For anyone who has gone travelling to Thailand on a budget...?

Is it possible to go there for around 10 months with around 4 thousand euro and hope to get by, by working in various places??

possible to to go around thailand with 4k euro but not easy to get a job in thailand, happy holiday

possibly

4000 eur in thailand for 10 months?
that is around 170,000+ thb, so you will end up at 17,000 a month.
a normal salary man in thailand make about 10,000 - 15,000 thb
i think you will be ok.

The money shoud hold out if you are careful - - there are places where you can rent a fully furnished house for less than $100 - western style too.. but of course, if you are travelling abt it is tougher - - the larger issue is going to be getting a visa for 10 months unless you plan to be leaving the country regularly.. - good luck - and as said above, jobs are not easy for transients..

Looking at the previous answers, your accommodation may take between a quarter and half your money. So if you want to travel around, eat well and drink you may be struggling without any income.

If you are going to work without a permit I would check what the penalty is for getting caught BEFORE you do it.

Maybe you should go for a shorter time, enjoy it then go home and earn some more money and go back again.

Perhaps you are a risk taker, but I prefer to stay within the laws.

I suggest you get your traveling done first, then decide if you want to work there.

Since you will have traveled you will have a better idea of provinces you like. Then get a job there and settle in.

I have heard that they are cracking down on people who are working illegally more so these days. So be careful. If you stay legal you should be ok.

You have plenty of money and should do ok as long as you are careful. 10 months is a stretch though.

You should join this site if you have more questions:

http://www.ajarn.com

Good luck

Not really. Thailand has enforced some rather strict rules for tourists after the September military coup. The country is still safe to travel and excellent in all terms for a tourist.

But to stay there for 10 months, you'll need to consider the following: Usually, your visa from a Thai diplomatic mission will not be valid for over 90 days stay in the kingdom. Hence, you'll have to do the visa-runs which are trips to neighboring Cambodia or Laos and back by coach. Each visa run costs around 50 Euros and there is a limit on the number of such runs you can do for a consecutive stay- which you'll need to check since they differ for various nationalities.

Usually a visa run takes around 7 hours or more, which includes the return journey by coach, a small walk from the Thai border to Cambodia, brunch or lunch and back, which means one whole working day is spent on that effort. Usually, upon return from Cambodia, the Thai border check point will issue you a visa to stay for maximum 30 days.

Also, it's better to check whether you can do the visa run or not, since there are cases where visa-runners have got stranded on either side of the border. If you are not allowed to exit Thailand via the land border, is OK..you can do so by air, which is slightly expensive, though budget airlines are available.

But there are instances where people crossed into Cambodia or sometimes, Laos, and could not re-enter Thailand due to some visa restrictions or for exceeding the number of visa runs or passport validity etc- and were stranded in a foreign land with no baggage etc. Such cases are rare but they do occur.

You'll need to check these out locally and ask quite a few questions to any agency in Thailand that offers visa runs, about your status.

Getting a job in Thailand is NOT easy and the company that hires you will have to produce a work permit allowing you to take employment in that country. A work permit will allow you to both- stay and do a job but that limits your options of traveling around the country. And, a work permit issued to a foreign national is valid for work within that company only. It is very difficult to switch jobs.

Under current exchange rates you should get close to 200k Thai Baht for 4k Euro but that money would not be sufficient for a 10 month stay. Thailand is cheap, no doubt, but with the local currency firming against major world currencies such as the USD, EUR and GBP... the exchange rates are fast becoming lesser...due to the booming Thai economy.

Also, jobs in Thailand do not pay as much as you would expect, to foreigners.

Plan well before you leave and get all information. In Thailand, few people speak English, being one of the few Asian nations that was never ruled by a Western power...

4,000 Euros is more than enough for 10 months!

You will not need to work there!

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