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smokingzen · Joined: 22 May 2006 Posts: 12

Travellers cheques you can get from the post office, and i think they issue them free of charge too. Don't worry you can pretty much cash them at any Bank or Foreign exchange in Thailand.

As for banks, i would highly recommend the Bank of Bangkok, have always been excellent.

Which part of Edinburgh are you from? I'm from Edinburgh too and am leaving for Thailand next week. Escaping the infamous Edinburgh summer Laughing

maximmm · Joined: 04 Dec 2005 Posts: 59

One thing about banks in Thailand.... there are certain currencies which are under-appreciated here.
I came to Thailand straight from Korea. While most of the money I had with me was in traveler's checks (in US dollars), about 1.5 thousand dollars (1.5 million won) was in Korean Won.
Before I even came to Thailand, I exchanged 1 million Won for 37 thousand baht at the airport on the Korean side. When I came to Thailand, I went to Bangkok bank to open an account. While the traveler's checks converted to local currency without any probs, the rate for Won seemed very odd. They wanted to convert 1.5 million Won into 47 thousand baht... whereas under the international rate, it should have been converted into 60 thousand baht.
Even now, I still have 1.5 million Won since I chose not to exchange it under such an unfair rate.
This was thebank of Bangkok btw.... not some shady currency exchange kiosk.
So while the US currency seems to have a normal exchange rate, it may be a mistake to bring a currency of any other kind. Keep that in mind.