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Cost of living 10 years on?

Clive
Clive
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On ‎11‎/‎29‎/‎2018 at 4:40 PM, bomber said:

10 years ago 67bt/£ now 42/£  35% increase before thai inflation

Yes.  I usually have a hard time explaining that to some Thais that say "price same as before".  Well not when my first trip in 2004 the Thai baht to USD was 44 to 1, and today it is around 32 to 1.

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  • bomber
    bomber

    10 years ago 67bt/£ now 42/£  35% increase before thai inflation

  • KittenKong
    KittenKong

    I disagree.   Some places may have doubled their prices but most places will only have increased by around 30-70%. Notably Thai food prices have not increased too much in that time.  

  • Phuketshrew
    Phuketshrew

    Not directly related to cost of living but make sure that you and your family have adequate travel/medical insurance to cover accidents and emergencies.

Of course you have a very cool question. You could see GDP and inflation during this time. Based on these data, you can conclude that prices have increased by 2 times. I advise you to take more money

My monthly expenditure is about 2.5-3 times what it was in 2008 in thb. 

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