Recent content by Argentina Expat

thanks, appreciate it!

it's from my home country so not really relevant to 99% of people. I'm not sure how it is with Americans, but I think most Europeans can get 1 year travel insurance like this for like $300-$500 bucks per year (various coverage). The downside is that I need to go back once a year to renew it...

thanks! yeah no insurance. The price is ok, it seems to be the average for an initial consult now. I'm just on random travel insurance that covers me up for a year (ends up being $30/month and covers up to $30k)

sales were ok, but nothing to write home about honestly. This is why I was thinking of the directory model, I found this one in the Czech republic that seems to be working well: https://www.expats.cz/directory so I thought about creating that for Argentina. She's ok now, thanks for asking! We...

That is true, but I argue that a directory like this would end up being a net positive in the long term. Case in point: My girlfriend needed to go to the hospital on the 24th of December. We first went to Hospital Fernandez (regarded as the best public one in the city), and we waited for an...

Great question. A few ways: - Facebook groups. Open a bunch of them, search for "Dentist" and then see what names keep showing up again and again. - Whatsapp groups - same process as above. - Personal experience - I've built up a network of people here so I can get a lot of recommendations...

thanks, appreciate it!

Quick question: Would you guys be interested in a free directory for expats in Argentina? Listing services and businesses catering to the expat community here (anything from lawyers, realtors, and doctors, to hair salons, barbershops, gyms, coworking spaces, etc.) (Think like Yelp, but...

I read it, but I'm not sure how much I agree with that. For example, if you're paying 3-10% transfer fees, that is a lot... but if your rent (the biggest expense for most people) went down 85%, then you're still extremely happy to be living outside of the US. Let's say your transfer fees are...

Well a lot of service professionals were in their teens or early twenties then - guess they didn't have a lot of work experience 20 years ago :)

Hah that's a million-dollar question :) 30,000 is probably the minimum - that's easy to estimate just by looking at the number of people in FB groups. However, I've been running FB ads recently. And Facebook gives you a cool targeting option. If you select: - Buenos Aires - Expat - Speaks...

Google Maps usually has pictures of menus - really easy to find info, just very laborious :)

One thing I really want to do is to compare just how much the prices of restaurants have gone up. Everyone says a lot - but just how much? My idea was to go back to December 2023 and look at the prices of 100-200 restaurants for bife de chorizo. Also, look up the blue dollar rate for that day...

Yeah the schools are the big expense - the difference ends up being over $1k/month. I was surprised too but then again, I only had 16 families answer, I'm really hoping to repeat the survey later with a larger sample size.

Thanks! Yeah I made a few mistakes - I should have asked for age - I'm assuming older expats are paying more for health insurance, similar to how prices for Belgrano appear to be higher but that's mostly because families live there so they have higher expenses (bigger apartments, own a car...