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This seems like a nice person, but she’s giving some inaccurate information. I am a Cozumel resident and that “villa” can’t be all yours for $500. Do you rent a small apartment in it? Also, the food prices are very high unless you’re shopping at the municipal market or Bodega. Restaurants are expensive unless you’re eating on the street from a cart, or at the little kitchen in a local’s house. And you’d better watch the parasites in your body if you’re at those street vendors. Mexico raised the minimum wage in 2023 to $200 pesos/hour and the island prices jumped right away. I do agree about the ease of access to medical care and great prices. Finally, on Cozumel and transport…yes there are all of these lovely sites…but if you don’t have a car it’s going to cost you a lot to get around the island. If you want to spend the day at that turtle beach…you’ll have to pay the taxi to sit and wait for you and the minimum for that will be 4 hours and will cost you at least $70. Getting to that lighthouse will be another $60. Getting to that breakfast restaurant in a taxi will be 5 bucks each way. And it’s hot hot hot a lot and waking everywhere gets really old, fast. Are you going to walk your groceries home? No, you’ll need a taxi. Want to go to a beach with sand? Taxi required, for $5 each way, you can get to a super small beach shared with a thumping beach club (or add the beach club cost), or you can get to a tiny, rocky public beach. Or, you can pay to go to the turtle beach on the other side. There are no busses or public transport. Mérida is NOT the capital of “our country” which she means Mexico! She can’t mean it’s the capital of the state Cozumel is in, Quintana Roo, because Mérida is in the state of Yucatán. Mexico City is the capital of México, it’s called “El Distrito” because it’s the federal capital. Finally, check into the requirements to get residency in México…the base income required now starts close to $2800 for one person for temporary residency, and closer to $5k/month for permanent residency. The old Mexico as the super value is gone folks.
I agree but what about when you get that local rizz after your there for a minute. It’s the policia I would worry about. Any chance they get they trying to hem you up for cash.
I think you're way more on the money. And the thing about international living is ( I have tried many times to reach out ) THEY NEVER REPLY TO JUSTIFY PEOPLES CONCERNS
Good insight but 'super value' is relative as it still much less expensive than living in the states in general. When people say this I wonder just how long they've been away from the states. Inflation, i.e., corporate greed caused prices to spike very high here making other countries a great value by comparison!
I don't think anyone thought she was saying that entire building was $500 a month. She said she was renting an apartment inside...in fact she introduced her neighbor who she said lives down stairs. Her quality of life seems a heck of a lot better than most of us living in the U.S.
Cozumel is beautiful for sure, but make sure you come here with your eyes wide open. Around 35 cruise ships dock here each week and another cruise ship pier will be built soon. I cannot imagine finding a place for $500 a month that would be decent to live in. And, if you are outside of Centro, things are pretty trashed. There’s a lot of trash all over the island, alongside most roads. Groceries and restaurants are more expensive, which you would expect living on an island. We enjoy shopping at the Mercado and find that the locals are very friendly. It’s just not a place I would recommend to anybody as cheap to live. Our lease ends in May and we will be moving back to the mainland.
I'm sorry you feel that way Dina. My experience of Cozumel over the last six years living here has been different and I love my apartment which I've been in for five years so only wish you'd found something similar.
For the New Year, we took our second trip to the Yucatan, after hitting most of the tourist spots from visiting Chitsa Ruins, staying in Cancun, going over to Isla Mujeres driving a rental car all the way down to Tulum and back to Cancun a few years ago. That trip we didn't get to see very much of Playa del Carmen, or go over to Cozumel... So this time, after staying in an Airbnb in Cancun for the last few days of the year, and going over to Isla Mujeres AGAIN, we caught a bus this time (rental cars were over $2000 without insurance, when before in the month of May we paid less than $600 including insurance) from Cancun down to Playa for the NewYear, and boy was that a TREAT...👍🏾 Our 4 days there in Playa was also in an Airbnb... It was nice enough and reasonably priced enough to stay there for season, and even though we are in our early 60's, we walked almost everywhere, except we hired a taxi to tour us around Playa sightseeing, since they don't have any city bus tours...😮 We also decided to catch the ferry over to Cozumel for the day, since other than Acapulco, that's the LAST of the highly advertised, SAFER Mexico beach locations, that we had not already been to... Guys, if you want to SEE the beaches they ADVERTISE on Cozumel, you'd better visit the island on a cruise ship...😮 Otherwise, you will only get see a little rocky, muddy, public "beach"...😕 We hired a taxi to tour us around the island, but he said the best beaches there were at the far end of the island, and it was too far away, with no access to those beaches, unless you were a guess at one of those PRIVATE RESORTS... Or, you took a tour excursion over there from the cruise ship... But, we seen the most beautiful PUBLIC beaches, right there in downtown Playa del Carmen, than what we seen in Cancun, Tulum, Cabo San Lucas, La Paz, Mazatlan, Puerto Vallarta, Bahia Kino, or San Carlos. The only other PUBLIC beach that came pretty close to Playa was on the Northern coast of Isla Mujeres... At far as finding a long-term rental, l would suggest you start out by renting a place that you really like, by first ordering a few nights stay through Airbnb, or Vrbo. Then, try to open up a line of communication with the owner locally, through Whatsapp, or by text. That way, you can try to negotiate something directly with them for at least 3 to 6 months at a time, by offering to pay for it all up front....🎤💣💥💨💯🤷🏿♂️
@@jackbaldwin3649 Although, it was a popular place to be for the Hollywood movie stars of the buygone years, today you NEVER see Acapulco ADVERTIZED anywhere among the best beach towns in Mexico... We took that at a SIGN, especially since we had so many OTHER beach towns in Mexico to visit...🤷🏾♂️
Hola, I'm so happy you made it over to Cozumel and have explored the region. It's such a beautiful corner of the world and I'm glad you got over to the other side of the island to see our beautiful long white sand public beaches. I understand what you're saying about the beach clubs or hotels taking up most of the beach space near town, it's how they all make a living and prime real estate so if you ever come back perhaps just hire a car for the day and explore the other side, or spend the day in Punta Sur which is the largest eco park covering the south of the island. It's a great day out and place to enjoy lunch in a calm bay to swim and relax on the beach.
WOW! PARADISE! Happy for you! We are in Seattle USA, and we are moving to the Philippines next year to open our Beach Hotel. We also love Mexico, but my wife is from the Philippines. HAPPY NEW YEARS!
My handyman/helper from Chicago moved to Playa del Carmen a year ago. He says he can easily live on $500 a month though he owns his own home and doesn’t need to spend on housing. I can see how that’s possible though you’re going to be tempted to spend more and in some cases much more because there are so many things (day trips, restaurants, etc.) that you will want to do and experience.
Of course, it's all up to how you live. I mean if you eat out every single night and travel all the time then your cost of living with sky rocket. Thankfully I love cooking so most of the time people come to my house for dinner.
We are in Cozumel now just obtained resident visa. Trying to find short term/long term apartment for less than 1000$ in decent location and decent amenities. We have been walking about 20k steps a day so we don’t mind walking to go get tacos/groceries. Can you share the name of the place you are renting or the contact? Right now we are very discouraged as to what we are seeing with renting price…..any help is appreciated….
Hi and welcome to Cozumel. Of course I can make recommendations and would love to help you. What's your email or FB and I'll send you some information.
@@jackbaldwin3649 I feel like she was purposfully showing "her villa" with the slow scan up and down it to make it seem like that´s what $500 gets you. Rents in Cozumel have gotten crazy and I can assume that her "villa" is just a small studio
Great vid. Sat on the Ferry Dock in Playa many times and said I should check out Cozumel..Was just in Playa again for 5 weeks.....Now am I certain I made a mistake by not buying a ferry ticket. ( Years ago.) Soon!
Playa's great too so I'm glad you had a wonderful time there. Yes next time, jump on the ferry and come see Coz, I love it here, and the entire region!
We do have some little crocodiles down in the eco park on the southern end of the island. But they aren't a bother to anyone that I know of. I've seen people doing mangrove restoration in the water with them and they don't get bothered.
I'm an Aussie love but most people think I'm British which I kind of like, I love their accent! They always sound so lovely so thank you for thinking I was from England. I feel a little classier now.
Hello do you or someone you know, if the people at INM office in Cozumel speak English? Or do you know of a facilitator to help me with part two of my temporary residency?
@@julsgriffith5198 - Hi, yes the lady at the front counter of the Immigration office speaks English and can help you. they will also give you a list of what you need to provide and go through it with you so it's as easy as just ticking off what is needed and returning with it.
beautiful video, the location is where i hopefully get to soon, especially since i fish often. can you please tell me the name of the apartment, so i can investigate. god bless
Hi, of course I'm happy to help. I took the Mayab local bus. It cost us $40 pesos from the ADO Playa del Carmen (tourist terminal near the ferry) and dropped us at the Akumal stop on the highway. From there you can walk into Akumal like we did, or take a taxi. It was the same price as the collectivo we took back but way more comfortable.
Hi Jack, I used Google translate to read through the contract. It was very standard and I've lived here for five years now in these villas so didn't feel the need for a lawyer.
I am planning to make my move very soon! I'll be in mexico next week for a very short time, for vacation but mainly to gather some information from the locals! Does Bel have an email address that I can contact her at?
So I now realize these are just PUFF pieces, to make us think they know the areas and markets , but real people seem to know better, and they NEVER answer anything , it's post and forget, this is about the 4th time I have tried on there different channels. And I looked it up there is no bus to cozumel from Akumal or wherever, they say collective is the only way to get to most of these places , and Cozumel is much more expensive than she leads us to believe, not sure why they do this,I thought this was a magazine to assist people.
Bad example amigo, "The best way to get from Cozumel to Akumal without a car is to ferry and bus via Playa del Carmen which takes 2h 21m and costs $270 - $490. How long does it take to get from Cozumel to Akumal? It takes approximately 2h 21m to get from Cozumel to Akumal, including transfers." I'm not disagree that some videos by Int'l Living and others appear to be 'puff' pieces that leave a lot of relevant information out unfortunately.
Hi, I'm going through and answering all of the questions in comments now. I answered the bus question in your comment above, but am happy to do so again here. There are three ways to get from Playa del Carmen (after you get off the ferry from Cozumel) to Akumal. You can take an ADO bus, a slightly smaller local bus line called Mayab which you take from the ADO terminal, or by collectivo. All will drop you off on the Akumal stop on the highway just over half an hour after leaving Playa del Carmen.
There are many different banks on the island, both Mexican and International so a quick Google search will answer if there is a branch of your bank located on Cozumel.