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I have just spent a week a little further around the coast with a similar magnificent view of the sea and Corfu. I can see why you chose to stay in that appartment.
Hi Folks! Great video. You did mention Airbnb, but am wondering what other means were used to look for an apartment. Airbnb is usually on the more expensive side. Who would you recommend going through to find an apartment? All of the selections you showed would be very doable. Thanks so much!
Glad you enjoyed it! None of these apartments were rented via AIrBnB, we had a bad experience with AirBnB our first time in Sranda. We get this question a lot... we've mentioned how we find stays in the comments of other videos and our Q&A videos. Maybe we should do a seperate video 🤔 We find them via a lot of ways like FB groups, other booking platforms, nomad and expat recommendations, etc. We really enjoyed our view! But you can save more money if you dont need a view.
My friend who lives in England had nothing but positive feedback about Albania. I've been watching your videos, Jay & Sarah and Warren & Julie channels. I am definitely going to visit Albania. I think the monthly prices are budget friendly for me. Wonderful video! Thank you! ❤😊
Excellent video, Wanderng Harz! We are retired educators from Portland. We just finished a long stay in Europe: 5 months helping a new school open in Lvivv, one month in Krakow learning about WWII, and a month in Tallinn. We traveled back to the States via Helsinki, Oslo, and Reykjavik: wow!! We are not sure where our next adventure will be. Albania looks interesting. It seems close to central and eastern Europe, but is it accessible by train? Or must we fly or take a bus? How is the healthcare? Thank you! Dean & Cindy
Ooh, your trip sounds very cool! I have to ask how you managed so much time in Schengen? Was your time in Poland on a tourist visa? The where to go next delima 🤔 We suffer from the same condition. Albania is accessible via airport in Tirana or Corfu, Greece. Other than that is is busses and private transfers. No trains unfortunately 😢 We have had limited experience with the healthcare but many of the expats have told us it is decent. You will be going to Tirania for anything major but it is free and they also have very affordable private clinics and dental clinics. Hope this helps!! Let us know any other questions, we are putting together a Q&A video for Albania. Joel
@@TheWanderingHartz Thanks, Joel. We had work visa in Ukraine, then three months in Poland and Estonia. I had a training session in Cambridge, but we mostly stayd in Lviv. How safe was Albania? It looks ok. We wish we were in Kyiv now helping.... Dean & Cindy
If you’re going to stay for at least 30 days, It’d almost be worthwhile to buy a small, cheap $40/50 microwave in the US and stuff it, still in its original box, into your checked luggage. Unless you can buy one on the local economy for a similar price.
I love your video. I am planing to visit Albania in the middle of August. I am from NY. I need some help to find an apartment in Durres. Do you know anyone in Durres, Albania? Thank you.
Sorry, we don't have any contacts in Durres, I'd suggest looking at local facebook groups for Durres/Tirana. Expat , locals renting and digital Nomad type groups.
It all depends on where you want to be in Saranda and how big of an apartment you want. We know people who have bought 1 bed 1 bath apartments right on the water with seas views for $120,000 and other people have bought for $50,000.
It's a shame rents skyrocket on the Adriatic coast in June, July and August 😢 Budva rents go insane (3x normal) and the short-term crowds mean you'll actually make fewer friends who would still be there a week later. Budva should build pedestrian tunnels or mini bridges over their main streets because parents might get an intense fear of their children always crossing busy streets. Montenegro authorities need to understand what a difference this makes to the family quality of life.
@@TheWanderingHartzFor the kids, however, Budva in high season is *the social scene" which is really good for social development. It's the opposite of the lockdown culture in which so many spent the first three years of their lives. On a related note, don't take the Greek tourist bureau's "advice" that people with children would prefer the quiet bucolic peninsula of Sithonia in the Xalkidikis with its sparse infrastructure. The Kassandra peninsula is the place to be if you have children because they need more infrastructure, not less and they need lots of others their age. Nea Skioni or Fourka would be minimal destinations on that score
@@TheWanderingHartz Ye the time of 'very cheap' stays has passed. I usually go to a hotel a bit further from where you are now (Palama hotel near the port of Saranda entrance) and prices have been going up steady every year for the past 5 years now. I hope you enjoy your stay!
Cheap is relative, and prices world wide have been going up, so we think it is still a great price especially considering you can't find prices anywhere near $600 a month with a view like that in the U.S.
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I bought a couple of apartments in Sarande 20 years ago for peanuts. I have lived here for the last 10 years. Sarande is awesome! (USA expat)
We can image the deal you must have got for those apartments! Thats awesome, we love Saranda as well 😎
I have just spent a week a little further around the coast with a similar magnificent view of the sea and Corfu. I can see why you chose to stay in that appartment.
You certainly can't beat the views of corfu in Saranda!
Fantastic tour and thank you for sharing the prices. Very much appreciated !!!
Glad you enjoyed it
Hi Folks! Great video. You did mention Airbnb, but am wondering what other means were used to look for an apartment. Airbnb is usually on the more expensive side. Who would you recommend going through to find an apartment? All of the selections you showed would be very doable. Thanks so much!
Glad you enjoyed it! None of these apartments were rented via AIrBnB, we had a bad experience with AirBnB our first time in Sranda. We get this question a lot... we've mentioned how we find stays in the comments of other videos and our Q&A videos. Maybe we should do a seperate video 🤔
We find them via a lot of ways like FB groups, other booking platforms, nomad and expat recommendations, etc.
We really enjoyed our view! But you can save more money if you dont need a view.
My friend who lives in England had nothing but positive feedback about Albania. I've been watching your videos, Jay & Sarah and Warren & Julie channels. I am definitely going to visit Albania. I think the monthly prices are budget friendly for me. Wonderful video! Thank you! ❤😊
Great to hear! For the prices, weather and landscape it is truly hard to beat. Ah, we love us some Jay & Sarah and Warren & Julie too!
Great tours! That apt would be perfect for a wine tasting. Sunset champagne tasting? Next year :)
We tasted quite a few wines on that balcony! That's a great idea!!
Love the 2nd apartment!
Us too!!
Great apartments and the prices are low compared to where I am. I like the fact that the US gets a year
Very reasonable prices, especially compared to the U.S.! The one year is pretty awesome, makes for a great place to bounce in and out of schengen.
Excellent video, Wanderng Harz! We are retired educators from Portland. We just finished a long stay in Europe: 5 months helping a new school open in Lvivv, one month in Krakow learning about WWII, and a month in Tallinn. We traveled back to the States via Helsinki, Oslo, and Reykjavik: wow!! We are not sure where our next adventure will be. Albania looks interesting. It seems close to central and eastern Europe, but is it accessible by train? Or must we fly or take a bus? How is the healthcare? Thank you! Dean & Cindy
Ooh, your trip sounds very cool! I have to ask how you managed so much time in Schengen? Was your time in Poland on a tourist visa?
The where to go next delima 🤔 We suffer from the same condition. Albania is accessible via airport in Tirana or Corfu, Greece. Other than that is is busses and private transfers. No trains unfortunately 😢 We have had limited experience with the healthcare but many of the expats have told us it is decent. You will be going to Tirania for anything major but it is free and they also have very affordable private clinics and dental clinics.
Hope this helps!! Let us know any other questions, we are putting together a Q&A video for Albania.
Joel
@@TheWanderingHartz Thanks, Joel. We had work visa in Ukraine, then three months in Poland and Estonia. I had a training session in Cambridge, but we mostly stayd in Lviv. How safe was Albania? It looks ok. We wish we were in Kyiv now helping....
Dean & Cindy
Oh wow! Albania is very safe except when you try and cross the street in Saranda 😂
@@TheWanderingHartz Ahhhhh...so wearing bright colors, a yellow umbrella, and carrying a bullhorn is recommended?
Haha, certainly wouldn't hurt 😉
If you’re going to stay for at least 30 days, It’d almost be worthwhile to buy a small, cheap $40/50 microwave in the US and stuff it, still in its original box, into your checked luggage. Unless you can buy one on the local economy for a similar price.
Where did you find your rental? Was it on Airbnb or through a local realtor?
We found it through some expat friends
I love your video. I am planing to visit Albania in the middle of August. I am from NY. I need some help to find an apartment in Durres.
Do you know anyone in Durres, Albania?
Thank you.
Sorry, we don't have any contacts in Durres, I'd suggest looking at local facebook groups for Durres/Tirana. Expat , locals renting and digital Nomad type groups.
Oh i just realized you said "Middle of August". FYI that is peak tourist season so prices may be much higher.
Thanks for the video! Would you know if Canadians get 1 year visa too?
I believe Canadians get 90 days. 😢
@@TheWanderingHartz Thanks.
How much to buy a modest place in a decent area?
It all depends on where you want to be in Saranda and how big of an apartment you want. We know people who have bought 1 bed 1 bath apartments right on the water with seas views for $120,000 and other people have bought for $50,000.
It's a shame rents skyrocket on the Adriatic coast in June, July and August 😢 Budva rents go insane (3x normal) and the short-term crowds mean you'll actually make fewer friends who would still be there a week later.
Budva should build pedestrian tunnels or mini bridges over their main streets because parents might get an intense fear of their children always crossing busy streets. Montenegro authorities need to understand what a difference this makes to the family quality of life.
We hear ya!
@@TheWanderingHartzFor the kids, however, Budva in high season is *the social scene" which is really good for social development. It's the opposite of the lockdown culture in which so many spent the first three years of their lives.
On a related note, don't take the Greek tourist bureau's "advice" that people with children would prefer the quiet bucolic peninsula of Sithonia in the Xalkidikis with its sparse infrastructure. The Kassandra peninsula is the place to be if you have children because they need more infrastructure, not less and they need lots of others their age. Nea Skioni or Fourka would be minimal destinations on that score
Ahh yes!
$600/month is NOT cheap.
Not sure where your from, but you can't get anything under $600 in a U.S. resort city with all utilities paid for a short term rental.
That view alone is worth 600 XD
For sure! It is why we paid a bit more this year than last... better view!
@@TheWanderingHartz Ye the time of 'very cheap' stays has passed. I usually go to a hotel a bit further from where you are now (Palama hotel near the port of Saranda entrance) and prices have been going up steady every year for the past 5 years now. I hope you enjoy your stay!
Cheap is relative, and prices world wide have been going up, so we think it is still a great price especially considering you can't find prices anywhere near $600 a month with a view like that in the U.S.