Love your fast format. You hit the key points quickly and is much appreciated. Enjoy your journey.

@ChrisAndEmilie

10 ай бұрын

Thank you!

My fathers country & the city he was born in. He never thought it become this beautiful when we saw it last October going for my first time. Absolutely beautiful & cheap for sure. Food is amazing as well

@ChrisAndEmilie

Жыл бұрын

Amazing that you were able to visit and have such a good experience there!

Nice video. I’m going for a monthlong fam trip to see if I want to relo there, and your vid is very helpful.

@ChrisAndEmilie

Жыл бұрын

Awesome! Check out some of the Cuenca Facebook groups. There is a pretty active community that gets together for dinners and activities.

Nice video. Small corrections regarding transportation: - Bus fare is 0,30 U$ - Fuel cost is 2,40 per gallon already, this is not litter. It is this cheap!

@ChrisAndEmilie

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! And thanks for the corrections!

I pay 200 a month in Cuenca for a beautiful house w garden ..a tray of 24 eggs is 3.50 I live here comfortably on 1200 SS ..

@ChrisAndEmilie

Жыл бұрын

That’s amazing - thanks for sharing your costs!

@JS-jh4cy

Жыл бұрын

Wow expensive 😅

@harthart7529

Жыл бұрын

Only $1200 ss?

This was great. Good info at the end about dogs and power outages n such that most never mention.

@ChrisAndEmilie

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Thank you! I’m hoping to experience Cuenca this upcoming January

@ChrisAndEmilie

9 ай бұрын

We hope you have a great trip!

Great video, gas is actually 2.40 usd per gallon not per litre

@ChrisAndEmilie

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the correction!

@glennr9913

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for correcting that. I almost choked when they said $10 per gallon. I mean how could the taxis & Ubers be so cheap?

@segurosincero4057

11 ай бұрын

Thanks. I was doing the calculation in my head when I saw your post.

Thanks for the informative video. With a budget of only $1200 monthly, I hope to explore Cuenca and retire there.

@ChrisAndEmilie

10 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! We hope you find what you’re looking for in Cuenca!

The $1200 a month almost shocked me but seeing the fridge with a smartscreen (or not sure what that was) and hearing how close it was to the center of town made the price much more understandable. Also the bread is so good all around Ecuador, but it’s a trap! 😂 By which I mean that either you eat all of it and it’s not a healthy meal, or you don’t and it if you buy too much it gets hard and stale after a day or two. Enjoyed the video, hoping to spend a week in Cuenca sometime this year.

@ChrisAndEmilie

Жыл бұрын

It was definitely a nice apartment. But as we said, you can get something similar for half the price or better if you’re willing to sign for longer. Since we move every month we end up paying more. Haha - yes, the bread is a trap! Dangerous habit to get into 🙂

@meowco69

Жыл бұрын

@@ChrisAndEmilie wow. Did they offer you $500 for the year lease?

@spe-chulpee-pul6976

7 ай бұрын

1200.00 a month is ridiculous regardless of its advantages and time limit. You was gringoed

The country runs on the US dollar. So if from Canada then it will be at least 40% more then the prices quoted after exchange rate.

@ChrisAndEmilie

Жыл бұрын

Yup, you do need to watch for exchange rates. They fluctuate, so if you’re there long term, you can watch the rates and convert when it’s more advantageous. Even with the exchange, Cuenca still offers a low-cost lifestyle!

Great info many thanks Just one correction, gas price is per us gallon and not per liter

Great info! Did the person you met whose father needed treatment mention whether they had health insurance or not? Obviously $25k is a lot of money. I'm guessing that included surgery. A good reminder to get health care insurance wherever you live!

@ChrisAndEmilie

10 ай бұрын

This was really for long-term in-home 24/7 care as he ages, which isn't usually covered by insurance. Though agreed that it's it's important to have insurance wherever you are.

I nearly fell outta bed at your Airbnb rent! Whaaaaaat? Crazy price. Good video though

everything here is great💖

@ChrisAndEmilie

Жыл бұрын

It’s a wonderful city!

Good program. Just one thing. The gasoline price is in gallons

@ChrisAndEmilie

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the correction!

I'm staying in cuinca... Gunshot rang out.... Bonds are going off downtown stay safe people...

LIfe in Cuenca CAN be very cheap. Obviously, one can spend more if one wants or needs to.

@ChrisAndEmilie

Жыл бұрын

It’s definitely nice to have choices based on your income!

The air in airbnb is about the fart gas

Health care definally not cheap... prices are going up in Cuenca.

Hard to take serious advice about retirement when these people are there for a month and don't appear to have any health insurance.

@ChrisAndEmilie

11 ай бұрын

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WHAT --- ??? --- You blew my entire budget - ALL 100 % of it --- JUST on RENT !!!!! --???-- And it's #1 with food 2nd. ----- A frugal but well furnished small studio (maybe 300 - 400 sf) would suit me just fine perhaps with a 6 month to 1 year lease ? ( Would hope to find for around $250 ? ) -- Likely wouldn't suit the 2 of you but I'm a 73 & an alone American male. -- My $ 1500 SS check has to do me so I'd look for fitting an $1100 - $1200 budget to include some good health insurance - and save the rest. Public transit looks very affordable & perhaps an occasional taxis.

@ChrisAndEmilie

Жыл бұрын

Your SS check should get you a good lifestyle in Cuenca. As we mentioned in the video, you can get an apartment for a few hundred dollars a month, depending on what you’re looking for and if you’re willing to sign a lease. We hope it works out for you!!

@paulz6491

6 ай бұрын

Did you watch the entire video? They said that $1,200 rent was for their 1 month air bnb and that you could get much less expensive if you signed a lease.

@frankkluz9787

6 ай бұрын

@@paulz6491 But it wasn't well defined - only suggested at ? -- Have to wonder ''now'' with their war on drug smugglers if its even a good idea to live there ? - - I have since discovered how the Filipino President dealt with drug dealers when he was a Mayor ! > He killed them - ON SIGHT !!! -- And encouraged citizens to do the same. -- Now -- it's the safest City in the Country !!! (imagine that) People then voted him President !!! Guess we all have to decide what kind of place we want to live in ? Don't we ? -- So - I'm retiring in the Philippines & shaking many hands and telling them how much I appreciate them & their country for welcoming me ! They are super friendly and areas can be had with up to 70% lower cost of living than the average in the US !!! ❤ 🙏 👍🍺 🤗 They all speak English too - imagine that ?!?

Is Spanish a must ?

@ChrisAndEmilie

Жыл бұрын

We met some people who live in Cuenca and don’t speak any Spanish, though we think life is a lot easier if you speak or learn to speak some Spanish. Employees at shops and grocers and cab drivers typically only speak Spanish.

1200.00 a month is RIDICULOUS. I had a 1 bedroom Airbnb in Quito for 650.00 a month. I now have a totally furnished including utilities and internet huge 1 bedroom 1.5 bath for 500.00 a month. You got gringoed on rent

@edwardnull5447

Ай бұрын

The blue eye tax!

Are you traveling without kids?

$2.40 gal, not liter

1200 is way too much!!!

@ChrisAndEmilie

Жыл бұрын

If you’re committing to a longer term, you can get a much lower rate. For only a month at a fully furnished place, we didn’t see anything comparable for much less cost. If there is something you do to save money on short-term accommodations, please let us know!!

@shadowban481

Жыл бұрын

Yeah like crazy too much, but one can read between the lines and see that this presentation is more living in a vacation rather than retirement.

Too expensive for me.

I am coming down for a cheap $5 haircut.

Imagine going to a place so violent 😂😂

@GodsLovedOne

Жыл бұрын

United States

@ChrisAndEmilie

11 ай бұрын

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Have been here for 12 years. It is much less expensive when you get out of the city. We live 2 hours south in Yunguilla

It's interesting, but obviously you're not seasoned travelers, and you most certainly do not operate on the kind of budgets that expats are well-accustomed to. For example, considering a meal out for "less than $40" as cheap is patently absurd and ridiculous, on 95% of the planet. This channel is for wealthy Americans who don't have a clue how lucky they are to earn such incomes.

@leahl7352

Жыл бұрын

Oh, another person bitching about how much things cost and how little they make. What a surprise

@JagerFrostTroll

11 ай бұрын

1400$ a month is not "wealthy" by American standards, it's poor as shit. I agree though these people are clueless. 40 dollars a 2 person meal is almost US prices

@mikerphilly

11 ай бұрын

@@JagerFrostTroll You're getting warmer, but the global median is $811 per month. Oddly enough, this is much higher than it was only 20 or 30 years ago, but still, $1,400 per month is not "poor as shit."

@ChrisAndEmilie

11 ай бұрын

Just to be clear, we didn't say the restaurant meal we had for under $40 was "cheap." Our title asks "is it really that cheap?" and we're just listing prices as we experienced them so other people can make their own conclusions.

@planetag310

11 ай бұрын

@@JagerFrostTroll It depends on what you're eating and how fancy the restaurant is. You can get good meals in Cuenca for $3 to $6.

Crime

Compared with East Asia countries, i mean Philippin or Malaysia, the English level here in Cuenca was very poor and few people speak English, and when you communicate with local guy, they pay no attention on you as you was nothing, and local people like play trick to you when you buy something in grocery stores, compared with other city in Ecuador. The price here was very expensive