How best can I do a 5-6 week tourist trip from Philippines to Thailand and back ?

[RichardThailand]

I read some place that although I get a 30 day visa exempt entry on arrival I can extend this. Can someone tell me how I go about doing this and how long can I extend my stay without leaving the country? I already have the Philippines to Thailand trip by air booked. Do I need to show a ticket back to the Philippines less than 30 days after arrival ? If so then does anyone recommend an airline where I can most easily change my flight back?

Thanks

Edited July 28, 2014 by RichardThailand

[KhunSugar]

If you know in advance that you want (will) to stay longer than 30 days in the country, go get a tourist visa.

KS

[ubonjoe]

It would be best to get a single entry tourist visa at the embassy in Manila that would give you a 60 day entry.

If you don't have a visa you may need a onward for return ticket within 30 days of arrival in order to board your flight to Thailand.

Until the 29th of August the longest extension you can get is 7 days for a visa exempt entry after that date you can get 30 days.

[biggles45]

The Thai embassy in Manila only takes applications for Tourist visas BEFORE 12noon and you,can collect them AFTER 3pm. They usually issue them TWO,days after lodgement,.

[asdecas]

If you arrive in the Phils on a 30 day permission to enter, you can extend this for a further 29 days, giving a total of 59 days. However it is less than half the price of that extension if you get your visa at the Phils embassy on Sukhumvit prior to travelling.

[wrgf]

Fly Cebu Pacific as you can change the flight online up to 4 hours before the flight. If you go visa exempt then you can extend it by 30 days at an immigration office in Thailand (effective 29 August).

[Maroon Watcher]

If you fly in to Bankok then you can fly to Chiang Mai.

OR if you fly South, I would suggest being based in Krabi, so you can get to Phuket and Samui...

I would be interested in you route as I plan to to do the same next year...

Edited July 29, 2014 by Maroon Watcher

[coppywriter]

If you arrive in the Phils on a 30 day permission to enter, you can extend this for a further 29 days, giving a total of 59 days. However it is less than half the price of that extension if you get your visa at the Phils embassy on Sukhumvit prior to travelling.

The OP is coming from the Philippines to Thailand and then back not the other way around.

[Bigfarang1948]

Did you ever think about talking to a travel agent or researching Trip Advisor? You are probably gonna get ten different replies from folks here , like myself, who have never made a trip[ like you are planning. Good luck.

[slipperylobster]

I know you booked already. I am just noting the following...

Tiger Air used to fly Bangkok to Clark, but now I think they teamed up with Cebu Pacific, and you need to book on the Cebu Pacific website for that info. I will be going in September, but if I fly out of Bangkok, it seems I can only fly into Manila. Tiger website still lists a flight from Chiang Mai (my home) to Clark, but the cost (7000 baht one way) is double that of Bangkok to Manila. Not only that, it has a layover in Singapore. I don't know what happened to Tiger, but burns my butt. Two months ago I did round trip for 6000 baht Bkk to Clk, and 1600 R/T Bkk to Udon (my former home).

Just saying.... wonder what your flight cost and what your route/airline is.

Edited July 29, 2014 by slipperylobster

[RichardThailand]

Does anyone know how much the tourist visa costs at the embassy in Manila. If I get one would it be for up to 60 days? I read about double-entry visas. Are those available in Manila and what's the difference between that and a tourist visa?

[ubonjoe]

It will cost the equivalent of 1000 baht for each entry.

You can get a 2 entry tourist visa that sometimes is a called a double entry. It will allow you two 60 day entries.

A recent report stated that in order to get a 2 entry you you have to show a ticket out of Thailand for each entry.

[RichardThailand]

Just to clarify. I am not looking for trip information or where to go. All I am looking for is some visa related tips such as how long a visa I would be able to get in Manila.

[mat999]

You can get a double entry tourist visa in Manila. Free for Filipinos, 1'900 per entry for others( maybe it is 1k as others have said, i dont recall). You should simply call the embassy and ask for advice, they speak good english and will tell you what you need to bring and what date your onward ticket needs to be (just need one for a double entry tourist visa, yangon on nokair was cheapest throwaway ticket).It is a heavenly place to get a thai visa compared to vientiane (like 5 people in queue instead of hundreds), but more documents are required.

Edited July 29, 2014 by mat999