20 CHEAPEST Countries To Live Comfortably on $500 Per Month

[@sashakasprzyk5683]

Oppressive heat, humidity, heart breaking poverty, violent crime, kidnapping are ignored in this video.

[@stanehering1]

agree and medical service as weell.

[@fastj1962]

There is some heat a month or two in thailand but the other stuff, not so much. Which places have kidnaping?

[@u.b.gurung-travelvideo4469]

Thank you so much for all the great information. I really did enjoy watching and listening to this great video 🙏🙏

[@fastj1962]

Yeah, take this video with a grain of salt. Living in thailand on $500 for a westerner would be barely making it. For $1500 you could live comfortibly if you aren't partying. I have a house in chiangmai. You can eat for 100 baht no problem. Thats about $2.70 usd for one meal, so a day will cost you, $8ish, lets make that $10. Thats $300 for a month if you don't drink alcohol. You can't cook at home cheaper unless you are just eating rice. If your rent is $300 which is doable for a month for something tiny, you gota electric bill, and internet, and water. You haven't included transportation, or entertainment. Also, in thailand you have to have X amount of money in a thai bank in order to qualify to get a retirement visa. Trust me, the video is fantasyland. My niece grew up on a farm. She lived in our house and went to school in Chiangmai. That girl is frugal and no way she could live on $500 if she had to pay rent....

[@ernesto6666]

Agree with everything you're saying. Indeed, 300 bucks is a lot for a place (in Thailand) with utilities not included. Looks like this youtube channel purposely and grossly deceives its watchers. Albania was an affordable country before 1992. Unless you want to live in a village close to the mountains, this country is expensive for a tourist (it's not Nicaragua or Nepal). In 2023 I lived for almost 3 weeks in Vlora, in a private accommodation (a small apartment, that is, not a hotel). Landlords in this touristy town are as greedy as a typical NYC landlord. Sure, utilities were included (with a few, infrequent power cuts "on the house") but the price (USD 200 for 18 days) was steep for a modest apt. with no view to the sea. And groceries in Albania are expensive because most of them (even eggs) are imported. And one last thing: you're screwed if you don't always have cash on you in Albania. Besides 5-star hotels, table cloth diners, and supermarkets (although not all them), no one accepts your credit/debit card.

[@danmccann9976]

Living in the Philippines is very affordable. MY one thought is managing your money. Being able to access it. Yes ATM's are available with its fee...but its available everywhere. One problem I have encountered is if the ATM encounters a "problem" with your card it will retain your card. Meaning the bank will have to open the ATM to return it to you.. My suggestion is use the same bank atm . So if there is a problem you have established a relationship with that bank.

[@fastj1962]

The issue in the Philippines for me is it doesn't have the infrastructure Thailand has. Accommodations are primitive unless you are in a 5 star. For sure you can live cheaply but its a laugh at the level of how foreigners live there. My wifes family are farmers and live old school style but even they live at a higher standard than I see many expats living in the Philippines. I'm 62, my wifes 40. We have no desire to live in a hut.

[@pcbondart]

excellant look-over of many countries where one could live, but not for $500 . . . still good . . . now, how about doing another video where you go thru this list and talk about visas, the ease of STAYING there as a retiree . . . seriously!

[@djnor1979]

Charming city of Vientiane ... That is something new to me :D As someone who visits Vientiane every week for 4 years now, i can tell many things about the city, but Charming is not the first word which comes in mind about it ... Vang Vieng, Luang Prabang is Charming. The Capital is just the capital of the Country, nothing special ...

[@GlobeGo88]

Living on $500/month sounds great, but what about healthcare and safety in these cheap countries?

[@danmccann9976]

healthcare is a concern and keeping aware of your surrounding is always a top concern.

[@chrisallegra6089]

The average monthly salary in the Philippines is around 44,800 PHP, corresponding to about USD 800.12 according to the survey conducted by Salary Explorer. The average yearly salary in the Philippines is around 537,000 PHP, which corresponds to about USD 9574.41.20.02.2024 Good luck,living with 500 Dollars montly...😂😂

[@StreetSmartMillionaire]

Great video but you left out Colombia which is much better than Ecuador.

[@chickydogbreath1]

Make sure you dont go to Mayanmar they're in a war currently and westerners have been told to stay away. The borders are closed anyway.

[@ConfusedBambooForest-ng8io]

Dream onn

[@RussellWoods-h3k]

It's not a rose garden like you make it out to be

[@MagnoliaDavis]

Maybe it's a garden of vegetables 🍆 or other flowers 🌻garden 😄 ✌ Shalom

[@pizzabrot3502]

no way living in any of these countries for 500$ a month. Maybe in 1990 but not nowadays.

[@endlessroads9936]

I live and live in these countries, and this AI video is a lie, anyone these countries you cant live comfortable on $500, you may exist on it but comfortable, your rent $200 ok now just got $300 your place want water and electricity well there go another 60 to 100. Now got 200, phone are internet and you got 100 far food, but really because there transporting to do. Ride to buy are if get a car are moterbike, gas. So you sit in a broke down place, with no aircon with no fun in life, if look far a girl, why they want a foreigner who make less then the men in there country. Use your head these video are made far view, not truth, its why there 100s of them on here,

[@qik3300]

Sure sure but what does it SMELL like?

[@GalaxyPhone-l5p]

Ja ja... 3 X 500 ... ok

[@MagnoliaDavis]

Shahane 👍 Muy mucho dinero 🤑

[@mv0697]

Ok ..majority of these countries are ppl are coming here lol

[@wiegandmaechtlen2893]

Delusional! Requirements for visas and insurance, income or savings, makes your cost of living much more expensive!

[@stevencheshire6423]

Could you explain a little please?

[@reneehearn3176]

Some countries require you to have at least $50,000 in savings to even apply for a visa unless you married someone in that country