How Long Will £4K Last Me?

[wana]

I found a room, with Shower, TV, Air-con, Wardrobe, king size bed. for 7000bht a month. if you can eat Thai, you should be able to stay a least 3 months.

some of the girls who work for me have condos from 2,500- upwards to 8,000 , near MRT stations ,all central bangkok

They make around 40,000 a month ,many have a car /scooter or would not be caught dead taking a public bus

[cooked]

oh boy, another topic descended into the nerve crucifying vortex of non.sequitur. If you are tired of Thaivisa you are tired of life or something like that. Banter?

Every thread that I look at finishes up like this. I have pity on the OP and the moderator that is trying to keep things in order.

[wana]

it seems like the persons who spend a lot on rent and day to day living are geting ripped too shreds by people

living a bit more modestly to put it politely .......

lighten up ,its a country of great contrasts and due to the internet ,we are all able to compare prices without taking into account te varaiables

some can say he lives well on 10k a month ,another says he would go bust on less 15 k a day

there is no right or wrong answer ,some people may need to pay houses ,kids cars ,schools etc

maybe living in a expensive area is necessary for someones job ,life is short and to quote an old saying

" tis no pockets in a shroud "

[DavidSL]

it seems like the persons who spend a lot on rent and day to day living are geting ripped too shreds by people

living a bit more modestly to put it politely .......

lighten up ,its a country of great contrasts and due to the internet ,we are all able to compare prices without taking into account te varaiables

some can say he lives well on 10k a month ,another says he would go bust on less 15 k a day

there is no right or wrong answer ,some people may need to pay houses ,kids cars ,schools etc

maybe living in a expensive area is necessary for someones job ,life is short and to quote an old saying

" tis no pockets in a shroud "

You are right, we shouldn't let this descend into nonsense arguing, though what 'Cooked' is bringing to the thread above you is anybody's guess...

However, the OP made it quite clear that he is coming here on his own, not with a family, not with monthly outgoings like a car, schooling or house payments. Therefore I think it's a good idea to quote him on his circumstances. There's no need to add threads where all you are saying is, 'I couldn't live on less than 15k a day because I'm a massively rich bastard' when this doesn't apply at all to the question the OP is asking. If you are rich, and you have a house, car, kids, maids, butlers, slaves, dogs, cats, mice, lizards, in-laws, ex-laws, the local bar, the bar owner's daughter, her sister, their parents, their maids and their buffalo to look after, then fine, you can't relate to the OP's situation directly. What you could maybe do is look back to when you didn't have all these things, or simply look at what you would do if you were single, or what you spend on yourself daily, and go from there. Sure, 10 years ago Thailand was obviously a lot cheaper than it is now (from what I've heard), but I'll be honest, you can live very cheaply here still, and treat yourself to a nice holiday once a month. There's really no hardship not having an eight-bedroom house and a 60" plasma screen in every room.

Good luck OP, going by what you've said (and taking into account drinking and visa-run), I think you'll be fine for a good few months before you start to worry about cash-flow.

[LucidLucifer]

To answer the OP's question, your 4k pounds will last somewhere between 1 day and 1 lifetime in Thailand.

Thats a fib. it will last no more than three months.

You could last much, much longer than that. It all depends on the quality of life you aspire to.

If I was still in my youthful travelling days, i'd be looking to go for up to 6 months on that. Admittedly, I couldn't come close to that nowadays, more like 6 weeks tops.