Secrets of $875 Village Life in Romania - Expat Experience

In today's video we visit with Paige and Radu who call the village of Prejmer home. Prejmer has a fortified church built in 1212 which is listed as a UNESCO Heritage Site, it is also located in Transylvania home of the legend of Dracula and is just 17km from Brasov. The city of Brasov is Romania's 7th largest city with a metro area of 382,000 people. Brasov and surrounding communities have many foreigners calling the region home due to the low cost of living and quality of life. The average US Retiree on Social Security receives $1,550 a month, and a couple on Social Security receives over $2,500 a month. A US Expat living on Social Security can expect a lower cost of living in Romania when compared to the living costs in the US.
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[@atilla4352]

I'm Hungarian and I'm seriously thinking about moving to Romania with my family from the UK... Romania had great economic development in the past 10 years, lower corruption rates and is more natural when it comes to laws and taxes.

[@christian2M]

Welcome here dear Magyar, welcome you and your family.

[@razvanbarascu4007]

I gave England for Romania 2 years ago and is one of the best choices I ever made. Im romanian though, but u are very right with what u r saying. The amount of growing space on a business matter is colossal. Come to 🇷🇴 bro!🫶

[@irenmolnar221]

Mi azert mentunk el onet mert nincs munka!!11 ha van penz akkor jo!

[@RUHappyATM]

Are the Romanians worried about the U-R war? Am thinking of visiting.

[@razvanbarascu4007]

@@RUHappyATM I won't say worried, but anxious to dismember this ugly and awfull old russian enemy. Im personally relieved now caz the hole world saw the real face of this savages.

[@MyFirstHandle]

I wish Romania can grow their population again. Such amazing people.

[@levimaxmillien4501]

Many romanians that live abroad will love to move back if the economy will do better and the health system would improve. You are taxed 41.5% from your salary in Romania...

[@WarrenJulieTravel]

I’m finding a 10% flat tax. Where is the other 31.5% coming from? taxsummaries.pwc.com/romania/individual/taxes-on-personal-income

[@ursulenes7465]

@@WarrenJulieTravel Levi Maximillien is confusing you a bit. He refers to general social contributions also, which are paid by both employer and employee as follows: for employee - 25% social insurance contribution and 10% health insurance contribution; for employer - 4% social insurance contribution for particular working conditions or 8% for special working conditions (no tax for normal working conditions) and 2.25% labour insurance contribution. The 10% flat tax will be calculated after the subtraction of general social contributions. Overall, a Romanian employee receives no less then 58,46 % of his monthly gross salary. But this is the general rule. There are some other monthly deductions that you can get ... I find your vlogs very interesting and entertaining and I wish you all the best!

[@mihaiviteazu1886]

@SAM In the UK we pay only council tax 200 Gb Sterling a month and water is 600 GB pounds a year which is a rip-off.

[@filipdobrin6515]

@@WarrenJulieTravel We will move back to Romania when we retire , we have a nice house and a flat that we will rent out but that is still a long way away but I know time will go fast and soon I will be of retirement age .

[@tinglestingles]

Very much under-rated country.

[@WarrenJulieTravel]

That’s what we’re finding as well.

[@lucianboar3489]

Slow and limited public transport between different cities and smaller places is the main thing that needs to be solved for it to be a great tourist destination. And if you're an expat, so staying longer, the state hospitals need more work. You can go to a better private one, but the emergencies units are found only at state ones.

[@kevinharkins1022]

Looks such beautiful country. I will visit soon.Greetings from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@WarrenJulieTravel]

Thanks, glad you liked the video 😊

[@dand7763]

around 5 millions romanians are right now outside Romania (working abroad in European Union, especially in Western Europe) many countries allow romanians to establish there and work there , so it is normal for Romania to allow other citizens (foreigners) to establish here if they like to live here. Romanians are not hypocrites. 33 years ago Romania was like North Korea today ! , closed society to the entire world , the communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu (totalitarian communist government) kept this country locked like in jail...now in 2022 is really an open society, a democracy , and its democratic values

[@graceg8834]

Such a cute couple! Looks like they are enjoying life in Romania. Thank you for sharing!

[@WarrenJulieTravel]

They were two very sweet people 👍

[@rafath6260]

Underrated channel

[@WarrenJulieTravel]

Thank you for watching. 😊

[@florencehendrick4781]

Thank you, this was so fun to watch. Warren, I love how interview. Will be looking for more. Plus, I will email you with questions....❤

[@WarrenJulieTravel]

Sounds good! Thank you for watching us 😌

[@whitfieldjeffery]

Awesome video, thank you for sharing!!!

[@WarrenJulieTravel]

Thanks for watching 😊

[@paigemicu7017]

Wow! Thanks again for popping by! Please feel free to call us up whenever you're visiting again!

[@WarrenJulieTravel]

Thanks for letting us in to your lives 😊

[@tanujSE]

Romania Romania He do all day Go here and there And about that He is very much love

[@WarrenJulieTravel]

Thanks 😊

[@stefanionutalexandru6916]

Tbh most villages in transilvania are kinda behind now due to the old habsburg common houses, go to the rest of the country and now you will see only brand new houses. 30 years ago not so much, the houses were made from clay and in transilvania they were considered kinda sturdy places . Now , I look at those places and from the outside they look poor. The people aren't but the architecture isn't helping. In the rest of the land people had to build new houses from scratch with money from working abroad in western europe or money by small business owners here or by money from people that work in the government. Where I live in vrancea county, the whole county looks better than western Europe Now, every house new opulent sturdy, no plywood and stylish. And besides a house people usually have an apartment as well. And most people also don't have a lot of loans from banks. From here on Now, the only way is up if we manage to keep a stable gov that hopefully will build some highways all over the country as well. But besides the lack of highways, most public infrastructure is pretty decent at least compared to hungary and rome where if been recently. So just a few more tweaks and some more small businesses hoping for a brighter future.

[@anakulig4211]

Love that you guys love Romania ❤️, how is the situation there with traveling around and security ( because of the war )?

[@WarrenJulieTravel]

We found it very safe.

[@valimatei9]

in US emergency room is 500$US just to stick your head in the door!

[@WarrenJulieTravel]

Unfortunately I think it’s considerably more than $500. ☹️

[@manisaini1394]

I live in Romania

[@WarrenJulieTravel]

Great 😊

[@L2Xenta]

3:57 ... this guy right here. =)

[@WarrenJulieTravel]

The 🐕😊

[@johnmcauliffe9847]

hi to both of you .are you still missing montengro 😁

[@WarrenJulieTravel]

We miss a lot of places, but also appreciate where we are. 😁

[@spartacus2000]

@@WarrenJulieTravel .. very diplomatic answer ,

[@MaximDL1410]

👏❤️🙏

[@WarrenJulieTravel]

Thanks

[@stevennoe7124]

How bad are Romanian winters? I am from Massachusetts but after doing research the winters there seem even more harsh

[@WarrenJulieTravel]

Hopefully Paige can answer that for you or one of our viewers.

[@lucianboar3489]

I'm from the top 5 coldest areas in winter of Romania and we used to get -20C or worse temperatures even for three weeks every cold season (not during midday though). But it got to progressively fewer days like that and the last time it was colder than 20C was in 2018, for a couple of days. The snow days are fewer and fewer too, I don't think they add up to more than a month (or maybe a month and 1/2 with superficial snow cover). You can expect a lot of below freezing temperatures during the day in January and February, many below -10C. In the lower areas, in the plains, where Bucharest is, for example, seemingly it doesn't get that cold but the winds are stronger and it can feel colder and more uncomfortable because of that.

[@kimkennedy8636]

Ha! She's complaining about $100 in South Africa for a broken arm? I had a rash all over my body here in the USA and went to the emergency room (during COVID lockdowns...no covid patients whatsoever in empty emergency room), and they charged me $1600 TIMES 2!! (yes, $3200) to look at me, and prescribe Benadryl (over the counter) and prednysone.

[@vasilicavaduva923]

What a shame,in US helth care is a joke,move in Europe and you will feel better also much safer.

[@kimkennedy8636]

@@vasilicavaduva923 yes, Eastern Europe though. I own property in Italy but won't ever live there again after harsh lockdowns, green passes and now social credit system!

[@4tech404]

That's actually insane.

[@irenmolnar221]

The problem is no jobs!!! If you have plenty of money than good !!!! But that amount is not enough if you renting

[@WarrenJulieTravel]

They live a very simple life. If you watch the video you will notice they have a tiny home they built. They are not renting. Prices may have risen since this was completed.

[@gingermarie1760]

God loves you so much that He sent His Holy Son Jesus from heaven to earth, to be born of a virgin, to grow up and die on a cross for our sins, and to be put into a tomb 3 days and rise from the dead the third day, and He (Jesus) went back up to heaven. We must receive Sinless Jesus sincerely to be God's child(John 1:12).After we get saved by grace through faith in Christ, if we truly love the Lord Jesus Christ, then we will obey Jesus(John 14:15). Mark 1:15 "And saying, the time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: Repent ye, and believe the gospel." Jesus said in John 14:15 "If you love Me, keep My commandments. "There's a real hell. It says in Revelation 21:8 "But for the cowardly, and unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and immoral persons and sorcerers & idolaters and all liars, their part will be in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone..." Please sincerely receive Holy Jesus and put your true faith and trust in Him today and please repent.

[@charlesjames4956]

Population of 8,500, this is a village? Sorry, 8,500 is a small city.

[@WarrenJulieTravel]

It’s a rural location, feels more like a quiet village in my opinion.

[@lucianboar3489]

It's been more and more of a suburb. But there are true villages too with more than 5000 people, true in the sense that most locals are in agriculture and the facilities are not quite up to modern standards.