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    How many Thais do you feed and support daily ?

    Let's find out some facts about our contributions to Thailand.
    1. How many Thais do you feed and support daily ?
    2. What is your monthly expenditure in total for food inc. eating out ?
    3. What is your total monthly expenditure.
    I will start us off. 4 Thais consisting of a spouse, 2 children and a father
    Food for me and all the rest including eating out. 10000 baht.
    I spend per month 50,000 baht

    It would be nice to know some truths to dispel so mush bs.

    thanks

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    I support two people- wife and MIL.
    Mil gets a small pension, and they run a small shop- so that goes into the 'kitty'.
    I spend around 40k per month at a guess, but I really don't keep tabs on it.
    That include odd purchases like appliances & TV's, but I'm in the process of buying a small tractor so will probably exceed that this year.

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    None. Shitloads of Filipinos though.

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    I support myself. Wife supports herself. No children yet.

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    Two, wife and myself plus MIL part time. Her kitchen door is 3 meters from our kitchen door. We eat out but not a lot. 10,000 plus for food. Over all we spend about 50,000 for living expenses.

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    I support the Midget and 2 kids.

    I give 3,000 Baht a week for housekeeping.

    I pay rent and bills.

    The Midget has 2 full-time jobs in looking after me and running a bakery.

    I pay around 45 to 50k a month I guess.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog View Post
    I give 3,000 Baht a week for housekeeping.
    12,000 p/m. Just hire 4 Burmese maids.

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Master Cool View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog View Post
    I give 3,000 Baht a week for housekeeping.
    12,000 p/m. Just hire 4 Burmese maids.
    Most of it goes in my stomach. We don't eat Isaani shit.

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    50,000 Baht per month in total.
    10,000 on cigarettes
    20,000 on bargirls
    10,000 on beer
    The remaining 10,000 I just squander it.

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    20.000 on rent/bills
    10.000 on transport/taxis
    15.000 on food/booze/cigs

    Total : on average about 45.000

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    Quote Originally Posted by bellagrego
    How many Thais do you feed and support daily ?
    3
    Quote Originally Posted by bellagrego
    What is your monthly expenditure in total for food inc. eating out ?
    15,000. Don't eat out much. Most of it on western food ingredients.
    Quote Originally Posted by bellagrego
    What is your total monthly expenditure.
    40,000 average. Includes school costs for 2 kids, petrol (travel a lot), insurance, utilities and misc crap.

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    65,000 average. 3 people but a lot of them drop in for short stays.

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    My take on contributions to Thailand is a little different than some.

    Yes, I take care of the wife and daughter or they take care of me, but the wife works full-time and pulls in B50,000 by herself.

    Our monthly outlay in BKK I really have no idea. I and my daughter eat American food daily and the family buys toys from time to time. The house and car is paid for so that is a big relief. Our electrical bill averages between 5-6 thousand baht per month.

    We also currently employ eight full-time employees in our various adventures. This does not include the bi-weekly workers that are needed. Finally, during the farming season or a construction project this number rises considerably.

    My belief is that many long-term expats directly or indirectly (through a self sustaining business) support more than their fair share in Thailand.
    Last edited by hillbilly; 08-04-2011 at 05:28 PM.

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    I give the wife 100k a month and out of that she looks after two houses, and shop & workshop and pays all bills.

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    I spread 80,000.00 per month around in this community and support wifey. The rest stays in Canada.
    Last edited by Calgary; 08-04-2011 at 09:11 PM.

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    Wife, four kids, one daughter-in-law with baby, two maids, driver, a kid with no parents or other family who has lived with us for the past few years and who just graduated from High School #1 in his class today, and assorted people who just kind of pass through every day.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Davis Knowlton
    Wife, four kids, one daughter-in-law with baby, two maids, driver, a kid with no parents or other family who has lived with us for the past few years and who just graduated from High School #1 in his class today, and assorted people who just kind of pass through every day.
    Damn dk, with all those votes you should consider running for mayor.

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    ^Nah, they tend to shoot politicians around these parts.

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    wife and foster kid.

    14,000 pa rent -we'll move into our house in December.
    1000 per month electric
    800 per month TOT - internet etc.
    2000 per month on fuel for 2 bikes and a ute
    3000 per month on food, when I'm not here, bit more when I am here, maybe another 3,000.
    4800 school fees p.a.
    10,000 p.a ancillary fees for kid.
    150 per carton of smokes
    40 baht 0.5 litre Lao Kao

    Outgoings on house build;
    150 baht per day x 3 for ladies working on house.
    300 baht per day for bloke what can do anything with steel, wood etc.

    That's about it.

    I put money in the bank, she pays for everything.

    Generally complaining that we've spent too much.

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    Rent: $8,500 to $9k for Condo ( I pay all and includes Electric, water, garbage, cable and internet)
    Phone: $850 bht ( I pay all, she has her own bill)
    Food: GF and I split so I would say $2000 a month, (we do not cook at Condo to easy to eat out)
    Other stuff: $1,500 bht a month Clothes, Basic food ETC

    Note: She has a car and it is paid for. She pays gas and insurance.

    My Total: $13K bht a month give or take a $1000.

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    managed to live off 1200 baht/month for food plus around 1000 visa run=2200baht/month for two months in isaan, my two boys and I eating well (i don't eat isaan crap either, but DO buy meat, veg etc from the local market and cook for myself)
    normally, including eating "out", it would be about double that, add 4000 for electricity, 60 for piped water, a couple of thousand for fuel comes to about 10000per month to live reasonably well.
    add in the odd beer or two and we are talking around 30000 for a decent lifestyle in isaan.


    ..of course if you have a thai wife, then you need to multiply the figure by eight and add in medical "expenses" for her fuktup relatives plus food for them (fuknose how they manage to spend so much on insects and rotten fish with rice), and then i suppose..
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    Seems as if 50,000 bht is the figure that the various posters spend.

    The average thai gets 200 bht a day, spends 40% on food 80 bht

    The average poster is supporting/feeding 50,000 /(200x.4) = 625 thais.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bellagrego
    I will start us off. 4 Thais consisting of a spouse, 2 children and a father Food for me and all the rest including eating out. 10000 baht. I spend per month 50,000 baht
    So where does the other 40K go ?

    Quote Originally Posted by bellagrego
    It would be nice to know some truths to dispel so mush bs.
    indeed

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    I support a wife, her daughter, mum, three brothers, aunty, her two kids (including her dyslectic son chaiSom) and the finance company they borrowed off to buy the ute.



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    Quote Originally Posted by JPPR2
    $13K bht
    Not familiar with that currency.

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