10% London Price...

[petepete]

Quick thought: a little while ago I realized that there was a pretty strong correlation between dividing a THB price by 10 and getting an equivalent London price in pounds...

Taxi flag fall: 35THB - £3.50

Bus journey: 7THB - £0.70

Street Food: 30THB - £3.00

Three-hour coach journey: 139THB - £13.90

Two-bedroom apartment in embassy district: 35,000 THB - £3,500

1.5 liter bottle of 'luxury' water: 14THB - £1.40

Seems to work for a lot of things, and has been helpful for getting a quick idea of relative prices here. Falls down for beer and expensive foreign food... Maybe helpful for people who've just moved from London...

[wintermute]

3,500 pounds for a 2 bedroom apartment? No wonder there are so many Brits living abroad.

[bkkjames]

Do you have the prices for Manchester mate?

[whistleblower]

Do you have the prices for Manchester mate?

Thought you mancs nicked everything

[bkkjames]

Do you have the prices for Manchester mate?

Thought you mancs nicked everything

Close, but that's LP from what I here

[petepete]

3,500 pounds for a 2 bedroom apartment? No wonder there are so many Brits living abroad.

The qualifier of "in embassy district" on that one is pretty important :-) (two bedroom apartments near Thai embassy in London)

We seem to pay significantly over the odds here for living on Soi Ruam Rudee - if we were going to be here longer, we'd probably look for somewhere else...

[PeaceBlondie]

My last apartment in Houston - US$ per square foot (Montrose)

My first apt in Chiang Mai, with panoramic city-mountain views - US$0.17

[true blue]

Do you have the prices for Manchester mate?

Thought you mancs nicked everything

Close, but that's LP from what I here

nice to no people think its mancs that are tea leaves,not nice honest scousers,

[Boater]

Taxi flag fall: 35THB - £3.50 - 35.00 THB = 0.634529 GBP

Bus journey: 7THB - £0.70 - 7.00 THB = 0.126906 GBP

Street Food: 30THB - £3.00 - 30.00 THB = 0.543882 GBP

Three-hour coach journey: 139THB - £13.90 - 139.00 THB = 2.51982 GBP

Two-bedroom apartment in embassy district: 35,000 THB - £3,500 - 35,000.00 THB = 634.488 GBP

1.5 liter bottle of 'luxury' water: 14THB - £1.40 - 14.00 THB = 0.253780 GBP

source - www.xe.com ....

need to get your currency exchange rate first, unless this is being quoted to you.....

also , where do you buy ' Luxury ' Water from for 14 THB ???????

[bifftastic]

it's £2 cash fare on a bus in London

as for the mancs and the scousers....they'll both have the sugar out yer tea!

[bifftastic]

Taxi flag fall: 35THB - £3.50 - 35.00 THB = 0.634529 GBP

Bus journey: 7THB - £0.70 - 7.00 THB = 0.126906 GBP

Street Food: 30THB - £3.00 - 30.00 THB = 0.543882 GBP

Three-hour coach journey: 139THB - £13.90 - 139.00 THB = 2.51982 GBP

Two-bedroom apartment in embassy district: 35,000 THB - £3,500 - 35,000.00 THB = 634.488 GBP

1.5 liter bottle of 'luxury' water: 14THB - £1.40 - 14.00 THB = 0.253780 GBP

source - www.xe.com ....

need to get your currency exchange rate first, unless this is being quoted to you.....

also , where do you buy ' Luxury ' Water from for 14 THB ???????

I think OP means a price comparison rather than the exchange rate for £3.50 being THB35.00

I still think it's a bit wide of the mark though

[bellste]

  As far as I know, 35 THB = 0,64 GBP. 3,00 GBP = 162 THB. So I don't know how you got to that result?

14 THB = 0,26 GBP for the water.

[petepete]

As far as I know, 35 THB = 0,64 GBP. 3,00 GBP = 162 THB. So I don't know how you got to that result?

...

The flag fall for taxis in Thailand is 35THB.

The flag fall for taxis in London is £3.50.

If you divide 35 by 10, you get £3.50.

It turns out that that fits for quite a few other prices too - such as the examples above.

-P

[true blue]

it's £2 cash fare on a bus in London

as for the mancs and the scousers....they'll both have the sugar out yer tea!

that sounds like my cup of tea.