For me when living here I did not get suits made as a 42L from Marks and Spencer fitted me well. But when it came to shirts for work, fashion changed so it was difficult to find shirts with top pockets which I wanted and I liked a slightly looser neck (in the days when we had to wear ties)  which meant for off the shelf I would have to have a really baggy shirt and also the arm lengths did not quite fit and the cuff was a bit tight with my fitness watch. So buying "made to measure" gave me exactly what I wanted. It was not about cost it was about having something I felt really comfortable wearing and looked very smart. And no I would not have gone to Saville row to get them made there.

If you buy through a company you may then want to consider putting the building freehold in your name and keeping land (as you have to ) in the Thai company. This should stop you having to pay rent to the company and thus reduce tax expense.

Flew out in July and back this week. Masks advised but not required.

If you lose your TM6 stub given back to you when you enter it is no problem on leaving as you just fill that part out again on departure as I did on my last visit. Its a very common issue.

Yes did Bht8m over 4 days as had sold a condo. No paperwork required no questions asked.

I use the Bangkok Bank phone app and the swift option for international transfers. Allows you to transfer Bht2m per day. Yesterday the rate was bht43.63 for GBP. Funds arrive in my UK account the following day.  Seems not to follow the exchange control act above.

I really like the Qatar Q suites but you have to check flights carefully as it tends to come and go on some of the Bangkok legs.

(as an aside just flew in from London on the new Thai (well newly leased old plane) 777 that now has first class. There are two rows of business just behind first that makes that bit of business a bit more secluded. I thought I may treat myself to an updgrade to first on the way back. The web single fare in first is about Bht117,000. To upgrade from my business class ticket they quoted me Bht133,000!!!. This is obviously quite bizarre. Sent emails about this to three different Thai email addresses  - waiting to see if they will respond).

I use the service daily with no issues unless it is 11pm - 6am Thailand time when certain services are restricted.

The UK NHS certicate that you download for travel only lasts about 5 weeks. But on any day you can download a new one or just show on your phone with a 5 week expiry.

I am from UK and just submit for two shots of Astra Zeneca and always get a pass. Process seems to be getting faster as applied at 2pm May 7th and got the pass at 5am 8th May.

I have been in and out from UK a few times via Qatar and as per above UK was country of departure and used flight number from Qatar with no problems.

Just to note that it is only the labour that is cheap. The import duties on material make it more expensive than many other countries. If you are on a short trip best to tell them you are leaving a day or two before you really are so extra time for adjustments to be made. I always used to buy my suits in M&S as I was standard size but had shirts made in Bkk though the shop I used has now closed.

On 11/1/2021 at 3:00 AM, JRG23 said:

Am receiving this message - Error from API Server.

Anyone know what this means!???

 

Help!!!

 

If you have a UK passport you need to leave a space after the last digit. That got rid of the API error for me and allowed my submission. My confirmation of receipt email took a few hours to come through.

5.3pm BST Thailand off the red list.

11 hours ago, BLACKJACK2 said:

BBC has printed the new list and Thailand still red.

That is not the covid red list that is the general Foreign Office travel advice list. If you read the post from the Foriegn Office they say they are going to remove the covid situation from their travel advice list and futher updates will be made this week. This list affects your ability to get travel insurance to the countries on the list.

The Department of Transport issues the Red list.

I flew in from UK on Sunday 23rd and went to Dentist at Bumrungrad on Tuesday 25th with no issue. They did ask me where I had flown in from.

17 hours ago, sometime said:

It should read

Pattaya tries again to make Thai drivers stop for pedestrians

Sorry but expat drivers in Thailand and tourists on motorbikes are just as bad.

The Elite representative that escorts you through immigration checks the date on the stamp that immigration put in as once on mine they put the normal 1 month rather than 1 year which soon got changed when the rep took the passport back to the immigration official. 

On 8/31/2018 at 1:32 PM, tomacht8 said:

Smoking ban to keep tourists from getting intoxicated at beaches.

Bull.
If anything stinks on the beach, it's dog shit, garbage bags, not emptied trash cans and speedboat- / jet-ski fumes.

I wish some journalist would ask the question about whether they also think jet-ski fumes are intoxicating.

Just with regard downloading on iplayer (rather than watching) once my downloads get to about 15/18mb I turn off the vpn and then they continue downloading at more lightening speeds. 

I used to use them a lot on my outside balcony - but now just keep a fan on  - that keeps them away from you.  I was also concerned about breathing in the fumes from the coils.

20 hours ago, Bredbury Blue said:

Anybody remember the great programmes we use to get on Truevisions 3 years back. There was john dykes hosting shebby singh, paul the brummie, an unheard of aussie, and a bunch of ex-pros. That there was that stupid programmie with the live studio audience trying very hard but badly to be funny. Everything came out of Singapore. This time looks like they've decided to have thai programmes.

 I think that waa actually more than 6 years ago on ESPN. When True go the coverage 6 years ago then True sport HD1 had the 24 hour premier league channel same as Stadium 6 on CTH that followed. I doubt any of us know the exact contract terms but I would be surprised that if you had the contract for all the premier league games you would not be offered the 24 hour channel for free as part of the package. However as BEIN has its own presenters etc they obviously do not want the 24 hour EPL channel and thus seems the that Thailand can not get it as we sub contract to BEIN.  Personally do not care which pundits they are but do like to see the manager interviews pre and post game and have some analysis of the "talking points" at half time and after  the match. But as someone else pointed out we are not in an English speaking country. So for me it is using my Slingbox at friends house in the UK to get the pundits from Sky / BT sports and the turn to True for the actual match.

Email response

Dear Sir

Now CTH Company don't top up package and STOP on air chanel for GMMZ STB.

But after 6 February , if customer still have date in package , CTH will respond package by send NEW CTH STB + Package Beyond to customer
or Refund Money to Customer . Customer can choose between get new box or refund money by register at http://welcome.cth.co.th/gep (but in

web site for Thai Language only) .If customer want call center register for you please call 1619 , 1629 . but Customer can register by youself if

have anyone can read Thai Language.

***PS. Use S/N No. 8120................ for register

*** If Customer choose refund money , please send passport copy + Book Bank Account copy send to CTH by e-mail also

Thank you

Call Center 1619 , 1629

The current packages are shown here http://www.cth.co.th/product-package/ - quite a confusing number - they match to the online payment page.

Big C were selling CTH boxes under the AJ brand with serial number starting 10xx (not sure where else and if still have in stock - need to make sure you get CTH box not GMMZ) with a 3 month package for those that want to give up on waiting and write off the past investment. And you can register it on line rather than trying to get it activated by phoning 1619.

You can also try emailing [email protected] I sent polite email with all my details - re forwarded it every day saying still could not get through on the phone and after a week someone phoned me back.