Time for the money thing again? How much are you spending these days?

Pseudonomdeplume · Post by **Pseudonomdeplume** » Mon Jan 30, 2023 9:38 pm

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.

Sheepdog · Post by **Sheepdog** » 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

ressl · Post by **ressl** » 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.

truffledog · Post by **truffledog** » Tue Jan 31, 2023 1:04 am

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

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.

cautious colin · Post by **cautious colin** » Tue Jan 31, 2023 8:35 am

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.

Where do you live?

Electric of $4 per month seems impossible. Do you not own a fridge?

Kammekor · Post by **Kammekor** » Tue Jan 31, 2023 9:04 am

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.

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?

phuketrichard · Post by **phuketrichard** » Tue Jan 31, 2023 9:44 am

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.

i saw what my gf's $60/month room looked like in 2008 so cant even imagine $50 in 2023

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

Alex · Post by **Alex** » Tue Jan 31, 2023 11:07 am

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.

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.

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.

Sheepdog · Post by **Sheepdog** » Tue Jan 31, 2023 7:06 pm

truffledog wrote: ↑Tue Jan 31, 2023 1:04 am
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
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.

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.

Some months are definitely more expensive than others!

IraHayes · Post by **IraHayes** » Tue Jan 31, 2023 9:08 pm

cautious colin wrote: ↑Tue Jan 31, 2023 8:35 am
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.
Where do you live?

Electric of $4 per month seems impossible. Do you not own a fridge?

He said that his Electricity is $4 per person. thats around 16Kw/hr per person per month.....

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