Cost of Living in the Dominican Republic - We Paid $50 for Rent!

¡Hola chicos! I know it's seem impossible to believe that we only paid around US$50 a month for our studio, but we did. Before continuing further please note: I AM NOT SUGGESTING THAT ANYONE ELSE SHOULD LIVE IN A $50/MONTH STUDIO. FOR PEOPLE NOT FROM THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, I HIGHLY SUGGEST LIVING CLOSE TO TOURIST AREAS FIRST. THEN, WHEN YOU HAVE LIVED THERE FOR A WHILE AND KNOW MORE, AND HAVE LEARNED MORE ABOUT THE COUNTRY, THEN YOU CAN LOOK AT OTHER OPTIONS. You can't just barge in someone else's country and try and do whatever you want. Learn first, and then do more. A lot of you may want to move to the Dominican Republic and are trying to calculate costs. Well, I can at least start with helping you by telling you how much our rent was. In the Dominican Republic, how much you pay for rent depends on where you stay, what kind of amenities you want, and more. You can live very simple, or you can live lavishly. Afterall, there are billionaires and millionaires that either have homes there and travel back and forth, or they actually reside in the country. So, you can imagine what kind of homes they have! You should take a look at this place we stayed at in Punta Cana. I believe these were condos. I'm a little confused about them though. I don't know if they were mainly for people to rent for a long period of time, or if they were just renting them out like a hotel. In either case, we had a 3 bedroom place the weekend we went together and it was nice! These are some pictures below.

Nevertheless, back to talking about our $50 rent. We obviously chose to live in a very simple place. At the time, I didn't know much about freelancing online, I didn't have an LLC yet, my modeling career wasn't going anywhere, and I didn't know that blogging and vlogging could be lucrative. I did not have a lot of money and I was going to need a job if I was going to live in the Dominican Republic. So, I did what a lot of people do when they want to live abroad - I taught English. I was paid in Dominican Pesos. For U.S. standards, I was not making a lot, but in the Dominican Republic, I was making way more than minimum wage. But to save money and to help keep our costs down, Gary and I got ourselves a US$50 per month studio! Here are some pictures below. You'll have to see the video I did to see it a little more (the link to the video is at the bottom of this blog). One picture is of the stove we had. The other picture is a view of me looking out towards the street from the front door.

Obviously, there is more than just rent to consider when trying to figure out cost of living in the Dominican Republic. You should definitely check out what others have to say, hear their stories and see what other information they can provide you. I just wanted to share this story of our rent. I hope this helps somehow.