Budget & Compare
Compare and plan
Decision tools that show their assumptions. Estimates are illustrations, not quotes.
Planners and calculators
- Cost-of-living plannerBuild a weekly and monthly budget. Every number is editable and the working is shown.
- Initial settlement budgetBond, rent in advance and setting-up costs for your first weeks.
- City comparisonClimate, strengths, trade-offs and illustrative weekly costs side by side.
- Course comparisonYour shortlist on consistent fields with sources.
- Packing checklistDocuments, clothes for the season and the things people forget.
- Arrival plannerYour first 72 hours and first week, as a checklist with dates.
Side-by-side guides
- Accommodation types comparedThe main ways newcomers live in their first year, and the trade-offs between them.
- Getting around: transport options comparedHow newcomers usually get to study and work, and what each option really costs in time and money.
- Mobile and internet plans: types comparedThe kinds of phone and internet plans available, and which tend to suit newcomers.