Best place for Baht conversion

[PSY]

Hi all, I need to convert ₹2 lakh to Baht for upcoming family trip. I have few queries:
1. Which is the ideal way to go about it ? Should I convert to USD here and then convert to Baht in Thailand? Or directly convert to Baht here itself?
2. Which is the best place for this conversion? I am in Bangalore now.

 

[BVCBVC is verified member.]

I am not sure of Bangalore, but in Thailand you can directly pay with rupees in most of the places. If you wish to load any Forex cards then Niyo global works well. Even card payments are accepted in Thailand where in you can swipe well.

If you are looking to convert 2L INR cash to Baht try some offline forex agents they can do it for you.

 

[PSY]

I am not sure of Bangalore, but in Thailand you can directly pay with rupees in most of the places. If you wish to load any Forex cards then Niyo global works well. Even card payments are accepted in Thailand where in you can swipe well.

If you are looking to convert 2L INR cash to Baht try some offline forex agents they can do it for you.

Thanks for detailed response.

What are the conversion charges there? Is it very high compared with forex agents ?

 

[PSY]

Also, I have Infinia and Atlas. Should I directly use that there instead of converting?

 

[BVCBVC is verified member.]

Also, I have Infinia and Atlas. Should I directly use that there instead of converting?

For HDFC there a Forex program called HDFC Global Value Program. You can go through the below link for that.

Thread 'HDFC Global Value Program (GVP) is expired now?'

Apr 9, 2024

I was looking for details on GVP to enroll for my upcoming international trip and found this. This is the only official place where anything about GVP was detailed as far as I know.

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[BVCBVC is verified member.]

Thanks for detailed response.

What are the conversion charges there? Is it very high compared with forex agents ?

If you have Onecard that's the best case you can use it.

Direct conversion with 1% + 18% GST and 1% Return rate, technically you will be paying 18% GST on 1% only.

 

[sourpai]

If you have good credit cards use them directly there.... Use Infinia with GVP enabled.

If you really need cash, check Orient exchange

 

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Thanks for detailed response.

What are the conversion charges there? Is it very high compared with forex agents ?

If you are satisfied with the suggestion you can mark the post which is relevant as solution. Thanks.

 

[aashuuuu]

Hi all, I need to convert ₹2 lakh to Baht for upcoming family trip. I have few queries:
1. Which is the ideal way to go about it ? Should I convert to USD here and then convert to Baht in Thailand? Or directly convert to Baht here itself?
2. Which is the best place for this conversion? I am in Bangalore now.

Take somewhat around 50K cash in Baht from Orient Exchange. You will need cash for some places.
Cards will work at hotels and major places only.

 

[HumorSimpson]

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[aashuuuu]

It is required to carry 20K Baht per person. Airport staff may ask for declaration and Customs may ask for exchange slips.
Plan accordingly.

 

[sahilgulati5]

Better to use direct CC in hotel , Shopping places.. you will get good points if you use it properly!!

 

[amitr29]

Hi all, I need to convert ₹2 lakh to Baht for upcoming family trip. I have few queries:
1. Which is the ideal way to go about it ? Should I convert to USD here and then convert to Baht in Thailand? Or directly convert to Baht here itself?
2. Which is the best place for this conversion? I am in Bangalore now.

Buy USD and convert Baht at Vasu Exchange Sukhumvit Soi 7 or Super rich Money exchange.

Just buy 10000 Baht from India for basic travel expenses

 

[HumorSimpson]

Buy USD and convert Baht at Vasu Exchange Sukhumvit Soi 7.

Just buy 10000 Baht from India for basic travel

Is this @Vasuki 's company ?

 

[alphadark7]

Most preferred option is CC
Eterna gives 3.75% in cash reward on a 2% forex, effective return in 1.41%
or RBL World safari CC has 0% forex with no rewards.

 

[maverickgenius]

convert Baht at Vasu Exchange Sukhumvit Soi 7 or Super rich Money exchange.

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Vasu and Superrich offer the best rates. Superrich is available in multiple places across Thailand. But try to exchange money during the bank working hours. The rates go down immediately after banks close.

CC works in the majority of places and Atlas can give you good returns for direct hotel spends.

@PSY

 

[BVCBVC is verified member.]

Most preferred option is CC
Eterna gives 3.75% in cash reward on a 2% forex, effective return in 1.41%
or RBL World safari CC has 0% forex with no rewards.

Would love to have both cards in my card portfolio.

- RBL is not serviceable at my location and
- For some reason BOB is not providing me card which I am unable to track. Every time application will be in processing they will ask some random docs and application will be closed after stipulated time.

 

[Adith]

I converted to USD here at Thomas cook ( dint have much time to go for forex agents that provide better exchange rates ) and then just converted the USD to baht when needed. Try to get USD as 100$ bills since they have better value than lower denomination bills.

INR>USD>TBH will actually get you a little more baht the more you convert. I got around 300 Baht extra by doing this conversion.

Like others suggested, go for super rich which is one of the best for currency conversion. Try to avoid converting at the airport as much as possible. I basically converted my first 100 USD to baht at the airport so I can get a sim card , food and other stuff as I dint have any good CC with me. I did my trip in November and I enjoyed it to the core. Planned and organized everything myself and it's the most fun I've ever had.

 

[KLB@96]

I converted to USD here at Thomas cook ( dint have much time to go for forex agents that provide better exchange rates ) and then just converted the USD to baht when needed. Try to get USD as 100$ bills since they have better value than lower denomination bills.

INR>USD>TBH will actually get you a little more baht the more you convert. I got around 300 Baht extra by doing this conversion.

Like others suggested, go for super rich which is one of the best for currency conversion. Try to avoid converting at the airport as much as possible. I basically converted my first 100 USD to baht at the airport so I can get a sim card , food and other stuff as I dint have any good CC with me. I did my trip in November and I enjoyed it to the core. Planned and organized everything myself and it's the most fun I've ever had.

If possible please DM your itinerary , thanks

 

[Channakya]

According to me , have exchanged currency in the local market of the same currency , will get best price for cash transactions!