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Home » Reader question » Do I need a world plug in Thailand?
Do I need a world plug in Thailand?
Dear readers,
I am going to Thailand for the first time. What I want to know is do you need a world plug for charging your phone in your hotel? Are there any other things I should take into account because I will also be bringing a laptop. Is the WiFi in the hotels fast enough? And what else can I do?
Greetings,
Marlies
Wifi will be a lot slower than you are used to, but fast enough 🙂
World plug is not necessary.
In 9 out of 10 hotels, a European plug also fits into the Thai socket. In practice, I have never actually needed a world plug. Although a few times the contact was loose and the plug easily falls out of the wall, but plugging in quietly and then not touching it goes just fine.
Wifi is just as good/bad as in the Netherlands. If you are unlucky, you are far from an antenna or on a slow network, which can also happen in the Netherlands. Then you try another time, another room or another hotel. Or go to a coffee shop with free WiFi.
As already mentioned, a world plug is not necessary, but sometimes the plug is a bit loose in the socket. To solve this I always have a power strip with me (with 4 sockets) with an earthed plug. These are somewhat thicker and are more secure in the socket than the unearthed plug.
You also have some extra sockets available.
This seems to me to be the best solution as Bert says, I also do it this way.
And the WiFi always depends on the quality and distance of the transmitter.
And the more devices make contact at the same time, because that also causes delays.
At the 7/eleven you have an adapter plug for a few baht. 7/elevens on every street corner.
Power plug not required.
In the good hotels you have more than 100 Mbps.
Not in cheap Charlie hotels, of course.
But in many public places you have free WIFI.
It may sometimes be that your plug fits, but then it must be a flat one. For the last 20 years I've been going to Thailand on vacation and I've never had the problem that I didn't need my world plug. My advice: take it with you. I dare say I definitely need it 80% of the time.
I live in Thailand. Travel around from north to south and east to west.
Traveled 30000 km this year. NEVER needed a world plug…
I still have a question how do you push your plug into a socket with two flat small poles. You also come across these types of sockets in Thailand, sometimes with a third round pole.
But indeed the adapter plugs are also for sale at 7/11. But I'm also traveling a bit this year, around the world 4 times with a world plug adapter, which is always easy, even if it's on a stopover at an airport.
The NL plug just fits, only the smaller models (ungrounded) are sometimes a bit loose.
No problem with the thicker ones
It is best to buy a Thai SIM card immediately upon arrival at the airport. costs 650 baht for 30 d quasi unlimited internet use and calls . No more hassle with WiFi , internet everywhere and no surprise bill from your provider when you return home .
Bring a power strip from the Gamma, Praxis, Action or similar from NL: earthed and/or ungrounded. Buy in TH at 7/11, MiniBigC, MaxValue or similar a plug common in TH.
Cut that from NL away from the wire of the power strip and connect that wire to the plug purchased in TH.
Forgot to bring insulation tape and a screwdriver? Then buy that at the same time as the plug(s)!
not in the tourist areas
In Thailand you solve problems like a Thai. So you look for a solution when the problems arise. I adopted that, and it works very well here. 🙂
My power strip was confiscated at Singapore airport (too dangerous???). First day in Thailand I bought a new flat plug, 3 meter cord, and a Thai 3-way socket. THB 120 spent. Asked the reception of the resort to assemble everything. 1 hour later I had a working system. Flat plugs, thin round and thick round plugs fit.