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Use "better off" to:
=> Give advice to someone
=> Say what should be done
Form it like this:
would (or 'd) + be + better off+ verb in -ing form
Examples:
▶ Your son would be better off studying in Paris instead of Lyon.
▶ Frank would be better off taking the train instead of the bus to Manhattan.
▶ You'd be better off visiting Italy in November, after all the tourists have gone.
▶ You'd be better off working another year before applying to business school.
=> Use "would have been better off" to say what one should have done (in the past). This is sometimes used to express regret.
Form it like this:
would have (or would've) + been + better off+ verb in -ing form
Examples:
▶ We went to Spain in September, and it rained the whole time. We would have been better off going to Chile instead.
▶ Sharon would've been better off getting her MBA instead of a law degree.
▶ The fish at the Creekside Restaurant was lousy. I would've been better off ordering a hamburger.
▶ My college was very small. I would've been better off going to a larger school.
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