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It's not selective to prefer Bumrungrad, Samitivej or Bangkok Hospital for emergencies, that used to be the minimum. For small stuff I'll be happy to visit Camillean or some other cheap private hospital.

This is a typical expat response. Most of the big insurance companies pay out if you meet the criteria. A lot of people think they can bull<deleted> their way around terms or don't read them. I had LMG last time and they paid in full upfront, but were a bit slow to talk to the hospital (3-4 hours).

I intend to sublet my apartment so I won't have my address there probably. I am a citizen of Denmark and live there.

Hello Sheryl, I am going to be in Thailand for 1 year probably and not travel much. As for hospitals, I'll be honest to say, in case of serious illness or accident, I'd not want anyone other Bumrungrad and Samitivej. Most of the plans I've looked at, the cheaper ones, are too low in Room and Board to pay for Bumrungrad for a solo room. Samitivej is a bit cheaper. Also important that the plans can pay for ICU room rates at Bumrungrad and Samitivej.

What's the best play for me to get good health insurance that has direct billing and won't be difficult in an emergency and accept tourist visas? I looked at things like STV180 from Pacific Cross, but they seem to have a ton of exclusions and difficult to figure out whats going on. I just want something like BUPA Thailand had back in the day. I had some kind of health insurance back in 2013 on tourist visas, so I figure possible still? If you have an address in Thailand registered? I'm posting in this subforum because the Insurance subform seems to be pure spam now.

It's pretty simple, Thailand used to be exceptional value for money, now it's only good value for money. It also seemed as if they lost some of their world class service during covid. The awful face masks changed something.

Crackdown?

I saw that Park Origin 24 were no longer available on AirBnB, but is that because they cracked down on renting out to AirBnB or because they have not been safe after the earthquake?

The replies to my question has been pure AIDS.

I'm curious, what would be, as a farang but also objectively as a thai, be considered an impressive income and cash savings in the middle class in Thailand now? Monthly income? Cash savings? Lets just say big cities like Bangkok and Chiang Mai.

I can see how it can get tiring after some years. It's difficult to find places to chill out. Need more trees.

I think Jomtien/Pattaya can be a decent place to live if you're fit for it and not worried about the inevitable gossiping about your residence. Pattaya and Jomtien does have a lot of stuff to do and western oriented malls, shops, restaurants etc and of course all the nightlife and fun you could want. I would want to live up on the hills near Jomtien probably.

I speak poor thai and it's just good to have a chat with people without the cultural and language barrier once in a while. I am not against your suggestion, but that's why I would sign a 6 month contract and see how things play out.

When I studied at Thammasat back in the day I walked to Pinklao, which I would not recommend to live in, but every day I walked across the bridge and look at the condo by the river, Rattanakosin View Mansion, the best view, but then again, no MRT/BTS, so you'd have to take the riverbus to Saphan Thai or drive. If you worked at Thammasat or something, maybe it would be worth it.

I think I prefer to live with more westerners to be honest.