FINANCIAL REPORT, Honduras
FINANCIAL SUMMARY
Initial Expenses
-350 RUB photos for passport
-4000 RUB passport processing (5 days)
-2200 RUB 1st installment for job offer
-300 RUB bank account opening for program payment
-$355 1st installment for program + SEVIS + $20 transfer fee
-3200 RUB 2nd installment for job offer (after confirmation)
-3300 RUB consulate fee (April 3rd)
-$1440 2nd installment for program + $20 fee
-13300 RUB
-$1795 paid to agency for the program
~ $2368 total paid from home.
I also took $965 with me to the States. In total, the summer without me cost my dear parents 3333 bucks.
Income
I worked for 9 weeks in total.
+$345 3 days, 9.8 hours each, moving, $51 tips. That's $11.7/hour + $10 for one hour at a cement plant.
+$2798 33 days, 8.2 hours average at Giant Food Store. That's $10.31/hour + $0 for one 8-hour day at Acme grocery store (they stiffed me).
+$579 15 days, 3.9 hours average at a Mexican restaurant (juggling with Giant). Breakdown: 389 tips + 190 for hours. Total is about $9.81/hour.
Total, I earned about $3732 in two months with an average salary of 10 bucks an hour.
Expenses there
-$285 spent during the first week (60 bucks on the first day, 110 bucks for 5 nights in a motel, 11 for an adapter, 35 for a T-Mobile SIM. I messed up with the SIM, you can read how to do it right here)
-$140/month on food (~70 home cooking, 70 snacks/junk at work)
-$550/month for shitty housing with all amenities.
Actual monthly breakdown: 325 (split with Vanya), 300 (I shook 350 out of the churches of blessed West Chester), 225 for a basement for half a month.
-$300 went to household stuff, entertainment, a few clothes, movies, and things I forgot to record.
Travel
-$634 for travel prep, gear
-$1311 for a month around America including food, transport, and mobile service
Total, I spent everything I earned, which is $3732.
Conclusions
My balance: 0
My parents' balance: -$3333
This means I lived and traveled comfortably on what I earned there, but I didn't recoup the program costs at all. It also means I'll have to work off the program cost like a slave on dad's plantation...
If I had stayed instead of traveling and worked that last month, I would have brought home exactly the cost of the program. And if I went a second time using the experience gained, to a tax-free state, and all else being equal, didn't waste the first month, started working immediately, didn't buy a job offer, didn't live in a motel for a week, I would have brought home an extra three thousand on top of the program cost.
