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How to Find a House in Thailand

05/02/2018 by Scuba

Would you make a web page for that? No! You would draw a sign and hang it out on the window: "House For Rent, contact Tel." And that's it and that is what the Thais are doing. What I want to say is, if you want to find a reasonable cheap accommodation: Go to Thailand, check in some guest house for a couple of days, rent a motorbike or a car and go look around. You have to go about 2 -3 km from the tourist centers and you find dozens of "Houses for Rent".Guarantied. However, you should arrive in Thailand before the high season starts, otherwise most of this houses are gone to the 6 month expats like diving instructors, retirees and others.

From my German page I get a lot of feedback and questions from people who desperately search all over the web, trying to find a flat or a house for rent in Thailand. They think they can book such a long term accommodation just like a holiday. Well, you can not and you will never … Read more

Visa Procedures for Offshore Workers

07/05/202107/01/2018 by Scuba

There is quite a large number of Offshore Workers who use Thailand as their place for living for the time between their working periods. They work mostly on oil rigs or drill ships offshore in Asia, Afrika or in the Middle East. This people usually work for about four weeks outside Thailand and then have … Read more

Qatar Airways flies to Pattaya (Utapao)

27/02/201805/01/2018 by Scuba

According to a press release from Qatar Airways, the airline plans to fly from Doha directly to Pattaya (Utapao Airport) four times a week starting 28th January 2018. Flights are scheduled for Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Thus, Qatar Airways now connects 5 tourist resorts in Thailand (Bangkok, Phuket, Krabi, Chiang Mai and now Pattaya) … Read more