Philippines Retirement Destination - 10 reasons

[stevie c]

Hi Fred when will it be up & running We are there in June but maybe this is a bit early

Like Stevewool we may have a few days there in 2013

[BoholoX]

Interesting article but it reads too much like a retirement brochure, there is quite a bit of err...embellishment..

$2000 is not a bad figure for 2 (we survive on nearly half that) although the other pluses intimates you will need to live close to a big city (yucks) to take advantage of the health care/modern conveniences/world cuisine. You dont have to go far into the provinces for these to totally disappear. Decent condo/house rentals and electricity for aircon and fridge plus petrol/internet/satellite/phone could easily eat into half of that budget, before groceries and eating out.

Certainly agree with the people/language and the climate does help my far from nearing retirement bad back, but older people cannot always cope with the crippling heat/humidity. I miss the seasons too

[fred]

Hi Fred when will it be up & running We are there in June but maybe this is a bit early

Like Stevewool we may have a few days there in 2013

Hi Stevie..
No idea yet how much we can get done in the next 2/3 months but Id guess it will be a bit too early to be honest.. Im in manila till June and cant check on progress till I get back..
Cheers Fred.

[stevie c]

Hi Stevie..
No idea yet how much we can get done in the next 2/3 months but Id guess it will be a bit too early to be honest.. Im in manila till June and cant check on progress till I get back..
Cheers Fred.

Thanks Fred looks like 2013 it is then

[tiger31]

i,ve just come back from lapu lapu near cebu i spent a year there and my costs were as follows 5000 pesos for 2 bedroom ground floor air conditioned appartment that included water 1100 cable t.v electric 5000 a month that was aircon on 24/7 gas for cooking 3 of us 750 pesos lasted 2 months so 375 a month .5 gallon purified water 25 pesos per week so 100 to 150 allowing for extra a month.food is a hard one because i,m not a keen on a lot of phillipino food so i insisted on quite a few visits to mcdees and kfc and chowking lol .but a kilo of rice was 40 pesos give or take a pesos or two a cooked chicken was 100 pesos to give you a clue i ate rice more than i would normally do in the u.k.so £170 a month but that didnt include food this is based on 2 adults and one teenager so $2000 is very high indeed .I havent included going out to movies or clothes shopping but these items vary on individual cases ,hope this helps give folks a general idea