12 November 2026 · mid-market, no dealer spread · UK CPI 18 NOV · FOMC 09 DEC · BoT MPC 23 DEC
Cards, ATMs, exchange booths, and the small decisions that move the cost of two weeks in Thailand by a hundred pounds. Tested on real trips, with real receipts.
Cards, ATMs, exchange booths, and the small decisions that move the cost of two weeks in Thailand by a hundred pounds. Tested on real trips, with real receipts. The lead story, archive links, and department guides below are selected by The Baht editorial with supporting methodology and standards linked in the footer.
Fourteen days in Thailand, every ATM slip and card statement kept. The gap between the right card and the wrong one is reliably £100 to £200 over a fortnight. Here is what actually moves that number.
Read the field test →Real test transactions on real cards. The Wise card, the Chase card, the Revolut card, the Starling card. With the receipts.
Fourteen days of real receipts. One card came out clearly ahead.
The next card test lands monthly.
A reader card question, answered.
ATM fees, exchange booth rates, how much cash to actually carry. Updated as the rules change.
The fixed ฿220 foreign-card fee, and the combinations that beat it.
SuperRich, airport booths, ATMs and contactless, ranked by real cost.
How much cash to carry, by trip length.
What two weeks in Thailand actually costs, broken down by region and by traveller style. Real receipts again.
Honest daily numbers, backpacker to luxury, at today's mid-market rate.
A week in Chiang Mai, every receipt kept.
What £1,000 buys in a Bangkok suburb.
Every piece, newest first. Sorted by publish date.