It looks like you put a lot of thought to this, and it’s going to depend what you fill your days for the six months. If traveling to other parts of Thailand the cost of living can vary based on your needs. Are you a budget oriented person when it comes to accommodations? Based on your needs, the monthly budget for accommodation can be as low as couple of hundreds of dollars to thousands of dollars. Clothes are cheap, if you buy polyester, which is a fabric not ideal for hot humid🥵 weather. Food can be quite inexpensive if you can go with eating Thai food most of your days. If you opt for something different, for example, my husband I spent around 1700(~ 50 dollars) baht going to a Japanese restaurant last night.

As others have said, budget in travel insurance. Things happen that you might not expect, such as medical care.

Note: Partying, massages, island hopping, and girlfriend experience costs can vary greatly depending your needs and wants. These items are what you want to “budget,” on a weekly and monthly basis and stick with it. There’re travelers that do run out of funds based on their activities.🫣

Lastly, try not to over think about the budget stuff. Budget and stick with the budget. Safe travels. 😁

We went through an agent as well, but used our own funds.

This is the first time I heard of this..."They will fund your new bank account with 800,000 of the agencies money and then they will show you how to withdraw it back out into the agents account leaving your account empty, at this time its good to put a few hundred dollars in the account to keep if from closing over time."

@Nongnuch *******

Gosh, I wish I read this before going with an agent. I agree about the “hamster” wheel. 😆

Determination and resilience always wins. Way to maneuver through those obstacles. 👍👍👍

As Andi mentioned, there were several posts (some very detailed) about putting together an employment portfolio. It sounds like the more details you provide, the better. Good luck!