Pros + Cons Of Living In Phuket As A Foreigner - The REALITY Of Living In Phuket As An Expat
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- Pros + Cons Of Living In Phuket As A Foreigner - The REALITY Of Living In Phuket As A Foreigner.
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This video breaks down the pros and the cons of living in Phuket as a foreigner. After over a decade of living in Phuket, I share the good and the bad of life as an expat in Thailand.
Some of the topics I cover in the video are:
- Cost of living in Phuket, Thailand
- Finding work as a foreigner in Phuket, Thailand
- Education for children in Phuket, Thailand
- Healthcare in Phuket, Thailand
- Benefits of living in Phuket, Thailand.
- The rising cost of living in Phuket, Thailand.
Hopefully this video will be useful if you are considering moving to Phuket.
Let me know your thoughts and questions about living in Phuket as an expat in the comments!
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I changed my plan to live in Phuket to live in Bangkok. One of the main reasons is that my health insurance has no contract with Bangkok Phuket hospital and I need pricey healthcare. In Bangkok i walk into a hospital and get immediately recognized. After some paperwork i get my treatment and meds without any co-pay. Visiting Phuket about 2 times per year but keeping Bangkok as a home base
Got news for you, prices are going up everywhere... Here in the USA groceries have increased 50 - 100% in the last 3 years.
Great video - thanks!
I am thinking about retiring in Thailand within the next 5 years and your video was very informative and helpful. Thank you.
Nice vid
Great video! I love the pros and cons approach - it is the same as we take in many of our videos. Thanks for the unbiased opinions, it is good to know as much as possible when considering a place for living.
Thanks for watching!
I am going to be in PHUKET first time for a month. NOV-DEC. I am hoping everyone is friendly. Rented a nice apt and im pretty sure i will be kept more busy than i was in Bangkok. Plus everyone is saying the time im going is great. GREAT VIDEO
Enjoy your trip! I've been in Phuket 45 days earlier this year and loved it, actually explored every corner of the island w/ scooter. Also explored Koh Samui, Koh Tao, and other islands, and this year I'll check out Bangkok for a month.. Love Thailand
I'm actually going to Asia again for 8 months starting early Nov.
@@WeiFinder thanks!!!!! i really appreciate. I am thinking i will like Phuket better than Bangkok even though i had fun there. I am more of a beach person!!!!! Just came back from a nice boat road in sunny South FLorida. I love it here too!!!
Thank you for the accurate information! I have a question: what kind of insurance would you recommend for 2-3 weeks? Thank you for your reply!
🙏 very informative and looking forward to retire in Phuket soon. 🎉
Glad it was helpful!
Enjoyed your presentation. very much, thanks.
Wondering whether there are any air quality issues on the island, and read that garbage disposal is becoming a major problem. is there any governmental site to access in order to gather information? Thanks
Thanks, aloha
Hi Mike. I arrive in Phuket in a couple of weeks. Am looking for a property that's in a quiet area, preferably something close to hiking areas where I can go trail running regularly. Not a big beach person, but being close to one would be nice.
I was looking @ the Karon/Kata area, between the beaches and big Buddha as well as Rawai further south. My budget would be around $500, but wouldn't be adverse to paying more for the ideal place. (Kitchen is a must and a simple gym would be nice too.)
Let me know if you have any suggestions.
Are you looking for long term or short term rental?
@@livinginphuketthailand Ideally short-term at first, and then long-term. I don't want to sign a yearly contract until I have my long-term visa secured.
Hello Mike. I'm very glad I found your channel. I will be retiring there in 5 years when I'm eligible. I'm very impressed with your list of contact sites. I will be clicking on several of those soon when I get a minute. I'll write again soon. Looking forward to further correspondence.
Cheers 👌
New subscriber from Thailand. Nice video. Phuket is nice, but after living in phuket for many years, it gets boring. So moving back to pattaya and living 20-30 km away from pattaya city center which i think is a good decision. Get good value for good accommodation. Phuket is everything expensive. Too much trafic, it has only 3 districts and only 1 exit which is sarasin bridge. Phuket is good for holiday, pattaya (10-30 km outside of city) is really good living long term. If wanna have bice tropical feeling, only need to go to sattahip, which is only 25 km from pattaya city center, the beaches there are very clean and nice clear water. It's still not well known by tourists. That area has also many nice islands.
Phuket is commercial, it's not that real thai feeling. Pattaya city is also commercial and a shithole, but outside of pattaya is really really nice and cheap
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thanks Mike. I was there in March and for me a huge benefit is that eating out from local markets and even cheap restaurants the food is fresh - fresh seafood, fresh vegetables, fresh juices are readily available and full of flavour. Western food is packaged unless you cook
Fresh and laced with pesticides and anything else the farmer can use to produce a good yield
Good stuff!
And why don't you cook? Thai food isn't as heathy as many make it out to be.
@@roofpizza1250 there is no stove or oven in the property I live in Australia which might surprise people that this is how properties are leased here thanks to greed and the housing crisis.
the food its not fresh on the market its full of formaline
WOW I AM FROM THE U.S. 60 THOUSAND BHAT FOR 5 DAYS IN THE HOSPITAL...THIS IS A LITTLE UNDER 2000 U.S.D. U COULD NOT EVEN GET INTO A HOSPITAL HERE FOR THAT
Basically you need income of 2000+USD.
that's all.
how much is health insurance?
Thai is rich lucky place to be
Very informative video. I noticed on my last visit that when it comes to beaches, Patong is far better than Pattaya. And it is possible to get cheap beer even in the tourist areas. I wasn't impressed with the restaurants, but maybe that was my hard luck. I'll spend more time next visit exploring the island.
Cheers Eddie!
I prefer Pattaya to Phuket and I am Thai.
Pattaya ??? Oh Classy Joint
Is it true that Phuket is subject to devastating hurricanes and Tsunamis, etc?
Nice video - I enjoyed the breakdown. I liked Phuket when I visited the area a year or so ago! It was very relaxed and I loved the beaches and the relaxed feel of the island. With anything I gravitated away from the main areas to see if I could find the quiet areas and local places!
From a supply and demand point of view, I think because it's becoming more and more popular and nomads want to work from there for the work/life balance, cost of living, and all-round quality of the area, with it being an island, there is only so much space!
For me, I chose Bangkok because I like how I can get to lots of different places with ease using various means of transport!
$2000 is a budget good enough to live comfortably but nothing flash. Especially if you keep your rent to less than 15k a month. What’s your favourite beach?
I like Ao Yon beach, Nai Harn is also one of my favourites 👌
It's great the amount of Russians living in Phuket these days. I study Russian language and went down there recently for conversation practice with native speakers.
There's definitely plenty of people for you to practise your language skills with!! 👌
Ugh, one of the reasons nice left. UGH UGH RUSSKIES GO HOME!!
It turns out alot of them are actually Ukrainian, after seeing their passports at immigration!
I found it a bit too much.. It was overrun by Russians, Phuket doesn't feel authentic Thai anymore that's for sure
Are retirement visas expensive?
Have to have 800k Baht in a Account for 6 months out of the year. Look it up online.
Can I ask what visa you're on to be able to live there for 10 years.
Thailand does have the ELITE VISA which is available for 5,10, or 20 years. They can be a bit pricey but the perks are well worth it.
great video as always Mike... without a mortgage now am actually better off staying based in UK and just doing winters out there a few months a yr..
Whatever works for you mate! 👌
2000 euro is absolutely minimum for Phuket per month....i comme to phuket since 1988
As more and more foreigners head to Thailand, the cost of living there is likely to spike up in the coming years.
You made a typo.
* the cost of living EVERYWHERE is likely to spike up in the coming years.
There, I fixed it for you.
I have seen a studio flats without kitchen for like 2000-4000 baths a month. I mean thats like 100 usd a month. What you telling about 2k a month ? 2k a month I had in UK and I lived a better live than in Prague. So I guess thats not really true about the 2k
Who wants to live in a slum room..with no kitchen!? Get real
Is 200,000b per month a good life in Phuket for a single man?
Absolutely, you will live very well on 200k per month. Good luck!
I move there for retirement so I don't have to worry about jobs.
Enjoy!
@@livinginphuketthailand Does the shower have sewage gas smell there? I heard from some TH-camrs complain about it in Chiang Mai and Bangkok and the water may cause itch
How about the crime in phuket??
So you've never returned to the UK once? Even to visit family?
I go back to the UK regularly, but try to keep my visits to summer months! ☀️
@@livinginphuketthailandVERY WISE!❤
1M per year for international school????
For BIS yes, approx 1 mill annually for secondary student as far as I know
2000 dollar in pound =1 645
I disagree about food quality in phuket. Yes. It also most expensive location in Thailand. But it has surf and nice beaches. Retired? Better off in hauhin.
how is air quality there?
@@EssaysonWorldNews-wm6zu I'm going to Hauhin tomorrow 🤪. Air is good in phuket.
So if a guy was there and had $4,000 USD/month and was supporting a girlfriend, you could have a good life?
I guess the depends on what sort of girlfriend you have....😅. Yes mate, $4k is about 120,000 THB. You will live very well on that budget.
Would NEVER live there. Too busy watching your back.
Is the taxi scamming you? Often
Is the bar scamming you? Often
Has someone broken into your room? Yes
Have to coppers targeted you? Hell yes, weekly.
Do you pay for this but you get that? Daily.
Does your government punish you? Almost always.
Is your top tier insurance ignored and you have to double up? YES,
Sounds like you've had some very negative experiences. Sorry to hear that.
Really??? That sounds horrible. What country do you think is nice and affordable?
Something that turns me off about Phuket is the scammy culture. Been there once and never wanted to come back. But I stayed in the touristy area. How about areas in the North, like around Boat Avenue and the beaches to the West of that? How does Samui compare to Phuket in terms of scammy culture?
No, He has just been to Phuket.
@@louis20122 Vietnam (Hanoi, Da Nang, basically anywhere but HCMC). Penang ML. Cambodia. PHILIPPINES...