Can You Afford To Live In Thailand (Average Monthly Expenses For This Couple)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 มิ.ย. 2022
- In this video I talk to Vince about why he retired in Thailand and his average monthly expenses for both he and his wife. After listening to this interview, what are your thoughts? Can you afford to live in Thailand? Keep in mind, Vince is married, he does not go out on dates or party at the bars. He and his wife eat a mixture of both Thai and Western food and travels occasionally. They also own their SUV and motorbike and Vince has health insurance through the VA.
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In this video I talk to Vince about why he retired in Thailand and his average monthly expenses for both he and his wife. After listening to this interview, what are your thoughts? Can you afford to live in Thailand? Keep in mind, Vince is married, he does not go out on dates or party at the bars. He and his wife eat a mixture of both Thai and Western food and travels occasionally. They also own their SUV and motorbike and Vince has health insurance through the VA.
Link to "New Beachfront Villa $255K 2B/2B Fully Furnished"
th-cam.com/video/nqlp_Z3ojSM/w-d-xo.html
Link to our video "Life Is Good" with the beautiful beach
th-cam.com/video/-1AkX69JPck/w-d-xo.html
Link to Lori's TH-cam Channel "Boat Life"
th-cam.com/users/LoriLivers
Baan Grood Arcadia Resort & Spa
032 695 095
goo.gl/maps/c6fNLRMcbZJzYJpR9
Rocky Point Resort Tub Sa Kae
goo.gl/maps/YMM86TTq9i1pZV91A
Cafe DeWa
Baan Grood Arcadia Resort & Spa
032 695 095
goo.gl/maps/c6fNLRMcbZJzYJpR9
Thank you for watching! Follow us on Instagram at snow.gift and email us at joegreenwtf@gmail.com
Great stuff Joseph, all the right Q&A's! Thank you.
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Budget: Chiang Mai Thailand
10,000 rent
10,000 car payments
(I built a new home and bought a car, so this is what I was paying previous before the house was ready and I was fully retired and paid off the car)
1,500 electricity
15 days pick up street food for 2 @ 200B/day (3,000 Baht)
15 days eat out 600B/day (9,000B)
150 water
1400 (high speed 1GB Internet, TV, 2 smartphone unlimited data)
3,000 gas
4,000 household goods, misc
so about 52,060B/mth ($1,460 usd or $1,900 cad)
Visa is about 7000B per year (pay an agent to do the paper work ... ) plus bank feeds of a couple hundred baht for the account printout, and maybe 100B more for a current copy of the marriage certificate.
I always transfer at least 65,000B anyway, in case I need to switch to a retirement visa ... a marriage visa only has a 40,000B requirement
(I have a Wise money transfer account that I always keep several thousand CAD in and set a trigger to convert 2000 or so to Baht when it reaches what seems to me to be a decent exchange rate rather than waiting till the end of the month and take whatever it happens to be .... so at the end of the month if the rate is good I'll do a conversion and send that money, of if it's not a good rate at the end of the month I'll send the bahts that were already converted at a decent rate earlier in the month ... I figure I come out ahead 1 or 2 thousand baht per month that way rather than just waiting till the end of the month and take whatever the echange rate happens to be.
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That's great information.
How long can I stay on tourist visa before I have to go to another country and come back in Thailand? Thanks 🙏
Born in Thailand and never tired of Thailand. Thank you for sharing life in Thailand.
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Great tease intro … all the right questions.
It's such a great thing that you guys can get together and have fun and enjoy life.
Nice outing of all of you getting together at Rocky Point. And good interview with Vince, some good information. Thanks for the video and Gift and you take care.
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Always enjoy your videos Joe and Gift. It’s nice to see how my fellow Americans are loving Thailand
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Great interview Joe, asking pertinent questions.
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Love your videos Joe and Gift! Starting watching your channel and soon I was subbed up for all your pals too. What fun to escape chilly New England by watching all your adventures. Now Thailand is on my bucket list too. Thanks guys for showing the viewers an authentic look at SE Asia for for fun, retirement or both! 💋
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Nice video. Love the food video's. Great info. Thanks and take care.
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Interesting video as always, Joe! Thailand is beautiful. I could never deal with the heat. I am one that loves cold weather; however, I do enjoy touring Thailand through your videos. Thank you!
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I feel the same about heat ! Totally love Thailand but as I age I need some cooler weather than heat all the time .
looks so calm and pristine out in Rocky Point.
After my last divorce, I will be retiring with a pretty modest super and pension (Aussie dollars) and the fact is, Thailand will stretch my dollar further than Australia. That plus the culture and the people makes it a no-brainer for me. Weather is much the same as where I live in Northern Queensland so it won't be a big shock, although it rains more there, which I actually don't mind because everywhere is so green. I am single and don't do bars or night life. I don't eat much. I am happy to eat more Thai food but I still like a western bowl of cornflakes in the morning, not spicy food. I need air con at night. Don't mind the heat, but I need a reprieve at night. All in all, I think its going to fit me perfectly but as yet I haven't visited. Maiden voyage next year hopefully! Maybe see you and Gift in 2023, Joe.
Hi, Joe & Gift enjoyed your video. Good to see Laurie & Bret enjoying Thailand.
Enjoyed your guest interview. Take care GOD Bless you and yours. M
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I'm retiring later this year. I plan to be on a plane to Thailand by December. I enjoy videos like this, that discuss the costs of living in Thailand. My plan is to live in apartments in several cities for a couple months at a time to evaluate where I would want to buy a house. My budget is $125k for house, $50k for vehicle, then $1300 for monthly living expenses, to include the required health insurance.
Thank you 🙏. Seems like you have a good plan. I would suggest that you rent until you find your perfect location before deciding to build. That is what Gift and I did and now we are very happy with our home and location.
Sounds pretty good. You can see my post above for details on my budget living in Chiang Mai (probably around the same budget you will pay unless you decide to live in a more expensive city like Bangkok, Pattaya, or maybe Phuket.)
Some additional expenses I didn't include in my original post:
Garbage: 20B per month
Car insurance: I pay 13,000 Baht / year
Tax: Depends, if you have less than 1 rai (about 1/4 acre there are no taxes, if I recall correctly my wife's old 1 rai home in rural Thailand was less than 100 Baht per year, and I think her small farm land of about 8 rai was 300 baht)
Visa Agent: for the original marriage visa application they charged 26,000 Baht (included all immigration fees as well) then 7000B for annual renewals (also included all fees)
Merit: About once or twice a month I go with my Thai wife to perform 'merit' some good deed which is either bringing food to the monks at the temple or buying live animals (fish, reptiles, birds) and releasing them. That's probably 500 to 1000B per month, but not necessary unless you have a Thai wife ;-)
Home Insurance: not sure since the house came with 2 years pre-paid and haven't had to go searching yet, but I imagine it's not much more than car insurance!
Generally though the owning a home & car with a income of $1300 usd per month will be plenty, depending on how this whole East/West sanctioning and inflation thing works out.
I like the financial videos. It motivates people to pull the trigger and move.
Great video as usual. I'm also excited to see the new house being built on the lot next door in Baan Grood.
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Great vlog enjoy your time wherever you travels
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His numbers were fairly accurate. Watching that electricity bill is a key element.
HI Joe and Gift. Its unusually hot all around the world. We have had 93 plus for the last 10 days in Atlanta. We are never that hot in June. 97 degrees yesterday and going to be the same the next few days. Thanks for the Informative video.
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Thanks for another interesting video. In comparison, our life here in the Shenandoah Valley is very inexpensive in consideration of; home is paid for, taxes here are very low, utilities are reasonable, and food (away from the cities) is less expensive. Our "base" expense is no more than $2000/month at best which includes 1 car payment. Of course we spend more on school, projects, hobbies, dining out, charities, travel, etc..
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Great poolside interview with Vince. Dao is 100% and ready to travel again. Who knows where we'll end up next 🤔😉. Thanks Joe and Gift. 🙏
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Thanks for sharing, Gift and Joe, what a lovely network of ex pats enjoying the good life away from this chaos, hope Mitch’s wife gets better, could sense your disappointment finding out JJ’s was closed, keep enjoying retired life✌🏼☕️🏴🍺🙂
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I live in Thailand on 600 CAD per month. Luxury condo with infinity pool view of the ocean, another pool with a view of the mountains. Ocean view big modern gym. Basically a condo paradise.
To live in Thailand I bought the elite visa which works out to 150$ a month over 20 years, so the real living cost is 750 CAD a month if you include the visa.
I live what I personally feel is an upper middle class life. Love it (:
The equivalent in Canada would cost 5000$++ per month
Do you mind elaborating? What’s your lifestyle like? If you wouldn’t mind :)
@@flash132 Right. And like, what part of Thailand do you live in? That's incredibly cheap for all living expenses....even for Thailand.
What province and the name of your condo please?
@@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774 hmm I want to keep this condo and area a secret. TH-cam popularity would ruin it :(
@@flash132 make my own Thai food, don’t drink or smoke, have a girlfriend that I do activity based things with. She has a car so we go on road trips a lot. My entertainment is podcasts/games/exercise/meditation
That's really great information. Especially on what the cost of living would be for a nice comfortable lifestyle there enjoying a bit of travel and nice restaurants etc, which would be the lifestyle I would be interested in.
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I can follow the arguments from this man from California. I felt the same in 1985 when showed up in the kingdom for the first time. Thailand is very easy going. The sun. The great food. The friendly people. The whole story makes sence there. Yes.
Very nice video Joe , greetings from Pattaya and happy Mid Summer holiday as it is right now in Scandinavia with 30 C , hottest in decades ❤️
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Thank you Foreigner Joe & Thai Girl Gift, such a pleasure. I will retire in Thailand due to your inspiration.
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I must be watching a lot of Thailand Vid's , I'm starting
to get the Bot convert to U.S....Very good Info for People
wanting to move ...Thanks Gift & Joe ..
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Informative video Joe 👍
I would advice anyone who wants to come live here is to come and live on your realistic budget for 6 months before taking the leap. The cost-of-living & beauty are not in question, but it is a certain type of person who can adapt for a long term lifestyle here in Asia. Don't make the mistake of equating your Phuket/Pattaya resort holiday to a life in Thailand.
I agree!
When I decided to get married over 8 years ago in Thailand,an OZ mate of mine gave me a Business Card from a Lawyer he had used in Bangkok.Made an appointment to see him,saw him,we signed some papers,got into a car went to some office, signed more papers back to Lawyer office,had a coffee 1/2 hr later got into another car,went to another office.I think we did it 3 times.And that was it,all done in 3 to 4 hours.Married !! & papers in Thai & English ( cost a bit ) but not having to go back & forth ,& taking weeks,it was money well spent....You have to make sure you both have the right Documents, & they told us what we both needed
Feeling more confident already have a home and car paid off... might realistically be able to make the move sooner than I thought
I retired this year . Just booked my flight to Thailand . Arriving August 1st staying for the whole month . I want to check out Koh Samui .
Safe travels!
Joe, another great video. I enjoy your interviews but wish you had a remote mic for the interviewee as their voices are always a bit weak being a couple of feet from the camera. Can't wait to get back to T'land.
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Nice interview. I'm coming in August to retire. It's getting a bit expensive in the states ready to make the move. Been selling every thing. Take Care
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🙋🏻♂️🙋🏻♂️be safe Thanks for sharing 🙋🏻♂️🙋🏻♂️(thanks again from ariella🙏🏽)
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I feel Thailand is the perfect choice everytime...40,000bht per month is a realistic cost but don't forget every year have the fund's available for vehicle/motorcycle insurance and taxes.....They come round so quickly in the land of smile's 😎🍻🏝️
I would think rent prices will go up a bit after everyone is coming back. At least the exchange rate is very good at the moment.
Great Video - Vince and wife are nice
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Looking at Thailand for 4 years, finally pulling the trigger to leave the overpriced state of California this September. I watched you build your house and was impressed with JJ and his crew. Your videos are so informative about Thailand. Thanks for all the information!!!
See ya soon!!
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I had trouble with the tones in the language, but once I took the trouble to learn to read, the written language lets you figure out the tone, and the written language is phonetic, unlike English which has so many sounds for the letter a.
Retired here 18 months sgo to Khon Kaen it really is dependent on your lifestyle as to the actual cost
Taking rent out of the equation I budget for 600B a day on expenses food , coffees shops fuel for motorcycle etc
Rent 6000 Baht good size condo my spend per month incuding rent 25,000 Baht however my annual comphensive health insurance direct billing never comprise on the level of cover required is 42,000 Baht approx 3500 B per month
30 000 Baht per month is my total spend
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Yeah but Joe it’s not like the Philippines where you get a 3 year tourist visa. Please do a video on how long a tourist can stay before having to leave? Is your friend there on a military visa? Love your channel Joe….
Thank you 🙏. My friend is on a retirement visa just like I am.
Nice one Joe what’s my living cost to live well I’ve only moved in a month i’m still trying to work it out with all the things we’ve had to buy. But my guess is.
food. about 20,000 baht a month
Electric 5000 baht. Water 💧 foc
Rubbish collection 300baht yeah
Health insurance. Trying to get my head around it. My budget for the month. Is £1850
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Thank you again for sharing your life with us. Sorry to appear ignorant but what is the DOD? Just to say that living in Thailand is easy and cheap, probably cheaper up here in Isaan than in the south or any tourist areas. I agree with Vince, we have a great and easy lifestyle. On a retirement visa, you only have to show that you have a minimum income from overseas of 65,000 THB a month transferred into your Thai bank account, or 40,000 if on marriage visa. Don't as me why being married is cheaper, as Thailand isn't noted for it's logic. Just go with the flow and as Thailand is so much cheaper than UK you will find that your pension will go so much further. God bless you and safe travels for Gift to Bangkok. 🙂🙏
Department of Defense. God bless!
@@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774 Many thanks. I should have guessed 🙂 In UK it is the MOD 🙂
Joe you always have the best videos. And I have notice the trend of a lot of dinner parties lol.
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I got married in Chiang Mai .... the hard parts were:
Getting a death certificate for my late wife from Canada, just because of the address issue (1st attempt the English version could not be deliverd so I had to have the Thai language version taped to the envolope.)
Finding the right office (you need to go to one that is in the district your Thai wife is registered in her Yellow Book House Registery. (she had 3 houses in other areas and we were renting near Chiang Mai)
When we went the first time the manager who needed to sign the documents was down in Bangkok for some Royal ceremony and would not be back for a month.
Basically though it was bring my Passport, proof of marraige status (tax form declared as 'single' and death certificate of late wife ) to the Canadian Embassy where they gave me a letter verifying I was allowed to marry.
Went to the regional office where they checked all the documents and told us to come back tomorrow.
Went back the next day and got the marriage certificae ... so basically if you do a little preparing, the part where you obtaine the marriage certificate is a breeze.
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Joe, I loved your joke when you asked Brent and Lori if they were sick of Chuck yet? An absolute classic.....and out of nowhere! 😁😁😁😁
You, my friend most certainly won the "play of the day"! 😁😁😁😁😁
Wondering how Vince utilizes VA health benefits while in Thailand?
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I would be doing a lot of exc rise in that pool I can c by looking at u ur not stressed about
My wife and I are planning a trip later this year. We are thinking about moving there on a permanent basis if we like it. She’s Japanese and I’m American. Both of us 50. How important is it to speak the Thai language?
Speaking Thai is a bonus. I speak very little Thai myself but I have Gift.
How often do you have to do a visa run?
If you are referring to leaving Thailand and returning with another visa, never. Visa runs are for people that can’t meet the requirements to live in Thailand as an expat.
Hi Joe, two stupid questions. By how much the expenses will increase if I hire a maid or servant thrice a week for cleaning my home? And as it’s a tropical nation, do you guys face bed bugs infestation? I’m severely allergic to bug bites. Thanks.
Gift and I were just told by someone that lives in Phuket, that they pay their maid 6000 baht a month. She cleans their residence 3 times a week 2-3 hours each day. In regards to bed bugs, throughout out our extensive travels in Thailand, we never encountered bedbugs.
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Your question answered itself; California
Lol 😂 California is very expensive.
how are those rotators doing?
Doing good 👍
Joe- Any chance I can get Vince contact info. As a former US Marine I used to see a chiropractor from time to time. It would be great to have a chiropractor to talk to from time to time in Thailand.
Thank you 🙏 for your service. When Vince reads the comments, maybe he will share his contact info.
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Awesome video Joe!! I love your girlfriend name !( GIFT)
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What part of Thailand do you guys live in?New sub here
Thank you 🙏 Mueang Prachuap Khiri Khan. About 4 hours south of Bangkok.
Looks nice.Enjoying the content keep it up.👍👍
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Depends of your lifestyle, a monk can live cheap life, if you like young beauty women, party and luxury cars, hotels etc then you need too be millonaire
What are the Visa requirements for living in Thailand?
Depends on the type of visa you that meets your needs. Best to check out the official Thai Immigration website.
@@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774 , thanks for the quick reply Joe! Would you be able to provide the official website for you viewers? Thanks
Like my thai girlfriend was telling me years ago about thai TV channels : "there are always displaying food and people eating" :-). No pund intended, Rabelais wrote, there is no better way to know about people.
Joe, why do you cut the video before you finish what you are saying? I have seen it several times in your videos.
It happens when I add transitions.
Hi there 😊 I live in khow tow เขาเต่า I m now in Florida but I will be back home in 2 months so I just wonder if we can meet your guys someday this time we will be there until January, my husband is from Ohio I just want him to have some friends to hangout น่ะค่ะน้องกิฟ ถ้า โอเค นัดน่ะค่ะ ขอบคุณค่ะ
Hi, Gift and I meet up with our subscribers whenever possible. Giving our lifestyle traveling Thailand, it’s best to contact us a week in advance to ensure that we are available to meet up. We live in Mueang Prachuap Khiri Khan, about 4 hours south of Bangkok.
@mister Mitch if it's morning sickness you must be getting married soon 555
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GETTING MARRIED IS EASY JUST GO AMPHUR IN LOCAL TOWN
Thanks for sharing.
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Hi scott from New Zealand would 20million baht and pension give me comfortable life living in Thailand at least 10 years thank you
I believe that would be more than enough.
@@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774 thank you for your advice from Scott new Zealand stay safe
Speak up Joe.
Turn up your volume.
Can you afford to retire in Thailand? Answer - No.
Hello Joe and Gift , Hope all is going well. This is cjparadise. TH-cam shut donw my channel just as I hit 1000 subs. Hope to hear form you again on cjparadise2
I just resubbed to Thai Girl Gift & Foreigner Joe
Wow 😯 sorry to hear that.
@@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774 hope you watch this channel when you have time of course I know you're very busy