hi guys it's me again Jen if you're new here I'm a Filipina living in Ireland and I'm sharing some of
my stories here in my YouTube channel from someone who's been living all their life in big cities
like in Manila in the Philippines in telangor in Malaysia I can say living in the countryside here
in Ireland has been a breath of fresh air nothing beats the peace and quiet the breathtaking views
just right outside your doorstep and the quality of life but the reality is there are these things
that keep on biting me in the ass every now and again with the current situation in Dublin the
Sky High Cost of Living intense competition and accommodation there's a lot of expats and even
locals who are now thinking of moving out of the city which makes sense that's what makes
sense living outside of the city means lower cost of living and more ability to indulge yourself in
the Irish culture if you're an expat in Ireland I reckon you love to travel and you love Adventures
if you move out of Dublin there are three things that's gonna make this difficult how do I even
start first and foremost all of the embassies are in Dublin so if you are like me who own a rather
weak passport then you probably need to apply for Visa every time you travel around Europe or
elsewhere and that's the problem prepare yourself for extra costs extra days of wasted and extra
hassle let's use a real example myself and let's start with extra costs worst case scenario you'll
need to spend additional 300 Euros just for your Visa appointment mind you that's on top of the
visa application fee and I'm gonna break it down to you first of all since you're living outside of
Dublin you need to travel to the Embassy from Kerry I have four options on how I can reach
Dublin by car by bus by plane and by Train by car you could be spending around the 100 to 120 euros
in petrol round trip travel time would be around three and a half hours non-stop however this is
actually my least option because driving in Dublin could be a little tricky even Derek hate it plus I
won't be able to do anything else if I'm driving the boss this is the cheapest because you can get
a 50 Euro round-trip ticket travel time would be around four to five hours however this is at the
bottom of my list as well because unfortunately I get dizzy in the bus the plane you can actually
get a round-trip ticket from Kerry to Dublin for only 40 euros yes 20 euros one way but not
only if you're only bringing a small bag with you because if you're bringing a cabin back then you
need to add around 30 Euros for that one way now you think that that is cheaper than the bus right
but actually it's not because you need to consider either the cost of the parking if you're driving
to the airport or the cause of the train if you're taking the train from Tralee to farnford so give
or take 60 to 70 euros if you're taking the plane yeah the flight time could only be 45 minutes to
one hour but then you need to consider the time that you're waiting in the airport now if you've
seen this video of mine you might have heard me say that we have the best airport here in Kerry
and that's true 30 minutes before your flight and you're still gonna make it however there
is additional time for the travel to the airport could be around 30 minutes to one and a half hours
depending if you're driving or taking the train in total you'll still be traveling for let's say
three hours it's not looking good right the last and final option for me me is the train and this
is the best one for me this can cost you around 50 euros if you book really early so that's 25
Euros one way if you're a little bit late kind of booking this the last minute then you'll be
looking at around 70 euros round trip travel time then will be four hours to me the time flies in
the train I just sit there I open my laptop I can do work for work also for some personal matters
like editing my videos planning for the next content and so on however just the same with the
other options there is always a downside sometimes if you're unlucky you could be in the same coach
with a loud group and because of that you won't be able to really focus on what you're doing
it's a public transportation so you can just rely that other people would be purchase about it but
you can't really tell them to be quiet this train situation is what brings me to point number two
Irish Rail has a free Wi-Fi on board you would expect since Ireland is a first world country
internet connection will be more powerful and more stable however the Wi-Fi on board is not
as great as you'd want it to be there are dead spots there's no connection at all so if you
plan to work in the train just be careful not to rely on the Wi-Fi on board because you could end
up being in a very important call and then the internet drops off you want to avoid that so you
need to be ready to work offline as I've done this a lot of times already what I normally do
when I travel by the train is just I make sure that I don't have any calls it's really going
to be tricky to stay online also in the Train the noise could be a little bit loud that you're not
really able to hear the people you're talking to or on the flip side there's too much noise
in the background that everyone else on your call get disrupted definitely the train is fit
for working especially for people like me who can do the job remotely however if you plan to work
during the trip make sure that you have work that can be done offline or better yet just do work
for personal stuff however the knockoff of that is that you'll be using one of your days off just for
the appointment which is evolves so imagine that's only the first part of the extra costs because
there's also the accommodation piece of it I'm lucky because I have some friends in Dublin shout
out to my friend Everton pressie for always always accommodating me when the circumstances permit but
then what if all your friends are not available on your appointment date or what if the time
slot that you got doesn't work in any of those four options that we just talked about earlier
the obvious answer is you will need to book a hotel or a BNB or a room the going rate
at the moment based on recent experience is around 200 to 250 euros per night oh
now we're down to the third point and this is also related to traveling I travel a lot for
personal vacations and for work so I really understand the problem with the connectivity
of these flights because if the outpound flight from Dublin to the Final Destination
I don't like Final Destination
so I really understand the problem with the flight connectivity because there's only two
flights from Kerry to Dublin one in the morning and one in the evening if your album flight from
Dublin to your destination doesn't work with the arrival time of those two flights then
what are you gonna do like the obvious answer there is you need to prepare yourself for an extra
travel time based on experience quite recently I traveled to Poland for work normally the flight
from Dublin to Poland is just three hours but for me it took more than eight hours the hassle
is real what brought me to this video is that I've been going to Dublin in the last three months and
there's another one next month just sometimes I tell myself maybe it's good if I live in Dublin
but then I realize that it's actually not because I believe that benefits of living
outside of Dublin living here in Kerry still outweigh the cons by a high magnitude and anyway
I was thinking if I'm living in Dublin maybe I won't even have the money to travel that much so
you know definitely I won't be living Kerry so that's it guys I'm not trying to give out just
trying to give you guys some real insights on the struggles of living outside of Dublin I
still hope that you do because it's really nice I'm an advocate of that you will see from the
videos that I post yeah I'll see you again in the next video ciao there's just these things
that there's just these things there's just these things that there's just they're this