By Paul & Gloria in Blog October was an unusual month for us as far as our Costa Rica expenses are concerned. We only spent two days out of the entire month actually in Costa Rica. But we’ll do our best to explain things, below. Part 1: Las Vegas We spent the first five days of November traveling to and […]
Paul and Gloria In This Issue: Our December 2012 Budget Our 2012 Cost of Living Summary So What Would It Cost ME to Live in Costa Rica? MythBusters: What’s it REALLY Like to Live in Costa Rica?? by Tom Duffy Reflections on Five Years Living in Costa Rica, by Connie Sandlin Time to Trim the […]
By Paul & Gloria in Blog Seems like I say this every December, but…wow! Our normal monthly expenses are well under $2,000, but December is always higher, for a number of reasons we will explain. This December was no exception and, in fact, it’s one of our highest months ever. So here we go… Transportation – $868.70 Our […]
By Paul & Gloria in Blog, Featured Welcome to our Retire For Less In Costa Rica Newsletter Paul and Gloria In This Issue: It’s All About the Weather! Costa Rica Winds (Video) A Windy Day Bus Ride in Bajo La Paz Snapshots of Life in Costa Rica – Wind, Clouds, and Sunsets Monthly Costa Rica Weather Report for 11 Towns […]
By Paul & Gloria in Blog We had another great month in May in terms of our overall spending, even with some additional healthcare costs taken into account, coming in well below our goal of $2,000 for the month. Transportation – $66.62 Since moving to town about a year and a half ago, we average one fill-up of […]
By Paul & Gloria in Blog Finally! A month under our goal of $2,000! We’re still working on our 2015 Costa Rica Cost of Living Summary, so stay tuned. But let’s take a look at how we did in January of this new year. Transportation – $320.70 January was a big month for tours for us. We met […]
By Paul & Gloria in Blog It’s been a couple of months since we published our Costa Rica Cost of Living breakdown. Since we spent the months of October and November in Oaxaca, Mexico, there were no Costa Rica expenses for those months. We arrived back home on December 1st so this is our spending for the full […]
By Paul & Gloria in Blog Seems like I say this every December, but…wow! Our normal monthly expenses are well under $2,000, but December is always higher, for a number of reasons we will explain. This December was no exception and, in fact, it’s one of our highest months ever. So here we go… Transportation – $868.70 Our […]
By Paul & Gloria in Blog Not too bad. That’s the best I can say about our spending in December. I would have been surprised if we came in under $2,000 so ending up at $2,181.76 wasn’t unexpected. After all, December is the month of “Christmas and the car.” The Car First, let’s talk about the car. December […]
By Paul & Gloria in Blog, Featured It’s time, once again, for our annual cost of living summary. Some of you will find this interesting, but others, not so much. That’s okay— Just read the section below that describes your level of interest. For the Mildly Curious: Our total cost of living for 2016 was $28,225.87, if you include our […]