Happy for you. Good times.

Beautiful video!!! Love that last shot... you all look like the epitome of stress free 😊I can't wait to move from the US to Mexico!

Stunning! Thank you.

Wow, inspiring....simplicity, culture and the ocean...Kudos on living your dream 🙏

Nice video and good life. Enjoy and thanks for sharing. ❤👏

Sounds incredible 💞

Happy for you!! What an awesome way to live your life ♥️ many blessings! From: Renata 😂

Cozumel is beautiful for sure, but make sure you come here with your eyes wide open. Around 35 cruise ships dock here each week and another cruise ship pier will be built soon. I cannot imagine finding a place for $500 a month that would be decent to live in. And, if you are outside of Centro, things are pretty trashed. There’s a lot of trash all over the island, alongside most roads. Groceries and restaurants are more expensive, which you would expect living on an island. We enjoy shopping at the Mercado and find that the locals are very friendly. It’s just not a place I would recommend to anybody as cheap to live. Our lease ends in May and we will be moving back to the mainland.

For the New Year, we took our second trip to the Yucatan, after hitting most of the tourist spots from visiting Chitsa Ruins, staying in Cancun, going over to Isla Mujeres driving a rental car all the way down to Tulum and back to Cancun a few years ago. That trip we didn't get to see very much of Playa del Carmen, or go over to Cozumel... So this time, after staying in an Airbnb in Cancun for the last few days of the year, and going over to Isla Mujeres AGAIN, we caught a bus this time (rental cars were over $2000 without insurance, when before in the month of May we paid less than $600 including insurance) from Cancun down to Playa for the NewYear, and boy was that a TREAT...👍🏾 Our 4 days there in Playa was also in an Airbnb... It was nice enough and reasonably priced enough to stay there for season, and even though we are in our early 60's, we walked almost everywhere, except we hired a taxi to tour us around Playa sightseeing, since they don't have any city bus tours...😮 We also decided to catch the ferry over to Cozumel for the day, since other than Acapulco, that's the LAST of the highly advertised, SAFER Mexico beach locations, that we had not already been to... Guys, if you want to SEE the beaches they ADVERTISE on Cozumel, you'd better visit the island on a cruise ship...😮 Otherwise, you will only get see a little rocky, muddy, public "beach"...😕 We hired a taxi to tour us around the island, but he said the best beaches there were at the far end of the island, and it was too far away, with no access to those beaches, unless you were a guess at one of those PRIVATE RESORTS... Or, you took a tour excursion over there from the cruise ship... But, we seen the most beautiful PUBLIC beaches, right there in downtown Playa del Carmen, than what we seen in Cancun, Tulum, Cabo San Lucas, La Paz, Mazatlan, Puerto Vallarta, Bahia Kino, or San Carlos. The only other PUBLIC beach that came pretty close to Playa was on the Northern coast of Isla Mujeres... At far as finding a long-term rental, l would suggest you start out by renting a place that you really like, by first ordering a few nights stay through Airbnb, or Vrbo. Then, try to open up a line of communication with the owner locally, through Whatsapp, or by text. That way, you can try to negotiate something directly with them for at least 3 to 6 months at a time, by offering to pay for it all up front....🎤💣💥💨💯🤷🏿‍♂️

Great vid. Sat on the Ferry Dock in Playa many times and said I should check out Cozumel..Was just in Playa again for 5 weeks.....Now am I certain I made a mistake by not buying a ferry ticket. ( Years ago.) Soon!

I love this woman's voice

WOW! PARADISE! Happy for you! We are in Seattle USA, and we are moving to the Philippines next year to open our Beach Hotel. We also love Mexico, but my wife is from the Philippines. HAPPY NEW YEARS!

This seems like a nice person, but she’s giving some inaccurate information. I am a Cozumel resident and that “villa” can’t be all yours for $500. Do you rent a small apartment in it? Also, the food prices are very high unless you’re shopping at the municipal market or Bodega. Restaurants are expensive unless you’re eating on the street from a cart, or at the little kitchen in a local’s house. And you’d better watch the parasites in your body if you’re at those street vendors. Mexico raised the minimum wage in 2023 to $200 pesos/hour and the island prices jumped right away. I do agree about the ease of access to medical care and great prices. Finally, on Cozumel and transport…yes there are all of these lovely sites…but if you don’t have a car it’s going to cost you a lot to get around the island. If you want to spend the day at that turtle beach…you’ll have to pay the taxi to sit and wait for you and the minimum for that will be 4 hours and will cost you at least $70. Getting to that lighthouse will be another $60. Getting to that breakfast restaurant in a taxi will be 5 bucks each way. And it’s hot hot hot a lot and waking everywhere gets really old, fast. Are you going to walk your groceries home? No, you’ll need a taxi. Want to go to a beach with sand? Taxi required, for $5 each way, you can get to a super small beach shared with a thumping beach club (or add the beach club cost), or you can get to a tiny, rocky public beach. Or, you can pay to go to the turtle beach on the other side. There are no busses or public transport. Mérida is NOT the capital of “our country” which she means Mexico! She can’t mean it’s the capital of the state Cozumel is in, Quintana Roo, because Mérida is in the state of Yucatán. Mexico City is the capital of México, it’s called “El Distrito” because it’s the federal capital. Finally, check into the requirements to get residency in México…the base income required now starts close to $2800 for one person for temporary residency, and closer to $5k/month for permanent residency. The old Mexico as the super value is gone folks.

Hi Bel!!! Great to see you! Nice video!! I met you at IM med tent!

We are in Cozumel now just obtained resident visa. Trying to find short term/long term apartment for less than 1000$ in decent location and decent amenities. We have been walking about 20k steps a day so we don’t mind walking to go get tacos/groceries. Can you share the name of the place you are renting or the contact? Right now we are very discouraged as to what we are seeing with renting price…..any help is appreciated….

My handyman/helper from Chicago moved to Playa del Carmen a year ago. He says he can easily live on $500 a month though he owns his own home and doesn’t need to spend on housing. I can see how that’s possible though you’re going to be tempted to spend more and in some cases much more because there are so many things (day trips, restaurants, etc.) that you will want to do and experience.

so happy for u! you seem to be from England? Thats great.

Thank you!!! I'm ready to move. I hear there is great Cuban music here too! What about Crocodiles?

Hello, do you have any advice on how to find an apartment?

beautiful video, the location is where i hopefully get to soon, especially since i fish often. can you please tell me the name of the apartment, so i can investigate. god bless

Hello how do I get in touch with expat I’m a little older looking to move but I’m single

Hi Bel, did you also use an attorney to review your contract in Spanish and did you have to hire a Fiador? Thank you!

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How would I get from Akumal to Cozumel, just by collective, or was there a bus service you took, could you provide the name if so? Thank You

How do you find a nice villa for $ 500 month. We are considering moving to Cozumel. We went there when we were young and want to go back now.

Did you get you temporary residency in Cozumel?

Would love to go and meet you so you can show me around.

Do you drink the water?

I am planning to make my move very soon! I'll be in mexico next week for a very short time, for vacation but mainly to gather some information from the locals! Does Bel have an email address that I can contact her at?

I assume banking needs are easily met?

Once again your not a kicked out expats

Three weeks ago the cartel was exchanging fire with Police using machine guns, near the terminal.....

Nice video. How about Spanish? You must be fluent in the language after living full time in Mexico.

ok Australia not England, even better

The American dream is to leave America. No more USA politics, school shootings, rampant jingoism, etc.

So I now realize these are just PUFF pieces, to make us think they know the areas and markets , but real people seem to know better, and they NEVER answer anything , it's post and forget, this is about the 4th time I have tried on there different channels. And I looked it up there is no bus to cozumel from Akumal or wherever, they say collective is the only way to get to most of these places , and Cozumel is much more expensive than she leads us to believe, not sure why they do this,I thought this was a magazine to assist people.

Be careful out there. Cozumel is safe but I will be scared going out somewhere like Tulum esp ur a woman.

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Why don't you make an effort to speak a little spanish. I'm learning on the internet, no cost.

Wait a year, move to Arizona, and save the time and expense. Joe will get it done and finish us off