Six Ways to Guard Against Thailand Travel

Most visitors at least take in the Grand Palace, a collection of highly decorated buildings and monuments. Bangkok is at the start of many visitors' itineraries, and while a modern city, it has a rich cultural heritage. Cars with insurance start at just under 1,000 baht/day, and come down to around 5,600 baht/week or 18,000 baht/month.

Prices without insurance for a self-driven car start from around 800 baht/day for small cars, and from as little as 600 baht/day for open-topped Jeeps. Driving your own car in Thailand is not for the faint-hearted, and many rental companies can supply drivers at a very reasonable price. If you rent a vehicle without insurance and it's damaged or stolen (take photos of the bike at the time of rental!), the bottom line is that you will be required to pay Hotel in Thailand full the cost of repairing or replacing it. Furthermore, some travel insurance policies will only provide medical cover in the event of an accident if you hold a motorcycle license in your home country.

Insurance is usually not included (or even available), so try to ensure in advance that the insurance you leave home with is going to cover you; alternatively, arrange cover with an insurance broker locally in Thailand. They've run into some serious turbulence in 2008, cutting their flights by two-thirds, but now seem to have recovered. Owned mostly by Thai Airways, they compete with Air Asia on price and, with a fairly comprehensive domestic network, are a pretty good choice overall.

Nok Air took to the skies in 2004 sporting lurid paint schemes with a bird's beak painted on the nose. Just make sure that both your Thai (if required) and Burmese visas are in order, as no visa-on-arrival is available at the border. Myanmar - The border crossings with Myanmar are located at Mae Sai / Tachileik , Mae Sot / Myawaddy , the Three Pagodas Pass ( Sangkhlaburi / Payathonzu ) and Ranong / Kawthoung As of 2013, the Burmese government has lifted all restrictions on foreigners entering and leaving Myanmar via the Thai border, so it is now possible to travel between Yangon and Bangkok overland.

Kuala Lumpur and Singapore make excellent places to catch flights into these smaller Thai cities, meaning you can skip the ever-present touts and queues at Bangkok. International airports are also located at Hat Yai , Krabi , Ko Samui and Chiang Mai , though these are largely restricted to flights from other Southeast Asian countries. Be aware, Bangkok as two major airports: Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK) which serves most larger carriers and is the main airport and the smaller Don Mueang International Airport (DMK) which serves primarily smaller carriers both internationally and domestically.

Practically every airline that flies to Asia also flies into Bangkok, this means there are plenty of services and the competition on the routes helps to keep the ticket prices down. The main international airports in Thailand are at Bangkok and Phuket , and both are well-served by intercontinental flights.