@Matthew ******

If a person opens a bank account in Pattaya in a big Thai bank (say Bangkok bank which have branches all over the country) , can he live in a different city? Most transactions are done electronically nowadays. Although, you still need to deal with them personally once a year for the dreaded visa extension.

@Chris ******

Aint about tourism.. It is about filling those beautiful condos in Pattaya and Bangkok that they built and very few are renting. Thailand has over $60 billion parked in empty real estate depreciating its economy.

@Steve *********

FYI: Round trip from thailand to usa is cheaper than round trip from usa to thailand

@Kimberly *******

Excuuuuuuuse me. Felt like CELEBRATING!

@Anthony ***********

no. they don’t… Keep my secret , friend !

Couple of things:

1) $2,500 for round trip, obviously. I am not retired yet and have to come back. 555. Objective of the trip to scour the area before full time relocation. Although I don't live in the NYC metropolitan area, but I added it to my search since NY has the cheapest flights just because of competition being served by every major airline ( domestic and foreign)

2) I have been keeping an eye on the price since August 24 as it is recommended that you pre-book months in advance to secure the cheapest fare. Price has not changed since then. My only filtering criteria is one stop only , and no Air India. 555

Fleeing Justine Castro regime too ,eh? It will soon get better, son.

FIND A THAI HUSBAND!!!

Agree with the OP. Thailand needs us as much as we want to be there. They have $50 Billion worth of money invested in Real Estate with no takers. All we ask is to treat us nicely and cut the bureaucratic Red Tapes.

@Adrian *****

Rule of thumb: To make it worthwhile, for every lecture hour, a student must study two hours on his own. Two hours plus Two hours time two= Six hours a day. Five days a week. That’s still a lot !