Balling on a budget

Can I live with $3,000 to my name while unemployed and living abroad?

In a little over two weeks, I will have had my last day at work and I will be unemployed for the foreseeable future. In the beginning stages of my unemployment, I will be driving down to Texas with my fiance and then we will be flying to Roatan, Honduras a week later to live for 3 months. All of this will be done with a savings of $3,000.

These are my expenses each month:

• Bills, $436/mo
• Rent, $150/mo
• Food, $100/mo

That total right there is $686 x 3 months is $2,058.

The good thing is that if I spend just that while I was in Roatan, that would be amazing! But I know it’s not, I know I will constantly go over my food budget and that there are a million other things I haven’t thought of. So let’s say I have to pay $114/mo for misc. items. $686+$114=$800. $800 x 3 is $2,400. Ok, so hopefully I will have over $600 before I leave after 3 months…lol.

How do I think I can have over $1,000 before I leave? Hmmm. My fiance is a Dive Instructor so we are moving down there for that, mainly. Hopefully with his job, he can spend more money on me, lol. Not really, but you know what I mean. I am also hoping to find work down there. Employment in Honduras is tricky. Local labor laws require companies to have at least 90% Honduran staff. U.S. Citizens only have 90 days to stay in Roatan and often freelance work where these laws are enforced. Many…