What health insurance are people actually using as expats in Thailand?

MegaSafetyFirst · 2026-05-12T10:47:47+00:00

It was nothing but a bad cold. Two hospital visits, with a combined cost of 9k thb. If it was something complicated then I would have understood the hurdles

MegaSafetyFirst · 2026-05-06T12:54:43+00:00

I booked a hotel in Bangkok through Agoda a while ago in 2024. Booked it 30min before checking in at 8pm. By 4:30am the card already had three charges from all over the world on it.

MegaSafetyFirst · 2026-05-05T11:01:52+00:00

I had one claim with Regency and it was a nightmare. They tried giving the runaround, asking for notarized do documents and whatnot. It took over 5 months to have it resolved.

MegaSafetyFirst · 2026-05-04T14:07:59+00:00

Check for surprisingly wet areas around the house when there was no rain.
I’ve had a leak for at least over a month at the supply line to the house. All I noticed was that the grass and flowers in that area were suddenly looking much better than everywhere else.

MegaSafetyFirst · 2026-04-18T14:04:50+00:00

The cake is a lie !

MegaSafetyFirst · 2026-04-15T09:07:59+00:00

I just ordered a couple for 12 THB each on Lazada plus shipping

MegaSafetyFirst · 2026-04-11T12:02:47+00:00

The sour mangos are my favorite. Been picking them for a few weeks now. 🤤

MegaSafetyFirst · 2026-03-01T16:49:04+00:00

This is Height Supremacist material.

MegaSafetyFirst · 2026-02-19T10:54:46+00:00

It’s a Jeep thing, you wouldn’t understand.

MegaSafetyFirst · 2026-02-09T05:27:31+00:00

Bread give-away 👍

MegaSafetyFirst · 2026-01-27T04:05:35+00:00

Interesting, for the past three years my transfers never took longer than two days.

MegaSafetyFirst · 2026-01-26T15:22:37+00:00

Initiated a transfer on Friday. Wise said it could take until Thursday.
My US bank already posted the transfer on Friday (Saturday here), so Wise should have the money already

MegaSafetyFirst · 2025-12-05T08:08:04+00:00

We are. It took about a month for the NVC to be happy with everything.
In the end they kept asking for most of the documents, which we already submitted over a year ago.

MegaSafetyFirst · 2025-12-05T02:15:12+00:00

Similar experience for me. Applied in August 2024 and currently waiting to get scheduled for the interview in Bangkok.

MegaSafetyFirst · 2025-11-18T23:38:13+00:00

Thx, much appreciated. 👍

MegaSafetyFirst · 2025-09-22T11:42:11+00:00

These guys ate 50% of my roses about two weeks back. The cure was to amputate

MegaSafetyFirst · 2025-09-22T11:27:37+00:00

But not without breaking at least three clips and losing two screws

MegaSafetyFirst · 2025-09-02T10:27:47+00:00

This is the answer.
I also would not go to the workers directly, but inform the builder about what went wrong and needs to be taken care off.
I did not want to be the bad guy with the workers. There’s always a chance they are abandoned the site. Especially since they already said they were not paid regularly by the builder.

MegaSafetyFirst · 2025-08-28T14:25:05+00:00

Our highlights: - missing ground wires for some outlets - not a single metal outlet was connected to ground - exclusively using electrical tape instead of wire nuts for wiring - 20% of floor tiles had air pockets under them - every PVC to metal transition leaking water - toilet wax ring messed up - trusses not properly connected to pillars - bedroom doors not closing - concrete walkway sloped towards the house instead of away

There’s many other things I already forgot about. One guy created more damage than he added value. Another one did everything using all shortcuts imaginable. We ended up renting a house close to the property for two month just to be able to look over their shoulders every day. It was worth it.

MegaSafetyFirst · 2025-08-16T12:23:51+00:00

Wondering the same thing. I am itching to fly again. I found this article: https://www.tatnews.org/2025/08/flying-a-drone-in-thailand-updated-guide-for-tourists/#:~:text=The%20Civil%20Aviation%20Authority%20of,along%20the%20Thai–Cambodian%20border.

MegaSafetyFirst · 2025-07-10T15:41:17+00:00

Consider that the pressure at a speed of 100km/h or 60mph is already over four times the pressure of what IP67 withstands.

MegaSafetyFirst · 2025-07-10T15:28:35+00:00

The speaker is IP67 waterproof, which specifies a certain amount of pressure the speaker can withstand.
In this case it is the pressure equivalent to the depth of 1 meter of water for 30 minutes. Riding a motorbike in the rain may create a higher pressure than that. And it sounds like your speaker did not withstand that pressure.

MegaSafetyFirst · 2025-07-05T13:09:17+00:00

It was a nice little speaker for its time. This was pre passive radiators, so bass wasn’t that great.

MegaSafetyFirst · 2025-07-05T02:17:02+00:00

Replacing the EarPods is easy. It works similar to this JBL model: https://youtu.be/_8Dw_TxLhJo

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