Rittersport dark (74% but w/e) was 75 tbh in big C on rama 4 2 days ago.

Is there whey in bangkok or online for ~500tbh per kg?

Too broke? Why wouldnt you want somebody take care of everything for less money, right? Seems alot of things you have to do yourself and it even costs you more then if you pay some agency to do it?

You can pay a tout outside the consulate to do it all for you and deliver it to your hotel. Some hotels do it for you too so you don't have to leave your room. Not sure which ones do it lately.

What he means is the minibus is busto and a death trap, they crash all the time. 4 foreign tourists killed earlier this month.

http://www.nationmultimedia.com/deta...gnews/30331243

10 hour journey or something too. Much better to spend the extra money on flying to Laos, or at least to Udon. To avoid that horrendous journey.

Also, the agency puts you in a really boring busto hotel once you get to Vientiane. And you still have to go queue up and do the visa stuff inside the consulate yourself, they do not do that for you. They just drop you at the gate and tell you where to queue up if you don't know, but you still have to do it yourself, and it's pretty obvious.

So just fly there stay somewhere nice on the riverfront and get a tout / hotel to do it all for you so you don't even to trek across town to the consulate (in the middle of nowhere) early in the morning then again the next day to pick it up.

seems like a lot of people don't really take into account the cost/burden of visa runs when they move to thailand.

feels super safe tho

+1

I'm always fascinated by these visa run stories/hacks. These guys are putting in a lot of effort - and money - into staying in the country, just seems like too much at some point.

I am going to assume that you are a poker player, and that you make an average of $10/hr.
10 hours to go, 10 hours to come back, that's a potential of $200 you've wasted, sitted in a van bored out of your mind. See my point ?

And really, you don't need to be a genius to do it on your own, usually there is always ~10 guys doing the exact same thing that you will meet at the border, so just ask around.

I'm not going to say it will never happen but the day I can't afford an agent to take care of my visa bs for $40 or whatever I'll be very depressed. Kind of defeats the purpose of living out here.

It’s one day every 3 months at the price of $150 to stay in the country of your choice. Iknow that’s 15 buy ins but not exactly a lot of effort or expensive.

We're telling him to spend more money to make it more convenient. He's never done it before, where did he say cost is an issue.

He just said oh why not spend less to get an agency to do everything, wouldn't that make sense... because he's never done it before, he doesn't know those agencies aren't that great.

Weird overreactions again from the forum's two resident 40 year olds that don't live in Thailand, or Asia, or have ever met anyone in the thread.

About time these two fell in love

13 killed in another minivan crash http://www.nationmultimedia.com/deta...gnews/30332400

at the very least it's two days ruined by a visa run. more like three, possibly four days.

four visa runs per year at three days on average is 12 days. nearly two weeks wasted on nothing. life is put on hold once every three months for a few days to jump through thai immigration's hoops.

plus costs of course -- which add up. if you're staying a night or two on a visa run, you don't sit in your room and cook for yourself. you usually go to bars, eat meals at restaurants, pay for transport, bang a hooker, etc.

i like taking trips, but i do it out of choice. it's not forced upon my every three months.

Son, how many levels of ****** can you operate on?

I used to either do a day trip to Cambo which was minivan from patts at 6am home by 3pm or as you put it a few days in flips, KL or Loas having a mini holiday, as you explained above while contradicting yourself at the same time.

You fringe.

Its a consequence of living abroad,why b1t7ching about it..?? Its the law,everywhere you go..

sorry about that.

do they still let people exploit tourist visa rules (and ruin it for us legitimate tourists who spend money)?

i always read stories about going to the vientiane consulate, taking one day to get there, the next day submitting the paperwork, the next day picking up the passport. three days wasted minimum by my count.

that's why you exploit ED visa instead! got your back bro

Hi guys, I have a question regarding atm withdrawals made from a UK bank/building society account.

I am currently with Norwich & Peterborough building society, who offered free atm withdrawals from overseas (including Thailand). The only charge was obviously the 220baht charged from LOS end. Unfortunately, they will cease to provide and close all of there current accounts, so I am forced to find another bank/bs or option.

I just searched for alternative provider, but am having some difficulties. Virgin allow foreign atm withdrawls charging only £1.50, however LOS is excluded. This is the problem with most banks/bs's.

Can anyone advise me of UK banks who allow free (or very cheap) withdrawls from LOS atm's for UK residents please.

Thanks in advance!

How have the holidays you take been affected? I can't think of any effect visa runners have on people who spend <6 months per year in the country.

It only got harder to do >6 months per year, i.e. it got harder to be a 'visa runner'. But no effect on the average tourist.

And "tourists that spend money"? What's that mean? Even someone that lives on $1k a month is still putting $12k a year into the local economy. Are you dropping $12k a year in Thailand during your travels?
And its those "tourists that spend money" that are putting short time expenses through the roof. If lolita's goes into the 4 figure zone...

I will just fly to Vientiane, **** those vans, you gave me enough proof that they are real death traps. Is like 120 quid a standard price for the return ticket, if I leave on one day and just fly back the next day? Hope the clocks will be alright to get the visa fixed in proper timeframe.

Is Penang still an option for tourist visas. Probably about the same airfare and a little more interesting then Vientiane.

you're pushing up the costs of everyday expenses for thais. making it harder for normal thais to live.

my spending doesn't impact the cost of living of thais since it's confined to the tourist sector. it actually creates employment, improves the lives of thais.

They can't do it anymore.
You have to drop you passport by yourself because you need to sign a paper when you drop it.

I like to improve the live of Issan family too

I've just used this service to come back on my 2 stamp in a row (+1) and 5 tourist visa https://www.limousine.in.th/fast-tra...xoCseAQAvD_BwE

All was good.