Kuala Lumpur Cost of Living in 2025. Accommodation, Hair and Nail, Medical Costs, Groceries and Grab

We stay for a total of 2 months in KL and review the cost of living in our AirBNB at Star Residences 2. We go for a 2 bedroom that gave us 1000 sq ft and a bath. This is our longest stay since becoming Nomads and we really didn't know if we would like it. We went to Ikea to buy a few things to make our lives that little bit more comfortable and show you some of our purchases, including a mattress topper that we had to leave in KL along with a few other things. We go to Village Grocer in Avenue K and show you some of the costs of groceries as well as going to Suria KLCC to go to Nails, Haircuts and Marks and Spencer. We talk about Grab and the Metro system. We have used this extensively but for several reasons we chose not to use the cheap and easy public transport and went with Grab. We spent 19 days at Prince Court doing medical stuff so this really impacted our time in KL but Helen found a new drug with less side effects and a price tag of $500 a month compared to the USA's $7000 a month. Check out our Nomadversary video: https://youtu.be/kVJnDu3DnVI Check out our top 10 tips for full time retirement travel: https://youtu.be/tJYCKzp8Q0I #kualalumpur #starresidences2 #kl #travel #globalnomadtravel #worldtraveller #worldtravel #slowtravel #digitalnomad # digitalnomadlife #retireearly #retireearlyandtravel #financialindependenceretireearly Video Chapters 00:00 Introduction 00:48 The cost of our AirBnB and Star Residences 2 Facilities 02:57 Ikea 03:24 Room Tour 08:34 Cooking with our new Ikea Frying Pan 10:18 Grocery Shopping at Village Grocer in Avenue K including prices 22:00 Suria KLCC, Nails, Hair and M and S 24:34 Trying to fit a mattress protector in a case....just don't 25:06 Transportation and Grab 28:06 Medical at Prince Court (Extended video to Come) 30:27 Thanks for watching Hi we are James and Helen and we are Global Nomads. We are a pair of British Expats that decided to retire in our early 50’s to travel the world full time. In 2004 we left Leicester in England to live in Davenport Florida and set up a Flower Shop. We brought our 2 Rottweilers along for the ride and they had a great life in the sun. Through all of the trials and tribulations that involves (Recession, COVID, Hurricanes, Inflation and everything else) in 2023 we sold that flower shop, our house and our car to become nomadic. We sold everything we own aside from some items in our storage unit mainly photos and a few keepsakes. We made the decision to be carry on only so while we do swap out our clothes dependent on the season and where we are going we travel light. In April 2024 we set off with 10 million credit card points and the money we had saved to become Global Nomads. We plan to use the credit card points to travel until they run out and will then start to spend our money on accommodation. So in the first 2 years or longer we will primarily be in Hiltons, Hyatt’s, IHG and Marriotts as we have Hotel status with all 4. We are not budget travelers and will fly first class if it is affordable or we can get it for points. We will take cruises to help us go from a to b or geoarbitrage as it is now called and because we want great deals with special experiences plan 18-24 months out. We then fill in the gaps as we get nearer to the time. Helen has an autoimmune disease which makes walking hard and accessing doctors and bloodwork were a major concern on our travels. We will document the process of appointments, prescriptions, bloodwork and keeping on top of all of that when you are thousands of miles from your primary care Doctor We love Formula 1 so will be at races if they match our dates and plans. Helen travels with a Nikon camera so wildlife photography is definitely a passion, as with all photography it comes with a lot of heavy gear that takes up valuable space and weight! Life is short, we intend to see everything we can while we are young….ish We are here for a good time, not a long time. https://www.facebook.com/GlobalNomads93/ https://www.instagram.com/globalnomads93?igsh=emg1ZzkybnJyOXZv Email: globalnomads93@gmail.com