Affordable Hired Help

As you know, full or part-time domestic help is hard to find and prohibitively expensive for the average person, not to mention a retiree, in the United States. This is not the case in Panama. A live-in maid or other full-time help usually costs about $150 to $200 per month. Often you can hire a couple for a bargain price with the woman working as a maid and the man working as a full-time gardener and watchman.

In Panama a maid usually does everything from washing clothes to taking care of small children. You can also use your maid to stand in line for you or run errands and bargain for you in stores since foreigners often pay more for some items because of their naively and poor language skills.

General handymen and carpenters are also inexpensive. If you are infirm, one of the above people can assist you with many daily tasks.