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Post by Keith317 on Jan 31, 2014 10:03:40 GMT
Hi,
Well finally have got things sorted and will shortly be able to fix a relocation date. I am now chasing down smaller things.
I know there have been some posts on this before but I can't seem to track them down just at the moment. We are a family of 5 (kids are 6, 4 and 1) - how much should we allocated in Riyal's for monthly living expenses in our situation?
A related question is on the company taxis. Do we need to pay cash for these (or credit card?) or are payments made by payroll deduction?
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Post by Kamranosman on Feb 1, 2014 18:59:10 GMT
Hi keith,
I have asked this question before. Depends really how you spend your money.
However go on this website. I think it will give you an indication.
Expatarrivals.com
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Post by vpainter on Feb 20, 2014 19:55:58 GMT
Depending on your spending habits, you can probably comfortably live on 2000 - 3000 USD (corrected, not SR) per month.
Taxis are cash only.
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Post by gareth0127 on Feb 25, 2014 15:46:18 GMT
Vpainter is that figure a typo?
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Post by UmmRiyam on Feb 26, 2014 5:37:43 GMT
If you don't go shopping much, then you can live on 2000-3000 per month cash. Since we live in UDH, it's easy to stay home or do free activities in the compound, so we can easily live on that. It's the shopping and eating out that will cost you money! Groceries are easily less than 2-3K per month if you limit the amount of processed foods and imported foods you buy.
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Post by vpainter on Feb 26, 2014 15:37:28 GMT
Yes a typo!!!!! should have been USD. Thank you for pointing that out!
Truly depends on what your habits are with regards to spending and eating out or at home. That is what our monthly budget was with 2 boys. Now without the boys, we still spend it because we go out more and shop more - no more youth sports every night nor homework.
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Post by Wutz on Feb 27, 2014 10:57:51 GMT
vPainter's corrected estimate is in line with our budget for a family of three. Includes lots of kids activities (sports and associated fees, horse boarding at the hobby farm) and occasional trips to Bahrain. Food can be relatively inexpensive if you're willing to cook with local ingredients (Mediteranian, Middle Eastern and South and Southeast Asian cuisines all fit well with local ingredients). If you're wedded to American and British cooking, or Far Eastern the imported stuff can be (a lot) more expensive. We don't eat much imported stuff, especially not imported processed.
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