Travelling with your Thai Girlfriend

Travelling with your Thai girlfriend can be an interesting experience. Especially if she has never travelled outside of Thailand before. She will see everything through fresh eyes, and of course, she will either love or hate it the whole experience.

Most Thai people love to eat Thai food.

They generally don't like 'faring' food like pizza or burgers. So your Thai girl will generally be ok in Asian countries, where the food tends to be spicy and contain fish or rice, but anywhere outside of Asia and your Thai girlfriend might struggle to find something she likes to eat.

India is especially difficult, as is Japan.

If you are in a western country such as Australia or the UK, try to find a store that sells Thai ingredients, such as an Asian grocer, or Asian supermarket. As long as she can get a few familiar ingredients, such as lemon grass or Thai basil, she will no doubt be able to cook up food for herself that she likes to eat.

Your Thai girlfriend will need a passport and a visa.

The passport is generally not difficult to get, and can be obtained in a couple of days from Bangkok.

However, getting a visa for your Thai girlfriend can be difficult. Depending on where you want to go with her, the visa process can be long and complicated. You might need to show documentation and evidence that she will not overstay, and that she has strong and compelling reasons to return to Thailand.

Thailand tends to be considered a ‘high risk’ destination; therefore she will need to show evidence and documentation. It’s always advisable to start doing the necessary paperwork a good while in advance of your planned departure date.

Good Australian Visa Advice
A great website like ‘Australian Visa Advice for your Thai Girlfriend’ can help you with all the necessary paperwork. In effect you will do the visa yourself, but a migration agent will be constantly on hand to help you with the process. It’s not that expensive, and it can really take away the headache of doing a DIY visa application.

Remember, your Thai girl might find the culture shock quite overwhelming when you first arrive overseas. Try to understand that this is all new to her, and she will be struggling with a different language, different culture and possibly even different weather.

Make sure she is prepared for the cold if you are taking her to a temperate climate, as it's likely she will feel the cold much more than you. Even summer time in the UK can feel cold to Thai people who are used to tropical Thailand’s balmy climate, with its heat and humidity. So taking her to a winter destination would definitely be a shock to her system. Though imagine how cute it would be to be with her the first time she experiences snow and ice.

Above all else, enjoy travelling with your Thai girlfriend. It’s sure to be a memorable experience.


Some good links that may help you are:
thai tourism
thai People