The Real Monthly Costs Of Living In Rural Thailand..
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Thailand No Longer Cheap.. Real Monthly Costs Of Living..
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00:00 A Potato with Legs
00:19 Intro
00:28 My Cost Of Living
00:51 Aims For This Vlog
01:33 SurfShark VPN
02:17 Farm House Update
02:43 Estimate For Renovation
02:52 Break Down Of my Costs
03:14 Electricity & Internet
03:25 Food & Shopping
03:48 Eating Out
04:25 Car & Petrol
05:12 Baby Costs
05:36 Schooling
05:48 Health Insurance
05:55 Subscriptions
06:03 Phones
06:07 Family Support
06:16 Special Purchases
06:54 Total
07:26 Chapters
07:45 New Shop Build
08:50 Revised Budget
11:25 Dont Come Here?
12:46 Doing Business Here
13:10 Music & My Problem With Thailand
16:00 Social Life On Rural Thailand
16:30 Another Side Of The Bar industry
17:15 Your Costs Of Living
18:00 What My Subscribers Tell Me
Detailed costs of living:
The Real Costs Of Living In Rural Thailand...
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I have been receiving the comment that Thailand is expensive a lot recently - I think it maybe “more” expensive but not “expensive”.. Please share your thoughts and costs below - this vlog was also requested because my initial costs were too personalized- for sake of simplicity I haven’t included business costs here - but I will be doing a vlog on this in future.. I put chapters in if you don’t like the ads.. otherwise secure your privacy with Surfshark! Enter coupon code NAKEDGURU for an extra 4 months free at surfshark.deals/NAKEDGURU
1. I also should clarify the phone costs is only 3,000 THB a year for unlimited data. Our cost is high because I got damo a contract phone which we pay monthly.
00:00 A Potato with Legs
00:19 Intro
00:28 My Cost Of Living
00:51 Aims For This Vlog
01:33 SurfShark VPN
02:17 Farm House Update
02:43 Estimate For Renovation
02:52 Break Down Of my Costs
03:14 Electricity & Internet
03:25 Food & Shopping
03:48 Eating Out
04:25 Car & Petrol
05:12 Baby Costs
05:36 Schooling
05:48 Health Insurance
05:55 Subscriptions
06:03 Phones
06:07 Family Support
06:16 Special Purchases
06:54 Total
07:26 Chapters
07:45 New Shop Build
08:50 Revised Budget
11:25 Dont Come Here?
12:46 Doing Business Here
13:10 Music & My Problem With Thailand
16:00 Social Life On Rural Thailand
16:30 Another Side Of The Bar industry
17:15 Your Costs Of Living
18:00 What My Subscribers Tell Me
Cost of living gone up noticeably all over the world. Also note how many products come out in new packaging trying to hide they made the product inside 10% smaller.
I think you miscalculated the needed & special purchases, 5000 baht is not 400$ , should be around 132$
@@cosmopoly Yeah that conversion was wrong, also health insurance and a couple others :)
That was real cash money of you to put up the total in the beginning 🙌
Great episode Ryan.Your numbers seem right on man! A bit personal asking me to give my budget for all to see! 555 Am 66, an expat american and live in Pattaya. $1500 social security pension monthly is what I spend, 54,000 baht currently. Food, alcohol, cannabis and companionship is around 40,000 baht. No rent as I own, utilities + phone 3000, Health insurance 6,000, Subscriptions 1000, Special like dental or acupuncture or dermatology, (not covered for) 5000 Laundry, massage, coffees, fruit shakes, 2000. Damn already over budget. Don't own transportation. Am frugal, yet love Thailand and would rather give as much of my pension to local Thai people than spend on myself. Always have a backup of 25k USD in U.S. bank as well as the 1M baht in Kasikorn I keep for retirement visa . Peace and Love Y'all
Thanks for sharing 😁👍
Thanks.. from an ' Injun ' [American]
(Very jealous of yuz)
Yes, I'll git back dere..😅😂🎉 555 ...555😂😂😊
This is more than our family of five spends in the Czech Republic. Granted, we're very frugal.
My cost of living per month here in Perth, Western Australia, including all the things you have as well as mortgage, credit cards etc, is AUD$8900 per month. And I'm not even eating out as much as I'd like, or going to the movies, buying clothing etc. It's getting ridiculous here, all by design.
What’s the breakdown of that? Seems insane
Thanks for the breakdown of costs Ryan. It's always good to hear some views of cost of living
I live on a Thai island in the south gulf. I pay around 50,000 baht a month all in. Single man, I eat dinner out every day. It could be much cheaper, but I also dont drink, don't smoke, dont pay for companionship! So it could also be more expensive.
living the dream brother, thanks for sharing
It would have been wise for you to mention the kinda apartment you’re staying in probably something really luxurious that’s why it’s 50,000 bhat.
Interesting vlog! I love it! So I guess the cost of living is slightly up from months before, but it's understandable because of what's happening around the world and the transition between summer and the rainy season. As for my Thai family of four, our cost of living on a lower budget is around 25,000 THB, mostly spent on the car and food & meals, with no travel out of the area.
Just spent 3 weeks in a very rural area of chaiyapoon with a family of 9 People electric bill is only 1600 for a month 3 houses but only 1 fridge freezer,3 TV and fans only ,as a tourist it's not easy to spend much money,but no real commitments long term ....but loved it never the less (apart from the flies and mozzys 555)
Loving the style of this channel. Very insightful.
Awesome video Ryan! I totally agree with you & your opinions!Love the topic & thanks for sharing 😉
Thank you Marietta - nice to see you on my smaller channel too! :)
@@thenakedguru we just love you Ryan!!! You’re hella cool & special 😊
I would say you are correct.
I am living on 30,000 baht per month in a Thai village running a pick up truck and a small motorbike.
I have not reached pension age yet but currently the UK state pension is £950 per month => 42,750 baht.
Everything is going up ,the only thing that comes down is the rain 😬👍🏻☘️
I also live in rural, Thailand a few beers for me everyday, our ten year old son mini bus to school, food...... obviously we don't have animals or a farm.... family of three, we get by with 48,000 Bath & save some..... obviously we don't pay rent as we own our house.
Thanks for sharing and this seems quite consistent with our spend
Visited the south of Thailand recently for a two week holiday. Airbnb in a beautiful house on a fabulous island. I live in Cambodia. Food, even on this little island both eating out and in store was noticeably less expensive than Cambodia as was the cost of electricity.
i have heard Cambodia is more expensive in many ways
Please inform what island that is. I have mostly stayed in Krabi.
@@holyjon Hi. It was Ko Yao Noi. It’s quiet and not very developed. We loved it but it’s very definitely not for “party people”. We stayed in what was once a traditional fisherman’s house, though it’s certainly been extended since then, called Fisherman’s Cottage which we found on Airbnb.
@@htee7426 Thank you.
More or less hit the nail on the head with your cost analysis . I lived out in the sticks in Isan for two years but moved to Hua Hin four years ago. The actual cost between rural living and Hua Hin is identical. The only difference is rent or cost of land. The only issue I dissagree on is the statment on visa requirements. You don't have to bank 400K/800k Baht. An income letter from your embassy suffices
Most countries embassies no longer supply income statements.
Always interesting and informative and entertaining
Thanks Michael
Allways nice to watch gave me many ideas 🎉
Thanks for sharing the amount for each information that you had information about the amount that you have to pay per month in Rural Thailand as when I exchange for checking how much does it cost in Singapore with my dad, he said the same like yours in different ways to explain for me.
Still way cheaper than living in the USA many blessings from North Texas ❤
Big cars aren't selling at present! People cannot afford the cost even when buying on credit terms. A 25% slump in cars sales has been reported. It's getting bad for people in manufacturing here. Thais need to make more here and buy less that they could make!
I read a few of the comments a fair few people are ending up in the same sort of ball park. Add my name to that list. Theoretically you can do it for less but you won’t because not having family and kids just means you have more time on your hands to spend on travel, eating out or whatever grabs your fancy. But one thing I think people may be excluding is the big one off depreciable items like a car. You buy one, think of petrol, insurance and maintenance but not replacement. Unless you're putting money away it comes as one big hit after 10 or 15 years and in the countryside you really need one. The other thing is inflation, yes from a lower base, but if your income or assets generating income aren’t geared to this you may get a big hit.
I live with my partner in one of the main thai cities up north. I rent a condo with access to a large swimming pool and a gym. I own a pickup truck and a motorbike. My total annual spend is less than US$7k/yr. That's less than $600/mo or ฿22k (for 2 people), and I don't feel I'm being particularly stingy or miss anything in life. I suspect kids are the main money drain...
Perfect - It’s not far off my estimate of 39k if you remove special purchases, and trim the other allocations 👍
tyvm for your comment , a single person can live well with around 500€
As I said before I’m doing quite well on 35-37000b in receipt of former bank pension , in northern bkk , electricity 1500b, food 10,000b , insurance 4000b , I rarely drink , I eat well and travel about the city & country too , money in uk account as back up 😊
@@thenakedguru Well, 22k is around 55% of 39k, so pretty far off in my case - nearly half. If I had to spend 17k more I'm really not sure what I'd spend it on 555
@@AbCd-bu7go Yup, Thats why i said after you remove the "special purchases" allocation and trim the other allocations, which would bring the 39k down substantially.
Great vlog. Top quality.
Thank you for the video. Great information
I'd say your calculations are pretty close. In Rangsit our monthly costs can range from 20,000-35,000 so I can't imagine things changing all that much moving to the countryside.
Have a question unrelated to the video- Do you have experience when it comes to incubating chickens or ducks in Thailand? Does it seem to be profitable or worthwhile venture? Trying to explore where we can diversify things on the farm there in Nong Khai, thanks!
For reference we have around 150-200 ducks now for egg laying only, but are looking into expanding those numbers via incubation if the $$ makes sense compared to buying ready to lay ducks or if its just profitable on its own.
Thanks for another informative video. Wow I didn't think it was that high. I am close to retirement my wife is Malaysian but also our trip here this week has made us deciding to stay in Australia.
Cheers, it could be cheaper as i mentioned but i think 30k baht minimum
We are in Khon Kaen at the moment visiting wife's family. If you own your own home and you have hobbies like gardening or homebrew then staying in Australia is the way to go. Plus the visa situation is precarious in my opinion. Coming for a few months is the way to go I think. Just this time we chose the wrong months. May was still too hot. Perhaps Oct-Dec next.
Live in rural area near Phitsanulok we spend about 35,000 baht. Agree with your budget costing. Nothing wrong with E20 by the way.
I am in the UK now and have been since mid April and without any doubt if you shop in BigC,Tesco,Tops etc meat is very little different to the UK.I bought 3 sirloin steaks in Waitrose today for £12 good and tender.Go to Aldi and Lidl which are Ok and it's definitely cheaper for just about everything. Even local markets in Thailand are having constant price rises.
Our life style is far from being luxurious. If I heard correctly, N.G. is living on ฿62 000.- monthly, same as us. My wife owns the house, so rent free, no health insurance since the premiums doubled at age 75. (never used it anyway).
Although we have a vegetable and fruit garden, ducks and chickens, generous and helpful in-laws,we spend , easily:
฿8000.- on meat and stuff on the day my pension comes in. Then it's another ฿2500 in the untouchable savings box, money in my grandchild and great-grandchild's savings accounts, so that's ฿10 000 gone before I fill up with petrol (E20, as advised by the maker and the car has 250 000 K on the clock), Then there's the house maintenance and unexpecteds: new pump for the fish pool, PC monitor, concrete mixing trough, machine repair. Etc. So now, halfway through the month, we have ฿10 000.-in the bank, which should be OK but leaves little for emergencies, we will doubtless be off to Macro or the market next week.
Thanks for sharing
My wife and I + her mum spend about 50k/month all in. We don't watch the pennies too much so for that we live comfortably and the cost of some decent Scotch Whisky is included :)
thanks for sharing and a very reasonable budget!
Thailand is for the young (under 80) especially if you come from countries that have universal healthcare and unemployed benefits, as once insurance becomes unaffordable or impossible to get in Thailand then the risks of high hospital visits even in public hospitals gets very unaffordable!
I spend about twice what you do in rural Thailand. I spend more on food and entertainment and I'm buying garden stuff and food to feed the fish pond.
2 thousand us dollars little on the low side for me. I have condo in Chonburi / Pattaya.. Too boring to stay up north all the time.
Good video.. I wear a hat exactly like yours when I'm up there.. 😊
It’s allways up up. Especially here close to Bangkok.
It's getting expensive everywhere 😢
I lived in Chiang Mai a few years ago for about 40,000 bath/month and had a pretty healthy social life and nice apartment.
Wow...🎉 this 'guy in a hat... ' He's very helpful !
thanks Ry
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i live up North nr CM and spend 50 K a month including 4k daughter school expenses , 4k health insurance. I have car loan in my wifes name 6k ( ends Jan) . The 50 k also includes cat/ holidays and ccs 6k. We own our house so expenses lighting/gas /internet 3k , and repairs/replacements 1k , food 10k , entertainment 5k , sundries 2k. Tbh 50k is the high side for me and includes a 5k whim purchses and a contigency fund (but thats because my wife works and helps out with extra and drink /food expenses , health and beauty costs like dental care. )
Thinking of living part of the year in Thailand.. Maybe Hua Hin... Been watching a few videos on living in Thailand and they mention the smoke from fires...
Is this more a concern in certain months than others?
A bit more practical and a bit less philosophical, but still another fine, and informative, vlog. :)
By the way, what do you think about single - no wife/gf, no kids - farangs moving out to rural Thailand? Particularly those who are fresh off the plane from the West?
In general, I happen to think it is a bad idea, since younger singles will find it to be too boring, middle-aged singles will find it to be too limiting, and older singles will find it to be too difficult. I think this actually applies to living in rural areas of most countries, but even more so when the single person may not speak the local dialect nor understand the local culture. Ofc, there will always be oddball exceptions, but....
Just my 2 baht of personal, and definitely not professional, opinion, but I'd like to hear your take on the subject.
I live not to far from you in Bua Yai and i spend 25k bhat per month..i have my own place and dont drink
Aa usually back for a few months in thailand and we've found thailand is getting expensive and I can only compared to NewZealand where it's expensive, buying groceries at places like Lotus and big c is almost ate the same leven I very expensive buying most on the local markets is still cheap, but I clearly see people can't afford places like big c and lotus only good thing there us the air conditioning but anything else much too expensive, personally we both feel Thailand is not progressing and in some places going backwards althoug still feels hood to be here ❤
My Mekongpearl complains that the price of MAMA instant noodles went up from 7,- to 10,- Baht. Her mum gets rental payment of only 600,- Baht a month, Grandma 800,- B
Have you thought about getting a solar system?
That's bizarre my band is called "Buffalo Sick"
Oooh sheee....
It took me ..a moment.. then burst out laughing. !😂😂🎉
Health insurance $400 in Thailand? I thought healthcare was cheaper in Thailand? Can you elaborate on why you have to pay so much given that there is free stuff for Thai people. Are there huge gaps in coverage that necessitate this or can you self insure if you have enough money in the bank?
Thanks mate Good one Listening to the visa info I have noticed you renew your visa every year What visa are you using Hope this is not to intrusive
Marriage brother 👍👍👍
That barn would make a lovely recording studio Ryan 👀 I joked about your new build at your home was for a bitcoin mining operation but I noticed the unusual amount of power sockets you were installing and I thought to myself "I bet Ryan is building a recording studio"
When I watch you, you remind me so much of my younger myself. I used to have a recording studio in the UK but have plans to build a recording studio in the future here just for myself to play in, but I'm going to have to build another level on top of the family house here to do it, which I estimate will take a year to build.
Music is in my soul and it's such a beautiful gift from God🙏
I always like the music your choose for your videos too. I dunno about the youtube licences but you should have a listen to Landon McNamara - "Loss for Words" and try and put that in your video, I accidentally came across his music and to me he is the closest thing to Bob Marley in spirit I have heard.
Anyway I'm rambling now, take care, Namaste
Guess you must use air con a lot for the electric to be so expensive
Hi mate I'm based in London and been going Thailand 20 odd years
crazy amount for rural Thailand.. thats way more than cost of living in japan including rent 130m2 house and all bills.
Another good video, not sure how many US military retired / VA members watch your channel, but if you could come up with a video on the positive side of moving to Thailand for them it would be great. Just retired the second time (USAF 20 yrs) / ( DoD 23 years), so were making plans to spend two to three months a year in Thailand, my wife is from the Ubon area, they have a nice house with some land, problem for us is transportation. Currently living in socialist CA, beautiful place, but the current state leadership is ruining a great place.
That'd be interesting.
newsolini
i cant wait to leave and come to Thailand 4 months in Chiyaphum starting in Nov
What health insurance company do you guys have? Does that cost of 5000 baht/month include motorcycle riding and big surgerys like heart conditions and such?
2-3k aud is a good position
Considering that’s only a mortgage or rent in Australia
It’s absolutely peanuts to live in Thailand compared to the UK. Those that think Thailand is expensive probably can’t afford to live there
Interesting little factoid I discovered on a trip to Kanchanaburi (sorry Ryan! absolutely nowt to do with cost of living etc 😅) re buffalo. Elephants do not like buffalo. Dunno how buffalo feel about elephants......😉Great blog as ever 👍
😂🙏 good to know 😁
I only know about Cape Buffaloes in Africa, but Elephants keep their distance because the buffaloes are nasty, bad-tempered & unpredictable. Also, weigh almost a ton, stand almost 6 feet & have enormous horns. Not sure if same in Thailand.
$62,896 Baht = $2,800.80 NZD. About 1/2 to 1/3 cheaper than just getting by here.
No 98 or 100 petrol 🤔Any aviation gas? Get that bike moving like the DMC DeLorean, before it time travels into a million bits.
Not sure about bang for buck, the bush and water here is still pretty good here, nothing wants to bite you, infrastructure is really slipping but seems light years ahead even in the smallest towns, food from what I've seen is far cleaner here with less pollution, far more eco friendly here.
On the other hand. At least for down south we just have clouds and often rain, seeing the sun is nearly news worthy, Need about 2 years wages for a house deposit, A single chicken egg can be over $1 from the supermarket (if you shop at those places about $200/person/week if you like cheap carbs), medical is affordable there, you can die on the wait list here.
you can find some places in bangkok that'll do higher octanes but its very rare outside of it as its just outside the price range for most thais
@@seekhearts Makes sense. 98 is standard here, 91-95 in a old car. Anything higher than 98 is normally for go fast cars. I think fuel in general is out of kiwis price range, it gets over $3/L
If I had money as an Aussie I would retire in New Zealand. The best place and people in the world
@@ahmadfarrall2097 We still have our issues here. But if your into the outdoors and can handle some rain it's pretty good down south. Oz & NZ pay each others pension if people move for retirement. Power is cheap but imported goods are a bit more
75K per month.
Married, Isaan, etc
Oh, just crashed my bike.
It HURTS.
I'm also have a house at Texas and Thailand but i think cost of liveing almost the same.
Music/Art should be allowed to be gifted. Stay eternal, brother.
How much does the feed cost for buffalo & cows pm approximately?
We went to Bangkok for a couple of days. Foods was very expensive.
Can easily eat for 2 or 3 dollars in Bangkok Get help from locals or long term expats Go to terminal 21 near Asok station or 20 other food courts. Same in Pattaya. Ask the office workers or students where to eat. I spent 3 months in Pattaya 3 separate trips Nevsr spent 1000 and made over 1200 working online 12 hours a week.
Depends where you eat 😅
I am from USA so it seems very cheap to live here in Thailand for us. Other than the high cost of land here.
Do you get sick from eating local food? When I lived in. Indonesia getting the "runs" was something that happened from time to time.
I'm in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia right now. Ate raw buah keras nuts. Runs x20 for 30 hours
I am not sure if you are correct about your area becoming more urban in the future.
The population of Thailand is actually falling as Thais have not been having so many children.
We are already seeing it encroach on the outskirts - factories that is
great breakdown ryan. im adjusting my expected budget because of this so i can be a bit more realistic. cheers
Glad it was helpful my friend, the special and needed purchases will help you trim some fat in case things get tight, they allow for some fun when they are not, cheers
91 and 95 gazhol contain 10%ethanol, e20 contain 20%, pure benzine is shown as yellow in your diagram and the prices shown at 04.1 are a little out of date, keep up the good work
Food & shopping is much cheaper. We spend £177 a week for two adults + 2 children in the UK and we eat lots of budget meals but spend about 80 pence a day on our two water filters.
I can recommend surf shark as well and will be renewing it through this channel when it runs out.
It's actually hot in Kent UK today around 27 degrees. Feels like 38 where we are not used to it 😂
Appreciate it
and when I was last in the UK i went to Aldi and could not believe the value for money. The supermarkets are actually cheaper in the UK, especially for certain fruits!
@@thenakedguru the quality for fruit and veg at our Aldi (Canterbury) has gone downhill in the past months. We now spend more at Morrisons but the quality can also be lacking there with some items. All the jarred pickles over here are off. Weird times.
@@thenakedguru Fresh NZ lamb is cheaper in the UK 😠 Unless you get mates rates and part your own one out.
Our electric bill came in 293 baht
Great vid. Despite personalised expenses & business/kids money removed, it still gives a good idea of what to expect. If that was your aim, then you achieved it with ease.
Funnily enough, although I've only been watching a few weeks, I've often wondered why you don't build on the land for Airbnb. I doubt you're going to attract drunken idiots to rural Thailand. Couples most likely, but that's a guess. I know a British lad & his wife moved from HK to Phuket years ago with the intention of earning an income from AirBnB. No one heard any more from them, but they were both bang on M eth so g-d knows how they got on. It'd be good for your local village/businesses as well.
Cheers, Ryan.
Edit: Removed final para as not related to channel.
Cheers Martyn 👍👍👍
Well unfortunately we are seeing global inflation. Especially people moving to cheaper options has become an epidenic in itself, raising denands which raise prices.
This guys's like a young tim newton.🙏
Except Tim loves the c@ck.
Yeh but without the bias etc
... Tim Newston is married to his job with no family interest. There is no comparisson or similarities. GB vs Australia
I'm not married but been with same girl for the same amount of time now built house in pasuk which is about 2hrs from udon going back in November would like to meet up with you maybe in buri ram mick
Vietnam is the next place to be. for value for money
It’s cheaper to live in Manchester UK
I live in New York City and my bills is 1700.00 month .
That's not bad , u are supporting the hold town 😅
Actually my members and patrons are helping a lot of people to be honest 👍👍
@@thenakedguruNice, best of luck 😊
seems so by the sounds of it and going by other vloggers
Thailand deff getting more expensive but still cheap if you know where to spend your money!
Great video really valued this and has given me more insight before moving to Thailand next year. I’m confused on the health insurance price as $600 aussi would be 14,647 not 5000. Did you mean your private health is 15,000 thb a month or 5000 per month or is that per week ? Thanks heaps
Yes this was a wrong conversion - it is 5000 baht 👍👍
Awesome thanks for the reply! Enjoying the content ! Thanks 🙏
Super market foods in Thailand are generally more than the UK (like for like & overall), the UK super markets being excellent value & quite possibly the cheapest in all western countries, maybe one of the cheapest worldwide.
This isn't particularly true. Sure a few things are cheap, but meat, bread, milk etc are pretty expensive. Uk food prices have increased massively in last few years.
@@jacklacoste9026
Meat went up 30% granted, then reduced around 15%...still inexpensive compared to most countries, Inc Thailand.
Milk...fresh 2ltrs £1.30.
Bread...decent stuff £1.05 - £1.39 800gm loaf.
Cheap cheap cheap.
No idea where you're shopping, but I'd say get yourself to your nearest Aldi.
I came back to the uk in january i think at thailands macro beef mince and chicken breasts were about half the price of the uk supermarkets only milk and imported western items were more expensive
Wow, I thought thai land was cheap , I've got a cheap house in rural sth australia, & if I do the math , I think I'll stay where I am 🤔✌
Yeah $200 a month for power is steep, I pay 500 a quarter in NSW
I still think it's worth a look, poke a stick at some old stuff, give someone a hand in your trade and try out some rice whiskey, have yarns to some people that hang out a few ks away from home, not pay $16 for a pint, fix your faulty bits cheap.
There are some cheap rentals/leases around Thailand and Cambodia, doesn't seem cost effective for a real-estate agent/advertising. Just seen stories online of people finding a rough cheap place. People sign up for a year for $1800 baht/month. and do a few handy man jobs on a place needing a bit of care.
@@shanemontgomery2416 I don't pay anything in Adelaide SA. Solar panels and some DIY batteries plus I get concession payments. My current credit is over $400. To be honest I'm doing the same thing during my 3 month visit to Thailand that I would be doing in Australia minus the working, pottering around in the garden.
Not sure if there’s an issue with his electric layout or if the family around is bundled together… I pay a similar amount (sometimes less, but I have more electric appliances and A/Cs running 24/7/325… he should pay less.
I say 325 instead of 365 because there’s actually because there might be a few days in Winter where is not needed. Anyway 4,000 THB is way less than the average that I would pay on a similar setup in my home country (almost x3 more).
@@JonGlez978ye I'm on an island and pay 4000thb (160aud) a month, 1 aircon running 24/7 and a pool pump/filter running 8hrs a day.
income and spend ,hove about income 😀? from farm etc and more 😀
playing music at bar is more difficult than years back when you had jazz lounge. Immigration police is monitoring all the time who are on stage... it is dangerous for falang musicians, even some Karaoke singer was arrested in Hua Hin! , maybe she was too good and too often in same bar 😅 this thing makes me look perhaps for some other countries, althought i like Thailand very much....
they were the good old days Leevi!
Can you publish your budget text below
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I’m getting quit tired of this circulating round about controversial conversations.And it’s controversial because it is bull crap it’s 100% garbage.I literately still find hotels in Thailand that are $15 usd a night and apartments for $250 usd a month.Thailand is expensive for people who seek what everyone else seek,who goes where everyone else goes.People would talk please shut up and listen the areas that people most definitely foreigners avoid in Thailand,I’m talking about areas that aren’t publicized,nor commercialized.Im talking about areas you don’t hear about and that don’t cater to no tourism.Areas that don’t have any foreign investors these areas in Thailand are still dirt cheap.Some areas are in northern Thailand but most is in central Thailand and far,far south in the most southern region of Thailand near the Malaysian border.These areas in Thailand such as Hat yai,songklha,Trang,Samut,Trat
,surin,Roi et,yasothon,lop buri are dirt cheap.I bet you most of y’all haven’t even heard of these areas and the hotels and apartments aren’t old there modern and up to date.The other problem for most foreigners is that if you cannot go without mc Donald’s,Burger King,Starbucks,Pizza Hut,h&m and a bunch of shopping malls well that’s your own fault because these areas I mention they do not have no corporate stores nor establishments.They don’t even have any major corporate hotel chains either not even a seven eleven there.These corporations are both allowed in these areas of Thailand because they are money suckers and care for nothing but profit and not the people.In the hot spot areas of Thailand the prices are going up because of the corporations I mean uh duhh 🤔🤣come on now people.Lets not out the entire Thailand in one box there will always be other areas that aren’t doing what the rest is.This is also true in the Philippines,Indonesia,Malaysia all Asian countries.Y’all people can be saving yourself hundreds to up to almost $2,000 in usd a month in Thailand alone but since yall don’t know the areas of where to go to and be in and what areas to avoid you fall for what these tourism companies and the Thai immigration wants you to fall for.They want everyone packed up in these easy convenient hot spot areas not me I’m staying far away from it.Because in the hot spot areas there pricing it in u.s dollar terms and not in Thai bhat purposely to target foreign buyers only.There not understanding the long term effects this will have.And most definitely in the southern region of Thailand which is the Muslim area there not doing that at all.They don’t care about foreigner revenue nor foreign investment because they see what it does and what it causes.Foreigners can buy homes and condos in Hat yai,songklha,Trang Thailand but I’m telling yall right now don’t go to these areas thinking your going to control and run things because you not.These areas specifically isn’t like the rest of Thailand they don’t cater to no foreigners they don’t care about your u.s dollar they put the local people first.Do yall see what happened to Phuket,Pattaya,hua hin and Bangkok in southern Thailand there not having that.In southern Thailand to give yall an example of the difference in prices u can buy a coconut milk shake and it’s 30 bhat.Most of the food is less than 100 bhat.The condos are $30,000 usd starting off.The homes brand new for $70,000 usd yall can’t find those prices no where else in Thailand.In Phuket, Bangkok, hua hin,Pattaya even koh samui for a condo it’s over $100,000 usd.So do yall see yall can be saving thousands of dollars.In southern Thailand with $100,000 usd you can buy a home and still have $20,000 left over.Stop letting people fool yall that everywhere in Thailand is expensive really the entire Thailand is expensive right ok i dont think so.
You think it expensive now , wait to you get older and need medical and hospital, better places to retire part of any year, always keep a house in your original country
Yeah I don’t think it’s expensive 👍
Main channel? why dont u just have 1 channel.
Main channel is a family channel, its much bigger and has much more editing, its very time consuming and is geared towards a different audience. This channel is a diary channel, its more of an adult channel, it covers more of the dark side of Thailand and is minimal editing. cheers
The facts are that Thai GDP last figures ran at a negative $2.4Billion. Inflation is running at a given 13%. They are buying more than they are selling / producing! China takes 13% of Thai GDP. Electric cars are stacking up as the markets slump! It's going to be tough ! If you have money outside of Thailand --use it with care as the rates will change preferably! Sad for the locals but the reality is there!
hello . i saw you paying 1500 B 40 USD for phones howe is this possible i pay much less in Holland i cand. beleef u pay more the in the EU mine phone bill is 4 euros i have call for free and have 500 free SMS bud no data. is it the phone only you me by your wife as wel thanks for creating and sharing
Sorry I should have clarified the internet and calls is actually only 3000 THB for the year, but i got damo a contract phone which i pay monthly for the actual phone, cheers
A ph in NZ would cost about $40-110 NZD just for the monthly plan. Could be a wee bit more or slightly less if you have a 4+ ph family combo deal.
Any life is good life and cheaper when you sit on bitcoin with no plan of selling ever . The one who understand are free
Buying this dip 👍
Everyone needs to figure their own lifestyle of living at current location and than compare it to Thailand..listening to someone else life and priorities is useless!
You forgot to put the prices in Canadian dollars. 🤑
... no , in € , no in Aus $ , No in New Zealand , No in GBP !!! ... Man , you need to get used to BAHT , ok ?
Likely your subs saying you shouldn't use petrol w/ alcohol (about 10%) don't understand late model cars (yours) are engineered to use it. So..........
I dont really get it. Who thinks about costs when it comes to kids? In rural East Africa, it is a lot cheaper, but you want the kids to go on a nice school. And you want your family to be happy. But ok, I guess people have different goals.
IS IT 2K ( CAD ) PLUS A MONTH FOR RENT? THATS IT, JUST FKN RENT.
IF ITS CHEAPER THAN THAT THAN ITS CHEAPER THAN LIVING IN THE WEST
Also, I've heard that the people of Thailand are very corrupt and money oriented. Read one story, where a mug spent his life savings on building a bespoke house with high walls to keep out 'unwanted guests', with every modern convenience in the house itself, for his then wife.
As soon as the house was finished being built, a lot of strangers (all her relations !) started hanging around the property and when he finally snapped and told them to f@#k off, they manhandled him out of his own house, and threw him out on the street - was very lucky to escape with his life from what I'm told. Thais' play the long game - so just rent everything and never let them know where you are staying if you're only visiting - give a false Hotel name if need be !
He should have done a superficies agreement in which he would have control of the house for 60 years, before this he should have done due diligence on his wife and lived with her at least 10 years before building anything
These budget videos are not very helpful in my view unless the person sharing the information tracks their spending on an app and can share their spend over say the past 12 months. My minimum budget is tiny, but my total spend over the past 12 months divided by 12 is very high. This is because there are things that come up in an irregular fashion that are very expensive.
My lowest spending month over the past 12 months was $1,726. My highest spending month was $5, 253. My average over the past 12 months was $3,171. I track every single cent that I spend so the average of $3,171 captures EVERYTHING.
Check out the end of my actual breakdown on main channel
Thailand Is No Longer Cheap.. Extremely Detailed Cost Of Living Rural 2024 🇹🇭
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I track every baht - a coffee - a $2 phone too up - a $100 shop etc
Everything is rigorously tracked including incomes - and it is all interlinked with my business 👍
@@thenakedguru Will check it out. Thanks! I am always curious to understand what others are spending as it gives me ideas on how to live more cheaply.