What I spend in a month living alone in the Dominican Republic at 23 - exposing myself

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When it comes to money, people have a lot of opinions but I hope you enjoy this super super transparent money content! It was honestly really eye-opening to see just how much money I was spending each week and then for the whole month. Are you struggling with budgeting? How much money do you spend in a week?
What other money content videos do you want to see?
In this video, I break down my expenses for the whole month of October (2021) and I mean everything! From rent to my car payment, to insurance, everything! I am a 23-year-old living in the Dominican Republic working from home remotely, and this is my monthly budget.
What are your thoughts?
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@IAMElsLife 2 года назад

You are so beautiful, thank you so much for sharing this information. You did just fine on your budget. You've identified areas where you can make changes to improve your budget. I like how conscious you are with your spending habits. Wow $5 a gallon for gas there! It's a good thing that Uber is so reasonably priced there. Premium gas is about $4 per gallon in Virginia Beach. Great video, thanks again ❤

@AshleyRivera 2 года назад

oh my gosh thank you!! Gas is SO expensive I'm thankful I have uber!

@Aggie4life77 2 года назад

This is interesting. I was 23 back in 2001 and I added up what I spent in a month back then based on what I could remember. I was spending about $2500 a month give or take in Atlanta, Ga. That was with credit cards, rent, gas, groceries, car payment, ins, eating out, entertainment, internet, phone, etc. some months it would be a bit higher depending on travel or buying big ticket items. I felt like I was broke as hell then lol! I was also a recent graduate making what I though was decent money back then. Today, starting salaries haven’t changed much over 20 years later! That’s the problem! A recent Graduate shouldn’t be coming out of school now making what I started with 20+ years ago!

@AshleyRivera 2 года назад

Right?!

@laffta6727 2 года назад

thx for sharing ur life-ur so transparent

@AshleyRivera 2 года назад

Always! I try :)

@PremierServicesTravel 2 года назад

Hey Ashley. Great Videos. Must be great to be around the ocean and with family. Enjoy.

@AshleyRivera 2 года назад

it’s been great, thank you genuinely ♥️🙏🏽

@meryamle6270 2 года назад

That's soooo inspiring 😍😍 I'm aiming to move abroad too and enjoy life as a solo female traveler 🥰🤩 Btw, I love this kind of videos when you share all of your expenses in detail. Love your content 😘

@AshleyRivera 2 года назад

thank you!!! where are you planning on going?

@meryamle6270 2 года назад

@@AshleyRivera Either Turkey or a country in southeast Asia. Do you have any insights you can share about these destinations?

@destinydennis5445 2 года назад

Oooh compared to your $500 Dallas apartment tour, you got a good ass tan 😅💞

@tc139a 2 года назад

Great vlog, the Turo side business is very smart! I spend half of that during my short term stays, finally in the process of purchasing my 1st property in the beautiful country 🇩🇴 .-Callaway 🤞🏾🤞🏾

@losdominicanos 2 года назад

You should go to Café Santo Domingo. Now they have Starbuck like cafés and you can buy mostly the same thing as in Starbuck without abusing the wallet. lol They have places all over Santo Domingo. Off the top of my head, there is one on the bottom floor at Ágora Mall, in the atrium. Not only its cheaper, but that's Dominican through and through from the workers, the owners, many of the engredients they get from Dominican farmers too, basically almost everything is Dominican. Plus, they are just as good tasting as Starbucks.

@alextejada2529 2 года назад

You’re living my dreammm 💕💕💕

@losdominicanos 2 года назад

If you decide to stay permanently in the DR (give yourself a year before you decide in favor or against that), as a Dominican citizen you qualify for moving your stuff including your car free of taxes when it arrives at the Haina Port. First, you have to apply I think at Aduana and that's a formality, any Dominican citizen is accepted for this. They only do it once during a lifetime.

@AshleyRivera 2 года назад

ooo I had no idea. Tell me more!

@PS-lm3tp 2 года назад

You’re so pretty!!! And yes your grocery spend seems way too high, your videos make me want to travel to the DR what cities would you recommend? I would’ve expected your total spending be less somewhere around 2500. I spend about 9-12k a month it really depends, but thats for a whole family of 5 people total. Video ideas: I’d like to see you apartment/house shopping whenever you’re ready for that and maybe like a going out video or walking around the city and showing us what everything is like

@AshleyRivera 2 года назад

wow, thank you!! I need to cut back on groceries yes... but I live in Santo Domingo! It's the capital. :)

@thechatterbox4602 2 года назад

Would u ever move back to Texas?

@AshleyRivera Год назад

I don't think so... I really like it here. If I move back to the states it would be somewhere like Oregon or Washington

@GilAdams 2 года назад

Cool video .. u learn to live with what you get when you have it. I thinks it’s awesome you did your spend budget. I’m not shocked on what you spend if you have never done a detailed spend budget. When u start running a company u look at every bill .. U should do a debt to income ratio.. I just got my self to watch 18 percent and I hope to get to 5 percent in the next 24 months.. I have learned how to plan meals and eat outs are always expensive .. But I think you on your way to make a good change .. I did a spend budget to see what I was spending then did my budget after that.. .. right now my blessing is I own my home in Austin.. stay safe

@Allwayz100 2 года назад

thank you for the break down. I was wondering? wouldn't it be cheaper to just rent an apartment vs Airbnb?

@03Man11 2 года назад

Yes, it would be.

@samsbodhitree 2 года назад

You're friendly and personable, but still the D. R is a developing country (telecommunications) - I wish the best for you and your family.

@dev.morrison 2 года назад

Such a great video 👏🏽💯 do you feel safe living in the city by yourself? You ever worried about crime and things like that at night compared to the USA?

@AshleyRivera 2 года назад

I live in a nice area so no, not really. I don't go walking alone at night or anything that would put me at risk, but I go on walks during the day and feel completely safe. :)

@kabwayaa 2 года назад

Very interesting !

@ramsesamparo6675 2 года назад

Ashley what company you work for?

@alextejada2529 2 года назад

Babes what part of DR are you in?

@AshleyRivera 2 года назад

I'm in Santo Domingo!

@MartinOrtiz23 2 года назад

Are you still living out of the country?

@AshleyRivera 2 года назад

Yes! Will be making a video soon!

@PassportBigBro 2 года назад

$266 😲 How just how 🤷🏽‍♂️ 🤯I don’t know how you do it because i spend that on groceries at SUPER NACIONAL for one ☝🏾 week alone so I’m assuming you eat uber eats every other day BUUUUT SO DO I⁉️‼️ yet my grocery list 🧾 is STILL like 12,000 pesos about every 6 days 😭 😩😤

@AshleyRivera 2 года назад

girl WHAT first of all you need to go to Bravo instead of El Nacional! And I try to stick to things made here, like no Frosted Flakes but instead I buy the store brand!

@PassportBigBro 2 года назад

@@AshleyRivera I do as well but I’m not even buying name brand other than Kraft cheese 🧀 singles it’s that I buy most my produce🥬🍆🥭🥝🥩🥑🥕🍑🍏🍋 there that’s where I mess up not going out to the “Mercado” 🥦🌽 🌶 but I’m going to start going to the local “Mercado” or maybe I will accept a girlfriend just to save me chores 🤣 🤦🏽‍♂️

@DJTronuk 2 года назад

Just started watching your channel, great content and this is a great video! If Dominican Republic was in the title, this videos views would probably skyrocket even more! Keep it up and thanks for sharing! 🙌🏾👏🏾