What should I do if I book flights to Thailand for December and the visa rule changes from 60 to 30 days?

John Tidona it definitely depends where you fly from. I usually have to fly to Chicago and then out from there, to fly from where I live is twice the price as flying from Chicago. It might also depend on airline.

Paul Franklin They don't get stopped but in my opinion it makes more sense to get an extension as it will still be in your records on the Immigration system.

Paul Franklin maybe, but it us a problem if you get stopped before you go to the airport. You'll be detained.

Audun Engesbak What are the requirements for a 90 day Non O visa pray tell. I would think more onerous than a 60 day tourist visa? Please enlighten us.

Wheather tourist want to come for 30 days and extend or 60 days why make it difficult with all the unnecessary paperwork. It's well known that there are lots of tourists that ( people who spend substantial amounts of money ) are now going elsewhere. Tourism is growing rapidly in Vietnam because of what's going on here. Years ago Thailand was the in country to visit but not anymore.

A combination of schemes, scams, rip offs and sexpat tourism has unfortunetly given this once great country a bad reputation.

This, I'm sad to say is the reality of Thailand in 2026.

Sure people still come and they saw what we all saw in Thais when we first arrived. Lovely , happy friendly people but its nothing like when I arrived on these fair shores 52 years ago. Nowhere is the same of course but if you've seen how it was back then you would know its not very good anymore.

Back then the Thai ladies were extremly feminine , natural and extremly honest. If you were lucky to meet a lady back then and spent the. night with her you certainly didn't have to worry about leaving your money or valuables on the bedside table.

What goes on here these days, guys buying land houses ,cars business's then quite often being set up by unscrupulous women or men dressed up as women ( each to there own ) and often leaving penniless has also given this country a bad name.

Once again its the reality these days here.

Nothing will change of course it's to far gone I'm afraid.

I'm 76 and have lived here for 42 years in total so for me its disappointing to see the country and how its ended up.

Of course there are an awful lot of people who have lived here a long time and had wonderful life experiences and relationships, a happy life or retirement but for many it was the opposite.

I myself never bought land, never built house's never bought cars etc.

That's because it wasn't something that was expected or talked about. Just wasn't a thing back then.

Long story and just my take on life in this country I have been privileged to

live in and still do.

Cheers

Kevin Simmons he never mentioned anything about overstaying, you know how threads work?

Bob D'Andrea Did you not read all of the earlier comments? Somebody said earlier in the thread pay the fine at the airport. You might think that’s ok, I don’t. 🤷🏻‍♂️