Great information! This is the most comprehensive budget that I have seen yet. Better than any of the other U.S. vloggers "living in the Philippines" budget videos. Thank You Thank You Thank You
I found Dumaguete to be very affordable when I was there in Feb/Mar. I’m in Ubud, Bali today and have been amazed at how inexpensive everything is. We had dinner at a very nice restaurant last night that was pretty close to the same meal we had in Dumaguete. I think Ubud wins by a good margin but both were ridiculously cheep relative to US prices.
Good job on very detailed budget summary.. my husband and I will be retiring in Dumaguete area / Valencia by Dec 14., we are from Canada . Thank you for all the information.
Another great video. When it comes to costs and budgets, it’s so subjective. But you both do such a great job covering how YOU live. I’m looking forward to retirement in the Philippines. Not so I can live on the cheap, but so I can live less expensively than my costs in California, or when I’m in the Philippines on vacation… Salamat
First time seeing one of your videos. You're great together! Thank you for the clear and useful info! One major expense that I was wondering about is the cost of health insurance. How does that work in the Philippines?
A little bit of splurdge and still a good and affordable amount. I think you mentioned some of the things you added this time you really don't spend on.
1500 should be OK depends on your lifestyle seen some nice condos in Cebu that was very reasonable but I would advise getting it for just one week in the beginning and test the waters. Good luck.
The partner one chooses as a travel companion or love interest makes a huge difference in the budget outcomes. The two of you are a great combo because your behaviors and lifestyles are so in synch. The two of you and Gino & Dazel are my favorite overseas couples. All of you keep things real and reject wasteful displays of glitz, glamour, womanizing and partying. That’s why you can get so much enjoyment out of life on a “normal” budget! Well played my friends; well played!😊
So that’s a good yardstick of approx $1500 for a couple who are veteran travellers also bearing in mind that it’s not much more expensive for a couple compared to someone single. So a single westerner who is less experienced in the expat lifestyle would struggle to live on less than $1500 and more realistically would probably be up towards $2000 at least until they get more experience and are able to be more disciplined.
Hi Chang, I was looking and trying to find the place where you and Dan stayed this time while in Dumaguete. Would you please share with me and my wife the contact information. We are making plans to move to the Dumaguete area hopefully in February and from your description the place sounds very ideal. My wife likes to cook and we are budget conscience as well. Is there a specific cottage number that you can share or all of the cottages the same? Many thanks in advance.
I also live in the providence of Cebu, but, the motorbike is very dangerous to ride, so we have a bike but also a car, and car insurance, also you must consider if you get sick or have a accident, it will cost you lots. Plus if you want to eat American food it will cost you much more then the normal grocery store or wet market. End, our monthly expense (not considering medical) is at least $3,500 plus a month.
=) Here is Dan video: th-cam.com/video/hTKC6B9vtXU/w-d-xo.htmlsi=xlZogeKzE0yZft4k Here is the Philippines list: th-cam.com/play/PLcHSKefp5kplHCMh8NF2x5n0hrm8iN9dn.html&si=JuSK6V6fidsBag4D
Hi Guys, I always love your videos. Always respectful and happy couple. Thank you for great info. Where is this cottage? Is this outside and far from silliman university? Thank u in advance
@HoboVentures One of my favorite places to eat; veggie-based. I usually order the breakfast order (the one with beans, avocado, eggs, and bread) and/or Veggie-spaghetti. I live in Sibulan, right next to Dumaguete City. Hope you're enjoying your time in Negros Oriental.
My budget is $3,500 USD. In three years my budget will be unlimited. 20 years working overseas. One hour a day watching the market and managing my portfolio.
Women are expensive - every month ! Some months are just worse than others ? (ha ha) A bit of extra every so often isn't all that much for 2 people really. -- I A single person on that amount would have a jolly good time ! And could also add visa costs & health insurance to the budget maybe ? --- Personally I would be very happy with Joe's place (from Tenn.) for the $133 / mo. apartment you interviewed not long ago in Dumaguete ! He's 'living large' & said he could easily do $900 ''if he wanted" - but did more like $12 - $1500 ? > Alex the Russian is somewhat frugal with a girl friend and lives on a $700 / mo. budget ! = I've been paying attention Dan.
No judgement here.. but 7852 pesos on alcohol?...Holy christ cross thats a high amount.. How does she stay so skinny?.. alcohol really packs on pounds on the belly fat.. Plus just plain unhealthy for you. Even red wine in excess of more than 6 ounces a day is super unhealthy.. When I move to the phillipines, I will be spending roughly one beer a WEEK on the outside restaurant at max...,., so four beers a month and almost zero on wine.. But again thats just Me...EVERY one is different.. Chan should make a video on what she eat per day to stay so skinny, I want to follow same diet, except for the nasty alcohol part of course.
😅 I just noticed that these totals do not include the Visa fees. It will cost about $32 USD per person in tourist visa extension fees per month..
Great information! This is the most comprehensive budget that I have seen yet. Better than any of the other U.S. vloggers "living in the Philippines" budget videos. Thank You Thank You Thank You
I found Dumaguete to be very affordable when I was there in Feb/Mar. I’m in Ubud, Bali today and have been amazed at how inexpensive everything is. We had dinner at a very nice restaurant last night that was pretty close to the same meal we had in Dumaguete. I think Ubud wins by a good margin but both were ridiculously cheep relative to US prices.
Thanks for sharing!
Good job on very detailed budget summary.. my husband and I will be retiring in Dumaguete area / Valencia by Dec 14., we are from Canada . Thank you for all the information.
Happy to help! =)
Good to see you guys are still together having a great time
Thanks for watching and commenting. 🥰🌻
Always good to see happy friends ❤.
You are so kind!
Good video. Was considering moving there for three months to see if I like Dumaghetti.
Another great video. When it comes to costs and budgets, it’s so subjective. But you both do such a great job covering how YOU live.
I’m looking forward to retirement in the Philippines. Not so I can live on the cheap, but so I can live less expensively than my costs in California, or when I’m in the Philippines on vacation…
Salamat
We agree!
Like? No, we LOVED it !! ❤👍
Absolutely love you guys! Thanks for the great info!
Very informative and encouraging. Thanks for sharing. Your attitudes and openness are heartwarming.
First time seeing one of your videos. You're great together! Thank you for the clear and useful info! One major expense that I was wondering about is the cost of health insurance. How does that work in the Philippines?
Sounds like great. If I lived there I would be spending a lot more. Thanks for sharing
I love how she rotates the frame away from Dan as he's talking 🤣🤣🤣
when Dan get lippy I cut him off. lol
@@HoboVentures 😂
Another great video by the two of you. I always appreciate the updates given inflation these days
Dan, i think you got robbed on the haircut!😂
His barber cut hair by braille. lol
A little bit of splurdge and still a good and affordable amount. I think you mentioned some of the things you added this time you really don't spend on.
I was figuring $1500 a month for myself for three months. I don't drink or bar hop. Not interested in dating a whole lot.
1500 should be OK depends on your lifestyle seen some nice condos in Cebu that was very reasonable but I would advise getting it for just one week in the beginning and test the waters. Good luck.
Great info!
Very good info
Very nice video.
Are there colleges nearby?
Any spainish buildings, architecture stuff like that?
Anyway, great job.
Good information, thanks for putting this out!
Thank you guys what an enlightened couple you are ❤
Great video, I didn’t watching you guys often on since you started a few years ago
Welcome back!
𝐐iang, you have lovely energy. Thank you.
Thank you so much for the lovely comment! 😍❤️
Great video. Thank you.
Thanks, very thorough
Glad it was helpful!
What is your guys opinion on self insure for health
The partner one chooses as a travel companion or love interest makes a huge difference in the budget outcomes. The two of you are a great combo because your behaviors and lifestyles are so in synch. The two of you and Gino & Dazel are my favorite overseas couples. All of you keep things real and reject wasteful displays of glitz, glamour, womanizing and partying. That’s why you can get so much enjoyment out of life on a “normal” budget! Well played my friends; well played!😊
Send us Gino & Dazel link. =)
@@HoboVentures Their TH-cam channel is Dazel TV.
@@HoboVentures www.youtube.com/@dazeltv1351/videos
What do you have against womanizing? Lol
@@brucemacmillan9581 …That truck-size hole it blows in your wallet!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
You guys are experts. I would pay you a consulting fee to guide me.
I may have missed it, but do you have health insurance?
So that’s a good yardstick of approx $1500 for a couple who are veteran travellers also bearing in mind that it’s not much more expensive for a couple compared to someone single. So a single westerner who is less experienced in the expat lifestyle would struggle to live on less than $1500 and more realistically would probably be up towards $2000 at least until they get more experience and are able to be more disciplined.
Hi Chang, I was looking and trying to find the place where you and Dan stayed this time while in Dumaguete. Would you please share with me and my wife the contact information. We are making plans to move to the Dumaguete area hopefully in February and from your description the place sounds very ideal. My wife likes to cook and we are budget conscience as well. Is there a specific cottage number that you can share or all of the cottages the same? Many thanks in advance.
In the description =)
vagabondbuddha.com/retire-early-on-888-usd-per-month-in-dumaguete-in-the-philippines/
@@HoboVentures Thank you!
I subscribed
Do you guys have healthcare insurance? Eyes, dental? Any medications? What are you additional healthcare costs is any?
4:59 LOL. That edit seemed was funny for some reason. Just interrupting her mid-sentence. :)
She talk too much so I cut her off. lol Regards, Qiang
You two looks more happier.
Thank you so much!
Can you tell me how much a good hotel near the ocean cost in one month stay. . . only for 1 person. A hotel w/ kitchen pls. Thanks a lot!
Do they have 99 year leases there?
I suggest finding a different ACV brand
Which one do you like?
Lovely video. Very informative.for us who don't know the geography of the Philippines it will be nice to show your city on the map.
Good idea! Thanks for sharing.
So... the cost for a bottle of wine is for what size bottle? A $750 ml bottle? A litre and a half? And what sort of wine is available for that price?
750ml. The common one is Carlo Rossi.
@@HoboVentures For a second there, I thought you were referring to a Godfather character. 😆
I also live in the providence of Cebu, but, the motorbike is very dangerous to ride, so we have a bike but also a car, and car insurance, also you must consider if you get sick or have a accident, it will cost you lots. Plus if you want to eat American food it will cost you much more then the normal grocery store or wet market. End, our monthly expense (not considering medical) is at least $3,500 plus a month.
Thanks for sharing your number. Everyone is different.
I think 850 usd
are you also going to be doing Bagiuo city. you ar😮e the greatest couple. how do you do it?
y
=) Here is Dan video: th-cam.com/video/hTKC6B9vtXU/w-d-xo.htmlsi=xlZogeKzE0yZft4k
Here is the Philippines list: th-cam.com/play/PLcHSKefp5kplHCMh8NF2x5n0hrm8iN9dn.html&si=JuSK6V6fidsBag4D
Hi Guys, I always love your videos. Always respectful and happy couple. Thank you for great info. Where is this cottage? Is this outside and far from silliman university? Thank u in advance
In the description. =) It is far from siliman University. It located half way to Valencia
Hmmmm somethings suspicious…… how much did you spend in shopee and lazada this month?
Hahaha.. it already in personal items.
I think a hotel rom cost 2800 p or more is expensive but in reality it s cheap
Which hotel you staying?
Could be Quest in cebu.
So Expensive
$900 pm
We done it before! =)
Oh. So you've been to Chia, eh?
Do you like it too? It in my top 10 restaurants in Dumaguete.
@HoboVentures One of my favorite places to eat; veggie-based. I usually order the breakfast order (the one with beans, avocado, eggs, and bread) and/or Veggie-spaghetti. I live in Sibulan, right next to Dumaguete City. Hope you're enjoying your time in Negros Oriental.
two thousand dollars
You guys are always seem to be eating, I'm really tight on food spending I get by on £100 a month and I moan at that, we are all different 😀😀😀
Love to hear your secret.
1150
Little low, thanks for trying. =)
My budget is $3,500 USD. In three years my budget will be unlimited. 20 years working overseas. One hour a day watching the market and managing my portfolio.
nope sorry bro.. no matter what not unlimited and a BUdget is notg your income so obviously if you spend what you make you are POOR
Congratulations.
Not very good information
Women are expensive - every month ! Some months are just worse than others ? (ha ha) A bit of extra every so often isn't all that much for 2 people really. -- I A single person on that amount would have a jolly good time ! And could also add visa costs & health insurance to the budget maybe ? --- Personally I would be very happy with Joe's place (from Tenn.) for the $133 / mo. apartment you interviewed not long ago in Dumaguete ! He's 'living large' & said he could easily do $900 ''if he wanted" - but did more like $12 - $1500 ? > Alex the Russian is somewhat frugal with a girl friend and lives on a $700 / mo. budget ! = I've been paying attention Dan.
That's great. Thanks for sharing.
USD $ 1750 per month
$1200 b4 watching.
Pretty close. =)
No judgement here.. but 7852 pesos on alcohol?...Holy christ cross thats a high amount.. How does she stay so skinny?.. alcohol really packs on pounds on the belly fat.. Plus just plain unhealthy for you. Even red wine in excess of more than 6 ounces a day is super unhealthy.. When I move to the phillipines, I will be spending roughly one beer a WEEK on the outside restaurant at max...,., so four beers a month and almost zero on wine.. But again thats just Me...EVERY one is different.. Chan should make a video on what she eat per day to stay so skinny, I want to follow same diet, except for the nasty alcohol part of course.
Thanks for sharing!
I know you don't mean offense but in case you don't know the term hobo is considered insulting to the homeless. Take care
Hobo mean how are you in my language. Sorry for hurt your feeling.
How about if it were called Bum Ventures. In my language, bum means bum.
@@HoboVentures interesting I didn't know that , thanks!
They clearly aren't hobos, but yeah Hobo is a derogatory term, but then it's only a TH-cam name so who cares
1250