Founder · Editor · Expats Thailand
Native Thai · Bilingual
I grew up in Thailand. Over the years I helped many expat friends handle the things that look simple on paper and aren't once you're actually in country: visa applications, opening a Thai bank account, finding a flat that doesn't come with surprises in the small print, talking to a hospital that may or may not bill in a way your insurer expects. The same questions kept coming up.
Most of the answers online were either out of date, behind a sales pitch, or written by people who'd never actually done the thing they were describing. So I started this site as the resource I wished my friends had.
Everything you read here is something I or someone close to me has been through. Where I quote a number — a visa fee, a rent figure, a hospital cost — I source it. Where I share an opinion, I tell you that's what it is.
The news posts on this site are short, daily-updated digests of stories that affect expats. Every news article points to its external source so you can verify it. I write the framing, summaries and “what this means for you” in my own voice, and I publish nothing without an external source.
See the Editorial Standards page for the full process — what gets sourced, how facts are verified, and how mistakes get corrected.
If something on the site is out of date, or if you'd like help with a question I haven't covered, please reach out via the contact page. I read everything.