hey friends
we have been in phuket now for two whole
months so in today's video i'm going to
tell you the cost of living in thailand
specifically phuket be sure to watch
this video right to the end because i'm
going to cover everything you need to
know accommodation food transport and
all that good stuff so without further
ado i'm gonna jump straight in and talk
to you about coffee and food typically
we eat here at delish every day for
brunch especially after the gym because
we love the food and the coffee is one
of the best we've had in phuket it is
slightly more expensive than your
average how much six to five but 100
worth it in my opinion but then on the
other end we eat at local thai places
where we'll spend a lot lot less i would
say on average we spend around 300 baht
per meal three times a day now let's
talk about accommodation so we've been
in staying in rawai which is right in
the south of phuket and if you're a
digital nomad i would highly recommend
this area because there are lots of
digital nomads here we decided to stay
here at the proud condominium in rawai
they've got a few different room options
in this condominium and we decided to go
for the medium one bedroom apartment
which is beautiful and i'm going to do a
full condo tour of the whole place
in the next vlog so if you don't want to
miss that subscribe to this channel for
this one bedroom apartment we pay 25 000
baht however there are other condos in
phuket which are cheaper than this for
example our friend ash you know party
shirt trader who you saw on the previous
vlog he pays 13 000 baht to live in his
apartment and i guess if you stay over a
longer period of time they'll likely
give you a discounted rate but from what
i saw on average in phuket for a one
month stay in a condo it was roughly
around 20 to 25 000 baht let's talk
about the next thing that we love to do
to keep us fit healthy and well healthy
wealth and all that that is the gym we
go to fx gym which is in rawai
it is probably one of the cheapest gyms
that there are in this area but the cost
of our gym memberships per month is 1
000 bar per person but the good thing
about fx gym is that if you have two
people that sign up together then you
get discount and they're often doing
loads of different sales get fit
moving on to something which is opposite
to health but something that we pretty
much look forward to
one night a week
and that is going out on bangla road
roughly one beer would be around a 100
baht i like to drink cocktails depending
on where you go they can be from 150
baht all the way up to 250 baht
depending on how crazy we want to get
you know how wild we're feeling the
nights out will vary in price but
in the recent video on bangladesh if you
haven't seen it you can go and watch it
here i was in person for most of the day
drinking and then went to bangla road
and then we ended up in a club and we
also bought a bottle when we was in the
club we spent around 7 000 baht that
night so we went pretty wild but for the
most part when we go out on a night out
then we would spend nothing more than
around 2 000 bar let's talk about
transport
there are loads of different styles of
bikes obviously the bigger newer nicer
bikes will cost a lot more we've got
this bike right here which is a pcx
honda pcx whatever that means i don't
know i have nothing to do with that
charlie is the one that picks which
transport we have typically for one
month we pay 5 000 baht and the average
price for a bike just per day in phuket
is around 200 to 250 baht which is
basically the same all over thailand
there you go if you want to buy a brand
new bike like that one which is very
very nice he said ten thousand dollars
it's very nice bike another monthly
expense and one of the most important
expenses is insurance because charlie
and i are both digital nomads we are
traveling around constantly we both use
safety wing and we both pay 30 pounds
per month for our cover if you're also a
digital nomad looking for insurance i
would highly recommend safety wings i
have an affiliate link in the
description box so feel free to use it
but more specifically in thailand i
would always recommend mr prakan there
are various different types of cover
that you can choose from so if you are
specifically looking for something such
as motorcycle cover they do have options
for that as well on average for the most
basic cover on mr prachen it's around 40
to 45 pounds per month i also have a
link to mr prepkin in the description
box if you want to use it and another
thing for you guys who like me aren't
blessed with amazing eyesight contact
lenses i buy all my contact lenses in
thailand because buying them all in the
uk i would have no way to put them in my
suitcase so i buy them all here and for
this box of 30 lenses which will last 30
days so for one month it's around 2500
baht so they are
definitely more expensive here than in
the uk but
you guys got to see what she's doing for
those of you who are wondering where i
get these from i get them from top
cherry on
i think that's how you say it and it's
an optician that you'll find in most
places if you can't find these opticians
most of them probably do sell contact
lenses anyway so to sum up this video
we've been here for two months and the
cost of living for the first month for
us was 3
600 pounds so great british pounds that
was our first month here and that is for
both of us so the two others and then
our second month here in phuket we have
spent a total of 3050
great british pounds for some of you
this is gonna be super expensive but
we're just speaking on our experience we
know some people who definitely live
within a budget and can do it
for half of this price but charlie and i
we don't like to feel like we have to
scrimp and scrape we just
get it if we want it we'll stay in a bit
of a nicer place because we're fortunate
enough to be able to
afford that and there are also two
others so we split