Part-time living in Thailand

[gunner46]

As an expat who intends to be working overseas somewhere-or-other (not immediately likely to be Thailand) how convenient, or otherwise, is basing yourself in Thailand?

Have any of you decided to buy a place in LOS as a holiday-home type retreat? I know there are visa issues but can i expect any real problems or particular challenges if i'm only going to be in the country a few weeks per year?

I would presume a simple holiday visa would suffice for the time i'm in-country but what about when i'm not there?
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[lomuamart]

Very convenient.
Read the property threads for guidance on buying here.
Well, if you're not here, you don't need a visa.
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[dtaai-maai]

Gunner, you don't need any visa for a stay of 30 days or less. A tourist visa gets you 60 days.
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[klikster]

[STEVE G]

Gunner, I’ve been based in Thailand for several years now and have had no problems at all. I generally go back for about three weeks every two months and as long as you keep each visit below 30 days you will be OK. Now they do check your passport to make sure you are below the 90 days in 180 rule, but it sounds like you will have no problem there.

As the previous poster mentioned, the only problem I can think of is security, but there are whole estates which seem to be used as holiday homes and I haven’t heard of any particular problems. I’ve left my rented house in Hua Hin unoccupied without any hassle, like anywhere in the world it just pays to have good neighbours to keep an eye on things.

[elem]

agree with the above..
very convenient. I spend around 3 months/year in HH, in 4-6 visits.
Lovely place