Quote Originally Posted by stevewool View Post
its all down to each of us, what we want in life and what we will accept, the karaoke dont sound as good though,but you have to take the rough with the smooth so they say, anyway a long time in planning and of course the plans can and will change from time to time, but the budget i think for me to be safe over there and coming back over here will be around the 100- 250,000 mark, but who knows
As you said nobody really knows how much you need to live in the Philippines as we all want and expect different things.
A lot of foreigners come here with the idea they can live with the same standards as filipino's and they cannot.
One mistake i see foreigners making time and time again is not respecting the filipino culture. They usually end up paying for it one way or the other. When in rome do as the romans do. Although you can bend the rules sometimes
Personally i think if you set a budget of about 50,000 pesos a month it will be enough.