Food : To keep your spending down, your apartment must have a small kitchen. You can cook at home. A microwave (3,500) and an air-fryer (1,200) will be a great start. You will save a lot of money eating at home, besides the savings in time, getting wet in the rain, traffic, pollution, and headaches getting the correct food. Plus, you can eat food which is not fried, have the vegetables you prefer, and have a healthier diet.
Yeah if you have good local markets nearby, unfortunately when I lived in Asok there was no good cheap markets close to where I lived.. only small ones or very overpriced ones. Now I’m in the outskirts, I get waaaay more options for shopping 😊
Id have to disagree somewhat. A lot of Thai street vendors and smaller restaurants are so cheap it's not worth buying the ingredients to cook yourself. Also grab and foodpanda are very inexpensive if you are bothered about weather
Yes, exactly, that is in fact awesome! Please do me the courtesy of examining the budget I provided below: Is this reasonable in 2024? And, if you are in Bangkok, please cruise by Matri-chit Road around sundown and get us all the current pricing, as a Public Service. (You do not have to "Dip Your Wick", unless you want to, but any girl will give you a quote.)
@@kjensen7819 German, Dutch etc. are all generally very similar in that matter. Especially older ones. Southern Germans and Austrians are much less likely to be freeloaders
Great budget video for Thailand! The two expenses that can be greatly reduced are rent and alcohol. There are rental options that are of good value under 10,000 THB/month outside of the popular main areas in BKK, so shop around. As long as your residence is near the BTS or MRT stations, your commute around BKK is quick and affordable. If you don't drink alcohol on a daily basis, then your savings will be even more! For me, a 40,000-45,000 THB/month budget is a more realistic long term budget in BKK. If you live outside of BKK, then obviously a lower monthly budget that offers a good life style is also very possible.
I agree that 40-45k per month is definitely enough to live, but what happens wen you need a new phone, laptop, want to see family at Christmas and buy gifts etc.. Or worse, if you had medical bills for being in a car accident beyond your control? Then the 40-45k isn't going to cut it.. I think when most people budget they have savings too, not accounting that spending savings from time to time is actually upping that budget.
This is seriously helpful! My entire family is moving out to live fulltime in Bangkok late 2025/Jan 2026 and what I decided to do while watching this video was to make an Excel Spreadsheet Budget Guideline and notated each of these categories to give me a rough estimate of what to expect - thanks!
For the DTV visa the costs is 10,000 baht. You don’t pay it twice a year. You pay it once and ha a validity if 5 years. If you want to extend it is 1900 baht. You can always leave the country for a quick getaway and come back and you will be stamped another 180 days.
Thanks for the realistic budget options. I’m a very new retiree to Thailand and was planning on living if 60 k bht month. After one month living in Pattaya by budget has gone up to 75-80k bht month. Your plan is spot on As soon as you go out drinking with Thai girls all your budget goes out the window, and all Thai girls want you to spend money.
Entirely depends on what you're doing there. If you're partying a lot in a tourist area then this makes sense, but 46,000 a month on entertainment is excessive especially for someone who doesn't drink. If you are just there to work, train, enjoy the weather and food etc,
yeah but that also factors in saving money for things like traveling, trips back home, christmas, birthdays, and presents for people etc, also having to replace things like phone and computer from time to time
For 86,000 Thai Baht a month you could live in Australia 🇦🇺 or New Zealand 🇳🇿. The whole point of moving to Thailand 🇹🇭is to have a lower cost to live. I suppose 86,000 Baht in Thailand 🇹🇭 would give you a higher quality of lifestyle versus say 86,000 Baht living in Australia 🇦🇺with more outings / entertainment. But not many people want to go out and party every night.
That's about $2500 US dollars, which is sufficient to live in the US as well outside of major metros. I don't know if it is even worth living in Thailand for that kind of cash, especially if you are covered by medicare in the US for health insurance. Thanks.
Well at least you can have your savings money for the future to come if you live in Thailand. Where’s most American averagely has no savings at all 😂😂😂😂
@@pathkris2984 One thing to consider is exactly what he says in his video. He is living a very entertainment filled life. For years I have described Bangkok this way to Americans. Bangkok is a "newer" NYC (or Chicago) with Miami weather and Iowa prices. If you are from a low cost of living place in the US then you really wont save much if any money living in Thailand or a similar country like the Philippines. Depending on your lifestyle you may even spend more. Especially for those with low cost or free health care (or other benefits). You can get "more" in many ways in Thailand. You are not going to live the same life in Chicago as you could in Bangkok on the same budget. Of course if you just go to Walmart, eat out a bit, and drink at home or a cheap bar than likely you can do that cheaper back in the states minus rent. It really is about the life you want to live and where it makes the most sense. Depending on your life style, as he said, you can do it for $1k a month, and people even do it for less. In those cases though I question how many of them would be better off with benefits back home. Why struggle in another country? It really depends on what you want. I just wish more people would stop promoting the idea that these countries are "cheap". Sure if you are from Los Angeles it seems amazingly cheap. However if you live in semi-rural Iowa you may well be shocked at how expensive certain things are. Thailand is affordable. So are many other places in the world including places back in everyone's home countries.
@@AaronDoud Nicely said. Also if someone is 65 or close to 70, why bother with all the entertainment and fun, where you need to focus on health or other issues - and only need to spend on the essentials for living.
Probably this is one of the BEST Budget Video I seeing for a long time. Very Accurate! Informative and very professional. Well done yourself Mate. Your RU-vid channel is getting better and better. By the way ADAM your Studio Room looks absolutely Stunning 🤩.
Lived here in BKK for 3 years. For a normal and fun life as single I would suggest 100k minimum for living incl a few trips per year. Additional will be rent, that all depends what you want. I have lived on 150k with a rent of 40k monthly. That includes 2-3 trips in Asia and 2 trips back to Europe per year.
@@mcb00m The idea that a minimum of 100,000 THB per month in Bangkok equates to a normal lifestyle is misleading; this amount actually supports a rather upscale lifestyle that many in the West, including the author of the post, couldn't typically afford. When adjusted for cost of living, this income is far more luxurious than top incomes in developed countries. For instance, to match this lifestyle in Europe, I would assume need 2.5 to 3 times that amount, placing you within the top 5% of earners there. Similarly, in Los Angeles (where I live), where costs are 3.5 to 4 times higher than in Bangkok, you'd need about $260,000 annually to live similarly, again putting you in the top 5% of earners. Actually, $120k to $140k in LA, if you are single, can be considered "normal" life as long as you are cognizant that few men our age will be fortunate to earn that much.
@@alexs70893that is exactly why we decided to live in Thailand. The cost of living in Australia was getting out of control so for what we were spending for a 'survival' existence in Australia we live a comfortable lifestyle in Thailand. We are able to eat out and travel domestically in Thailand and SE Asia now when we could barely afford even a domestic trip in Australia. All in all for a similar level of expenditure our standard of living in Thailand is much higher. We are very fortunate to be able to run our business remotely which provides us the 100k baht+ per month to live here and return to Australia every 3-4 months for a short stint.😊
This is the first reality or mid budget video I watch in RU-vid about living in Thaoland . All the video I watched before was about living in a very low budget. Thank you & good job Keis 👍🙏
This is the most realistic budget I have seen for Thailand. You should add in the girlfriend extra monthly cost or do a video on a realistic girlfriend monthly cost.
@@calky360 Wow, how did you get that, I never said he was paying her. But, there is additional cost of having a girlfriend in his monthly cost vs not having a girlfriend.
yeah I dont completely fund her life, she pays for her own things, but I will often pay for dates, meals and take her out to nicer places etc all within the budget :)
Good job, FINALLY a realistic video on this topic. You absolutely nailed it. Also if you eat out often with your girlfriend and live in a nice neighborhood you can increase the budget quite a lot. I always hate the cheap charlies that think they are so cool by living in poverty on a $1000, or the Tiktok / IG people promoting Thailand to the world as "living like a baller on $1000 per month" Meanwhile that lifestyle consists of living in poverty in a 200sqft/20sqm shoebox with a few nice amenities.
There's plenty of nice apartments around bts on nut for 20000 Baht I used to live in Switzerland with monthly costs around 5000 - 6000 USD. But Bangkok isn't that cheap anymore, it's the wrong city to save money. My intention were to have a better quality of life and not only to save money. If you really want to save money you should move to Cambodia or Laos countryside.
Good one Adam 👍 gives good Idea to plan. Keep the $ amount on the on side ofvthe scree throughout the video and keep adding all the way till end of video...just a small tip ...
Load of OFWs (Filipino expats) have budgets like that as well. To put it into foreigner context. Though certain things will cost more for foreigners (visas, insurance, and etc). Your 10k life is likely a 15-20k life for a foreigner.
It's "western" expat for in a major metropolis budget. With lots of entertainment/going out. Which is fair and probably appropriate for the audience of his videos - but not representative of the average population.
So far, I have been living in Thailand for two years and my monthly expenses add up to an average of US $3,240. With this budget, in Bangkok, life is all but luxurious: it's very average. My main cost is rent (28,000 THB/month or $830 for a 915 sq ft apartment in a low number Soi of Sukhumvit, Bangkok), followed by restaurants and home delivery ($430 a mix of Thai and farang). Then groceries ($370, I like to cook) for me and for my GF, who lives with me 3-4 days per week. For partying I spend an average $270 per month. One night with friends each week in average, and, only occasionally, with my GF (she is not too much into partying, but she likes jazz music). Some weekends at the seaside and one holiday in Cambodia, $250 in average per month. And $250 the average spent to purchase gifts (birthday, etc.) for my GF. Transport (BTS. MRT, taxis) and other little expenses while on the move (water, iced tea or coffee, an ice cream, etc.) $230 per month. I spent an average of $160 on home supplies (I bought kitchen and cooking ware, bed linen, vacuum cleaner, etc.), but that's the average for the two years. Most of the expenses were sustained in the first couple of months. I had some health issues (minor, caused by the weather) and no insurance. I spent an average of $150 per month on health (which is really a lot, because in my home country I seldom saw any doctor). Finally, $120 for utilities (True fiber, AIS 5G mobile, Netflix, electric power and water), and $60 in average for the retirement VISA and the driving licenses (motorbike and car; I don't own a car, but my GF does). I also attended classes of Thai language for some months, spending an average of $120 per month in the two years (8,000 THB the monthly fee). The monthly expenses went from a minimum of $2,540 to a maximum of $5,250 (the latter included Christmas presents and a trip to Cambodia). This budget does not include the cost of flying back to my home country and the expenses sustained there (two weeks in 2023, one month in 2024). I would probably spend the same amount of money to live in my home country while keeping a similar lifestyle (mainly because I wouldn't pay the rent there). But I love Thailand.
I like your video. Budget on rent, utilities, and food are on point. When it came to entertainment, your budget is insane. Anyone who spends 50k thb each month on entertainment is crazy or has too much money. Anyone on a budget should not spend more than 8000 thb per month.
Thanks for this video it has helped me start planning to budget my time out in thailand next year and help me realized I can possibly stay there 6months in a row next year with the border runs... Currently I'm looking at budgeting 1500$ USD a month for my expenses out there while saving roughly another 300$ a month possible with my current pay at work being 1800$ a month. My first time in Thailand was earlier this year staying near Central Rama 9, but now I'm looking at possibly a small condo near BTS On Nut and budget around 20,000thb for housing with utilities. Being someone that doesn't party and drink much maybe twice a month I think it may doable! :D
🎯 Key points for quick navigation: 00:00 *📈 Realistic Budget for Living in Thailand* - Discusses the feasibility of living in Thailand with different budgets, particularly $1,000/month. - Explains the approach of the video, outlining the breakdown of costs: fixed, living expenses, and spending money. 01:26 *🏠 Fixed Costs in Thailand* - Detailed discussion on rent, emphasizing variance by location. - Websites like Renthub and Hip Flat recommended for finding rentals. - Highlights importance of exploring areas before deciding, noting lower occupancy rates in condos. 04:10 *⚡ Utilities and Hidden Costs* - Describes typical costs for electricity and water, suggesting tips to avoid overcharging. - Emphasizes importance of verifying government rates for utilities. 06:17 *🌍 Visas and Insurance Essentials* - Overview of different visa options including digital nomad and retirement visas. - Recommends Safety Wing Insurance and elaborates on cost variations based on age and visa type. 10:52 *🚗 Transport and Entertainment Expenses* - Explains transport options in Bangkok versus other areas, including public transport and private vehicle costs. - Describes entertainment expenses, particularly related to nightlife and dining out. 18:01 *🎬 Entertainment Budget Examples* - Breakdown of weekly entertainment and transport budgets, - Example budgets: 10,000 B and a personal tight budget with daily and weekend expenditures. 19:08 *📆 Financial Management Tips* - Importance of saving for irregular expenses and subscriptions, - Consideration of ongoing costs like Netflix and annual expenses for a motorbike. 19:38 *📊 Recommended Budgets for Thailand Living* - Monthly budget examples: 73,000 B and 86,000 B, with housing cost assumptions, - Breakdown of entertainment spending and overall financial planning for saving and irregular costs. Made with HARPA AI
I am not looking to moving to Thailand anytime soon, only visiting, but have watched a few of these types of videos. Yours is a great breakdown of all the costs and how they vary. Well done!
I've been an expat for over a decade and always visit Thailand. We were in Pattaya the baht bus asked us 200 baht each to fo from walking street area to the Wombat and Kiwi bar in Jomtien so my wife and I just got a grab and saved getting ripped off.
@@keisone Yes, If you flag them down on their regular route. Sounds like they got one which was waiting at Walking St and asked him to go to a specific place. Then they will ask 200.
I live elsewhere in Asia, not Thailand (yet!!), but i think the best way for Thailand is keep the THB budget as small as possible and have dollar denominated investments overseas set up already. Only remit into Thailand what you need to live there if you areliving there >183 days / year and triggering tax residency and the need to file a local tax return. There are other ways to stucture this if your living costs in Thailand are higher than a few thousand usd/month
When I crave non-Asian food, I'm still happy to substitute some local ingredients. I like beef, but I also like pork. Pork burgers can be so delicious, but half the price of beef and I still get my Western food hit.
A slight correctio on the DTV Visa. It's a multiple 5-year entry Visa. Max stay is 6 months before you have to make a border run or fly in. But it is the cheapest out of all the options. Also, most countries can now stay up to 60 days WITHOUT any Visa now!
Great video. Can you do a buget on the expensive side. 30 days visa, leaving in villas with pool or penthouse with rooftop pool, getting massages every day, going out every day, and going home every day with at least 1 new girl.
Thanks for this budget breakdown. I was a bit worried I would be living a typical US middle class lifestyle in Bangkok because I'm making nearly $9K USD near-passive income a month. I'm 45 and still have energy for outdoor adventuring and thought Thailand may be a great place to live for a while. I guess I'll be living a really comfortable life even in an expensive area, by Thailand standards, like Bangkok.
I moved to Kamala Phuket in late July and paid a six-month lease for a one-bedroom condo at 30,000 baht a month which is about 900 USD. I paid about 500 dollars this last month for utilities, food, insurance and late-night outings. Its still hundreds of dollars less a month than I was paying in America, but I do hope to find a place in December where rent is half of what I'm paying. It turns out that I didn't necessarily need the private pool, two gyms and two public infinity pools. lol. That wore off real quick. It turns out that what I enjoy most is getting on my e bike and just riding. Oh and I love the beach even though it isn't pristine beach time for Thailand.
@@keisone yes sir! I know it’s cliche to say that sometimes it’s the simpler things in life that make you most happy, but a lot of people say that for a reason.
If you plan on riding a bike, you need to get a Thai driving license. I made it 17 years without it, but after covid, it changed. Police needed money and stopped people all the time. I had to park my bike until I got the license. It has relaxed a bit, but I recommend getting it.
Good summation. Too many of these types of videos focus on "CAN you live on $1000 a month" instead of HOW would you live on $1000. You CAN live on any budget..... but would you really want to? You can get a Thai style room for $4k a month, only eat Thai food, never go out, only drink alcohol from 7/11 and spend nothing on entertainment and you can "live" here for $500 a month. But that sure ain't living!
Totally depends on whether you are tied to Bangkok. In smaller cities, a lovely new condo unit that'd probably cost 20k+ in Bangkok rents for 8k. That US$400 difference is a huge part of a budget. Away from Bangkok, you can live like a king for $1000 a month. In Bangkok, not so much.
Thanks so much for the video, as someone looking to move to thailand in the near future whether that be for a year or two or more longterm. This was great and really informative of what I could expect and gives me a nice blueprint on what to aim for each month. Appreciate the hard work on this one Adam. Cheers.
Great informative vlog mate. Certainly shows those thinking about living there a good baseline on costs. Thanks for taking the time to break it down for us. 👍
If you move to Thailand because the of cost of living and you want to live on a budget, make sure you have a budget of less than 50k thb per month for everything. I know single people in Thailand that live on less than 40k thb per month and they live comfortable.
I spend quite a bit a month, but I pay a premium for convenience. In Pattaya: Condo rent is $700 a month, on Airbnb in great location Food is $600 a month, but I use a food delivery service for a bodybuilding meal plan Gym is $100 a month, really high end equipment and AC which is uncommon Getting around town maybe $200 a month, I use bolt and bus exclusively I also use a mens health clinic which is several hundred a month as well depending on if I do infusions or something. In total I probably spend $2500 a month, but it's still way cheaper than the states. The taxes I save each year alone living in Thailand pay for virtually everything.
I cook 4 meals per day at home and eat 1 out. I do fitness so it works. 2 x eggs and rice and cashewnuts 2 x oatmeal and whey 1 meal out My monthly total budget is 80k baht or more if a need it to be (100k a month)
Where in Bangkok you can buy Monster Energy ? I never saw it in Thailand, only in the Philippines. In case of the 1000€ oder $. I think if you are older you need an better health insurance and than you cant live for 1000$ anymore. For me as an German SafetyWing looks expensive, I think this it is because its an global insurance including US / CAN. But these 2 countries are incredible expensive. There are a few insurance that are cheaper if you want an insurance exclude US/CAN. For example HanseMerkur, younger than 65 = 2,30€ per day, 65 or older = 5,90€ per day. BUT if you want to go to US/CAN you have to pay
BKK Metro Tip: Consider if you need to be in city center and more so "how often". You can get out into Nonthaburi (or other outer area) and rent a condo right on a BTS/MRT line for 1/2 to 1/3 of what it would be in central. Savings that pays for a lot of trips on the BTS/MRT. Even taxis. Being on a main road/metro line can give you most of the advantages of central BKK and with relative short and cheap trips pretty much all the rest. Most Thais and foreigners I personally know commute in, even for work.
Ok I watched to the end. I spend less than that in the US. And I live in Orlando Florida. It's looking less and less it would be adorable to move to Thailand 😮
@@HaroldJackson The average rent for just a one bedroom in Orlando is a little over $1,500 a month. And medical insurance in the States is expensive unless maybe you're on Medicare or something. I assume you don't have a car and insurance. And you must never eat out or go places if you're spending less than $2,500 a month in Orlando. Unless you have like 10 roommates!
@@5-minuteBreakthroughs Rent in some places in FL or TX (or other states) for one bed/studio apt is around 1200. A decent apartment to live. Add util, it will be about 1500 a month. You can do food for 200 a week if you cook. About 2500 to 3000 is sufficient to live a simple life style, especially if you avoid, car/insurance etc. Only thing is medical and as you said, if you are 65 or over, medicare will take care of your medical expenses. So yes it is doable :)
The one thing I find wrong with just about every Thailand budget videos is the tiring " you won't want to eat Thai food all the time and western food is expensive", what a bunch of BS, because it presumes that to eat western food one must go to western restaurants. I'm fairly well traveled for I've been to a dozen countries, some of them many times and lived for prolonged stretches in Europe, Canada, Brazil, California and now I live in one of the most expensive, food wise, places in the United States, Hawai'i. and in the most expensive area in Hawai'i. My monthly food budget is around $200, and I have a large size refrigerator and a medium size freezer that are full to the hilt all the time. I've got shrimp coming out of my ears, pork, chicken, steaks, pizzas, fish, you name it, I got plenty of it. I cook all my meals at home simply because why should i go out to eat and cost me 3 to 4 times more and I'm a better cook than any restaurant. With food raw ingredients being far cheaper in Thailand I can't see that $200 wouldn't be more than enough to have just as good of a diet. I can already hear some guys ask "how about western stuff like ketchup, mayonnaise and such, how much of those does anyone use in a month? Very little I would say.
This isn’t a video about how to live as cheap as possible, and many of us enjoy the pleasure of going to a nice restaurant from time to time, these budgets are to suit that lifestyle.. I have no problems dropping 1000 baht on a nice meal for myself, or more for myself and my partner. Of course you can cook every meal, but not everyone wants that lifestyle
Hi Adam, please fasten your seat belt.....next year the electricity will go up to more than 5 baht/unit nation-wide. In fact the MEA people wanted to increase the electricity from the third trimester of this year but the government had to personally asked them to halt the increase temporarily, and that's the best they can do for now.
5 Baht is nothing. That are 13 EU-Cent. If you live in German you pay 40 Cent. But our government was so smart and shut down all nuclear power plants so we are now buying expensive nuclear power from France so we can be "green" :) If I stay in Pattaya I use arround 700 KwH per Month, in Germany I use 1800 Units per YEAR :) AirCon needs so much power but power is so cheap in Thailand, who cares.
@@keisone 23 300 for rent including top end internet. 80 square meters AIS mobile- 400 baht local plan Makro food: 4-5000 a month Cat : 4-5000 (old picky and eats premium vet food now 😭) Elect (MEA) : 1500 - 6000 (I can get it to the lower range but cat needs cooling he’s used to the snow, and so am I 😂) Pro tip: don’t get a place where the aircon is not a white box unit inside, the big vent ones like mine use old school fans that cost a ton, plus 12 feet ceilings don’t help) Restaurants: 4000 baht Entertainment: god knows 🤣 20 k at least Lazada shopping 🛍️: 5k (clothing, shoes, air fryer whatever catches my eye) Probably a good 60 000 on the lower up to 82 k - i put away 25 k a month in total savings (stocks / ETFs/crypto whatever is on sale)
@@keisone Yeah I just rented a 2 story house also in the outskirts of Pattaya where I want to change the inside of my office and make it a studio aswel since the 10th. Really funny man I wanted to make a video tomorrow actually covering all these things fully for a 100% 😂 Fucking weird haha
In my opinion....and only mine.... budgeting in Asia depending on the country. It is realistic for me to plan for $2,500 to $3,500 per month all in. Anything less that $1,000 and you will live a meager lifestyle, unless of course that is what you want. Each person knows how they want to live and can spend accordingly.
rent 500$ food 7eleven/Grab 350$ utility bills and some bts at the weekends 150$ Insurance? 29$ month is 350$ in a year... if you have a emergency and go deal with it you will spend way less than that as it is cheap in Thailand... Insurance can only be used upon emergency... you may just spend money and never use it. the cost in general can go less if you in Chiang mai, or living in some far away areas in Bangkok but you would had to spend more money with BTS so is not worth it... in pattaya you will pay less in rent living far from the actual life but you will rent a bike and have freedom to go anywhere you want... same for Phuket but Phuket is pretty much the same price of living as Bangkok. of course that is for people like me who are focused other things other than party and spending money... most people operate in a way basic lifestyle and most RU-vidrs forget that I can easily go walking from my place to international school or may Thai, parks and gyms... Party and touristic attractions you will do when you visit it for the first time, no one needs to romanticise a busy and active lifestyle just because you moved to another country
Don't forget things like, New phone $2000, Trip home to see family $2000, Holidays, trips away, birthdays, christmas, new computer (eventually) all these things need to be factored in..
13,000B a month as you pointed out gives a much better quality of life ,I budget 65,000,to 70,000B and live very well .no rent as I bought condo in Jomtien
Good realistic budget for someone wanting to live a good lifestyle in Bangkok. I budget around 60k baht/month but my condo is 13k/month outside of the tourist areas (but still right next to blue MRT line). I don't really track my budget at all, just have a rough idea of it in my head, I try to spend max 1k/baht/day on food/transport but I know my budget gets completely blown out with the occasional large purchases like buying a new laptop/phone stuff like that, hard to budget for a new 50k laptop, 30k phone lol.
A realistic budget depends on what type of lifestyle you lead, do you have a guaranteed income or a pension, I have to budget round my pensions, for me you can’t put a definitive figure on it, we all lead different lifestyles.
I live less than US$1000 per month comfortably in Thailand. I occasionally cook myself, but lately getting lazy and eating out. I go to good restaurants and cheap eatouts depending on my appetite. I found a good condo and negotiated the rent and conditions. I travel in and out of Thailand, as I don't like mundaneness. It's refreshing to my spirit to change the scene.
I recently public my Italian video about coast of living in thailand. And I finish with a budget of 1.100 euro. For have a decent life, of course everyone know you can spend 10.000 euro a month in thailand you can do it too.😂
Rent is a big cost like anywhere in the world. personally if i was retired and was going to stay i would just find somewhere i like to live and just buy a condo. i expect that most people that are serious about retiring there would be pretty financially secure by that age. ok its different if you don't intend staying long term but that's pretty much the same anywhere in the world again because you would be renting. good thing with Thailand is the transport is pretty cheap to get around compared to the UK or Europe. but all in all a good video with plenty of info.
From your title: Annual; Rent. N/A Electricity. 6,000 Water. 1,000 Phone. 1,200 sim Internet. AIA unlimited Visa. 1,900 annual Insurance. 18,000 Transport. N/A My military pension kicked in aged 43, with a marriage visa, at age 50 changed to retirement and now a healthy young 55 living it up without a budget list. I can't advise or account for my lifestyle. Tour of Thailand coming up after the rain season and back home to pay my water bill, get out more.
I can live in Australia for $4000 per month comfortably, not in a city but a decent size town and still eat out a few times a week etc. Nowhere can escape the global expenses hike at this rate. Well maybe Vietnam but it's not a great expat location IMO.
You have the visa cost somewhat wrong. If you can get a retirement visa it cost 1900 THB/year. No multiple entries. You go to Immigration and get a re-entry stamp if you leave the country.
Last year I owned my own condo in Branson, Missouri and paid off the car ... lived on 40k Baht equivalent monthly expenses for years AND THAT IS IN THE US. Now in Downtown Portland, Oregon Hi Rise living (with a 22 story view of the mountains) on 95K baht equivalent ... in Thailand my budget with my wife is around 50K for all our needs including paying for the fees for our condo in Samui, visa and in country travel ... and on that I can actually save money but ... Living in Bangkok, HELL NO!
Tip if you Hire a Jetski or Bike Motorbike or Scooter when you first hire it Take photos or video even better and let them see you taking photos before you leave the hire place and when you return it take photos or video it will save you in the long run but always take photos before and after and let them see tip 2 if you ever find your self in a bit of trouble do not go to the police go to your Embassy and talk to them thay know the culture customs and know a lot of the laws and a lot of people can smooth things over if you go to a BAR and see a BELL do not ring it unless you have a lot of money it means you buying the whole bar a drink if you do have to take a Taxi there pull out your phone and record when you get in and long the way so if thay try to make you pay more you got them on video and report them if you are buying some goods barter with them thay like it a bit of fun it will go a long way
I live very close to Laos so I just drive to the border and since my truck is paid off I can drive to Laos for my visa run so it just cost fuel. Then I can fly pretty cheap to Laos as well.
Love sushiro. I go to the one at icon siam and usually spend around 1400 bhat which is so cheap compared the states. Last time I went to sushi masato and it was great but cost about 5000 baht. For the money sushiro gives you great value and the quality is very good.
@@keisone i pretty much ate all the premium stuff because its so much cheaper than in the US. I think I ate 14 plates last year. Planning to hit sushiro again in October and this time I am going to stay and explore the river area. Probably going to stay near icon siam this time
I have lived in BKK for 18 years and own 4 homes in the area. This video is a great beginner blueprint for many low to middle class Western foreigners who do not speak Thai and are trying to understand how things work in Bangkok.
Not going for permanent residency or citizenship sounds crazy to. In contradiction to what you seems to think, there are no bribes and there are no secret society, where contacts matters. Lawyers cant simplify things for you because of any of that, all they can do is to help you collect document and provide general available information.
I mean if a thai can easily live on a 30k thb budget so can you. *If you move to the outskirts of Sukhumvit the rent will go down to 15-1900thb for a single room *Market food is clean an extremely affordable *Rent a bike ❌ buy one it'll cost you you 2.5-3500 a month thats around 100thb a day *Avoid tourists trap areas because most things are double the price *Befriend the locals and party with them they'll show you a different corner (rca) of Thailand A couple of advices i can give as a half thai
My wife is Thai and I have to spend alot more than she does here just because we have to pay insurance and visa expenses. Most my budget goes on our kids education though, the public schools around us weren't very good so their private school costs me quite alot. It's very different living here as a foreigner to a local. If we don't have insurance we can end up with huge hospital expenses if anything happens, even using a public hospital.
When you're talking about the rent is it for sevaral years or 1 year minimum of rent ? Generally I stay 1 to 3 months in a country. I'm at the moment in bangkok et I want to find something for 1 monts or 2 months but I'm not sure what websites are the most appropriate. For short term (1 week) in bangkok, at Silom/Sathorn, I find the best deal on agoda for Hotels (around 600$ a month at the end by changing place every week) but for 1 month I struggle to find something cool with good price.
peace keis✌planning to make the jump in about 12 months time~ starting to sell all my shyt and trying to reduce everything i own into like 3 duffel bags- what about a video on what you brought on your move? what you wish you wouldve brought/ shouldve left behind? etc etc
