Living In The Philippines Website

April 4th, 2009 |

Author: Matt

This is one website that is very out of date. Infact a recent retiree to the Philippines believed the information on this site and was very disappointed when he arrived because it was nothing like expected. It seems almost a decade out of date on information. I don’t know why the owner hasn’t kept it upto date because it has all the information but like reading a back issue rather than the World Wide Web. I have also used the forums relating to this site and was instantly attacked by one of the forum users (not sure if a mod). Who seemed very stuck in his ways and unwilling to accept other peoples points of views even though his narrow view was very wrong. Anyway its worth a visit but I wouldn’t believe anything on it but it will give you the right questions to look elsewhere. I wouldn’t buy any of the E-books either by the way I purchased one when I originally was coming to the Philippines the first time. Nothing but complete crap more of trying to fill pages with words than offering any information save your money and if you want real advice just buy me a beer one afternoon.

The life of maids,drivers etc. for a retired person is unrealistic because simply most people don’t bother and don’t need them. Aswell as the fact the majority of retirees are living in 2 – 3 bedroom houses not a mansion. The cost of housing has greatly increased in the Philippines especially round the city areas if you want a mansion you are either going to have to live in the middle of no where or pay excess amounts. A Sub-division house of around 150sqm is going to set you back around P4m+ so getting a large sized house is only going to come about if you build it on a lot with a tight budget.

I’m not trying to damage the site it simply needs up dating and telling people the truth. I may hurt the authors feelings but I know of at least one person who believed this drivel who ended up arriving here on a fixed pension and budget to realise that his mansion is a small sub-division house and the maids,driver and yaya are infact his partner there is no budget for other people in the house. Also if you look at the site I would have one major question how much do you think the owner has made from the new people arriving over new business ventures in the Philippines to increase his monthly budget?

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jeepney

Ouch! Hope you don’t hurt Paul’s feelings with what you’ve posted…. He’s one of the contributors on that website. lol He ‘s even one of the “resident gurus” on their yahoo group. lol Funny that he hasn’t posted his stale advert on tropicalpenpals -iloilo…. yet.
jeepney

Ouch! Hope you don’t hurt Paul’s feelings with what you’ve posted…. He’s one of the contributors on that website. lol He ‘s even one of the “resident gurus” on their yahoo group. lol Funny that he hasn’t posted his stale advert on tropicalpenpals -iloilo…. yet.
http://www.tropicalpenpals.com Tropicalpenpals

Its not a personal attack on anyone. The truth is it does go a bit stale on the forums as very few new things happen. A lot of the information gets circulated by new people asking old questions. Business development etc. areas that need to be developed never seem to change. For someone living in the Philippines it is old news which is recycled..after about 6 months of reading it. What advert are you talking about? havent spoken to Paul the last couple of weeks as he is busy with a project.
Matt Wilkie

Its not a personal attack on anyone. The truth is it does go a bit stale on the forums as very few new things happen. A lot of the information gets circulated by new people asking old questions. Business development etc. areas that need to be developed never seem to change. For someone living in the Philippines it is old news which is recycled..after about 6 months of reading it. What advert are you talking about? havent spoken to Paul the last couple of weeks as he is busy with a project.
jeepney

Just Google him.

There’s no way to really tell how one adapt or live here in the Philippines unless they came here to experience the so called life. It’s funny reading at the forums when expats moan and whinge about this and that. Come on, this is the Philippines, most come here to retire and this is a third world country you can’t expect everything to be perfect.
jeepney

Just Google him.

There’s no way to really tell how one adapt or live here in the Philippines unless they came here to experience the so called life. It’s funny reading at the forums when expats moan and whinge about this and that. Come on, this is the Philippines, most come here to retire and this is a third world country you can’t expect everything to be perfect.
http://www.tropicalpenpals.com Tropicalpenpals

I dont offer perfection.. like I was stating regarding electronics better to bring your own and plan ahead. Thats not complaining but allowing people to prepare and ship stuff out in advance as many people leave a lot of the household gear behind thinking they will just buy new.
Matt Wilkie

I dont offer perfection.. like I was stating regarding electronics better to bring your own and plan ahead. Thats not complaining but allowing people to prepare and ship stuff out in advance as many people leave a lot of the household gear behind thinking they will just buy new.
http://www.tropicalpenpals.com Tropicalpenpals

whats your connection to Paul btw?
Matt Wilkie

whats your connection to Paul btw?
jeepney

Just an old drinking buddy.
jeepney

Just an old drinking buddy.

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Living In The Philippines Website