Time for the money thing again? How much are you spending these days?
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Re: Time for the money thing again? How much are you spending these days?
I'm on $3,000 to $5,000 and single with low rent, yet there is still so much month left, at the end of the money.
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Re: Time for the money thing again? How much are you spending these days?
I'd say on average about $1700 a month for a wee family of 3, sometimes more with trips away.
Here's a bit of a rough breakdown:
$500 for a 2BR apartment including bills
$400 on food/groceries
$200 Insurance and nursery for the kid
$50 on transport
$100 on delivery apps
$400 in the pub / eating out
$50 on coffees / coconuts
Still manage to save each month, though I could definitely put away more if I wasn't such a greedy, thirsty bastard
Here's a bit of a rough breakdown:
$500 for a 2BR apartment including bills
$400 on food/groceries
$200 Insurance and nursery for the kid
$50 on transport
$100 on delivery apps
$400 in the pub / eating out
$50 on coffees / coconuts
Still manage to save each month, though I could definitely put away more if I wasn't such a greedy, thirsty bastard
Re: Time for the money thing again? How much are you spending these days?
I never get it, why people complain about the food here. Yes, it is not the stuff you have grow up with. If you want that, sure, you easily pay $10 to $15 (+service charge + drinks) per meal in a restaurant. But if you don't mind rice and keep to the local food in family run places outside the tourist area, it gets challenging to have a total bill of more than $4 per person. My room costs me $50 per month. True, no pool, no gym; 1st floor (GF costs $65, but has this classic Khmer, semi upper floor included). Electricity bill rarely more than $4 per month. Water the same. I am too lazy to do my laundry myself - for 2k per kilo I am not getting my hands wet. I drive electrical, and since I use the swap system, I have only a fixed $20 "fuel" costs per month. On top of this there is a health insurance (Allianz Partners AWP Health & Life), that costs me a whooping $100 per month. So my total, monthly expenses are not exceeding $350 - which is about ⅔ of the bare rent I had to pay for my appartment back in Germany.
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Re: Time for the money thing again? How much are you spending these days?
what about buying stuff like mobile phones, TV, furniture, clothes, shoes, gifts/presents, sport activities (and equipment). I guess you spend easily 2000++ and still domestic/international travel excluded.Sheepdog wrote: ↑Mon Jan 30, 2023 10:19 pm I'd say on average about $1700 a month for a wee family of 3, sometimes more with trips away.
Here's a bit of a rough breakdown:
$500 for a 2BR apartment including bills
$400 on food/groceries
$200 Insurance and nursery for the kid
$50 on transport
$100 on delivery apps
$400 in the pub / eating out
$50 on coffees / coconuts
Still manage to save each month, though I could definitely put away more if I wasn't such a greedy, thirsty bastard
work is for people who cant find truffles
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Re: Time for the money thing again? How much are you spending these days?
Where do you live?ressl wrote: ↑Mon Jan 30, 2023 10:31 pm it gets challenging to have a total bill of more than $4 per person. My room costs me $50 per month. True, no pool, no gym; 1st floor (GF costs $65, but has this classic Khmer, semi upper floor included). Electricity bill rarely more than $4 per month. Water the same.
Electric of $4 per month seems impossible. Do you not own a fridge?
Re: Time for the money thing again? How much are you spending these days?
I can't remember I've ever been charged service charge in restaurant in Cambodia by the way.
Anyone else?
Are you sure you're living in Cambodia?
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Re: Time for the money thing again? How much are you spending these days?
i saw what my gf's $60/month room looked like in 2008 so cant even imagine $50 in 2023ressl wrote: ↑Mon Jan 30, 2023 10:31 pm I never get it, why people complain about the food here. Yes, it is not the stuff you have grow up with. If you want that, sure, you easily pay $10 to $15 (+service charge + drinks) per meal in a restaurant. But if you don't mind rice and keep to the local food in family run places outside the tourist area, it gets challenging to have a total bill of more than $4 per person. My room costs me $50 per month. True, no pool, no gym; 1st floor (GF costs $65, but has this classic Khmer, semi upper floor included). Electricity bill rarely more than $4 per month. Water the same. I am too lazy to do my laundry myself - for 2k per kilo I am not getting my hands wet. I drive electrical, and since I use the swap system, I have only a fixed $20 "fuel" costs per month. On top of this there is a health insurance (Allianz Partners AWP Health & Life), that costs me a whooping $100 per month. So my total, monthly expenses are not exceeding $350 - which is about ⅔ of the bare rent I had to pay for my appartment back in Germany.
SO ur rent, Insurance, fuel, laundry ( 20 kilo's/month = $40) is $210/month, that leaves you with Less than $140/month ( after electric, ( no fridge, no fans, no tv nothing ??) & water) for food
and NOTHING else!!
BS
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Re: Time for the money thing again? How much are you spending these days?
If you make such an insane comparison, you really need to post photos and map locations of your room in Cambodia and of your former room in Germany.ressl wrote: ↑Mon Jan 30, 2023 10:31 pm I never get it, why people complain about the food here. Yes, it is not the stuff you have grow up with. If you want that, sure, you easily pay $10 to $15 (+service charge + drinks) per meal in a restaurant. But if you don't mind rice and keep to the local food in family run places outside the tourist area, it gets challenging to have a total bill of more than $4 per person. My room costs me $50 per month. True, no pool, no gym; 1st floor (GF costs $65, but has this classic Khmer, semi upper floor included). Electricity bill rarely more than $4 per month. Water the same. I am too lazy to do my laundry myself - for 2k per kilo I am not getting my hands wet. I drive electrical, and since I use the swap system, I have only a fixed $20 "fuel" costs per month. On top of this there is a health insurance (Allianz Partners AWP Health & Life), that costs me a whooping $100 per month. So my total, monthly expenses are not exceeding $350 - which is about ⅔ of the bare rent I had to pay for my appartment back in Germany.
Also, at $4 per month for electricity and given Cambodia's pretty steep electricity rate, that means no air-conditioning, yes? Not that I'd expect a $50 room to have an a/c unit anyway. That might be okay in January, but sounds like torture in, say, April.
I've seen 1,500 baht rooms in Thailand, which is about the same rent. They look pretty grim. I'd be surprised if you can get anything better in Cambodia for that money.
Re: Time for the money thing again? How much are you spending these days?
Yeah, you're not wrong! All those things add up, and plenty of other little things that you never factor in. Just renewed my visa, had a few shirts made and a massage. $400 gone.truffledog wrote: ↑Tue Jan 31, 2023 1:04 amwhat about buying stuff like mobile phones, TV, furniture, clothes, shoes, gifts/presents, sport activities (and equipment). I guess you spend easily 2000++ and still domestic/international travel excluded.Sheepdog wrote: ↑Mon Jan 30, 2023 10:19 pm I'd say on average about $1700 a month for a wee family of 3, sometimes more with trips away.
Here's a bit of a rough breakdown:
$500 for a 2BR apartment including bills
$400 on food/groceries
$200 Insurance and nursery for the kid
$50 on transport
$100 on delivery apps
$400 in the pub / eating out
$50 on coffees / coconuts
Still manage to save each month, though I could definitely put away more if I wasn't such a greedy, thirsty bastard
Some months are definitely more expensive than others!
Re: Time for the money thing again? How much are you spending these days?
He said that his Electricity is $4 per person. thats around 16Kw/hr per person per month.....cautious colin wrote: ↑Tue Jan 31, 2023 8:35 amWhere do you live?ressl wrote: ↑Mon Jan 30, 2023 10:31 pm it gets challenging to have a total bill of more than $4 per person. My room costs me $50 per month. True, no pool, no gym; 1st floor (GF costs $65, but has this classic Khmer, semi upper floor included). Electricity bill rarely more than $4 per month. Water the same.
Electric of $4 per month seems impossible. Do you not own a fridge?
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