@David ******

I used to use the card I had specifically for foreign purchases with no transaction fees, but by the sounds of it he was already here and already using the card he was going to use so telling him that was of no use. So using the card regardless would still be better used doing it this way

Take your card and your passport to krungsri bank and go inside or if they have an exchange booth outside like the beginning of Jomtien and withdraw what you want with no charges. I used to take out between 80 and 100 thousand each time to keep me going before I had an account

Do you mean resorts as in the areas of the Island like Patong, Karon beach and Kata beach? Or resorts as in holiday complexes??

@Dick *********

isn't asking people who've gone through the same processes and have intimate knowledge of the hurdles negotiated regarded as research?? Sounds like it to me

I entered 6 times last year no problem at all, 3 overseas trips and 3 visa runs

My sister was over her limit going back to the UK and paid 5000 bht so think yourself lucky

@Yashar ******

my first year I did returns from Malaysia, Vietnam and India as well as 2 border runs to Cambodia

@David *********

compare the market, go compare or any of the other comparison websites they're all pretty much the same, add your particulars and excess(go low or zero as you pay a lot to see anyone over here and the difference in price is negligible)and then check the policy inclusions included then determine your requirements. And yes retirees can backpack and get cover

90 day backpackers travel insurance from home. No brainer covers you for every eventuality even cover for hiring a scooter 🛵 trips and excursions as well as all flights and travel itinerary

After only a month or so here I had someone very rude to me also for no reason when I called him out for it he private messaged me telling me he hopes I get my head bashed in by 10 motorbike taxi drivers. Talk about weird the topic was nothing to do with taxi 🚖 drivers. But he was specific in his choice of my assailants