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Thanks again it’s boring here so I need my get aways Probably will end up back in Thailand again I actually like it here but it’s boring and haven’t developed a social clique

Ok thank you. Not much choice on the border if I want to travel to Bangkok unfortunately…. Flying might be better but frankly tickets are over priced and I am more than an hour from an airport.

I just spent 45 days in Thailand, I have been out about 10 days. I want to return for a few days again by crossing the land border again. I worry this will use up my 2nd border entry but it seems I remember reading this isn’t enforced anymore so I want to confirm. I am living in neighboring country and have a one year visa for that country so not doing visa runs out of Thailand. The border would be PoiPet thank you for any updates .

Thank you for the report. My friend is in the exact same category as you having a 1 year retirement visa in Cambodia and had the same for Thailand

Great. That border crossing is known to be more relaxed than the mess at Poi Pet thanks for the report

Yes, they have an app. It’s great. I have used it several times to book tickets. It’s directly from the SRT, not a third party app. Sorry I don’t recall the name of the app. My phone is charging

Great. This is a great option with the train. Thanks for the idea. Can show the ticket on the train app as well. Brilliant idea.

1 hr drive to airport, arriving 2 hrs before international flight, so 3 hrs, then 1 hr flight 4 hrs. 1 hr in Bangkok to get bags and clear immigration 5 hrs another 1hr into town 6 hrs. If he takes a bus 7 or 8 hrs. including border crossing time. Airlines can not change tickets and must pay for bags total cost 8k or more. VIP bus is cheap and can buy last minute. Anyway I am not here to argue about it, I just was looking for information about border crossing and if an onward ticket from Thailand is required to enter

This is a big issue when crossing the border by land into Thailand for expats living in neighboring countries.. Poi Pet border certainly has a bad reputation, but generally that was on the Cambodian side Female immigration officers in Thailand are certainly more aggressive and picky. I whiteness some very bad behavior from a Thai female immigration officer at DM airport once, then of course I had her next and she gave me all kinds of attitude about not having Moo Ban in the address or something. It’s a townhouse not in a Moo Ban. Anyway thanks for the information

3 or 4 hours from the Poi Pet border flying would require an hours drive to nearest airport so I see his point

It’s about flexibility, being able stay a few days longer, etc. for this short journey AirAsia wants 6,000 THB plus round trip before adding any baggage allowance so it becomes 7,000 to 8,000 Putting it in perspective a trip to Hanoi or KL cost the same or even less. Certainly might consider the flight in and border out for flexibility using website mentioned. Just wanted to make sure they didn’t ask for onward ticket details at the border incase that was decided

but certainly it would be ask from the airline if flying. The point is making for a flexible trip of a few weeks. At first he wanted to fly in and use land border going back but I mentioned the airline requirements of showing onward ticket while entering. Airlines can’t change ticket or anything so the land border seemed. more flexible

Just asking for a friend….. Do we need to show onward ticket while entering Thailand through a land border? I know this used to be a requirement when traveling by air , not so much from immigration at the airport but being refused boarding by the airline I don’t recall this being an issue at land boarders. Western passport holder not ASEAN if that matters thanks in advance

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