What essential items from the western world should I bring to Thailand that are hard to find?

Salt and Vinegar Discos and Whisper bars

Rice

Dr Pepper hahah

Everything you have at home you can get here. Sun screen is expensive so bring some

If you have curly hair, bring the product with you. If you have big bust, bring more bra.

Pickled onions. Lower fat cheese. Corned beef.

Hair products

Ladies underwear

Sunscreen

Yea money, make sure you bring plenty papers so that buffalo can use it

Stick deodorant is sold in Thailand

Bovril 🥰

Quality vitamins and razors for shaving 🪒

It’s easy to find it’s at every Watson, etc etc

But in my opinion, they don’t work as well as the western ones I’ve gotten in America. I guess the big stinky farang body is too much for them here lol

Tide Stain Stick

Never been able to find a decent can opener or potato masher.

You can get any brand of deodorant on Lazada (SE Asia's answer to Amazon). I get Secret, and my son uses Speedstick or Old Spice. Whoever told you it isn't readily available lives under a rock and must not shop online. Check Lazada.co.th for products you're thinking are rare, and check if the price difference is worth it.

I've found that good sunblock is cheaper back in the states, and it's worth bringing any specific type of American (or where ever you're from) snacks or candies that are not so internationally popular. For me, that's RedVines, butterfinger, feastables chocolate, airheads, hidden valley ranch, beef jerky, sweet chopped jalapeno from trader joes, tapatio sauce, cans of refried black beans for Mexican nights.

Most of those can be found on Lazada too... But at 10x the price, so doesn't make it worth it.

Where ever you're from, think of the foods/treats that you enjoy and might want, and start plugging them into Lazada. You might find that some things you think are stable everywhere, are actually just popular in your country and might be harder to find abroad. It's not always what you think.

Distilled water

Decent after shave is hard to find and if found is very expensive

Flat bed sheets. Virtually non existent.

Small gas powered soldering iron

I live in thailand.

Depending where you live somethings are difficult to get.

Bangkok you can get anything and everything….

The smaller islands I struggled with things like dry shampoo, heat spray for hair, Moroccan oil, high end makeup like Chanel, Mac etc, perfumes…. Underwear shops just don’t exist! You have to purchase in SHEIN or online. Good quality chocolate. If you uk and Europe BYO lol. Struggled to buy nice shoes Bangkok is better but range and style just not the same as UK/Europe. I have my fave face creams from home so always bring stock up. Same with shampoo/conditioner. You cannot get jungle formula bug spray. Not good for you but I have an allergy to mosquitos and nothing else works for me!

If you are on the larger side being tall, have larger boobs lol or wide hips etc you just struggle to get anything to fit you! Clothes shopping not the best.

Ermmm if I think of more I’ll add 🙃

Omg tampons are such bad quality here I always bring those form home

Beef is really low quality- just don’t eat it

You should know through your physic powers shouldnt you????

Relates to DTV HOW?????

Brains

tampons, if you like a specific brand then deodorant for sure, body wash, sunscreen make- up, nail polish, dish soap...the dish soap sucks here.

For those that like to cover their gray hair, I struggle to find the equivalent of Just for Men

Vodka

Is this the first time you will go there?

Otherwise it’s a stupid question.

Thailand is very very modern, you name it, you can buy it!

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What kind of third world do you think thailand is? Just with this question, i can guess, american?

I always bring tampons and sunscreen, because I like the ones from Europe and it’s cheaper there. But you can find almost anything in Thailand :)

Sunblock is expensive here, so best to bring it with you

I always bring toothpaste and deodorant back. They have some here but it’s not the same.

Big size shoes (biggest for Thai woman around 40-41 eur

Melatonin (we have online but hard to find)

Tampons / disc are quite expensive compare to the USA

I stock up on Lindt chocolate (here 100g costs more than 6 euros) and my fav coffee (Turkish). Thailand has lots of coffee to offer but locals prefer dark roast with a bitter taste, and if you like light roast, you need to pay extra all the time.

Overall, you can find almost everything here but the price for some things might be x3. If you have some foods you can't live without, you might want to bring them with you if you have enough space in your suitcase.

XXL condoms - I can't find them anywhere 😆

Galaxy chocolate

Plenty of stick deodorant… every supermarket and 7 11 and …. Has it.

Just use roller brother. Same same.

If you’re from America, I recommend to bring DayQuil and NightQuil. It’ll solve all your ussue when you get a cold here.

Alca seltzer

Heard of nivea?

Colour tv, bed sheets, bananas 🍌 ladyboy

Nuff said 🙃

Common sense 🤣🤣

Depent where you go: tampons! sometimes it’s like to find the Holy Grail

Gin or Pastis de Marseille

Quality vitamin cost a lot here, make up that suits fair skin is hard to find, bras above size 12, non Asian spices if you like to cook and a Google Chrome or Amazon firestick so you can use a VPN on your tv to watch all your favourites from home is helpful. Also good as they stay logged on and dont mean setting up every time you move house

Our going in holiday try relaxing and enjoy the land of smiles. You won't miss anything from your country and you won't want to leave. Leave all you crap at home you can find whatever you need in Thailand and if you can't find it you don't need it. Travel light 7 kg back pack is enough don't be one of those people you see kidding around massive baggage it looks so uncomfortable

You can get anything u want in Thailand.

Nothing

Pretty much everything available here. People say to bring sunscreen and mosquito repellent. Dont fall for that, both available and not more expensive the west.

Big clothing also easily available in the cities. Especially Bangkok.

Heck even vitamins and supplements around same price as Europe, despite people claiming its more expensive. I get visit from Europe and was going to ask them to bring until i actually started comparing prices,

After living here for a year ive found everything is available. And most things available to order on Lazada.

Only i can think of is local country food ingredients. But even allot of that is available (but at premium price) Heck I can even find Norwegian brown cheese.

As a female, tampons. The tampons here are such bad quality and feel toxic. Over stock up on these if you stay long term. Skin care without whitening agents. If you exercise a lot (maybe you have Muaythai soft power DTV) good quality magnesium powder. I live on an island so makes it really hard for these things and covid was hard. Thought I was going to get toxic shock syndrome from the tampons.

For me it's everyday household items like dryer sheets and one time use dusters. I use disposable swiffer dusters in the US and you can't find them here. Disposable toilet bowl cleaners. My thai friend tells me it's because of eco friendliness. Makes sense. Those are the things I miss the most.

aspirin?

Sunscreen without whitening agents

Tampons & candles (you can find them online and at Bath & Body Works but they're expensive)

Plenty of stick deodorant, but no Old Spice brand! And it's expensive to order from Shopee or Lazada. I always bring a lot when I come back from the US.

Specific branded items. We like blistex lip balm and bring that. Also I agree with you on the stick deodorant. I bring a bunch of sticks from home. I don't like the roll-ons.

I bring certain nutritional supplements, vitamins, etc. You can get them in Thailand but they are more expensive.

That being said you can find a lot of stuff on Lazada or Shoppee.

Hi Melanie, I think you will soon realize that Thailand is also the Western World!! 😜😜

Specific branded items that you are attached to.

Off the top of my head.

Feminine hygiene, supplements, cosmetics, specific sunscreen brands like the ones that are reef safe and do not contain ingredients that I want to avoid

Specific food products (example, organic, grass fed, gluten free, non seed oil containing etc)

As far as deodorant I prefer brands that do not contain aluminum or other ingredients that are not that great.

Right now I love Salt and Stone so I would have to stock up on that.

Electronic cigarette?

Very specific food items from your country. Some Beaty care products, and some might be more expensive. A 5090 GPU lol is way more expensive here as in US - some candies as well. And some suppliments are way overpriced due to import tax and no availability in white label, like NAC, reveresatrol, NAD, NIACIN…

Vitamins- and they’re far more expensive than home

In Bangkok you can find pretty much anything, though it might be quite pricey.

I can never find any vitamins lol

You can get pretty much anything here honestly.

Even a lot of the western brands for things like haircare/cosmetics etc you can get most of them from Sephora or online these days and if not, there are some excellent Thai brands.

All basic essential toiletries you can get anywhere from the likes of 7-11 etc.

You might be more likely to get more responses in other groups like backpacker/travelling groups that aren’t dedicated to the DTV Visa such as this one too. Hope that helps 🙏🏼

Dairy products.

Common sense

Big and tall clothing and size 13 shoes. You can find from time to time but it's very limited

Stick deodorant is the only deodorant you’ll find lol

Stick deodorant is easy to find, it's just that it is written in Thai, and not English, so you have no idea what brand it is.