First vacation in Thailand
It's been a long time since I first traveled to Thailand. I will never forget that first visit. Almost every day I remember like it was yesterday, I fell in love with this country instantly.
Applying for a Schengen visa for your Thai girlfriend? Read our tips!
Thai people who want to come to the Netherlands must apply for a Schengen visa, also known as a tourist visa. The official name is Short Stay Visa type C. Such a visa is issued for a maximum of 90 days.
Vacationers are massively claiming damaged suitcases on travel insurance
If you travel to Thailand, pack your suitcase neatly and entrust it to the airline you are flying with. Unfortunately, they don't handle it that well.
If you want to bring family or a partner over from Thailand, he or she is required to have a visa. In many cases you will also have to deal with a financial guarantee.
It is good to stay informed about the current travel advice for Thailand. There is now a handy app for this: BZ Reisadvies. With this you can now easily receive travel advice from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on your iPhone or iPad.
Give people a platform and they will complain. In many cases about completely different matters than the subject.
This is again apparent from a column in yesterday's De Telegraaf by Jos van Noord: 'Carefree travel'. The article is about ambassador Joan Boer's call to oblige tourists to take out travel insurance for a holiday to Thailand.
Wintering in Thailand according to Khun Peter (2)
Preparations for wintering in Thailand are in full swing. As said before, I want to share this with you so that you know what to look out for if you have the same plans. In this article my experiences so far.
Thailand flood and questions about your travel insurance
Do you have questions about your travel or cancellation insurance with the Europeesche, following the floods in Thailand? Below, this travel insurer has listed the most common questions and corresponding answers.
Thailand floods: free cancellation not possible
Despite the floods in Thailand, the calamity fund does not issue a limitation of coverage. This means that consumers who have booked a package holiday cannot cancel free of charge.
Last week Lily Rouwers came into contact with a Dutch family whose son (17 years old) had a very serious accident two weeks ago. He was here with a group of young people helping in a children's home. The last few days before they were supposed to go back to the Netherlands, they went to Koh Samet, where he had an accident with a quad bike. With very serious brain damage, he was transferred by helicopter to the Bangkok…
News: embassy handles income statement (again) by post (1)
First of all, the good news, after a visit to the consular section of the embassy in Bangkok: Dutch citizens can now obtain the statement of income required to apply for a retirement visa at the Thai immigration service by post. That saves a drink on a drink if applicants do not have to travel in person to Bangkok or the consulates in Phuket and Chiang Mai. The recently appointed ambassador Joan Boer has faced the problems after his arrival …
Travel Advice Bangkok – Thailand
CLICK HERE FOR UPDATE JUNE 2010 On April 28, another confrontation took place in Bangkok between red shirts and security forces. About XNUMX red shirts traveled through the city in pick-up trucks and mopeds and were stopped by soldiers on Vibhavadi-Rangsit Road, in the north of the city near the old Don Muang airport. In the skirmishes that followed, in which live ammunition was fired, one person was reportedly killed and at least…
No negative travel advice Thailand!
CLICK HERE FOR UPDATE JUNE 2010 There have been quite a few reports in the media yesterday and the day before yesterday suggesting that there is a negative travel advice for Bangkok and/or Thailand. We would like to emphasize that this is not a negative travel advice, but only a warning at level 4. What does the warning from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs mean? There is a warning at level 4. (on a scale of 6.) …
Would you like war and war insurance?
By Hans Bos Thailand is moving in the right direction…. There will be quite a few rules, also in favor of foreign guests. To begin with, they can again obtain free tourist visas (from 1 April), if desired in combination with war and war insurance. A molestation insurance? Of course! Upon payment of USD 1, the tourist receives a maximum of 10.0000 'greenbacks' if he/she becomes disabled, has to go to hospital or dies as a result of civil disturbances. The Thai government knows that many…