How Much Money You REALLY Need to Retire in Thailand in 2026

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• RW

  @RW4U · 10 months ago (edited) · pinned

  Here&apos;s a link to the health insurance pricing calculator from Safety Wing: &nbsp;<a href="https://explore.safetywing.com/nomad-insurance-complete?referenceID=retiredworkingforyou&amp;utm_source=retiredworkingforyou&amp;utm_medium=Ambassador">https://explore.safetywing.com/nomad-insurance-complete?referenceID=retiredworkingforyou&amp;utm_source=retiredworkingforyou&amp;utm_medium=Ambassador</a>

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• WS

  @wsl-bx4np · 10 months ago

  Nice to see you doing a video on the reality of things in today&apos;s world. I&apos;m sure there has been many poor sucker lured in to Thailand thinking they could live on 300usd a month

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• TH

  @TheOldRadioRoomJazz · 9 months ago (edited)

  I got over here on far less at 62. I rented a condo for 15K baht that was arranged by a friend already here, (but you can also get a hotel for 500-700 baht a day until you secure a longer condo rental). &nbsp;I brought some clothes and golf clubs. Plane ticket was 1KUS$. Retirement Visa was 15K, but the agency(TikTok) deposited 800K to get my Visa, plus I wanted a Thai drivers licensce since the US drivers license isnt considered valid here(we drive on the oppisite of the road), so that was 35K baht for all that. So, all in all, I spent maybe 3K US dollars to get here. My monthly living now, with a car and scooter, a condo(26K), a girlfriend, is about 70K baht. I don&apos;t drink or party maybe once a week. My Pension covers 1/3 of that, my interest on savings 1/3 and dividends 1/3. I try not touch my savings.

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• AL

  @alfaromeo905 · 10 months ago

  See you next month. &nbsp;No more winters in Stoney Creek, &nbsp;Ontario. 👍🇨🇦🙏

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• JE

  @JeffWittyArt · 10 months ago

  Year 1 is critical. I’d advise folks to TRY to live as cheap as possible! No extra unnecessary spending. Eat cheap. Use a minimal amount of electricity (AC only at night to sleep). See what you can do if times get lean. If it’s not bearable- better &nbsp;to know early than later. <br><br>Your retirement money for your visa requirement also doubles as your “i couldn’t make it work, bailing back to my home country fund”.

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• SI

  @SimplyFabLife · 10 months ago

  Its simple. Dont move to Thailand (or anywhere) &nbsp;because its cheaper. Move there or anywhere because you love it!

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• BE

  @bengooch4306 · 10 months ago (edited)

  As always, thanks for the insight Chris! See you on Samui next June! 🙏

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• NE

  @NellyMin-e6d · 9 months ago

  thanks for sharing. I&apos;m 58 and don&apos;t plan to live until 90. so I think I&apos;ll be good to go- see you soon

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• MY

  @myorangecrush · 10 months ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3pvD0LPICk&amp;t=1198">19:58</a> Very Bill Perkins &quot;Die With Zero&quot;

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• KA

  @Kayandmart · 10 months ago

  Very good video, funny and serious at the same time.

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• ZO

  @ZombieWuff_TH · 10 months ago (edited)

  Good analysis and attitude, I&apos;ve been here a little longer than you, but took on a wife, so.............math is blown to pieces. &nbsp;Hope to run into you one day Chris, and thanks for spreading your wisdom.<br>And something you did not cover is moving here and expecting to start a business and making a profit from it. &nbsp;That is not feasible for most Farangs, if you want to do it legally. &nbsp;The business visa is difficult to obtain, and the Digital Nomad Visa rules are constantly changing, do good luck with that stuff.<br>From my first foray into early retirement back in 2003 in Pattaya, only a few friends remain of the original 30 or so Americans; the &nbsp;poorest of the bunch moved to Cambodia several years ago. &nbsp;The others are wealthy enough to have weathered the inflation, and I can count them on one hand. &nbsp;I went home in &apos;07 and reinvented myself to return 10 years later to Hua Hin. &nbsp;Prices keep climbing, and the country up north at my wife&apos;s province looks more attractive moving forward. &nbsp;Thailand is NOT the bargain it was just 10 years ago, please plan wisely.

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• FA

  @faifaa · 10 months ago

  Someone mentioned that rent will increase every few years or so. When I lived in BKK, my rent stayed the same for 13 years, my landlord was really good. If one was going to stay for over 15 years, wouldn&apos;t it be easier to just buy a condo for say, 2.5 MB, I&apos;m, sure you could get a one bedroom studio or even a two bedroom unit at that price. (15,000 x 12 x 15 = 2,700,000)

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