camr covering similar topics. Also, it is the main reason I subscribed and support her channel.
Hmmm, car vs bus.
The car gives you the freedom to go when and where you want to go, and maybe more expensive, but very handy in winter time, so you leave from home in the dry and warmth, and not have to walk to the bus stop, hang about there in the wind and rain until your bus arrives, and then the walk from the bus stop to you place of work. In a car, you travel just about from door to door without getting web and miserable....:)
I would choose a car over a bus any time, even if it does prove to be more expensive, but much more convenient....
We are lovely, here in the North, you know, Alanna. Yes, you're living on the edge of a post-industrial town often, but within 20 mins you're in the countryside and taking in all that fresh air. The transport isn't wonderful, but not horrible either. We're not Mordor, or the Morlocks!
😂 I know, I know!
love the morlocks reference. TIMELESS classic. straight over the heads on most folk in this chat
I've been to Birmingham, I'd rather have gone to Mordor.
@@charlestaylor3027 Every time I've been to Manchester I think "It can't be as bad as I remember" and every time it is!
@@charlestaylor3027 you may have a point there
On prescriptions its worth bearing in mind that if there's a particular point of the evening where you rattle when you jump up and down, you can get a pre-payment certificate. That costs a little over £10 a month and allows you to get as many items as you need to on prescription. Very useful if you have a number of ongoing or chronic health complaints. And GP visits are free, as is emergency care. As a non-citizen there is a cost associated with some healthcare andf hospital treatment, BUT the rates are extremely reasonable when compared to countries like the US.
Omg Alanna, that must be Ocardo prices?? My tesco weekly shop including beer is £35-£45 for me. So around £150 a month. Eeek 😏💷
Good for you for sticking up for the little guy,may you continue your life in England happy and engrossing
It was actually really interesting to hear your breakdown as I live in Kent too. I pay £550 for a one bed flat, tax is cheaper as I am a single person residence. I pay £20 a month for internet, about £40 a month electricity, i have gas too. I used to have a car but then disability got in the way so I have to use public transport but I do get a free bus pass so, silver linings! I must admit I spend probably half what you do on food but then I smoke so I spend money on that. I don't drink though, or go to the cinema and I rarely get take out but coffee is my downfall! So we have similar outgoings. People do say to go up north but I love Kent and was born and raised here and will never leave.
That's really interesting!! I wasn't sure how relatable my numbers would be to others, but it seems ours are similar! Thank you for sharing!!
@@AdventuresAndNaps Yeah but @gem lives on her own, so she's paying £550 in Kent whereas you're paying £1100 :P
Leeds, Manchester, Liverpool and Newcastle residents will regularly pay over 1k a month.
Last time I went to the pictures, it cost half-a-crown for a seat in the balcony.
That was a theater not a cinema...
and correct me if I'm wrong...
Shakespeare was directing the actors?
Trade in your jam jars
half a crown.....you must of had an ice cream as well at that price
Thats expensive,did you steal the crown from Buckingham palace? 😅 🤣🤣
@@devilsadvocate1597 When I was a kid Saturday morning pictures was 6 pence old money lol
5:12 What goes into the tank determines how well the engine runs, and the better stuff tends to cost more, so don't be ashamed of having a relatively high food bill. That being said, there are ways to get more bang for your buck (or, if you forgive the British slang, "nosh for your dosh") without resorting to eating junk. Vegetable co-ops are well worth signing onto, and can be found in most parts of the UK nowadays. We pay about £60 per month for a weekly bag of organic vegetables, and they taste even better than supermarket organic brands. Also, knowing how to portion and stretch things - especially meat (any vegetarian and vegans are already onto a winner, financially) can help to save money. I should also say that for the last month, I haven't bought any eggs, owing to having bought chickens. It's a massive commitment, needing lots of preparation, so only do it if you have the means and wherewithal, and are prepared to research keeping fowl beforehand.
Ironically, getting take-aways or eating out can cause your food bill to skyrocket. (I realise you have budgeted for such things separately, but it's perhaps too easy to fall into the trap of spending more than you need for food if you eat out or get takeaways/deliveries.)
8:15 Council tax can be a political thing, so if you feel yours is too high, consider whether the parties you vote for in local elections will cost more or less if they win majority control of your council...
13:16 and 14:25 Alanna, I have come to regard you very highly, but for saying these things, you have just jumped about 800% higher in my admiration! I too love the independents. I too detest Wetherspoons and all they stand for. I shouldn't get political, but since their boss backed Brexit, and in light of his treatment of staff when the first lockdown began, I have vowed never to set foot in one again. No disrespect to any that drink there and like them, but I wouldn't even do it if you paid me.
Having mentioned Brexit and lockdowns, I suppose I cannot resist saying that I wonder what figures you would come up with if you remake this video a year or five years from now. Even if the Brexit doubters are proved wrong, and the value of the pound hasn't been permanently tanked by pulling out of the EU, the Covid debt could be upon us for decades, and that could mean higher taxes, rampant inflation.... Norway, Switzerland and Iceland are already high tax, expensive countries, though their people seem happy enough with their lot that they endure such high cost of living. I can only hope that we may learn to do the same if we end up in their financial bracket.
To end on a more positive note: 6:45 I already am subscribed, so I hope you won't take it personally - even if you do....
One of the best places where money goes further is Liverpool. The cost of living is really affordordable here. I know I'll get a few jokes but it's not bad at all up North.
I thought I saw a superhero the other day when a man ran past me wearing a cape. Turns out it was a scouser who hadn't paid for his haircut.
@@dank9561 Keep looking in the comments.
As a 25 year old man who lived with his parents up until 6 months ago when i bought a flat in the south east of England his topic is of great interest to me. The rental prices around here start at £550 a month (my mortgage is £390 a month) i have set my finances up as an account that pays bills (all monthly direct debits) which is the account i get paid into. Then i put £500 a month into a spending account. And then i put anything over the amount i need for bills into a savings account (i work shifts so my income can go up quite a lot some months). Your budgeting system is very precise and kind of intimidating to a mere beginner like myself.
I'm retired.
Mortgage/rent - £0
Holidays - £8000
Pubs - £8000
Well.......I've got to have a hobby. 🤣
And, good on ya!
You seem so happy there. Your warm smile makes my day.
Omg go to aldi!!! U can get curry powder and spices as well as peppers and onions and garlic. Perfectly easy curry. As well as more exotic seasonal foods like pac choi (idk how to spell) and chillies. YOU CAN COOK SO MUCH FOR SO LITTLE MONEY IF YOU BUDGET PROPERLY!!! (Seriously tho, aldi's costs pennies for good food)
That means having to cook. A forgotten video chore.
USA here. Agree go to Aldi/Lidl. Get the basics. Here they are one of the cheapest by price but still have good quality. At least here Aldi has both our great Wisconsin cheese but lots of EU imported cheese. And it's cheaper than at the main grocery marts. I live in Wisconsin which is probably the cheapest food market in the USA for Americans. Try the cheap outlets-- it frees up more money for trips and booze!!!
You could literally buy a house for what you're spending , in North Wales , You would feel at home in North Wales , Geology is similar to Canada , the people are super friendly , the cost of living is half the price of Kent , the scenery is amazing . wonderful coastline .
or consider Cornwall , Devon
Don't pay the TV licence. I lived in the UK for 7 years and never paid it 🤣
You are now on the radar Al haha
Nice try MI6
@@User37717 I live in Australia
Auto boxes used to cost you at least £600 to order when buying your car. Learning to drive a manual means you can drive anything, anywhere.
You have to be very organized and disciplined to map out a monthly budget and stick to it. Alanna is an excellent accountant...💰
I love my budget! Could be a video on its own!
You just did a video on your budget. And thank you for that. I enjoyed it.
Check to see if you can get a sim only contract for your phone. Similar prices and you can pay by direct debit.
I'm sure you already know, council tax is for all the services, waste collection, fire brigade, sewage, police, street lights, parks, libraries,etc and is paid by the property size not by how many live there and the TV license goes to the BBC to cover all it's costs, so you get ad free TV and Radio...100k getting closer!
Council tax does take into account how many adults live in the property. You get a 25% discount if there is only one adult resident in the property.
Except the PCBBC is getting rather unwatchable these days with all the rubbish programmes they put out, so I rarely watch it, even though I get charged a monthly fee to watch it and all the other channels, who make their money by adverts (which I hate), so I think the PCBBC should also run adverts to pay for its own output, and stand on their 'own two feet' by a subscription service.....:)
@@Trillock-hy1cf ...the BBC is not all about TV.
@@xneurianx ...true enough, but it still costs more per person than if two or more live there.
@@jeffgraham6387
I know, and radio as well, and that is a bit better than the PC rubbish TV shows that litter the iPlayer...
Rent seems a lot down south. Northerner here, my mortgage is only £330 on a 3 bed semi detached.
Rental houses are around £500-600 currently though!
I do all my food shopping online, then I go up the ‘big Tesco’s’ for a ‘weekly big shop’ ...we’ve all done it 😂
Another great video . You do a fantastic job of explaining the nightmare of council tax and our lovely TV licence or TV tax and you were truthful on costs of food it is always more than you think . Please can you mention petrol and diesel prices next time plus MOT testing costs . Please keep the videos coming best wishes .
It's expensive, especially here in Kent!
250 for food does not sound like a lot.
In Toronto 3 or 4 bags of groceries is between 40 to 80 dollars each walk to the grocery store times that by 5 or 6 trips a month. Plus takeout...
The tv license funds the BBC, that’s why there isn’t any ad breaks In between the programs
There are numerous ads on the BBC for their own programmes. They used to advertise their own DVDs as well.
We used to have TV licences here in Australia covering our ABC, but the licences were discontinued several years ago. When we did have the licences, they only covered one purchased TV per household. Extra TV's or rented TV's were completely exempt.
@@RGC198
We used to have to pay for a licence to listen to the radio, but that (thankfully) got scrapped back in about 1971....:)
@@Trillock-hy1cf The radio licence was always in with the TV licence, since 1945, one only paid it as a separate licence if one did not have a TV. It was abolished as a separate licence as it cost more to collect and issue than the licence cost as so few separate ones issued by the 70's.
Over the air broadcast is free in the US, but we get pummeled with commercials to make up for it.
You should switch to an id mobile contract, they use three's network so it will have the same reliability but they cost less and no having to top-up.
Just for a rental comparison - I'm in the North-East of England, am a cheapskate, living in a "really bad" area, and pay £350PCM for a 3 Bed Mid Terrace.
Wow, that's really cheap. Houses in Derbyshire start at about £500 and I thought that was good value!
@@jrd33 To be fair, about 50% of the houses around me are currently empty/boarded up, and nobody local will touch them.
Even buying a house around here starts at £15K - no heating or plumbing (stolen), no windows or doors (other than steel sheets) things are getting better, but very slowly, and prices are on the rise
@@ethilin81 Wow, that sounds grim. Good luck!
In Coventry you can rent a 3 bed terrace for £350-400 PCM close to the city center and in an o.k area.
Our local has quite small screens ( 2 smallish, one bigger) but is £3 during the week or £4 at weekends. But it is run by lovely people, and basically everybody goes there rather than to our local Odeon...
For once, it is the big chains that are being priced out of the market. I think that is awesome.
And an extra pound for 3d...
I'm from Japan.England is very culture and live have enjoy.
So my rent for three bed end of traace on a close in the north East is 495 council tax 127 water rate 36 internet 46 .. costs in all before gas and electri about 840 ish gas and electric 4o per week
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TH-cam Silver "Play" button soon on it's way to you - well done Alanna!
I live in nice area in Wimbledon and have a large one bed Edwardian conversion flat, big bedroom with ensuite bathroom and toilet, very large sitting room, separate kitchen and plus another guest toilet for 1100 pounds PCM. 1100 pounds per month in Kent seems expensive in comparison
Kent is pretty expensive tbh. Prices have inflated there because it's a prime area for people who 'cant afford to live in London', or dont want to, but work in the city or wanna be fairly close to it.
Prescriptions: If you have a chronic condition that requires regular meds you can buy a prepayment certificate that covers you for an unlimited number of prescriptions. £108.10 for a year. That 10p makes all the difference to the public finances.
Additionally, if you have an ongoing, rest of your life condition like diabetes, you can also get an exemption card that means you don't pay for your prescription.
@@lwaves And that includes the deadly 'rest of your life condition' of being over 60 - at which point your scrips also become free of charge!
@@DaveBartlett Yes, I'm now 61 and only just found that out but the last time I got a prescription it must have been something like 25 years ago so I'm thinking of doing some minor damage to myself so I can benefit.
You can set up auto renewal for your top up, I do the same.
Re: TV Licence. You don't have to pay for the TV Licence if you don't watch live TV/BBC iPlayer. We cancelled our TV Licence a few years ago and put that money towards Netflix and the occasional month of Amazon Prime. The TV Licence people send you harassment letters every once in a while but they've got no power to do anything.
The BBC are such bullies - I hate them so I no longer watch live tv either.
@@cathrynbagley8005 why do you hate them so much?
@@nicksimmons7234 They are one tv company that do not have adverts to raise funds for the programs but force the public to pay whether or not they actually watch any of their programs. The law is "if you watch or record live tv" you have to pay the BBC. Also to rub salt into the wounds they have recently made pensioners pay for a licence when this was previously free.
@@cathrynbagley8005 Tory government made then pay for it.
You can fill in a form online saying you don’t need a licence, for whatever reason, and they won’t send you the letters or bother you at all.
This is quite the contrast from the videos I just watched on real estate prices in Marbella, Spain. We’ve visited Canterbury. Drove past up through Dartford crossing.
we need to start a go-feed-me campaign fo alanna.
I live up north and the bungalow next door is £600 / month, four bedrooms. £50 food/ week my wife and myself.
It’s day time, it looks like the weather is decent there judging by the light in the living room, why aren’t you drinking a cider?? That’s borderline criminal. 🏴🇬🇧🇨🇦
Hi Alanna, have you managed to get to a pub garden since they reopened? Your efforts to keep British cider orchards thriving is much appreciated. Keep up the good work!
Thanks so much! Haven't been to the pub yet.
It's not so bad up North Alanna we're friendly and there's lovely countryside up here still love your videos
You should move to a sim-only rolling monthly contract. Easy to cancel and some are even less than £10/month. I'm with ID mobile.
£250 per person for food? £500 a month to feed two people? What are you eating?!
£250 for two people is on the steep side!
@@EaterOfBaconSandwiches £200 a month for one person? £50 a week?
That's just ridiculous.
She shops at Marks & Spencer’s simple as 🤣
Moved from Essex to Shropshire, my rent stayed the same, but the property was twice the size :)
The struggle of living on your own!
£1100 rent for a flat? Wow. I'm glad I live up north, I pay £450 a month on a 2 bed end terrace with back garden, shed and driveway!
Cool!
I thought £250 a month was a lot, until I started thinking about what I spend, and how all those little treats like duck breasts, lamb, fresh shellfish etc , add up, and yeah, we all love our food 🥘
Northumberland - Mortgage on a 4 bedroom house 625 (312 each), food 200 per month (100 each). Everything else is about the same (except council is much more for some reason...)
£250/month for food! You should defo try out some of the food budget challenges :P
That sounds too hard 😂
Food is the one product that’s relatively cheap in the UK as-well 😭😭
@@AdventuresAndNaps seriously, go to aldi!!! Food is so cheap!!!
All that cheese and cider can get expensive.
Food being expensive was the most shocking thing for me when I became an adult
Strange how I nodded off early afternoon on my day off, only to wake up thinking of cheese, pickles and crusty bread. (maybe cider too. Ahem!) Must be a Tuesday! Nice video Alanna, with some eye opening prices for some. But try living around Oxfordshire!
Thank you for watching!
I hereby leave my compulsory comment. Good video btw.
Thank you!!
We were surprised the first time we went to London with how cheap the mobile plans were. We paid about £20 for a pay as you go and got I believe 10 GB. It was great for the week we were there. No worry about wifi. In Canada that would be like $60-70 CDN.
You're absolutely right!
I don't have anything to say this week but here's a comment anyway
Thank you!! ☺️
Helps the al gorithem as they say.
In that case, I'll comment too!
@@barmybee61 good comment
@@dave_h_8742 thx
Went to Tesco yesterday and spent £42.50 for a weeks shopping including 3 bottles of wine..... Merlot £3.99 per bottle.... But drank 2 bottles last night!!!! so might have to buy some more!!!!! Awesome as ever Alanna.... :-)))) xx
The Northeast of England is the real England, best people in the world man HA`WAY.
I can see why you use top up, though I bought my phone I just use a cheap tariff for the last 6 or 7 years from my previous phone.
This is a nice comment 😊
Thanks! 😃
Totally just got into these vids. I moved away from uk a while back, so these are interesting videos to me as im going through similar things to allana here. Shes cool too. Laughed my socks off at the slang video..
Thanks so much for watching!
Are you eating gold? 🤣😘
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She,s a spendthrift! Try the discount companies..i.e. Aldi and Lidl, also Asda do a cheaper line called smart price!
I can live on £70.00 per week including rent ,gas and electricity, my broadband @ £23.00 per month , telly license £15.90 per month, my food bill is approx £ 80.00 per month , Council tax £39.00 per month....
You live extravagant!
@@georgejob7544 I spend close to £100 on food alone
@@CraigSteelyard I,m a senior citizen,so must economise, you should shop around, maybe try open air markets, don't be ripped off ! You might even save a few ££££...
Prescriptions are free in Wales
Buying a phone upfront and then get either a cheap sim only deal or top up is always cheaper than contract with phone. If you have the money to buy the phone upfront
It’s nice to see you support small business, very important if we are to avoid the big faceless corporations taking control of every aspect of our lives.
Love your videos. So true! Me being a foreigner as well I relate to pretty much everything you said, especially the car insurance.
Thank you so much!!
Hi Alanna, as a BC boys, er, senior, I just , first of all love your smile-similar to my two grown up daughters-but you're so Eastern Canada; in a good way. The kind of way Anne Murray (ask your parents...) is. I love your channel; and more Canadians should drive standards.
I hope to visit England at some point when travelling is more feasible again. Cheers from the USA!
I hope you can visit someday soon!
@@AdventuresAndNaps I appreciate you wishing me well!
if you have a bus pass like me I can travel on any local bus service in the country.