Too Many Choices Makes Me Crazy

from has written 205 comments

"You get what you earn" NANA WoW always said.

I think that goes for hotel rooms also.

from has written 205 comments

Forgive me for commenting twice but " Barry Schwartz"
Is a Liberal New Yorker who says "do as I say, not as I do" millionaire.
Taking advice from this guy is like taking advice from a drug dealer.

Every third world person who can understand this says " OK lets trade places"
enough said.

answer is... Barry Schwartz is like President Barry Obama ,would never trade places
to have less choices. It is Bizarre thinking that only the rich can afford to contemplate.

Chuck Wow
Philosophy major
RLU

Real Life University
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How much a month are you paying for this room???

Gadget from has written 1,020 comments

I pay 50 Quetzals per day, therefore for a 30 day month, paying 50 Q per day, it is 1500.

1,500.00 GTQ = 187.219 USD

I am laughing, there is a man next door who has an apartment in the building for 100 dollars per month. He moves out on Wednesday, I am thinking...

There is a push and pull for me, I like to move around, so committing for one month is not needed, plus I can afford to pay 87 more dollars for mobile freedom.

One U.S. dollars is about 8 Quetzals, I have not asked the monthly rate, but I think maybe 1200 or 1000.

Ooops, I am in the Hotel San Antonio, it is on the water more or less.

Asiabill from has written 260 comments

"A person who is from the USA" who prospers rents rooms at lower rates than 90 of the locally owned hotels, guest houses,hostels, and inns. The best way for someone to get a rough idea about monthly rentals before going to a country is to check the average annual individual and household income to know what the locals can afford. More and more newspapers are on-line so it's possible to check the larger newspapers' classified ads for monthly rentals and even if it's not in the exact location where you plan to stay monthly you get a general idea about the cost of living.

For me it's the staff and other guests staying at the hotel when I am there which I remember the most. Most of the rooms I stay just overnight I barely remember. I haven't stayed any particular location outisde the Philippines more than a week for many years finding myself getting "homesick" after a few months "on the road".

Who knows, on this upcoming trip I'm planning to travel 5 months as I will be helping our daughter move out of Hawaii early 2011. If everything works out with her taking over our Manila location 6 months a year then I'll be able to travel extensively 6 to 8 months / year.

Gadget from has written 1,020 comments

Yes, I figure out how much the average person earns per day, the figure they cannot pay more than 25 percent of that number for rent.

This is the Goal amount I would want to pay for these countries for an Apartment with Stove and Fridge, and maybe half that for just a room.

Afghanistan --- 17.63
Albania --- 84.25
Algeria --- 62.65
Angola --- 36.06
Antigua and Barbuda --- 174.29
Argentina --- 168.74
Armenia --- 31.6
Australia --- 391.01
Austria --- 287.05
Azerbaijan --- 29.08
Bahamas --- 211.32
Bahrain --- 0
Bangladesh --- 17.34
Barbados --- 152.2
Belarus --- 50.08
Belgium --- 387.45
Belize --- 109.87
Benin --- 32.18
Bhutan --- 32.24
Bolivia --- 48.8
Bosnia and Herzegovina --- 97.64
Botswana --- 56.67
Brazil --- 86.2
Brunei --- 0
Bulgaria --- 82.99
Burkina Faso --- 37.32
Burundi --- 1.91
Cambodia --- 13.81
Cameroon --- 27.92
Canada --- 333.58
Cape Verde --- 40.38
Central African Republic --- 7.58
Chad --- 29.75
Chile --- 111.62
People's Republic of China --- 0
Republic of China (Taiwan) --- 245.14
Colombia --- 105.08
Comoros --- 31.29
Democratic Republic of the Congo --- 8.45
Republic of the Congo --- 39.6
Costa Rica --- 82.58
Côte d'Ivoire --- 29.3
Croatia --- 166.83
Cuba --- 4.71
Cyprus --- 245.59
Northern Cyprus N/A --- 0
Czech Republic --- 139.56
Denmark --- 478.29
Djibouti --- 0
Dominica --- 156.43
Dominican Republic --- 30.88
East Timor --- 105.86
Ecuador --- 117.02
Egypt N/A --- 0
El Salvador --- 43.79
Equatorial Guinea N/A --- 0
Eritrea --- 14.63
Estonia --- 117.6
Ethiopia --- 23.42
Fiji --- 0
Finland --- 0
France --- 360.88
Gabon --- 63.86
The Gambia --- 33.68
Georgia --- 5.53
Germany --- 0
Ghana --- 16.58
Greece --- 274.97
Grenada --- 135.8
Guatemala --- 58.01
Guinea --- 0
Guinea-Bissau --- 19.34
Guyana --- 55.77
Haiti --- 16.25
Honduras --- 165.68
Hong Kong --- 161.49
Hungary --- 133.09
Iceland --- 0
India N/A --- 0
Indonesia --- 22.6
Iran --- 136.09
Iraq --- 27.37
Ireland --- 365.2
Israel --- 263.69
Italy --- 0
Jamaica --- 79.29
Japan --- 226.58
Jordan --- 59.49
Kazakhstan --- 28.93
Kenya --- 17.88
Kiribati --- 236.53
North Korea N/A --- 0
South Korea --- 230.28
Kosovo --- 41.49
Kuwait --- 172.6
Kyrgyzstan --- 5.24
Laos --- 21.58
Latvia --- 105.92
Lebanon --- 139.93
Lesotho --- 14.86
Liberia N/A --- 0
Libya --- 23.65
Liechtenstein— --- 0
Lithuania --- 112.58
Luxembourg --- 415.01
Republic of Macedonia --- 0
Madagascar --- 21.58
Malawi --- 10.66
Malaysia --- 89.53
Maldives --- 67.97
Mali --- 26.98
Malta --- 281.42
Marshall Islands N/A --- 0
Mauritania --- 41.14
Mauritius --- 36.43
Mexico --- 37.19
Micronesia --- 53.42
Moldova --- 16.64
Monaco N/A --- 0
Mongolia --- 40.83
Montenegro --- 31.4
Morocco --- 57.1
Mozambique N/A --- 0
Myanmar --- 8.42
Namibia --- 0
Nauru N/A --- 0
Nepal --- 43.64
Netherlands --- 394.58
New Zealand --- 350.67
Nicaragua --- 46.46
Niger --- 29.26
Nigeria --- 28.91
Norway --- 0
Oman --- 114.31
Pakistan --- 62.05
Palau --- 106.85
Panama --- 86.63
Papua New Guinea --- 63.1
Paraguay --- 139.54
Peru --- 89.4
Philippines --- 42.7
Poland --- 170.73
Portugal --- 192.06
Qatar --- 0
Romania --- 71.42
Russia --- 57.92
Rwanda --- 10.95
Saint Kitts and Nevis --- 171.12
Saint Lucia --- 26.22
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines --- 89.4
Samoa --- 68.94
San Marino --- 326.12
São Tomé and Príncipe --- 17.49
Saudi Arabia --- 121.66
Senegal --- 32.63
Serbia --- 95.53
Seychelles --- 130.71
Sierra Leone --- 4.5
Singapore --- 0
Slovakia --- 128.94
Slovenia --- 200.88
Solomon Islands --- 21.14
Somalia --- 0
South Africa --- 52.62
Spain --- 232.38
Sri Lanka --- 34.73
Sudan --- 22.19
Suriname --- 80.12
Swaziland --- 18.18
Sweden --- 0
Switzerland --- 318.72
Syria --- 55.79
Tajikistan --- 10.95
Tanzania --- 34.68
Thailand --- 47.42
Togo --- 28.77
Tonga --- 0
Trinidad and Tobago --- 66.88
Tunisia --- 61.91
Turkey --- 151.56
Turkmenistan --- 51.92
Tuvalu --- 57.6
Uganda --- 2.22
Ukraine --- 52.87
United Arab Emirates --- 0
United Kingdom --- 459.76
United States --- 309.86
Uruguay --- 64.56
Uzbekistan --- 11.98
Vanuatu --- 109.97
Venezuela --- 157.58
Vietnam --- 21.66
Western Sahara N/A --- 0
Yemen --- 0
Zambia --- 21.43
Zimbabwe N/A --- 0