Thread: Tourists may have to prove they have enough money to enter Thailand

Originally Posted by AndyCap

I assumed all you needed was a business class ticket?

last time I landed, I had a business class ticket, long que in the middle of the night, Somchai on the immigration desk would not let me through without the little priority card you are supposed to get on the plane. bastad

Did you not have your boarding card?

One tried that on me once, I had to explain to him that the 'C" meant Business class, and once he'd confirmed it with the boss I was AOK.

Since then, I always get spares.

Originally Posted by Fluke

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Just as an aside, maybe it's only me, but if you are working illegally, isn't it more likely that you could afford to have 20K about your person?

That nearly a months wages for TEFLers

And you would know.

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Originally Posted by Fluke

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Just as an aside, maybe it's only me, but if you are working illegally, isn't it more likely that you could afford to have 20K about your person?

That nearly a months wages for TEFLers

And you would know.

Wait right there .
I will only be a confirmed TELFer if Ant Says that I am
Until that happens , I am not a TELFer

You are a broken brained itinerant, given to ostentatious displays of attention whoring.

That is all.

Originally Posted by chassamui

You are a broken brained itinerant, given to ostentatious displays of attention whoring.

That is all.

I am not a broken brained itinerant, given to ostentatious displays of attention whoring.
I have been in the same place for the last six years , thats hardly "itinerant"

Originally Posted by Fluke

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Just as an aside, maybe it's only me, but if you are working illegally, isn't it more likely that you could afford to have 20K about your person?

That nearly a months wages for TEFLers

It's a whole months expenditure for a retired man living up country. You can live it up on 20K a month if your single.

Originally Posted by Fluke

I have been in the same place for the last six years , thats hardly "itinerant"

No defence offered for the bit about being a broken brained attention whore then?

Originally Posted by Wilsonandson

Originally Posted by Fluke

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Just as an aside, maybe it's only me, but if you are working illegally, isn't it more likely that you could afford to have 20K about your person?

That nearly a months wages for TEFLers

It's a whole months expenditure for a retired man living up country. You can live it up on 20K a month if your single.

That's why Sybil lives up North then.

Originally Posted by Wilsonandson

You can live it up on 20K a month if your single.

Ive "known" a couple of single 20k/month TEFLers over the years, and I can promise you they aint "living it up".

Unless a retiree came over & bought a house & car etc and thats not included.

Anyway regardless I can't see how anyone can live comfortably on 20K a month unless they're Jeff & go completely native

Originally Posted by chassamui

Originally Posted by Fluke

Originally Posted by chassamui

You are a broken brained itinerant, given to ostentatious displays of attention whoring.

That is all.

I am not a broken brained itinerant, given to ostentatious displays of attention whoring.
I have been in the same place for the last six years , thats hardly "itinerant"

According to your posting history you've been gallivanting all over the Kingdom like a fucking loose horse tied to a washing machine, befriending waifs and strays, including deaf hookers.

Those were either necessary Visa runs or done at home .
I'm back at home now as well, just got back from Laos today

Originally Posted by Slick

I can't see how anyone can live comfortably on 20K a month unless they're Jeff & go completely native

The 'go native' part is the key. If I needed a steady supply of Western comfort & food, I'd stay there.

Isn't a Credit Card any good?

One German traveller claims he was detained in a cockroach-ridden cell at Thailand's Suvarnabhumi Airport for not carrying £460 in cash, and was denied access to an ATM.
Thai authorities are demanding tourists show them proof that they have enough money before letting them enter the country, according to reports.

While Thailand has long required tourists to arrive with a minimum of 10,000 Baht (£230) per person and 20,000 (£460) Baht per family, it was a rule rarely enforced until now.

Travellers have been taking to online forums saying that airport officials are demanding to see the sums in cash, with one German traveller claiming he was detained in a cockroach-ridden cell for not carrying any, and denied access to an ATM.

Thai border officials in crackdown on Western 'begpackers' - cetusnews

Originally Posted by stroller

If I needed a steady supply of Western comfort & food, I'd stay there.

It can be done no doubt, but I don't think a lot of people really, in all honesty, want to go that far native, and the people that Ive seen try it are miserable kunts after a while and get trapped.

I mean, I like to Thai-bash & vent just like anyone - but these are the types that really moan because they are exposed a hell of a lot of Thainess and can't get out.

I wouldn't want to do it, and I've never met a genuinely happy foreigner living on 20k/month.

Originally Posted by Pragmatic

Isn't a Credit Card any good?

Sometimes yes, sometimes no.

^ Agree, but happiness is subjective to individuals. In my last few years in Thailand I rarely spent over 25k/month and banked well over half my salary. Accommodation was provided to be fair, so that is an expenditure I didn't have to think about for years. It came in the form of a rather spartan and in parts creaky townhouse. Not ideal, but better than a studio. Didn't live in BKK either so there was little temptation. Fridge full of food,use of a pool and gym and petrol in the bike is enough to keep me happy.

It would have been tougher to be on the traditional TEFL salary in Thailand-no thanks. Saving money is something I obsesses about more and more these days. Getting older I guess. Middle age beckons :-(

Originally Posted by Pragmatic

Steve Thompson yelled "Busted"

Theres a Lu-phemism

Originally Posted by Pragmatic

another angry poster suggested that violence against the "beg-packers" was called for.

Thatll be Fluke

Originally Posted by Dillinger

Originally Posted by Pragmatic

Steve Thompson yelled "Busted"

Theres a Lu-phemism

Someone hacked me computer.

Originally Posted by Wilsonandson

It's a whole months expenditure for a retired man living up country. You can live it up on 20K a month if your single.

Please explain how you can do that.

I can see the surefooted vision here. Thailand will become a glittering prize, the Monaco of the East (sans Casino). Firmly casting the likes of Tokyo, Singapore, HK, Shanghai aside, it becomes the sole destination of choice for the well heeled traveller- and scungy backpackers can go to Cambo or VN.

Why can't you beg for money? As long as you're not making a noise or blocking the sidewalk seems OK to me. If you have to photograph it on your phone and report it on Facebook shows you are a nosey, irritating busy body with no life, hell bent on grassing up the lower class, vunerable people to gain some sort of fame. I mind my own business, the world is not perfect, if something is pissing me off I just move on and focus on the positive parts of the day. Hurting desperate homeless people is not my idea of a hobby. There's too many of these little Hitler's in Thailand. Let's hope they get some karma.

Originally Posted by aging one

Originally Posted by Wilsonandson

It's a whole months expenditure for a retired man living up country. You can live it up on 20K a month if your single.

Please explain how you can do that.

Oh come on! The majority of Thais earn as little as 10,000 baht a month. They survive OK.

Originally Posted by Wilsonandson

Originally Posted by aging one

Originally Posted by Wilsonandson

It's a whole months expenditure for a retired man living up country. You can live it up on 20K a month if your single.

Please explain how you can do that.

Oh come on! The majority of Thais earn as little as 10,000 baht a month. They survive OK.

Thais living on a subsistence wage is not "living it up".

Although you have a point that their expectations are pretty low.

Originally Posted by Wilsonandson

Originally Posted by aging one

Originally Posted by Wilsonandson

It's a whole months expenditure for a retired man living up country. You can live it up on 20K a month if your single.

Please explain how you can do that.

Oh come on! The majority of Thais earn as little as 10,000 baht a month. They survive OK.

Back-pedalling much?