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Thailand Travel FAQs: The Top 50 Questions About Thailand Travel

Your Top 50 Thailand Travel FAQs (Answered!)

  • May 19, 2021
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As I updated The Koh Samui Guide for its latest edition, I resumed the ungodly challenge of scouring the blog’s history for every question ever asked. Once I deleted the hilarious weird questions* (and the rude ones!), I had a definitive set of Thailand travel FAQs – your biggest questions and worries about travel to Thailand.

Your Top 50 Thailand Travel FAQs (Answered!)

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Top 50 Thailand travel FAQs

Whether it’s your first time to Thailand or you’re a repeat visitor with unanswered questions, the following 50 Thailand travel FAQs will be a great head-start for your trip-planning. Get tips and advice for packing, cultural dos and dont’s, transport, food, holidays and more. Enjoy!

Dos, don’ts and etiquette in Thailand

  • Etiquette: How to be the rudest tourist in Thailand?
  • Dos and Dont’s: 5 things to never do in Thailand
  • First time to Thailand? The 10 mistakes I made

Staying healthy in Thailand

  • Mosquitoes: What to know about mosquitoes in Thailand?
  • Hygiene: How to avoid getting sick in Thailand

Your safety in Thailand

  • Street smarts: How to avoid crime in Thailand
  • Women: Safety tips for women solo in Thailand

Bangkok FAQs

  • Dress code: What to wear in Bangkok?
  • Hotels: The best places to stay in Bangkok
  • Sight-seeing: Murder, mystery … and mango sticky rice?
  • Safety: How to stay safe in Bangkok

Electronics and gear for Thailand

  • Thai plugs: Do you need travel adapters for Thailand?
  • Travel insurance: How to cover your gear and electronics
  • Your phone: How to use your phone in Thailand?
  • Photography tips: How to take better beach photos in Thailand
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Travel to Thailand: Flights and airports

  • Carry-on: How to pack your carry-on for Thailand?
  • Long-haul flights: How to stay healthy on your v-e-r-y long flight
  • Bangkok Airways FAQS: Baggage allowance, check-in times, etc
  • Connecting flights: How to transfer at Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport

Thailand travel resources

  • Trip-planning: How to prepare for Thailand?
  • Where to stay? Best, boutique and budget hotels in Thailand
  • Thailand travel guide books: Which will be most helpful to you?
  • Kids’ books: The best children’s books about Thailand

Your Thailand itinerary

  • Koh Samui vs Phuket? How to choose which you’ll like best
  • Koh Samui vs Koh Phangan? What’s the difference?

Get to know Thai culture

  • Fantastic books: My favourite books set in Thailand
  • Thai greetings: How to ‘wai’ to greet someone
  • Thai language: How to learn Thai with a podcast?

Thailand as an animal-lover

  • Elephants: 4 things to know about riding elephants in Thailand
  • Crazy dog/cat people: How to help Thailand’s dogs and cats?
  • Shark fins: How to choose your hotel and restaurants?
  • Wildlife: The Bangkok resident you don’t want to cuddle
Thailand Shark Fin Soup: How to Save Thai Sharks (Without Leaving Your Hotel)
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How to Save Thailand’s Sharks

  • Alex Hammond
  • July 10, 2020

Crucial cultural tips

  • Temples: What to wear to a Thai temple?
  • Your feet: What not to do with your feet in Thailand?
  • Culture shock: How to avoid it in Thailand?
  • Songkran: Where and how to celebrate the Thai New Year?

Thai islands and beaches

  • Beach guide: Where to stay on Koh Samui?
  • Dress code: What to wear on the beach in Thailand?
  • Bamboo huts: Where to stay on Koh Tao?
  • Koh Samui questions? Top 25 Koh Samui FAQs

Shopping

  • Shopping: The 15 best things to buy
  • Tailors: How to avoid my mistakes at a Thai tailor?

Weddings

  • Guest guide: Your guide to a Thailand destination wedding

Food and drink in Thailand

  • Pineapples: How to cut up pineapple (like a Thai ninja)?
  • Thai fruit: 12 Thai fruits to try
  • Thai beer: What to know about beer in Thailand?
  • Recipe: How to make a Samui-style pineapple shake?
Pineapple Shake Recipe: How to Make a Pineapple Shake (Thai-Style)
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How to Make A Thai-Style Fresh Pineapple Shake

  • Alex Hammond
  • November 4, 2021

*The top three weirdest questions

The three weirdest questions I’ve ever been asked about Thailand travel:

  • Is it dangerous for Canadians to wear Canadian hats in Thailand?”
  • “Are there Thai girls at Thai airports who wash socks and cook for u?”
  • “Are there wild poodles in Koh Samui?”

Answers? No, no and no.

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