Hotels & Travel Best Posts in Thread: Apartment for rent for short term

Some of the things you ask for are mutually contradictory. I have never seen a grocery store near the sea in the Philippines, not saying there aren't any, there aren't any in the southern part of Negros that I know of. Cheap lodging in average/ usually quiet (4 days of 5 excluding roosters or the odd loud muffler) area can be had but usually unfurnished and utilities are not included. Depending on what you use, utilities can be fairly inexpensive. With no air conditioning your utilities will probably be under 1,500 peso a month. With air conditioning, you can add another 3k to that depending on usage so about 4.5k php per month. That would just be too much for the landlord to absorb from a 12k php rental. If such existed, someone already lives there and they aren't moving! I hope you aren't expecting hot water to come out of the tap at that price? There are a lot of people who buy their own instantaneous water heater and take it with them when they move. The place you rent may or may not be wired for a w/h in the shower. The Philippines can be cheap living. I like to call it the Al-a-cart lifestyle as you don't pay for what you don't want. If you want western standard, be prepared to spend more than you would in your home country, but much less than you would spend in your home country near the beach. I would not automatically assume the beach will be quiet. Filipinos like the beach also and where they gather, a portable boom box karaoke machine may appear. I am originally from southern California in the US and have lived the last 25 years in and around land locked North Texas. I like the beach, I think it is great that I could go to the beach every day cheap if I wanted. I wouldn't care for living really close to it or on it though. If being very close to the beach is important to you, I would move some money from the entertainment budget into the housing budget. Good luck.

 

I have an idea that may suit you, but I want to know if you enjoy walking 30 minutes to get to the beach. Its close (as in under a 10 minute ride on the motorcycle, but how close do you mean?

 

A lot of people have this generally unrealistic expectation that they will find a place where they can look out the window and see the beach.

 

In Bacong you have a convenience store and the market. Convenience store have basic needs, some imported stuff to,not like in mall tough, and seen some fresh meat outside the store 1-2 times a week. In market you can buy vegetable and fruit, okay quality. Meet and fish to in market, need to say, I will never buy that, because of the way they keep it, the sun is hot and flies around. You can buy fish on beach of local fishermen like tuna and mackerel 80-120 peso a kilo and fresh. Bigger fish you need buy in market in Dumaguete. Trike to Robinson mall 10 peso from highway, think 20 peso to city center. Here is nothing, thats why I like live here, no turist. Cafe/snackbar Ecils just open, good food and owner Chris is a nice guy. I look at Valencia first when I moved here, but no sea, thats why my choice is Bacong. Hope see you, Im new here to !