I use agoda or trivago to find a hotel then go to the hotel website and check their prices.Some hotels will give you a better price as they then don’t have to pay commission to agoda,booking.com etc

Because they are ripping the public off

@Michael *******

do you keep it in a seperate account then

@Wayne ********

yes agree with that $300 for 60 day tourist visa.Ive booked to arrive Thailand early October so fingers crossed this 60 day visa exempt will be in by then.If all good by then will fly to DaLat Vietnam for the flower show then back to Thailand

Can you have the 0bht on a yearly fixed term account.Is immigration ok with that.

I’ve always been asked for my visa and onward flight by qantas at Auckland airport.

@Marcus *********

ouch

Currently a 60 day tourist visa obtained from Thai embassy in NZ costs $300.Should the Thai govt bring into law this 60 day visa exempt scheme then why would you bother paying $300 for a tourist visa when a visa exempt entry will cost nothing,and if you can extend the 60 day visa exempt by 30 days then why would you pay $800 nzd for a 90 day non o visa based on marriage.Just my thoughts

@Armando *********

That’s what I thought as well but my Thai wife’s sister has managed to get in twice and worked both times and is currently still working there,so I have no idea what sort of visa she has.

@Jim *******

because a lot of people don’t get bht per month