Local currency and QR payments.
Visiting Thailand is an exciting adventure, but making payments as a foreign traveler can be challenging.
Obviously cash is king, but carrying around bundles of cash can be inconvenient or unsafe so here are a few tips:
- Most of the larger chain outlets, malls, restaurants accept travel cards such as Monzo or Revoult and credit cards which is great.
- However if you want to explore the local street markets, street food vendors, Tuk Tuk’s and local cafes most of them don’t accept cards.
- Many vendors rely on local banking systems like PromptPay, which requires a Thai bank account.
- So here are a few options to allow you to pay like a local using QR codes:
