Could we Retire Here? - Da Nang Cost of Living in 2024 - Including Hotel & Airbnb Tour

[@traceymckelvie6202]

I love that you showed “the downfalls” of travel as well. It is so important for people to realize things don’t always go as planned (if you recall my story - key could break in the lock 😂). It seems like the Airbnb mishap actually turned out better for you - nice hotel and rooftop patio!

[@mitchandjan]

Things certainly don't always go as planned and we definitely want to have a "roll with it" kind of attitude. We also realize that we have the fortune of time. We aren't on a week long vacation, where a setback like this would really eat into our time. So we are very grateful for that! And YES, we were so happy that this happened. We actually ended up loving the new area so much more and we loved the hotel!!

[@midlifetravelbug]

Great video guys! We love Vietnam! Cheers Chris and Jim.

[@mitchandjan]

Hey guys!! Thanks so much!!! We are about to hop a flight to Thailand and checking out your channel! Downloading a vid for the Plane 😂 So happy to connect! 🇨🇦 Cheers 🥂

[@TravelHungryForLife]

Great upload and info my friends thanks again Liked and joined here have a fabulous week 👍🏻👍🏻🎉🎉🍻

[@mitchandjan]

Wow! Thank you so much for watching, commenting and showing your support! We truly appreciate you taking the time to like, comment and subscribe! Have a great week! Cheers! 🥂

[@myrajoy1437]

Thanks for information 👍

[@mitchandjan]

You are so welcome! Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment and let us know that this was helpful. 🙂

[@allanelliot1566]

Good job on travel and explaining all your travels.....Stay well.

[@mitchandjan]

Thank you so much!! And thank yo as always for leaving a comment!! Take care!

[@x-cskilover225]

Nice pool! We love Danang especially that hotel where I met you guys and the food and people.❤️

[@mitchandjan]

That hotel was a great find! Meeting you was great as well John!! Hope you're doing well!

[@SnapCrackleRetirement]

Great video showing pitfalls of travel. Thanks for your frankness. Would love to see a video on your Skype calling.Lots of info on KZbin from American vloggers but options don’t work for us Canucks! Love that you post costs in both Canadian and US currencies.

[@mitchandjan]

Thank you so much for letting us know that you found this useful! We also like the idea of your Skype video. We felt the same way when we were researching our long term travel - it’s hard to find vlogs specific to Canadian problems. Our intense two step authentication practices and expensive and limiting cell phone plans are a hindrance. We would love to share our experiences and our current solution. We plan to do more research and problem solving on this once we get back to Canada for the summer to see if there are better options and we will definitely make videos to share what we discover!! Thank you for watching and letting us know what you would like to see in future videos! ❤

[@sharonv7216]

Incredible value wow! It costs more to go to Niagara Falls for a long weekend!! Well done video you can tell you really put the time and effort in!… you two are amazing at this 😊

[@mitchandjan]

LOL - you are right about Niagara falls!! Crazy when you put it in that perspective! Thank you so much for the lovely compliments! We still have lots to learn, but we are so happy to know when people are enjoying are content. 🙂 Hope all is well with you Sharon!! ❤️

[@jlogemini]

I will confirm they had many sunny beautiful days on the rooftop!!! Lol too funny that the video was on the clusiest day 😅❤

[@sediqmohmand9996]

Hi there, thanks for the nice video, just a friendly reminder that I noticed you were recording inside not outside under the sun , to be more polite it would be great if you guys take off your sunglasses. I see that you just started your You Tube channel and for sure you want it to grow up and get more subscribers then you have to produce videos different from others, the information you provided in this video has been already told by hundreds of other people .

[@mitchandjan]

Thank you so much for watching and for your feedback and comments as we try to bring our own perspective and energy to our channel. Also, as a side note, we were actually outside on our patio, using the living room curtains as a backdrop. Without the sunnies, we were squinting terribly🙃 Cheers! 🥂

[@sediqullahmohmand1337]

Hopefully one day we meet in person , I am a frequent traveler too . Take care.

[@mitchandjan]

That would be great! Take care as well and enjoy your travels!!

[@PointduNord]

Thanks for this very useful information 😊

[@mitchandjan]

We are so happy that you found this useful! Thank you for taking the time to comment and let us know! It really helps us out for future content ideas! Cheers! 🥂

[@peterstewart2981]

Such amazing value.

[@mitchandjan]

Just outstanding value!! We now know some things that would make it even more affordable, believe it or not! Such a great place!

[@sharonhertelsos]

Hi Jan and Mitch absolutely loving your channel we are a couple a bit older than your age bracket and we are off on our South Asia adventures in May looking for options for possible retirement. Hopefully you are heading for Thailand as well shortly would be interested on your thoughts for that country as well. You both sparkle life and fun never know we could cross paths for a cold beer.

[@mitchandjan]

Thank you so much! We so appreciate you taking the time to comment and let us know what you like about our content! Also, you will be pleased to know that we ARE headed to Thailand and we can’t wait! Currently in Malaysia, so we will have those videos coming soon. It would be amazing if we cross paths one day!! If you aren’t already following us on FB and IG, our current location is updated there if you want to follow us more currently. Thank you so much for watching! Cheers! 🍻

[@amirulazharomar7483]

If you want to retire anywhere in SE Asia, visit the place during the dry hot season as well as during the rainy season. If you can't stand it during those seasons, don't retire there.

[@mitchandjan]

Outstanding advice for sure!!

[@kleitebeckett]

Which cities were those Airbnb?

[@mitchandjan]

They were both in Da Nang. The hotel was not on Airbnb, but links to both places are in the description. Cheers! 🥂

[@kleitebeckett]

​@@mitchandjanThank you🙏

[@mitchandjan]

Our pleasure!!

[@BeccifromOz]

How can you stay long term if you wanted to retire in Vietnam?

[@mitchandjan]

That is really good question! Because we are not ready to settle down yet, we have not looked into this. However, we did meet a guy who has been living in Vietnam for 5 years (from France) by simply renewing his visa over and over. He said that Vietnam is really good about renewing Visas without becoming a resident. Unfortunately, we don’t have any more information on this process. But we do believe that if you want something enough, there is always a way to make it happen. 🙂❤️🇻🇳

[@BeccifromOz]

@@mitchandjan That is good to know, and it was my understanding as well from what I've seen online. It's great that you've had it confirmed by someone on the ground there.

[@mitchandjan]

@@BeccifromOz yes and now that you can get a tourist visa for 90 days, he was happy because less trips to the immigration office and also cheaper!

[@KB3TLE]

Not really - all you can really do is visit - you can't stay or retire. -- It sucks there with their visa laws. -- They obviously don't want foreigners there - spend your $ - and get the hell out !!!

[@mitchandjan]

We have heard different stories. We met a person who had been constantly renewing their visa for the past 5 years and essentially living in Vietnam. But that option seems like a lot of work! Lol

[@KB3TLE]

@@mitchandjan Yea - it sure does. + the expense - and - the royal pain in the ass to do all those visa runs ! --?-- Add the visa costs & the the trips needed (?) - it's not so cheap for the year ?!? --- I would much prefer once every 3 years like the Philippines. Or never like Cambodia ! 🤗

[@wesgraham2262]

You CANNOT retire in Vietnam. There is NO retirement visa and they only let you stay on a Tourist Visa for 90 days then you MUST leave the country. How is that good?? 🫤 In Cambodia, they have a retirement visa and you can stay as long as you want by extending your Tourist or 12-month ER Retirement visa as often as you want without leaving the country..

[@mitchandjan]

We definitely want to visit Cambodia, it looks beautiful!!

[@timtran5420]

just lip them some 20 dollars under the table and u never have to leave the country to renew your visa every 3 months. 20 bucks every 3 months is cheap and illigal but u never get caught cause u r dealing with gorvernment. haha