Living well in MEDELLIN Colombia on a low budget, our monthly costs | RETIRE EARLY, EXPATS, NOMADS

Join us in this video as we show you how you can live well in MEDELLIN Colombia, a city that attracts many retirees, expats and digital nomads.
We share all of our costs for a month from coffee, eating out, tours, gym and accommodation.
#medellintravel , #medellincolombia , #costofliving , #retireearlyandtravel , #retireearly , #travelcouple

[@karenhancock8553]

Fantastic video. Can't believe how inexpensive it was. Thanks for showing us such a great variety of things to do, yummy food and experiences. Looks like a terrific quality of life at low cost

[@loveduplifestylers]

Thanks Karen, glad you enjoyed the video :)

[@courtenaymckee7491]

Welcome to Medellin!

[@loveduplifestylers]

Thank you, such a welcoming and inspiring community

[@davidkyle2073]

Awesome to discover your video this morning from our new apartment in Laureles. I experience the budget expenses a little different than yours but appreciate your experience. Be great to meet you guys some time. How long are you here?

[@loveduplifestylers]

Thank you, we are traveling around the world and have left Colombia, but will definitely return. We hope you enjoy your time in Laureles, how long are you staying?

[@Justgoflyaway7]

Cheerz from Auckland New Zealand 🇳🇿 YOU THE MAN 🫵😎 Gosh Im Jealous need to Visit Medellin 🇨🇴🇨🇴🇨🇴 Enjoy God blessings ☝️

[@loveduplifestylers]

Thanks. Hope you get to visit one day :) We also loved the coffee region around Salento, a must see !!

[@orlandomodeno7567]

You have to 👀 Colombian national team play ⚽️ while in Colombia. Nothing like it because 🇨🇴 people are so passionate about their ⚽️.

[@loveduplifestylers]

Yes that would be amazing ⚽ 🎉

[@eduardomaciasplaschinski]

Hello Tali, Rob, many thanks for sharing your experiences and detailed information. I have 2 quick questions. How was the internet at the apartment and mobile? Do you have speeds and was there any downtime? Regarding your apartment, could I contact them directly and perhaps save the 3rd party booking fees? Any other good places to stay we can contact? (I guess that's more than 2 questions 😅) . Cheers!

[@loveduplifestylers]

Happt to answer more than 2 questions 😊 internet was very good in the apartment and our mobiles. No down time. We were able to stream Netflix and upload our KZbin videos. Here is the link for our airbnb: www.airbnb.com/slink/jKCPQhuC

[@loveduplifestylers]

We mostly use airbnb for stays over a week

[@eduardomaciasplaschinski]

Awesome. Thanks to you both. Enjoy.

[@alfonsoparrado3112]

How noisy is laureles? Can you sleep at night?

[@loveduplifestylers]

Hi, where we stayed was quiet and peaceful, no problems sleeping at night. Most of the nightlife in Laureles is around carrera 70 which will obviously be noisy at nightime.

[@Livselexir79]

Please 3.000 dollar is not in any way low budget

[@muchit3629]

Paying $1,800 a month in a place where the minimum salary is like $300 a month means you paying a whole year salary for just two months of rent. Maybe they are using an Airbnb which would be like $60 a month but definitely was surprised when they came to that. May have missed something.

[@gds7777777]

Their increase cost of living for all the locals to by overpaying

[@muchit3629]

@@JamesD-iw6pr What do you consider basic logic. I just said $1,800 a month rent is equivalent to half a year salary on minimum wage. Lets bring that to the US, Mcdonalds pays say $15 a hour and at 2,080 hours a year that is a little over $30,000 annual salary on minimum wage so half a year of that is $15,000. If a Saudi or Emirati national came to the US and paid $15K a month for an apartment would that be considered low or high. Most people with basic common sense would say that is expensive. The only basic logic lacking is yours because youtube is for the masses not elites. Also, you say there is no such thing as a universal low or high budget, economic statistics are created based on local economic realities. Why do you think a lot of cities and citizens are pushing back and enacting restrictions on foreigners who use income arbitrage to push local rent prices high. It has happened in Portugal, Spain and many other places.

[@samuelwilliams7331]

1800 on rent was pretty surprising.

[@malin7919]

Appreciate the video but this is the place where the odds of getting kidnapped or robbed is extremely high. Travel advisory for Colombia is level 3 which means reconsider travel.

[@loveduplifestylers]

Thanks. Yes safety is super important and always a priority consideration for us and checking the government travel advice is a must before travel as situations can change. We found the UK government advisory site useful as it has a breakdown of higher risk areas to avoid within Colombia. www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/colombia. To share our experience and hopefully help people wondering about safety, we felt safe in the areas of Medellin we lived in and the places we visited. People are getting on with their lives and enjoying the lifestyle and there are many foreigners in the areas where we were. Like in any large city, being alert to what is happening and who is around you is important.

[@jeffschueler1182]

Hmmmm, I’ve lived here in Medellin for a year and a half with nary a problem, and I live far away from the gringo areas. Perhaps there is a correlation?

[@jeffschueler1182]

@@JamesD-iw6pr Exactly. These videos refer to those who come here to party, consume cheap drugs and indulge themselves sexually. The vast majority of us come to Medellin to live in peace and harmony and to respect our new culture and behave ourselves.