Ravipas Chaloenchansa,
CFA, CFP®
Thailand
Finance & Retirement
A life in
Thailand,
built on good
decisions.
Practical guidance for people planning to retire, relocate, work remotely or live long-term in Thailand.
A practical guide
to building
a life
in Thailand.
Thailand Ready researches the decisions that shape daily life here, from healthcare and visas to money and where to live, and explains them plainly. Some links, referrals or recommendations may involve commercial relationships, which we disclose clearly.
How we workThailand is easy to fall in love with.
Building a life here takes better decisions.
Where to live
Cities, towns and neighbourhoods each make a different daily life.
Staying well
Care, cover and cost, before you need them.
Staying legally
The route you stay on shapes what is possible.
Making it last
Money, currency and the cost of living, planned in decades.
Who Thailand Ready
is for
People arrive with different plans. The decisions underneath are much the same.
Retire in
ThailandThinking in decades: care, income, a place that still suits you.
Relocate to
ThailandA job, a family, a move with dates attached.
Work & live
remotelyWork from anywhere, and a long stay to plan.
Live here
long-termAlready here, and making it permanent.
What we help you
figure out
Six subjects, each researched in depth and explained plainly.
Healthcare & Insurance
How care works here, and how to pay for it.
Visas & Long-Stay Planning
The routes to staying, and what each asks of you.
Money & Financial Planning
Income, savings and currency, for the long run.
Where to Live
Cities, towns and neighbourhoods, compared honestly.
Cost of Living
What daily life costs, by the way you live.
Life in Thailand
The everyday things that make a place home.
The best life in Thailand is not the one
that looks best on holiday. It is the one
that still works ten years later.
What Thailand Ready believes
Built for better
decisions.
Our guidance is researched, grounded in local context, and says plainly where money is involved.
Research-led
Guides start from primary sources wherever they exist.
Local context
Written with knowledge of how things work on the ground.
Specialist experience
Drawing on experts, each within their own field.
Clear trade-offs
What you gain and what you give up, set out plainly.
Open about money
Where we earn money, we say so.
Health insurance
How to choose cover that still fits in ten years
- Written for
- Long-stay planners
- Reading time
- Ten minutes
- Key questions
- Asked up front
- Commercial relationships
- Clearly disclosed
Thailand Ready
Our experts
Ravipas Chaloenchansa,
Noppakun Sasipibool
Thailand
Insurance
Ravinun Poovatanakul
Thailand
Tax & International Tax
Lattapon Chaloenchansa
Thailand
Visa & Relocation
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CFP® and CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ are trademarks owned outside the U.S. by Financial Planning Standards Board Ltd. Thai Financial Planning Association is the marks licensing authority for the CFP marks in Thailand, through agreement with FPSB.
Different cities,
different
versions
of life.
Bangkok, Chiang Mai and Phuket are not three versions of the same place. Each asks for a different budget, pace and plan.
Bangkok
Sophisticated, green in places, everything close.
Chiang Mai
Calm, creative, neighbourhood-sized.
Hua Hin
A quiet coast within reach of the capital.
Phuket
Coastal, unhurried, a working island
behind the view.
Personal reports
See your own numbers
before you decide.
Two reports: a free first look, and a full guide from your first quote to your last claim.
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Start with the life you want to build.
We’ll help you understand the decisions behind it.