Quote Originally Posted by Harry T View Post
5 more years until your Gov Pension, will you have the single guys pension currently around £148ish for single, or are you able to claim the Couples pension, which is i believe some £100 per week higher, that would make a heck of a difference to your lifestyle if you can have the couples pension.

I too am thinking of doing similar to what you are doing, but basically i dont have the capital, how much capital would i need to live around 2 years in phills ?.
I have no idea about a couple's pension, I got a single pension forecast before I came to the Phils and married. If there is a couple's pension, I don't know if this would be allowed, with me being married to a foreign wife and both of us living here in the Phils.

I'm afraid how much capital is required, depends upon your lifestyle - taking into account, any medical insurance for that 2 years - and laying aside emergency money to fly back to the UK if you needed to.

Just don't make the mistake of thinking everything is cheap, or you will soon spend up. You have to think in peso value - like I have learnt to do. Now I think, "oh, that's expensive", instead of converting to UK £s and thinking it's cheap.