Hey Beans,

Looking to send some monies from the UK to Chiang Mai and wondered if you had any ideas? The amount will likely be a couple of hundred pounds. I've had a look on the forum but mostly it seems people talking about big monies or sending to BKK etc.

Cheers!

cheapest option =

but pray that he doesn't get predated en-route 1st by those nasty french, & then followed by the equally nasty arabs...... .....(they do love a squab on a stick!)

(the safer bet would be a simple 'swift' transfer from your uk bank to ANY bank in Thailand - will cost you 20 quid + the amount)

Edited June 9, 201313 yr by Goshawk

try wire transfer?

Put the money in my UK bank account and I will transfer the Baht equivalent to any nominated Thai bank account.

If you have a Visa card with the London Bank you can just go into any bank here and use it to get the money.

The pigeon is cheaper though

It will cost approximately £25 to transfer the money through a bank, maybe a little less using Western Union. The cheapest method is use an Aeon ATM if you have a credit or debit card. There is a machine in Siam TV.

for a couple of hundred pounds use a debit/or credit card if you have one

minimum to send by wire is 25 pounds plus a 12.50 handling charge on the thai side

GET IT SENT IN STERLING NOT BAHT

Hi, Thanks for all the suggestions. Just checked Western Union and to transfer £200 into a Thai bank account is only £6.90. This seems quite reasonable unless the Thai banks take a cut at their end! Plus there are plenty of western Union points around the city.

The idea of transferring it to a UK bank of someone with a Thai bank account also sounds like a good idea as it may also help them out in transferring money back home.

Cheers!

For what its worth I have Halifax Internet banking, and a Kasikorn account here.

I transfer usually 2k GBP at a time. Cost from Halifax is 9.5 GBP.

Money in Thai a/c normally within 2 working days.