Preferably do the TDAC within 3 days of your arrival back in Thailand. Saves having to do it before passing through immigration on arrival.

@Bent ************

I’ve been travelling, working and living internationally, for the past 30 years. I’ve been travelling through Suvarnabhumi many times a year (Covid excepted) for the past 12 years. I’ve stayed at the adjacent hotel which was overpriced (usual story) and soulless. A local taxi will get you to a perfectly decent hotel in under 30 minutes from first approaching the taxi rank. Trip time usually <15 minutes. A hotel with a restaurant, bar, swimming pool, massage, fitness room and all for ~25% of the price of the hotel you refer to.

@Shravan ******

Stayed at the hotel adjacent before. Expensive and zero vibe!

Lots of hotels within a 20 minute taxi ride. Suggest checking Booking dot com or similar to narrow them down. You can pick up a local area taxi from the Ground Floor outside Gate 4. Look for the local area taxi queue beside the building. A driver will escort you to his taxi from there.

@William *****

The visas are obtained online now! No point trying to go back to the past! Fill out the application, pay the money and they’ll get back to you if they need further clarification. Fast and efficient service. And no, you’ll not sort out much from within Thailand without even more complications!

@Ellie ******

Thanks. I figured that was the case as I couldn’t recollect seeing anything different but just wanted clarification. I have seen the desk from inside immigration departures previously. So best practice would be to obtain re-entry permits from your local immigration office.

@Ellie ******

Can you access this ‘desk’ externally at a different entrance from the departures area or do you have to enter immigration having checked in with an outbound ticket and gone through security upstairs?

@Steve ********

I did with no problem.

@Richard *********

- Swift/BACS from own bank, Wise, Revolut, Remitly, XE? Check who’ll do the best overall rate taking into account fees, exchange rate and introductory offers. Receiving bank might have fees too.