The honest EU guide
to Thailand — without the fluff.
For tourists, dreamers, and the people who actually move. Real prices. Real timelines. Real costs. No infinity pools, no influencer spin, no €40 sites pretending to “help” with TDAC.
Pick the path that fits where you are.
Most readers arrive at one of five places — daydreaming about Thailand, booking a first trip, applying for a long-stay visa, or already living there. Find your pillar and the rest follows.
Inspire
For people stuck in a Northern European winter who can’t stop seeing Thailand reels at 11pm. Emotional honesty, not aspiration.
Start daydreamingLive Real
€500, €1,000, or €2,000 a month — what each one actually buys you in Thailand. Honest receipts, not aspirational maths.
See the budgetsPlan
Tourist itineraries that aren’t recycled from 2019. Region guides, festival timing, the practical first-trip stuff most blogs water down.
Plan a tripMove
DTV visa for EU citizens. Tax residency. Health insurance that actually qualifies. Country-specific advice for Germans, Irish, Dutch, French.
Plan the moveLive
Already on a DTV? Banking, 90-day reporting, tax filing for 180+ day stayers, long-stay apartments — the post-arrival recurring stuff.
Live the lifestyleFrom the field.
New articles publish every Wednesday. Each is the answer to a question we heard ten times that week and couldn’t find a decent answer to anywhere else.
What €500/€1,000/€2,000 a month in Thailand actually looks like in 2026
Three real budgets, three real lifestyles. With every receipt photographed and every trade-off named. The contrarian piece nobody else writes.
MoveDTV visa for EU citizens — the complete 2026 guide nobody else has written
German, Irish, Dutch, French. Country-specific tax considerations. The 3-month seasoning rule that fails 40% of applications. The 2026 changes.
PlanThe realistic Thailand 2-week itinerary for first-timers — no infinity pools
Bangkok, Chiang Mai, one island, back. Day-by-day with real costs, real transport times, and what to skip even though every other guide pushes it.
Most Thailand content online is written for an American audience. EU citizens have different visas, different tax treaties, different healthcare expectations. This is the publication that fills that gap.