Karl Fjeseth I live in Thailand, I understand how things work, everything is okay.... until one day it isn't, you used riding a motorcycle, as a for instance, no licence/drunk/ no helmet = no insurance, so liable for not only your own medical treatment, but any person who is injured in an accident, also damage to any vehicles or property, and possible police prosecution, and in Thailand you can't just leave the country, I've heard of police confiscating passports, it can get really serious, so I hope if anything like that happened to someone, your going to need a big fat wallet ฿฿฿฿฿ 🤷😂🤣😂😉

Karl Fjeseth I suggest you read the other comments in this post, as to reasons why it's not a good idea to only have it on your phone, if you have got the DTV visa, and intend to do extensions in-between border bounces, you will be printing at some point for immigration anyway, Thailand hasn't gone completely digital yet, they like paper, but anyway it's "up to you" as they like to say in Thailand 🤷😂

@Clint ********

I think I was in shock seeing ฿34k, I was just doing a quick calculation 265 x13= ฿3445 and realised it's just an extra "0" I think I'm still asleep 🤷😂🤣😂 it's the same in the UK, with the internet prices and receiving a poor connection (always buffering) it just shows you, our own countries are ripping us off with everything.

@Clint ********

฿34,000 baht?? 100 USD is approximately ฿3300 baht 🤔

@Doug *********

how can you guarantee someone will never run out of battery on there phone?? silly comment, when previously travelling to Thailand from the UK, It's 24 hours "door to door" my phone battery was always dead upon arriving in Thailand, so would need to remember to bring a power bank, or charging cable, every time you leave Thailand and return you need to produce your e-visa at the border, I did present my e-visa on my phone once, during a border bounce, and the immigration officer seemed to struggle scanning it, pinching the screen trying to enlarge the QR code to scan it, if in the future you want to extend at your local immigration office, you will a paper copy to complete the extension 😂🙏🇹🇭😎

True or AIS, it's usually around ฿300 per month, for a decent package.

People just print it, so they have got a hard copy, to pass to the immigration officer, together with their passport to easily scan it, also just in case they have any problems with their phone, such as flat battery.

I think it depends on the bank, I remember in the news a few months ago, Barclays bank announced they would be closing all accounts with a foreign address and phone number, go and chat with a few different banks and see where you stand, the best thing to do is keep a UK address, and a uk mobile number, registered on your account (check out 1p mobile, it's £40 for one year, and free to receive text messages in Thailand) that way I don't think they would ever close it, if you put a Thai address on it, and the bank changes it policy in the future, they could close your account, set up any regular "payees" before you leave, because any suspicious transactions in Thailand and they block your account, most expats just transfer any money from there UK bank into wise, and then into there Thai account, you can earn 4.49% interest on GBP in wise, if you turn in interest, there is a small account management fee.

Especially if You're on the younger side, and you don't have any serious health conditions, in my opinion, you don't need full medical cover, look into a good accident insurance policy, and also a good critical illness policy, because if the worst should happen, that is what will cost the most money, most other minor conditions you could probably just pay for it yourself, medical treatment in Thai government hospitals isn't stupidly expensive, for example a decent accident insurance policy is between ฿6500-฿8500 roughly, AXA and AIA are good, also as previously mentioned Pacific cross should have a policy that suits your needs.

Do they request an actual flight booking, from the UK to Thailand??