This was super helpful! Thank you both for sharing. Looking forward to hearing what the new house budget looks like. Thank you for your service Brother.
Too honest idea i like the way your husband share his practical ideas on adapting lifestyle here in the PHILIPPINES..and the way he accept of giving allowance to our beloved parents which somehow sort of misunderstanding between foreigners having FILIPINO partner..too both of you keep vlogging and stay strong
It’s great to hear your real world expenses are so reasonable there. Also you both seem very happy!!! Congratulations 🎉 and I’ll look forward to seeing more of your videos. Thank you 🙏
All depends on whether you wish to live in the style you are accustomed to in the West or if you wish to live a humble lifestyle like the locals If it's the latter you will be more respected,make more friends and feel a part of the community.
Some of these comparisons are not apples to apples. Example is size of houses. I run my central air 24/7 in Ky in the summer months and my entire gas and electric bill is a little over $100. Mind you this is central air that is cooling the entire house! I think I’m trying to say that the quality between both countries is not the same. Water is cheaper there but I would not drink it. It’s polluted. Our phone service and utilities in the states is reliable, we seldom have brown outs. Ultimately I’m saying you get what you pay for.
@@timst1966Also think of the future ,we are on track to be a 3rd world country too, been going down hill all my life since the the 70s as is planned …IMO
I was spending around 1000 euros per Month(60 thousand pesos at the time) when I lived in the Philippines for 3 yrs me and my wife. We also drank wine almost every day but we were living in the province and close to an amazing beach on a island. I will check more of your vids. this is the first one I came across. It was in the reccomendations
I am a Brit (single) currently in NewZealand, looking to retire in the Philippines, this kind of information is fabulously practical, just what I need to evaluate the practicality of my retirement plan. Thanks for the time and effort you put into this, it's very helpful for someone in my position, I am five years off implementing my plan but I want to make sure it's not a 'pipe dream'. I appreciate your efforts, thanks to you both (and the blokes a Yank but we won't hold that against him, lol)
61k a month is living quite well. I lived in Cebu for about 10 years on a budget of 40K a month and had a good life there with money left in the bank each month. I didn't have a car, but did have a motorcycle and my girlfriends family never asked us to help them out, so saved a bit there. I paid 8500 peso for a 2 bedroomed apparment in a middle class area of the city. If you're going to retire there look into the retirement visa as it works out cheaper than renewing a tourist visa as I did for all those years!
@@brendanhedges7591 40k a month u be living very comfy on this and a great life yes but hospitals are not free if u got sick cost 20l peso just to sign up
You guys are getting a good handle of your expenses. Remember to make the most of things we take for granted i.e. weather, beaches, security, good neighbors, etc.
Serious the most important way to keep ur budget is marry or have the right GIRL! Focus abroad where they respect men as equal, good values, and not materialistic.
Excellent video guys. Thank you for your post, very helpful and informative. I think that you both have a great attitude and look forward to seeing more of your videos.
Great info and thanks for the transparency. Many put outrageous numbers out there like $1500 minimum per month just to *survive* (not live) in the Ph as a single guy. Maybe all they do is chase bar girls day in and day out.
This is for an area outside of Manila where the rent will be lower than other places. In Cebu, even Province, rent will be about 150-200% more but other expenses will be about the same. Electric power in Cebu is a bit less than Manila.
Good idea, AND a person can purchase a countertop water distiller or create one with food grade tubing and a stainless steel covered pan. This may be a fun problem to solve
Kinda abstract but nice to share I like to keep it rounded off. for just a reference to exspence in Philippines it is one third of the states, just roughly figuring monetary exchange up and down but basically 4.50 to 50 to one actual spending power the usa is × 3 $ nice video thanks
You guys are amazing! some of the people that we know of that are having financial difficulties asking us for advice on how to save money and when we ask them how much is their monthly expenses they don't even know. The first step is to know your numbers like these guys are doing so you'll know if you are living beyond your means.
Thank you so much for the breakdown. A lot of people talk about needing $2,000 USD per month but your budget looks better to me. I will be moving to Dumaguete as soon as this Covid ends.
When I first moved Phil's 2004. My income was $800 a month, my Bill's $100, u can eat on ,300p a day $6. This is low end, high end a p.o end all u want
You can buy water and or you can buy there is a filter picture that you can buy in the base it's saved a lot of money the time to time you can use it it is a picture with the picture with water filter thank you
New Subscriber from Washington D.C USA.. im Semi Retired and im planning to go back to the Philippines thanks for the Info it helps me a lot where to stay for good ....
They did not say cost of food, trips, fuel and car or motorcycle payments, insurance, and that only rent not buying, it has taxes every year plus a/c if run most of time 1 window unit =4000 a month. Prepare black out with extra back up energy because can be off 4 hours to 4 days a time , etc.
Example i paid to have my house built with upstairs patios and it a big concrete tiled house with farm land for fruit orchard i have i gave $1.3 million for it in cash and thats usa $ not peso in iloilo philippines, house has 15 bedrooms and 5 full bathrooms and 2 kichens and 2 living rooms and a study office and a large outside concrete storage building and a concrete security fence with 2 large meadle gates.
Yes retired here for good!! Took us a couple of years after retirement to get everything settled back in the states but now this home!! Well soon to be once our house is done!!
God bless you guys,thinking about going to cebu, if everything with jesus blessings works out, im going to take my time,and find out stuff like, living, food, etc God bless you both
You are doing great! Most people don’t even have a budget. What is really important for your success is that you work together on it. Working together honestly regarding money will save lots of arguments and other problems. Enjoy.
Hello sis your vlog pop-up in my youtube so, I don't lose time to think but yes I watched your couple vlogs and it is very interesting this video of your expenses. Thank you for sharing. We just sold our house here in US because my husband is going to retire next year and we are moving for good in the Philippines next year. Currently we are renting a condo for a year . I am happy to know that you guys like it there in the Philippines. I hope this pandemic will end so that we could travel by then.
Thanks for sharing, planning on retirement before I hit the big 50. Or to be more precise, I will retire when I have saved up enough cash so that it will last until the pension kicks in(aiming for 300k $). The more clips I watch on the subject, 1k $ a month seems OK but abit more is way better. So 1500$ seems like a sweetspot, with room to travel and margin if shit goes south.
One of best thing in the philipines when you drive your car the signboards,cautions,warning signs are english. Advertisements areenglish, Fm radio musics most are english, every sundays you hear english oldies musics You even ask to little children they understand english. Even tough they dont speak english, but the children can understand english
I like the explanation of your monthly expenses and it is a little bit high for me if I decided to live there. I would minus some of the expenses like car, motor cycle and pets etc. I can live in a frugal system and I can happily survive with my retirement pension. I definitely decrease my grocery and eating out expense because I never like " red " meat in the first place. I am here in California, I could not wait the time when I am ready to jump off and I will be there. O by the way, thank you for sharing your personal expenses.
You can easi.y manage on 1000$ monthly.... not to worry. The only thing noone mentions is the e xtreme heat (if nott using air con), and also that after many months, you may be longing to be back in america...... so best thing is too do 6 months in phil when its winter in america.... n 6 months in america in su mmer. I been doing it 29 years
This really gets me thinking of where to relocate soon. I work as an online teacher and creating online courses and RUclips videos, so I could do it there for sure! Just has to make sure the internet is strong.
IT'S so nice that you guys included your mum in your expenses. A whole monthly expenses of 1200. I can't believe that. I think that's my food bill here in the US.
Right on target IMHO. I've been living here for 13 years and when people ask I tell them at the current P50/$1, $1,000 minimum plus $200 for each additional person. So $1,200 minimum for a couple and you can adjust it from there. We're a family of 3, 2 adults and a tween in private school, living just outside of Cebu City and our average monthly cost is around P70K. But after allowances for the 3 of us, P6,000 X 2 and P600, to spend as you please, it's about P83K. Quite a few Americans here seem to flip out when I tell them that we spend P80K to P85K a month. That's too much for the Philippines! But OMG!! That's cheap!!!
@Kam Y I agree P90K is indeed cheap and a more practical number for a foreigner with kids would probably be P100K. We rented this house in late 2007 and the landlord has never raised the rent.
@Kam Y huh? lol. 90k for a family of 3 in one month is a LOT of money. Most live comfortably on a third of that. A teachers salary is approx 400k a year.
Ok, so currently I am single, and plan on moving there as soon as travel restrictions are over. So judging by your main expenses, which of course are mandatory, and estimated food costs for myself, and since I have no animals, or girlfriend/wife. I came up with around 28,500P, or $608 USD. I am pretty sure that of course will change if I do add a girlfriend/wife, family, purchasing and care of a vehicle, dogs, cats, iguana's etc. Then that bill I'm sure will go up, however I did use your food costs as a basic idea. I can take some of that off because I do plan on doing a LOT of fishing and of course the occasional Ribeye but a really nice Ribeye here in the US will set you back $20 USD, at $7.00P that's a steal, so I'm not worried about that. I'm sure my food costs won't be near as high, so I can adjust where I need too but $600 is great for those who don't have a 2nd, or 3rd income, and still reasonable for those who are not getting a nice pension from SSI, SSD, or whatever. $800 to $1,200/mth seems to be a standard amount so even if your not rich, you can still afford to live there especially if you budget the way you are. If, you do happen to marry a Filipina and she does work, that would be even better of course. Any help is better than no help. Thank you so much for breaking it down like this, it makes it easier for planning.
RUclips always make me want to move somewhere. Better be sure you have the blessings of CHRIST YESHUA GOD ALMIGHTY in advance wherever you do before you go.
Thanks to both of you for posting these expenses. They all seem exact and to the point. I'm a single guy so I know my expenses would be much lower than yours. I would be interested in wanting to retire there one day, I just haven't decided yet on where that might be.
I’m retiring from the military this month after 20+ yrs of service, I’m considering this. If I can find a humble and down to earth Filipina with great family values, it will be the beginning of a happy life.
@@peterhuang1431 It depends on rank. Look at the pay charts for E-6 AND ABOVE AT 20 YEARS. E-6 is the lowest rank to retire. Retirees receive 50% of pay monthly. Many retirees also receive some amount of VA Disability payment, between $250 to $3000+ depending on disability rating.
@@SeriouSXXFireworks here in general santos city we go to dxcp it is radio station were almost housemaid go there, wait there if there is employer to come to hire them.
@@SeriouSXXFireworks no, i am male, i am 49 i have 4kids my partner is 27 she was our housemaid before, after my mother died we live together, but im planning to marry her someday. If you live here in general santos city my wife or partner can help you find a housemaid, my is inidigent, she is elementary graduate, i am college level, but it doesn' matter to me coz i love her.
@@garrylafferty100yep. i retired in health care settings too. we have tricare for life and a kaiser permanente where we enroll our medicare so we have both with HMO. great hearing from you.
@@joescheller6680, Wrong. I'm an American, 90% service- connected and use the VA in the Philippines. But, they only treat service-connected disabilities.
The very poor filipino people , that Mark Nowhereman is showing on his youtube channel , will never be able to pay all those expenses . . That's why he give donations to those poor people . . Thanks to this video , I now know what the expenses are .
It's great to have a wife who's keen with the budget...then you can work together as a team.
You are Both employed?
This was super helpful! Thank you both for sharing. Looking forward to hearing what the new house budget looks like. Thank you for your service Brother.
This is my first time seeing & really enjoyed . I am from Alabama US man wish we had it cheap back here like the Philipines. Good luck guys.
Thank you for the details. Love how y’all work together!
Too honest idea i like the way your husband share his practical ideas on adapting lifestyle here in the PHILIPPINES..and the way he accept of giving allowance to our beloved parents which somehow sort of misunderstanding between foreigners having FILIPINO partner..too both of you keep vlogging and stay strong
Very good informative video. Wow. That put everything into perspective.
It’s great to hear your real world expenses are so reasonable there. Also you both seem very happy!!! Congratulations 🎉 and I’ll look forward to seeing more of your videos. Thank you 🙏
Thanks for sharing, your house building videos are awesome too. Take care guys
Nice to see you guys enjoying staying there in the Phils
All depends on whether you wish to live in the style you are accustomed to in the West or if you wish to live a humble lifestyle like the locals If it's the latter you will be more respected,make more friends and feel a part of the community.
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Some of these comparisons are not apples to apples. Example is size of houses. I run my central air 24/7 in Ky in the summer months and my entire gas and electric bill is a little over $100. Mind you this is central air that is cooling the entire house! I think I’m trying to say that the quality between both countries is not the same. Water is cheaper there but I would not drink it. It’s polluted. Our phone service and utilities in the states is reliable, we seldom have brown outs. Ultimately I’m saying you get what you pay for.
@@timst1966Also think of the future ,we are on track to be a 3rd world country too, been going down hill all my life since the the 70s as is planned …IMO
Thank you. This is very informative, and will help me and my wife what to expect and do when we come home for good in not so very distant future!
Hey guys, great channel. Ive just started my own recently. Wish you all the best
I was spending around 1000 euros per Month(60 thousand pesos at the time) when I lived in the Philippines for 3 yrs me and my wife. We also drank wine almost every day but we were living in the province and close to an amazing beach on a island. I will check more of your vids. this is the first one I came across. It was in the reccomendations
I am a Brit (single) currently in NewZealand, looking to retire in the Philippines, this kind of information is fabulously practical, just what I need to evaluate the practicality of my retirement plan. Thanks for the time and effort you put into this, it's very helpful for someone in my position, I am five years off implementing my plan but I want to make sure it's not a 'pipe dream'. I appreciate your efforts, thanks to you both (and the blokes a Yank but we won't hold that against him, lol)
61k a month is living quite well. I lived in Cebu for about 10 years on a budget of 40K a month and had a good life there with money left in the bank each month. I didn't have a car, but did have a motorcycle and my girlfriends family never asked us to help them out, so saved a bit there. I paid 8500 peso for a 2 bedroomed apparment in a middle class area of the city. If you're going to retire there look into the retirement visa as it works out cheaper than renewing a tourist visa as I did for all those years!
@@brendanhedges7591 yep no way would I budget for the family!!!
You can retire in my town
if u plan to live in the philippines open a bank account for one also careful how u spend u money also as it go quick if u dont
@@brendanhedges7591 40k a month u be living very comfy on this and a great life yes but hospitals are not free if u got sick cost 20l peso just to sign up
You guys are getting a good handle of your expenses. Remember to make the most of things we take for granted i.e. weather, beaches, security, good neighbors, etc.
Greetings guys. Just started watching and enjoyed the video. Will look for more. ***US Veteran from Laguna.
Thanks for sharing your video great channel. we will be moving there soon from the USA Nice meeting other couples like us
Goodluck on your big move
Serious the most important way to keep ur budget is marry or have the right GIRL! Focus abroad where they respect men as equal, good values, and not materialistic.
Excellent video guys. Thank you for your post, very helpful and informative. I think that you both have a great attitude and look forward to seeing more of your videos.
Thank you 😉
Good for y’all. Working together and within a budget will guide you through your lives challenges. 👍💵
Great info and thanks for the transparency.
Many put outrageous numbers out there like $1500 minimum per month just to *survive* (not live) in the Ph as a single guy. Maybe all they do is chase bar girls day in and day out.
Thanks for sharing your expenses in the Philippines. Keep safe.
Thanks for sharing guys i’m also ready to go back home. our house almost done i’m excited. Congrats guys!
You both are great and both are not demanding of each other. A great team with understanding
You’re living is so extravagant!
This is incredible!
Good job guys...thanks for sharing your experience with us 🙂
That is interesting, thanks guys for updated that is important for us b’cause we plan to move to PH soon. God bless!
This is for an area outside of Manila where the rent will be lower than other places. In Cebu, even Province, rent will be about 150-200% more but other expenses will be about the same. Electric power in Cebu is a bit less than Manila.
That sounds good to me we also planing to go home sometime this year. Our house also ongoing construction right now.
I am from Lipa City. We are happy for you and your family.Soon we will go home to Philippines too.
perhaps i can show you about Financial planning too...Estate planning
Thank you for sharing. This was straight forward and to the point. So many other post drag it out
Thank you for all the useful information, Al
Drinking water: Get a Gravity feed LifeStraw. Filter most any water or reg tap water. $14 to filter 1000 gallons (3780 liters).
Good idea, AND a person can purchase a countertop water distiller or create one with food grade tubing and a stainless steel covered pan. This may be a fun problem to solve
Kinda abstract but nice to share I like to keep it rounded off. for just a reference to exspence in Philippines it is one third of the states, just roughly figuring monetary exchange up and down but basically 4.50 to 50 to one actual spending power the usa is × 3 $ nice video thanks
Very interesting breakdown! I see many like this in the US - good to see in another country
Thank you. very nice how you share and help others plan. take care
You guys are amazing! some of the people that we know of that are having financial difficulties asking us for advice on how to save money and when we ask them how much is their monthly expenses they don't even know. The first step is to know your numbers like these guys are doing so you'll know if you are living beyond your means.
We have to monitor it specially were building our house
Thank you so much for the breakdown. A lot of people talk about needing $2,000 USD per month but your budget looks better to me. I will be moving to Dumaguete as soon as this Covid ends.
When I first moved Phil's 2004. My income was $800 a month, my Bill's $100, u can eat on ,300p a day $6. This is low end, high end a p.o end all u want
That’s very interesting! Thanks for sharing.
Great video! Thanks for sharing your budget.
Thank you for your reply. Keep up the good work. Don’t be bother for the negative comments. That’s a human nature. GOD bless you.
You can buy water and or you can buy there is a filter picture that you can buy in the base it's saved a lot of money the time to time you can use it it is a picture with the picture with water filter thank you
Pitchel. With. Filter
Thank you for sharing your e xpenses. I appreciate your effort breaking down everything. I am always curious how much it takes to live back home.
Thanks for the video and good luck!
I love these types of videos. Thanks very informative.
New Subscriber from Washington D.C USA.. im Semi Retired and im planning to go back to the Philippines thanks for the Info it helps me a lot where to stay for good ....
I seen if your invest a place to retire pick a condo for foreigner and tour more around Philippines how do you like that?....let me know
This is incredible. The cost of living is 44% less then what I pay in Canada.
They did not say cost of food, trips, fuel and car or motorcycle payments, insurance, and that only rent not buying, it has taxes every year plus a/c if run most of time 1 window unit =4000 a month. Prepare black out with extra back up energy because can be off 4 hours to 4 days a time , etc.
Example i paid to have my house built with upstairs patios and it a big concrete tiled house with farm land for fruit orchard i have i gave $1.3 million for it in cash and thats usa $ not peso in iloilo philippines, house has 15 bedrooms and 5 full bathrooms and 2 kichens and 2 living rooms and a study office and a large outside concrete storage building and a concrete security fence with 2 large meadle gates.
Thanks for a comprehensive accounts
Very interesting
That Is my goal move to Filipinas.Glad to now they have VA hospital in manila.Thank for the información.Hugs from PR
Sorry its not a hospital its a clinic
Nice to see you again former shipmate. I did not know that you retired in PI for good.
Yes retired here for good!! Took us a couple of years after retirement to get everything settled back in the states but now this home!! Well soon to be once our house is done!!
You two look happy. Congrats!!
Thank you for this. Very informative
I like your content sis and so much foreigners to convince to live in the Philippines
Evelyn Dadula thank you sis
Yeah just retired people but for me as ukrainian its more better in europe so not thnk u ;)
Hello Ma'am, love your videos!We are all Batanguenos...& Batanguenas.
We are from San Juan, Batangas
Hello from lipa
Hi Jeff,,id like to share with you too some concepts
take care great info!!
Good idea guys
God bless you guys,thinking about going to cebu, if everything with jesus blessings works out, im going to take my time,and find out stuff like, living, food, etc God bless you both
Thanks for the information, considering moving there with my Filipina wife and living off my retirement but need a VA close by.
There’s a VA office in Manila.
Nice video. Thank you.dont count too much.live the life.
Great job guys
I've always wanted to live in the Philippines, somewhere along the ocean.
You are doing great! Most people don’t even have a budget. What is really important for your success is that you work together on it. Working together honestly regarding money will save lots of arguments and other problems. Enjoy.
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Great video 👍
Thank you!!
Very helpful. Thank you for sharing.
Hello sis your vlog pop-up in my youtube so, I don't lose time to think but yes I watched your couple vlogs and it is very interesting this video of your expenses. Thank you for sharing. We just sold our house here in US because my husband is going to retire next year and we are moving for good in the Philippines next year. Currently we are renting a condo for a year . I am happy to know that you guys like it there in the Philippines. I hope this pandemic will end so that we could travel by then.
Perky Adventures hi sis, thank you . Congratulations for your future retirement .And yeah pandemic slow a bunch of stuff and pls take care.
Thanks for sharing, planning on retirement before I hit the big 50. Or to be more precise, I will retire when I have saved up enough cash so that it will last until the pension kicks in(aiming for 300k $).
The more clips I watch on the subject, 1k $ a month seems OK but abit more is way better. So 1500$ seems like a sweetspot, with room to travel and margin if shit goes south.
We go on $2500 per month and with 3 small children it's just fine...rickshawphilippines
GREAT Detailed video!!! Thank you very much!!!!!
Clear explanation! Thanks
Thank you both for the information, I'm thinking of retirement there, I'm trying to get an idea what I'll need. Your information is much appreciated.
Same here Bro , definitely have to visit and see for myself 🐧
One of best thing in the philipines when you drive your car the signboards,cautions,warning signs are english. Advertisements areenglish, Fm radio musics most are english, every sundays you hear english oldies musics
You even ask to little children they understand english. Even tough they dont speak english, but the children can understand english
WHAT A GOOD INFO ..THANKS ....
thanks - this is very helpful!
Looks like you have things under control, I was thinking i would be a little higher
It depends on your standard of living ...we try to keep it low profile
This helps a lot!
Very informative. Thank you
Good information HERE Thanks Greetings from Dublin Ireland brother and sisters
I like the explanation of your monthly expenses and it is a little bit high for me if I decided to live there. I would minus some of the expenses like car, motor cycle and pets etc. I can live in a frugal system and I can happily survive with my retirement pension. I definitely decrease my grocery and eating out expense because I never like " red " meat in the first place. I am here in California, I could not wait the time when I am ready to jump off and I will be there. O by the way, thank you for sharing your personal expenses.
Do you have a budget/plan for health insurance/care that you can share?
You can easi.y manage on 1000$ monthly.... not to worry.
The only thing noone mentions is the e xtreme heat (if nott using air con), and also that after many months, you may be longing to be back in america...... so best thing is too do 6 months in phil when its winter in america.... n 6 months in america in su mmer. I been doing it 29 years
This really gets me thinking of where to relocate soon. I work as an online teacher and creating online courses and RUclips videos, so I could do it there for sure! Just has to make sure the internet is strong.
You can come with me, in the philippines, i have a beach front place to live
@@GNR1123 I can dream about it.
you will enjoy in the Philippines...go for it..
@@myrnahall6168 Thanks for the recommendation. I’ll definitely go as soon as I can for a vacation and then make a decision.
@making the move by darren thanks for the information! It’s very helpful.
Wow I really appreciate this me and my wife plan to retire back in her hand country one day
IT'S so nice that you guys included your mum in your expenses. A whole monthly expenses of 1200. I can't believe that. I think that's my food bill here in the US.
Right on target IMHO. I've been living here for 13 years and when people ask I tell them at the current P50/$1, $1,000 minimum plus $200 for each additional person. So $1,200 minimum for a couple and you can adjust it from there.
We're a family of 3, 2 adults and a tween in private school, living just outside of Cebu City and our average monthly cost is around P70K. But after allowances for the 3 of us, P6,000 X 2 and P600, to spend as you please, it's about P83K. Quite a few Americans here seem to flip out when I tell them that we spend P80K to P85K a month. That's too much for the Philippines! But OMG!! That's cheap!!!
@Kam Y I agree P90K is indeed cheap and a more practical number for a foreigner with kids would probably be P100K. We rented this house in late 2007 and the landlord has never raised the rent.
@Kam Y huh? lol. 90k for a family of 3 in one month is a LOT of money. Most live comfortably on a third of that. A teachers salary is approx 400k a year.
Ok, so currently I am single, and plan on moving there as soon as travel restrictions are over. So judging by your main expenses, which of course are mandatory, and estimated food costs for myself, and since I have no animals, or girlfriend/wife. I came up with around 28,500P, or $608 USD. I am pretty sure that of course will change if I do add a girlfriend/wife, family, purchasing and care of a vehicle, dogs, cats, iguana's etc. Then that bill I'm sure will go up, however I did use your food costs as a basic idea. I can take some of that off because I do plan on doing a LOT of fishing and of course the occasional Ribeye but a really nice Ribeye here in the US will set you back $20 USD, at $7.00P that's a steal, so I'm not worried about that. I'm sure my food costs won't be near as high, so I can adjust where I need too but $600 is great for those who don't have a 2nd, or 3rd income, and still reasonable for those who are not getting a nice pension from SSI, SSD, or whatever. $800 to $1,200/mth seems to be a standard amount so even if your not rich, you can still afford to live there especially if you budget the way you are. If, you do happen to marry a Filipina and she does work, that would be even better of course. Any help is better than no help. Thank you so much for breaking it down like this, it makes it easier for planning.
Great info ,never been there look forward to getting there one day ,
Great Video
You guys make me feel like moving to the Philippines now.
Im with you Bro , leave the rat Race 🏁
RUclips always make me want to move somewhere. Better be sure you have the blessings of CHRIST YESHUA GOD ALMIGHTY in advance wherever you do before you go.
@making the move by darren .you must be stranger to this world or may be you do ot know how world works.
@making the move by darren Thank you
@@Smitty-op4ld Let God direct your path , Amen . True vibes
Yes that’s true it’s very cheap leaving in the Philippines that’s why I’m planning to go back there after leaving here in japan for long years
The 'cheap' part is rent.
Supermarket food is as dear.
That´s is great for this information
Thanks to both of you for posting these expenses. They all seem exact and to the point. I'm a single guy so I know my expenses would be much lower than yours. I would be interested in wanting to retire there one day, I just haven't decided yet on where that might be.
I’m retiring from the military this month after 20+ yrs of service, I’m considering this. If I can find a humble and down to earth Filipina with great family values, it will be the beginning of a happy life.
Im sure you can find
how much is monthly after 20 year if you stop service?
I'm moving to the Philippines soon it's just what your looking for God bless you
@@peterhuang1431 It depends on rank. Look at the pay charts for E-6 AND ABOVE AT 20 YEARS. E-6 is the lowest rank to retire. Retirees receive 50% of pay monthly. Many retirees also receive some amount of VA Disability payment, between $250 to $3000+ depending on disability rating.
For a single guy I am planning on either living in Cebu or Davao, this budget helps
You can even afford to have a housemaid
@@bisdakpinoy1017 where do I find house maid
@@SeriouSXXFireworks here in general santos city we go to dxcp it is radio station were almost housemaid go there, wait there if there is employer to come to hire
them.
@@bisdakpinoy1017 are u housemaid?
@@SeriouSXXFireworks no, i am male, i am 49 i have 4kids my partner is 27 she was our housemaid before, after my mother died we live together, but im planning to marry her someday. If you live here in general santos city my wife or partner can help you find a housemaid, my is inidigent, she is elementary graduate, i am college level, but it doesn' matter to me coz i love her.
Informative. We also skip the winter in the US and stay in the Phils 4-6 months a year. We’re both retired. Thnx for the info.
@@garrylafferty100yep. i retired in health care settings too. we have tricare for life and a kaiser permanente where we enroll our medicare so we have both with HMO. great hearing from you.
Very informative thanks
My God Lady, your husband looks like he is treating you right. You look like fulfilled and happy.
New subs here.. Wanna here more things about planning or budgeting.
Great and realistic budget👍 new subscriber
Great video. Thank you for the information.
That is terrific. The VA is one thing I would need to use. retired Air Force living in AZ.
VA is only for retired Philipinno military not for American citizens
Your U.S. VA you could actually used if you need hospitalization by flying to Guam which is only 3 hrs & 40minutes away from MNL.
@@alroberts193 Good to know thanks al!
@@alroberts193 that is a possibility I guess never thought of it. Still extra expense to Dr.
@@joescheller6680, Wrong. I'm an American, 90% service- connected and use the VA in the Philippines. But, they only treat service-connected disabilities.
The very poor filipino people , that Mark Nowhereman is showing on his youtube channel , will never be able to pay all those expenses . . That's why he give donations to those poor people . . Thanks to this video , I now know what the expenses are .
Congratulations and I wish you guys all the best 👍
Thank you for the reference point of expenses to be expected in Philippines. I also am planning on Batangas area. Thank you again.