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What are some suggested border runs from Bangkok?
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What border run do you suggest? Coming from Bangkok
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The discussion suggests various border run options for expats in Bangkok, focusing on easy and cost-effective methods. Popular destinations include Cambodia and Laos, with recommendations for timing and transportation. Travelers mention options such as early morning flights to border destinations and quick returns within the same day. Questions arise about visa duration upon reentry, with clarifications that Visa Exempt entries typically grant 60 days. The importance of the Thailand Digital Arrival Card (TDAC) for reentry is also highlighted.
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Laos
Tommy ********
Cross the border and don’t come back
Normand **********
What u mean
Todd **********
We just returned from Luang Prabang. What a neat place!
Karl **********************
Luang Prabang
John ******
Leave 04AM back 14.00PM , 4000 Baht
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Peter ***********
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Tunc *********
Siem Reap
Richard *********
Phi Quoc, Vietnem
John *******
Would you get 30 or 60 days?
Graham ******
@John ******
If you mean for Visa Exempt all VE extries are 60 daysDan *****
Thailand Digital Arrival Card (TDAC)
Brandon ************
@Dan ****
it's required for EVERYONE that isn't a Thai.Dan *****
@Graham *****
I will do visa Exempt to.. but do I need to fill the TDCA when I return back to Thailand?John *******
@Graham *****
Thank you
Stephen ********
I thought that all border crossings to prove exit had been stopped unless they are by air
Graham ******
@Stephen *******
You thought wrongly. What has stopped since Visa Exempt has been 60 days is the limit of two land border VE entries per calendar year.
Mark *******
Mark *******
Nope!
Jimmy ****
@Mark ******
Mark Avery the officers never asked questions?
Jean ************
@Stephen *******
"BOARDER"....REALLY....!?!?!?!?.....HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TO SCHOOL ....!?!?!?!?
Peter **********
@Jean ***********
OH NO !
Ho ******
Any international flight.
Jeremy ********
@Ho *****
I used to fly to KL on Airasia…I would leave in the morning get to KL around noon…go to KL get lunch then walk around and catch a flight back around 1900 back to DMK…some people never leave the airport but I always did
Timothy *****
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(near Phra Khanong BTS) 🇹🇭 Here you go fellas 4000baht for Europeans. Go 5H morning , back 13H .. i did last week.. easy. We were with 8 in a minivan. Cambodia border took maybe 30min all together for everyone. 🚙 💨
Skin **********
@Timothy ****
does this allow a person to keep stating in Thailand long term.Timothy *****
@Skin *********
therefore you need long term visa man. If you don’t have that, The answer is no. 🙂
Margaret ********
Richie *******
Bangkok marathon
Baz *********
Many border runs available to Cambodia..
1 day up and back..
Leave very early morning return in the afternoon.
1 day up and back..
Leave very early morning return in the afternoon.
Rosie *******************
@Baz ********
would you recommend a particular one?
Randy ********
@Rosie ******************
I’ve used this service many times. **************************************************************
Baz *********
@Rosie ******************
I don't personally do border runs however I do know people in Bangkok who do but I am not sure of the company's name .I believe there are several..
My friends usually leave from somewhere near On Nut BTS station I believe..
So but that's about all I know.
Jeremy ********
If you want the cheapest and easiest way…buy a ticket from DMK - UBP for early morning then take a tuktuk/grab/bolt to the border from the airport…do a border bounce…return to the airport and return to DMK in the afternoon…super easy
Dan *****
@Jeremy *******
does a visa run needs to fill Thailand Digital Arrival Card (TDAC) ? At the return?Jeremy ********
@Dan ****
yes that policy went into effect on 1 May so anytime you want to re-enter Thailand you have to fill it out…it’s been said that all your information is saved in the system so you just have to update it if it changes
Rob ******
@Jeremy *******
ChongMek border charge a “Fee” when entering & exiting the same day, look at ChongMek border on GoogleJeremy ********
@Rob *****
a RT ticket to DMK- UBP is only ฿1,900 THB…grab or car RT is probably ฿1,800 RT…visas and your day pass fee…is still worth it for not having to sit in a cramped van for 12 hours…Jeremy ********
@Rob *****
there is only 1 thing in life you can get back and that my friend is…time…so I value that over everythingRob ******
@Jeremy *******
Depends what you value more, money or time, You said “cheapest & easiest way”, Might be the easiest but not the cheapestActivity
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