Buy U.S. Dollars

[KRS1]

Anyplace in Chiang Mai where they allow you to sell baht to buy US dollars?

Going to the US at the end of the month and need to take US dollars.

I know in Bangkok you can go to a main bank branch as long as you have a valid reason and they will exchange for you, but what about Chiang Mai?

[WinnieTheKhwai]

Chiang Mai is same.

[gotlost]

Never been asked why just how much.

[sulasno]

are there any foreign money exchangers in CM ?

[gotlost]

are there any foreign money exchangers in CM ?

Chang Khlan Rd (Night Bazzar) and Loi Khro Rd.

[PhotoJohn]

Last year, I was here on vacation. Forgot to change my baht before I left.

No problem. There was a money exchange right in the terminal at LAX.

I probably didn't get the best rate, but it was convenient.

[getgoin]

The bank or some money changers.

[jayjay0]

I just went to the bank of Siam in the night bazaar no problem. Of course I have a account there don't know if that matters. After all it is just business to them.

Take your passport just in case.

[KRS1]

Are there limits? When i was here 15 years ago the banks wouldn't allow an exchange of 100k baht unless it was at a big branch.

[prism]

There is a small exchange place that sell dollars just down the street from the SCB bank at the night bazaar. Just go south about 20m from SCB(the purple bank) and it's on the right hand side. Great rates. You'll get hammered on the exchange rate if you buy dollars in the U.S..

[WinnieTheKhwai]

Are there limits? When i was here 15 years ago the banks wouldn't allow an exchange of 100k baht unless it was at a big branch.

15 years ago a little thingy called the Asian Economic crisis was going on. And then: 100K baht... Wow.

[gotlost]

Are there limits? When i was here 15 years ago the banks wouldn't allow an exchange of 100k baht unless it was at a big branch.

15 years ago a little thingy called the Asian Economic crisis was going on. And then: 100K baht... Wow.

January 26,1998 Bangkok Bank GBP 90.31...USD 54.01. Those were there days. Its just a memory.

[KRS1]

That was right before the crisis and got 25/1, ten months later though i came back and got 55/1 before they closed the offshore banks, same day the rate went down to 45/1.

oh and back in the days we were getting 14% interest on savings accounts, those were 'really' the days...

[gotlost]

I was boarding my flight from Los Angeles and it hit 56 in the US by the time I arrived in Bangkok and exchanged it had gone down to 48.

[KRS1]

You must have been on the flight right after mine. LOL