How much money should I bring with me?

last updated 21st December 2009

This differs from person to person but I’m always inclined to say bring as much as you can. Even though you’ll probably find a teaching job within a matter of weeks (even days), you could find yourself working a month until your first pay packet. Then there is the cost of your hotel or apartment (don’t forget apartments will want a one or two month deposit up front)
In my view, you certainly need enough money to tide you over for a period of five weeks or so. And with the apartment deposit, I wouldn’t like to do all that on less than about 150,000 baht.

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