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Prestonia wrote:

Have some cash.聽 I understand the fear of losing it, but after 11 years in Belize I have never had anyone steal cash from me.聽 Just be smart about it.

You need some american cash.聽 Although the Belize dollar is pegged to the US dollar, the US dollar still favored for large transactions.聽 If you go to guatemala or Mexico, they won't take your Belizean cash (and vice versa.)聽 Lots of vendors give preferential treatment to people with US cash because they themselves need to go over the border to buy their stock, building supplies etc.聽 Often these people are asking each customer "Do you have US dollars?"聽 This even happens at the resorts.

Pulling everything from the cash machine can get expensive.聽 There is a conversion fee plus each bank takes a cut.聽 There is also a limit on how much cash you can pull out out one time, equivalent of $250 US and for that amount you will pay about 11 dollars in fees,聽 Some banks are cheaper than others, Atlantic bank ATMs seem to give the best rate.聽 Charging anything, 4 or 5% will be added to your bill.聽 If you need say 1000 for a transaction, it can be difficult to pull it all out the same day and it will cost you.

Travelers checks are also pretty worthless.

You have been here 11 yrs...everything you said is not true. You can draw 800.00 belize from an ATM everyday, which is 400.00 American. It costs you a few dollars belize. My bank Chase in America takes 3 per% of all money I draw out in Belize then charges me 5.00 dollars for using their atm.

Good luck finding a better deal?

Armand wrote:

Hi all,

Some off topic posts have been removed from the thread for info.

Thanks
Armand

Armand how will I ever get to 22000 posts if you keep deleting me....lmao....have a great day buddy

A friend told me sometimes you must tell people they are idiots to make them self aware...its a service I provide....

teamheisler wrote:

The next day was a travel day back to the border,then a long drive back to Cancun. It was a short trip, but worth it to finally put boot to ground in Belize. Overall, Corozal was very quite, and a little slower life than I had thought. This is not a bad thing. I enjoyed the island as well, seemed like a good place to set up business? Since we are in the building industry, and construction materials as well, I noticed more activity on SP than Corozal. Maybe I didn't notice it as much, but since we are a young couple, we still need a way to generate income once there.

Simple life for us, rose glasses removed, Belize was inviting and we look forward to moving there quite soon. We are a homeschooling family so we are not worried with the education system. All we are looking for is non major corporations owning and running everything, dictating what we can and cannot do. We do not want to go to Belize, live like kings while others starve. I know there is need in Belize. We want to come and help where we can, while providing a simple life (freedom from big government, etc) for our children.

Take a look at the building permits.聽 I say this because you can get a good sense of where the houses are being built and the places that you could likely find work.



Consejo outside of Corozal is the development building the most houses -- 25 in the last 4 years.

Another busy area is in Ladyville, which is outside of Belize city.聽 Look up Vista del MAr -- Another 25 houses have been built there too since 2009.聽 You might find that that area has what you want -- far enough out of Belize city, but close to building supplies (cloe to every kind of supply and right by the airport -- no more long treks to cancun.)

The big boom in San Pedro was really 10 years ago.聽 That's my opinion, but people have told me on other boards that the real estate prices are actually in decline there now.聽 I have seen many people defaulting on some pretty expensive homes


San Pedro also is expensive because everything has to be shipped out there -- building supplies will cost a lot more.