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pushpin fantasies
Joined: 05 Mar 2005
Location: Seoul
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 Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 3:05 am Post subject: Money in Thailand |
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| I'm heading to Thailand in a few weeks, and I plan on staying for a while. Does anyone have any advice about how I should handle the money situation? My money's in my American account right now, but I think it's probably a bad idea to carry a large amount of cash over there with me. I think it could get expensive withdrawing money from an international ATM a lot though and I'm unsure of the availability of ATMs in some areas that I will be going. So, in your experience, what's the best way to travel and access money from home? |
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desultude
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
Location: Dangling my toes in the Persian Gulf
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| Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 4:11 am Post subject: Re: Money in Thailand |
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| pushpin fantasies wrote: |
| I'm heading to Thailand in a few weeks, and I plan on staying for a while. Does anyone have any advice about how I should handle the money situation? My money's in my American account right now, but I think it's probably a bad idea to carry a large amount of cash over there with me. I think it could get expensive withdrawing money from an international ATM a lot though and I'm unsure of the availability of ATMs in some areas that I will be going. So, in your experience, what's the best way to travel and access money from home? |
I would use ATM's and only take a day or two's worth at a time. I had my hotel room robbed in Chiang Mai two weeks ago. My real valuables were in a safe, but they got 130,000 won that I had just forgotten about in the back of my pack, set aside for coming home. I suspect they thought they were rich. 
Don't carry a lot of cash, and don't leave squat in your room! |
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itaewonguy
Joined: 25 Mar 2003
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| Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 6:00 am Post subject: |
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| what is the tax rate on withdrawing money from ATMS? cant be that much |
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Cedar
Joined: 11 Mar 2003
Location: In front of my computer, again.
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| Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 7:52 am Post subject: |
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| It's almost nothing for a service charge on the ATMs, but just for others (I know, your money is the US), if you are withdrawing in Thailand from a Korean Bank, it will only work during Korean banking hours and NOT on holidays at all. |
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