How Much Do You Leave The House With, In Wallet Or Purse?

[anotheruser]

I never count it exactly but don't sweat it if it looks like it s a couple thousand baht.

[gk10002000]

2-3 K Baht, my ATM card, and a color copy of my passport ID page. I am told that technically the entire passport is required to be on person at all times, but I won't do that. I lock up the passport in the safe at my hotel.

[howmuch]

฿200 in the wallet and ฿50,000 in my sock.

[kmart]

Ever since I read the book "Papillon", I have tended to keep all my money and important documents in a cigar tube. Up my bottom. Its a little uncomfortable at first, but you soon get used to it. It is the most secure way to carry money around, either on a dangerous island penal colony, or an equally bangkok-dangerous street...

Plus you always get a lot of attention when you settle the bill in a fancy restaurant, for example.

[zorro1]

Those posters who carry 10"s of thousands of baht do so due to small penis syndrome. Today I will leave with 1 bht

[Heng]

^ ah, which poster are you married to then?

[zorro1]

Most of them

[sassienie]

On a typical day, leaving the house, unless you work as a money launderer - how much do you carry?

Have your cash-carrying habits changed over the years?

Yesterday I decided to buy some land for 1 million baht. Tonight I will be meeting the owner outside the Spot Lite go go bar in Chiang Mai at 1 .00am to pay him the 1 million baht in cash.

The owner has never seen me before so I will be wearing a yellow cap and red tea shirt with a Union Jack badge so as he can recognize me.

But please dont tell anyone as I dont want to be robbed.

Edited October 6, 2008 by sassienie

[zaza]

Ever since I read the book "Papillon", I have tended to keep all my money and important documents in a cigar tube. Up my bottom. Its a little uncomfortable at first, but you soon get used to it. It is the most secure way to carry money around, either on a dangerous island penal colony, or an equally bangkok-dangerous street...

Plus you always get a lot of attention when you settle the bill in a fancy restaurant, for example.

what if the person has an internal hemorrhoids?

[gdhm]

Mostly 5000 Baht (70% time).

Quite often 10,000 Baht (15% of time)

or

2000 - 3000 Baht (15% of time)

Depends on intentions and expected spending needs

My wife rarely wishes to carry more than 100 or 200 baht with her so I allow for both of us. (she could always sell her ever-worn gold necklace in an emergency - No she couldn't - STUPID Thought - she'd try to sell me )

I also have my UK ATM card at all times for extra unexpected needs

Hope this helps

Edited October 6, 2008 by gdhm

[Patriciachas]

On a typical day, leaving the house, unless you work as a money launderer - how much do you carry?

Have your cash-carrying habits changed over the years?

If just going into CM 2000-3000B

[neverdie]

Im trying to work out why you would want to walk around thailand with thousands of baht in your wallet for ????

[jdinasia]

actually, addressing the last 1/2 of the topic. I do carry less cash with me now than 5+ years ago but that is because there are just about 1000% more ATMs in Thailand now than there were back then

[Old Croc]

Ever since I read the book "Papillon", I have tended to keep all my money and important documents in a cigar tube. Up my bottom. Its a little uncomfortable at first, but you soon get used to it. It is the most secure way to carry money around, either on a dangerous island penal colony, or an equally bangkok-dangerous street...

Plus you always get a lot of attention when you settle the bill in a fancy restaurant, for example.

You can carry about 300gms of heroin in one of those cigar cases. It's not pleasant being in the same room as the carrier when they come out.

I wouldn't eat in the same restaurant as you Kmart!

[benjamat]

Between 5k and 20k baht in thailand, around 100 pounds in uk.

Certainly feel less secure about cash in Bkk than in UK. Dont really know why I should feel like this.

[Merlin]

I usually withdraw 10K at a time from the ATM, there's a cash advance fee so the percentage gets a a bit steep if taking out less than that. When I get down to my last 1000 I go to the next ATM.

so for me the answer would be anything from ~1K to ~10K

[Lopburi99]

I never carry any money. I give my wife a 20K budget every month and she pays for anything we need when we are out and about, which usually only consists of a daily run to the market, Big C, or 7-11. I like it that way.

Edited October 6, 2008 by Lopburi99

[Moonrakers]

I never carry any money. I give my wife a 20K budget every month and she pays for anything we need, which usually just consists of a daily run to the market, Big C, or 7-11. I like it that way.

Which is the reason that I rarely carry any more than 1k with me, I just don't need more. Asides from ciggy/lunch/travel costs during the week I have nothing to spend money on (I actually detest shopping, I have zero patience for it.)

[Lopburi99]

I never carry any money. I give my wife a 20K budget every month and she pays for anything we need when we are out and about, which usually only consists of a daily run to the market, Big C, or 7-11. I like it that way.

I can't communicate with the vendors or cashiers anyway! (Just GOTTA keep trying to learn more basic Thai!)

[junkofdavid2]

1.5K to 2K.

But my farang friend told his other farang friends working illegally here that they should carry at least 10,000 in CASH at all times (or 20K) just in case they get shaken down by immigration police and need to pay an on the spot 'fine'.

[mahtin]

Ever since I read the book "Papillon", I have tended to keep all my money and important documents in a cigar tube. Up my bottom. Its a little uncomfortable at first, but you soon get used to it. It is the most secure way to carry money around, either on a dangerous island penal colony, or an equally bangkok-dangerous street...

Plus you always get a lot of attention when you settle the bill in a fancy restaurant, for example.

You can carry about 300gms of heroin in one of those cigar cases. It's not pleasant being in the same room as the carrier when they come out.

I wouldn't eat in the same restaurant as you Kmart!

He said tube, not case

[jackyseymour]

Never less than two and thruppence.

[mahtin]

Never less than two and thruppence.

Here come the thruppeny bits jokes

[larvidchr]

If i go shopping with the Girlfriend 2-3000 + the ATM card, if i go Bar"s"hopping with the boys 6000-8000 shared around in as many zipped or closed pockets as possible

Big spenders out there!! I usually have between 500 - 1500 baht

Calm down not necessarily using all, just always carrying a bit extra just in case.

[larvidchr]

Ever since I read the book "Papillon", I have tended to keep all my money and important documents in a cigar tube. Up my bottom. Its a little uncomfortable at first, but you soon get used to it. It is the most secure way to carry money around, either on a dangerous island penal colony, or an equally bangkok-dangerous street...

Plus you always get a lot of attention when you settle the bill in a fancy restaurant, for example.

Kmart, if I remember correctly, Papillion was bemused by the fact that his container always came out opposite the way he put it in , how is yours doing?

[desertrat]

Never quite sure but throw away all the red blue and green ones first.

btw i saw a discarded ATM slip, Balance was something like 4 million baht and the withdrawal was 200 baht

Edited October 6, 2008 by desertrat

[vagabond48]

In the US, I would carry no more than $40 in my wallet and my CC. Here, I have upto 500B in my waist punch, and up to 1500B plus my DC hidden in one of my pants pockets. Although I have a CC, I never carry it here since I have not needed to use it on the streets.

So PB, how much do you carry with you?

[t.s]

On a typical day, leaving the house, unless you work as a money launderer - how much do you carry?

Have your cash-carrying habits changed over the years?

I used to carry 10k baht plus, but wised up following a 'near-miss'

So as I've got a bit older its usually 1000 - 2000 baht in pocket. If I'm touring then about a 1000 more.

AND

A decoy wallet containing cheap and obsolete currency is my 'main' wallet in case of the remote chance of an armed robbery.

A Bank card held separately in another pocket.

i carry a wallet, a fake wallet, decoy wallet, an emergency wallet and i have unimpregnable steel socks which hide 10 baht for a phone call in case of emergencies.

i never use credit cards to prevent fraud and my atm card is kept in a hermetically-sealed, time-locked steel lockbox which is only openable for 15 mins every month when i need to pay my rent.

my rent is paid using an intermediary and i have the landlady provide 3 peices of ID and pass a retinal scan to ensure it is really her. the intemediary must go through the same procedure before i will hand over the money. Oh, i also retain custody of the intermediary's child to ensure he doesn't try to make off with the money.

you can be too safe. this is a very dangerous country, and the "average" thai makes about 50 baht a month and would happily killy you for one purple bill.

[Geekfreaklover]

Ever since I read the book "Papillon", I have tended to keep all my money and important documents in a cigar tube. Up my bottom. Its a little uncomfortable at first, but you soon get used to it. It is the most secure way to carry money around, either on a dangerous island penal colony, or an equally bangkok-dangerous street...

Plus you always get a lot of attention when you settle the bill in a fancy restaurant, for example.

I do believe Papillon used the term "Charger" for carrying his loot.

I wouldn't recommend buying one "second-hand"

[Master Chief]

What I have in my wallet depends on the daily planning.

5,000 for shopping at lotus

3,000 shopping at central with wife

6,000 shopping with the kids

10,000 if I go and by shoes and clothes for me

3,000 if I go out and eat alone

6,000 if I go out and eat with family

10,000 if I go out and eat with friends

50,000 + CC eating with customers

20,000 party at Bangla all alone

12,000 party with friends

4,000 if I go for a massage

5,000 if I have no idea for the day