Prices

[Thomas]

Several topics ask about living costs, so I put these separate.

I found some links with "official" prices.

Some of them can be interesting to see if they try to get "kano prices" :)

http://www.boi.gov.ph/pdf/costs/costofdoingbusiness.pdf

These are mainly for business people, who aim at high living standard.

(I belong to business people too, but I prefer living some simpler in a stone house in province.)

But it tell things like e g these too:

1. Jeepneys

As of May 15, 2012, fare costs P8.00 (US$20 cts) for the first 4 kilometers and an

additional P1.40 for every succeeding kilometer.

3. Taxi

As of January 2011, the flag down rate is P40.00 (US$0.93) for the first 500 metres and

an additional P3.50 (US$0.08) for every succeeding 250-metres or 2 minutes waiting

time.

7. Air Transport (Domestic Flights – One way Fare per Person)

Promotional Fare: P1,000.00 to P3,000.00

Regular Fare: P4,000.00 to P6,000.00

http://www.bas.gov.ph/?ids=pwatch

There they tell BOTH prices for several products in Malls (Manila) as well as Retail and Wholesale

so it can be some interesting too, if you are interested in starting some type of such business.

But it would have been nice if they had told same information for Cebu and common province prices regularly too, to get updates if the differences are Manila (almost) double compared to province with Cebu in between.

[JJReyes]

Thomas - Thank you for sharing. I had visited the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics many times while researching wholesale and retail prices for farm commodities. While I have visited the Bureau of Investment website and downloaded their PDF instructional manual, I wasn't aware they also have information on government fees and cost of living.

[RWTom]

Several topics ask about living costs, so I put these separate.

I found some links with "official" prices.

Some of them can be interesting to see if they try to get "kano prices" :)

http://www.boi.gov.ph/pdf/costs/costofdoingbusiness.pdf

These are mainly for business people, who aim at high living standard.

(I belong to business people too, but I prefer living some simpler in a stone house in province.)

But it tell things like e g these too:

1. Jeepneys

As of May 15, 2012, fare costs P8.00 (US$20 cts) for the first 4 kilometers and an

additional P1.40 for every succeeding kilometer.

3. Taxi

As of January 2011, the flag down rate is P40.00 (US$0.93) for the first 500 metres and

an additional P3.50 (US$0.08) for every succeeding 250-metres or 2 minutes waiting

time.

7. Air Transport (Domestic Flights – One way Fare per Person)

Promotional Fare: P1,000.00 to P3,000.00

Regular Fare: P4,000.00 to P6,000.00

http://www.bas.gov.ph/?ids=pwatch

There they tell BOTH prices for several products in Malls (Manila) as well as Retail and Wholesale

so it can be some interesting too, if you are interested in starting some type of such business.

But it would have been nice if they had told same information for Cebu and common province prices regularly too, to get updates if the differences are Manila (almost) double compared to province with Cebu in between.

great info on that site, thanks for sharing