hello everyone and welcome back to another video here in Greece if you happen to be new around
here my name is Trevor this is Anna we are the delightful travellers if you're not new it's nice
to see all you guys again today we're going to be talking about the cost of living here in Greece
yeah we've been here for a little bit to a month maybe more than a month actually now that I think
about it a month and a half so we've cut together a little bit of information that'll hopefully
be helpful to you if you're planning on either living here or coming here for a little period
of time and want to know how much it's going to cost quick disclaimer we do not live here full
time and we're not buying a house we just wanted to say that because sometimes we do get questions
but because we've been here for quite a while we hope this video can help you out so let's start
off with the biggest cost that you're going to have which is an apartment rental We're not gonna
talk about hotels here because we're not staying in a hotel if you're coming for a long term in the
cost of living you're probably not going to be at hotel however we are sort of staying in like
a short-term accommodation it's a cross between like sort of a hotel but sort of an apartment
they call them pensions here I mean we've been in other countries and they've they labeled them that
as well so because of that what we're paying is a little higher but we do have some amenities that
have come along with that price like we have a pool here you can get daily cleaning yeah there's
daily cleanings we don't need that but it's great and we're right in town so lots of perks there now
what are we paying so we ended up spending 1500 Euros a month for that which some people are
going to think is really really high but we think we're getting a lot out of it especially the pool
yeah and also just a disclaimer for anyone that's watching this we're here in the month of October
so we're at the end of the season getting into like from shoulder season I guess to low season
so don't expect to pay that in say July oh no no in low season it's great that the we have the
pool basically because it is a little cooler if you're on the beach there's not too many people
on the beach like sunbathing but because we have the pool and we're sheltered from the wind because
it's windy around here we're actually using it almost every single day yeah even on the little
poop of a slightly cooler days it's really yeah now we did have friends that were also here and
we know their place they had a pension without a pool and it was about 25. 25 Euro or something
like that maybe 25 pounds I forget exactly what they paid uh what currency it was in but there
you go so just if you take out one of those that was the studio apartment that was a studio
we also did a little bit of research before we booked this place we had some other places in mind
there was another apartment we almost booked there was a basement apartment but it was beautiful
inside it didn't look like a basement like it seemed to have big windows and everything and I
think it was about 700 or 800 Euros for the night so it would have been significantly cheaper but
no pool so if you are wondering about long-term rentals we're obviously not doing that and but
it will be significantly less if you're you know renting for six months a year that kind of thing
I tried to look online to find some prices for you did come up with some stuff I found an apartment
that was like the cheapest one I found I think was a one bedroom and it was 450 euros but not
in the town you found an expensive one but then I found a studio that was I think right in in the
main part of town and it was 1200 at four studio for one month but it was beautiful inside but then
you can also find a house out of town for like 800 or so so it really seems to be how new it is
how modern if it's furnished where it's located so you can be all over the place yeah there's lots of
options like for being an island there's a lot of different options in different places that you can
rent or stay at next up on the list is electricity now one of the perks uh with where we're staying
is our electricity is included which is nice because there's air conditioning as well but
that's not always the case we did talk to a local here and tried to get a little bit of the lowdown
on how it works yeah but just to clarify that a little bit I think if you're renting something
very short term you're probably not going to be paying for your utilities but if you're paying
for a longer term it may not be included in your rental price so the guy we talked to he said he
has a two bedroom apartment it's about 55 square meters and he he said prices of electricity have
gone up significantly in the past little while um because the price of gas and oil yeah so I think
uh it's he said it was 70 euros a month 70 70 Euro a month so that's that's quite a bit I'd be
curious if he has an air conditioner we didn't ask him that or if if that's what's making the cost
piece so high but yeah that's on par with what we would pay in Canada where we're from right but
again it depends on the size of the uni you have if you have an apartment or a small condo you're
going to pay less if you have a big house or Villa you're going to pay more I mean that's like that
everywhere so hope you find that helpful so next up a utility that you again probably wouldn't have
to pay for if you're doing a short-term rental but water again we talked to some people local
people and they said they pay about 30 Euros a month for an apartment the next category we're
going to talk about is internet and cable TV we'll kind of put them together here so surprisingly the
speeds are very fast which is great for us when it comes to internet you get about 100 megabits down
and 10 megabits up and the price seems to be about 20 to 30 dollars I think it can range per month or
Euros right euros and cable about the same thing I don't know if you can get it but like at home
home in Canada we can get stuff bundle together I don't know if they do that kind of thing here but
separately cable seems to be about 20 to 25 Euros per month next up on the list is restaurants if
you're coming to Greece it's a safe bet that you're going to be eating at some delicious
restaurants eating all of the Greek food it's one of our favorite things to do here now surprisingly
it's not very expensive although it can be there's different styles of restaurants and here now
right now when I say here we should preface this we're in naxos Greece we're not speaking for the
absolute entire country but I imagine some other areas of Greece are very similar to the setup here
yeah and I would say food at restaurants in Greece in general isn't super super cheap we're not
talking about southeast Asia here no but it's also not crazy expensive either you can you can eat out
for a pretty good breath yeah we also noticed that the portions are massive like everywhere
we eat we usually split a meal so just to get into some prices there if we're splitting let's
say a slovaki dish it's a problem Osaka something like that it's probably a hovering between like 9
to 15 Euro depending where you're going but we split that so that saves us a lot of money also
then you get into some of the Greek wine so if you like wine like we do you can get the Greek
local wine for like four Euros four to five euro for a half liter it's lovely so we end up I'd say
in general spending anywhere from 20 to 35 to eat dinner out yeah just so that's pretty good when
you think about it because if you can easily spend a lot more in uh well we're from Canada I'll just
compare it to that now there is some high-end restaurants here that are kind of uh trendy
let's call it that and you can spend a whole lot more like we did eat at a burger place and it
was delicious delicious food but each Burger was hovered I think around 15 Euro to I don't know if
it was 20 but around 18 so you can see that can add up quickly they also didn't have the local
Greek wine that we know and love yeah I think they had like seven euro per glass for a glass of wine
so that gets a little bit more pricey however if you want to eat it very very cheaply you can go
get a Euro wrap for like three to four Euros it's a great uh lunchtime food I just wouldn't eat them
every single day while we're on the topic of food let's talk about grocery prices because
if you're coming to stay here for a while chances are you're going to be grocery shopping we went to
Supermarket the other day and got some prices for you on some of the basics obviously this
is not everything but we just thought we'd go for like some of the things that most people would be
buying um a loaf of bread just the basic like not from the bakery but just you know like a loaf of
bread would seemed to be somewhere between like 1 30 and 2 to 250. probably depending on the quality
eggs uh it was about two for a half dozen and like that went up again from there so starting at two
um milk was 180 for one liter and pasta one of the smaller bags was about 150 and of course it goes
up from there when you get bigger and more high quality and rice some of the smaller bags were
under a Euro and of course again as you get into the bigger and better quality stuff it gets more
expensive from there next we'll talk about meat and this one was hard for us to get a price on
because there's like an official Butcher and then everything was written in Greek we could see some
prices and some of the shots you're seeing now but we just didn't know if it was like per kilogram
or per pound so the best we can tell you is we did pay about 10 euro for two enormous chicken
breasts one day so that should probably give you somewhat of an idea but by all means if there's
any Greeks watching please chime in you might have seen the prices on the screen and you'll
be able to tell us if that was like kilograms it just didn't have the measurements so we weren't
quite sure some other things to note here so wine is just under 10 euro for a three liter box yeah
okay with boxes of wine you can get boxes here for under 10 euros so that's really good yeah but it's
you can obviously get bottles of wine too and they can range anywhere I mean I've seen some
prices like two Euro which is like the really local stuff and it can go way higher of course
because there's fancy wine uh in Greece as well uh beer we all like our beer well at least we do
anyway it's about 90 uh cents for a regular can and uh one Euro and 30 cents for a large can so
that's that's a good price if you want a six pack of beer it's about 4.95 Euros so again not too bad
next up on the list is travel insurance something you should never travel without we typically use
a company called Safety Wing it's a great one for digital Nomads which is what we are but also great
just for regular Travelers as well because you can do long term and you can do short term and
I think it's like 30 or 40 a month and that would be US Dollars yeah it's pretty good it's just done
through a website we'll leave a link for it if you guys are interested and you want to check it out
but we use it we've been using it for years and we definitely recommend yeah by the way this is not
sponsored at all they have sponsored Us in the past we just wanted to throw that out there but
we're just big fans of that next up we're going to talk about phone plans so we all need data when we
travel specifically that's all we ever get I don't know about you guys but we just stick with data we
have been using e-syncs now which has just changed the game for us entirely because I think you have
to be really careful with e-sims about the fact that sometimes in certain countries the e-sim can
be way the data can be way more expensive than if you went and got an actual SIM card in the country
yeah but if you're only paying like maybe five or ten extra Euros or dollars or whatever it can
be worth it it might be worth it just to save on the hassle so we're paying 25 Euro for 10 gigs a
month now I'm sure you can get a better deal like we just said although that's not bad it's still
a lot cheaper than our good old Canadian Sim plan so I did try to find out how much an actual phone
plan is here and it's hard to find online so I'm not so sure Cosmo I know a few years ago we bought
a plan through them but that was four ish years ago and I think it was around 20 euros for 10 gigs
something like so I don't know it's probably a lot better now but yeah but they need to be
better about putting stuff on their website again if any Greeks are watching please let us know in
the comments below what you guys pay for Mobile plans and so those are gonna find it helpful next
up on the list is transportation now probably the most cost effective way to get around is
the local bus so the bus goes to different places here on the island most times it's a little under
two Euro and you can get to a lot of places so that's the best way to get around that's the
affordable way yeah so I think it's a little less into Euro for the local beaches so places we've
been doing other videos and probably go to in future videos and uh but I mean I think when you
get farther away they're like the from more room Road towns it gets a little bit more expensive
also of course you can get rental cars in the summer I don't know the prices going backward
here in shoulder seasoning we can just walk out and get a car anytime we want because there's
not that many tours here and right now it's about 30 Euro for the day yeah 30 Euro for the day for
like a basic small car now if you want something a little fancier with the top down you're going to
pay more but I think we got some prices like 50 40 or 50. so there you go you can also run quad
bikes as well they're sometimes the same price as cars so it just kind of depends but just so
you know there's lots of different ways to get around the island next up in the final category
is gas you're gonna need some gas to get around when you're renting your cars and we are filming
this towards the end of October and the price that we saw on all the gas stations here at the moment
is about 2 Euro and 22 cents for a liter yeah not cheap but you know where the price of gas
will go from here so by the time you're watching this it could be way cheaper are getting way more
expensive yeah I'd be curious again if there's Greeks watching like what was the price a year
ago or even two years ago because we do know gas is going up everywhere in the world it seems like
all costs of everything it's the cost of living is going up everywhere in the world but let us know
if the prices really shot up a lot so if we missed anything or if we feel like we were way off with
this price please leave a comment below and help other people out because I'm sure a lot of people
are going to be coming and watching this video just to get some help on figuring out prices of
things so do correct yeah we've done a few videos like this before and we're always going to miss a
category there's probably something really obvious that we missed and I'm sure you'll let us know but
if there is especially if there's Greeks watching just put some costs down below because it really
helps others out that's why we make the videos in the first place so if you got this far in the
video once again it's Trevor and a delightful Travelers most of the time we're outside doing
things today we thought we'd switch it up and just sit down and talk about costs but we do have lots
of previous Greek videos that we were doing lots of fun stuff and I'm sure there'll be plenty more
videos coming up there definitely is going to be a lot of fun things we've got some big big plans
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us on the road all right guys that's it from naxos Greece wishing you delightful travels see you soon