Is it advisable to lock up 800,000 THB in a Thai bank account while traveling frequently?

@Ryan ***

Pattara Place Chiang Phuak

@Joe ******

Phnom Penh is a great city on the river and well worth a visit for a few days ..

Siem Reap and the Temples of Angkor are one of the biggest tourist destinations in SE Asia and attract millions of visitors every year..

And if you want something quite different head to the coast in Cambodia and check out Sihanoukville and Kampot and some lovely quiet beach areas along the coast..

You can even travel overland by bus from Sihanoukville back into Thailand via Ko Kong along the coast..

Interesting trip and onwards to Trat Thailand and even Koh Chang island Thailand and back to Pattaya or onwards to Bangkok.

I have been over most of Cambodia and it's a fascinating country and well worth a very good look.

The world is your oyster in Cambodia, Vietnam and Thailand and years of adventures to experience if you want to 😁

@Todd ********

used correctly you can get 9 months out of it and not have to have 800 K in a bank

Mind you more than one would have be be used over a few years

@Joe ******

Good thinking judging from my experience anyway. Obviously additional travel costs like airfares come into play however I'm not trying to cram everything into a single country trip as you would if you were on holidays. I tend to select a region of a country and explore it thoroughly but leisurely. That way you get to know the locals much better and they you. After all you can always come back on future trips to explore different regions.

Anyway Joe it's working well for me.

Give it a try if I restricted myself to one location I'd rapidly become bored and probably end up drinking and partying too much and/ or getting too attached to some lady costing you far more.

Far better having an exit strategy by moving on 🤣

@Andy ***********

some of us still have businesses and other sources of income which is the main concern for me.

Sure, I'm not losing any sleep over it. I'm just being cautious and waiting to see how things play out over the next few months while enjoying other places.

@Barry *******

I take it and you eat it...

@Ryan ***

the rules have been updated and things started from 2024, with first filing due at beginning of 2025. While one might get away with it for some time, sooner or later it can catch up to you and I don't think anyone would wanna deal with whatever consequences that will have... Even if you don't owe any money, fact that you will need to file and present whatever BS paperwork they will require is enough for me to stay there under 180 days... VN and other countries are more than happy to take my money :)

@Paul *******

true that we had 3 speeding tickets and wife was going to pay them and then honestly lost them. Nobody has given new one or anything. That was about two years ago

@Paul *******

speeding tickets are small money. There has been already a talk of linking immigration with taxation department. They don't need to rush either, as they can catch up to you at a later time and hit you with additional penalties...

@Joe ******

you get 60 days free every time you come in. And can extend that by 30 days for 1900 baht. If planning on longer each time, the retirement visa might be more worthwhile

@Joe ******

you can pay an agent if you want