PERSONAL ADVICE ABOUT THAILAND
You've probably already read enough about Thailand.
Tell me what's on your mind. I'll think it through with you.
Travelling, living or doing business in Thailand. An hour with someone who lives here, works here, and has run into the same questions himself.
60 minutes, online
incl. VAT
You pick a time in my calendar yourself.
Send me a WhatsApp. Then we plan ten minutes. No sales pitch.
Tim, Coconut Lane, Bang KrachaoCustom Thailand Travel Plan
I plan your whole trip: route, days, hotels and transport. You stay in control.
See the Travel PlanThere's no shortage of information about Thailand. What it's actually worth to you is a different story.
For almost every question about Thailand you'll find ten different answers by now. One person swears by an island, the next tells you to skip it entirely. One route looks perfect, until you find out half your trip is spent in a minivan.
And the moment you start thinking beyond a holiday, it gets genuinely confusing.
I can't tell you what to do. I can tell you what I'd do.
What do you want to talk about?
You don't need to have it all worked out beforehand. Just tell me what you're working through and what you're unsure about. That's where we start.
✈️ Travelling
You roughly know what you want. Just not quite how yet.
We look at your route, destinations, hotels, transport, or the places worth going and the ones worth skipping. Bangkok, Koh Kood, or somewhere you've never even heard of.
Already have a full route mapped out? Also fine. Then I'll look at what I'd change about it.
Topics: Routes, Destinations, Hotels, Transport, Food, Local spots, Travelling with kids, Travelling as a couple
🏝️ Living here
A holiday in Thailand and living in Thailand are two different things.
Thinking about moving or spending real time in Thailand? Then we talk about what it's actually like here. Not the Thailand of the expat groups. The Thailand of an ordinary Tuesday.
Where would you live? What does your day look like? What's harder than expected, what's easier? And what do I wish I'd known sooner myself?
Topics: Day-to-day life, Preparation, Costs, Culture, Expectations, Living between Thailand and home
💼 Doing business
A good idea isn't a business yet. Especially not in Thailand.
I've built something here myself, and by now I know some things look easier on paper than they turn out to be. Got plans, having doubts about something, or just want to think out loud with someone who runs a business here? Fine by me.
Topics: Running a business, Thai partners, Staffing, How things work here, Opportunities, Pitfalls, My own experience
Maybe some of this sounds familiar.
“I'm going to Thailand and don't know where to start.”
You've got fifteen tabs open by now and three routes that contradict each other.
“I already have a route.”
But you want to know if I'd plan it the same way.
“I'm thinking about living in Thailand.”
You've been on holiday here plenty of times. Now you want to know what it's like once this is just your Tuesday.
“I want to start something here.”
You've got an idea. Now you want to know what it actually looks like in practice.
“I just have a lot of questions.”
That's fine too. You don't need a worked-out plan to book an hour.
You won't get a generic Thailand pitch.
I'm not going to give you a presentation. No slide deck, no list of twenty "must-sees". We just talk.
You tell me what you're planning. I ask questions, share my opinion, and tell you how I see it. Sometimes I'll say something's a good idea. Sometimes I won't.
I live here. That makes the conversation a bit different.
I'm Tim. For years I ran a marketing agency in Groningen called Saam. I sold the business, booked a one-way ticket to Thailand, and ended up on Koh Kood. I never left.
Together with Mhee, my Thai business partner, I run Bearwolf. A boutique hotel and bistro, built from the ground up.
From Koh Kood I travel through Thailand. Mostly to Bangkok, but also to places I've never been myself. I write down what I come across and turn it into my guides.
And sometimes I spend an hour talking to someone who wants to know something about Thailand. This is that hour.
Places I've been, not places I've read about.
You book. We talk. That's really all there is to it.
You book a time
You pick whatever time works for you.
You tell me what it's about
After booking you'll get a few short questions. Not a three-page form. Just enough to know what's on your mind.
I read it beforehand
I look at your answers before we call, so we can start right where it gets interesting.
We talk for an hour
Over Google Meet. Ask anything.
You leave knowing more than before
Seems like a reasonable goal for an advice call.
What's in that hour?
No complicated package. Just:
- ✓60 minutes, entirely for your questions
- ✓I read what you submit beforehand
- ✓A call over Google Meet, wherever you are
- ✓What I've actually experienced, seen and learned
- ✓No sales angle. I'm not trying to push a hotel, a tour or a destination on you
€95 for an hour.
You're paying for my time and my experience. Not for a PDF. Not for a generic itinerary. Not for a sales pitch.
60 minutes of advice, a short intake beforehand, a call over Google Meet
incl. VAT
BOOK YOUR CALL →You pick a time in my calendar yourself.
Frequently asked questions.
No, not necessarily. Just know you want to go to Thailand and not where to start? That's a fine starting point.
Definitely. I'll tell you how I experience it myself and what I've run into along the way.
Yes. I run a business here myself, so that's a topic I enjoy talking about. I can't guarantee your idea will work. I can tell you how I'd look at it.
Sure. Send what you've put together in the intake, and we'll go through it together during the call.
No. This is a conversation, not a worked-out trip. If you want a full route built for you, that's a different service.
60 minutes. And they're entirely yours.
You pick a time in my calendar, and afterwards you get the questions for the call.
Then we just start at the beginning. You don't need a list of good questions.
Is there something about Thailand you'd just like to talk through?
Then let's talk for an hour. Tell me what you're planning and I'll tell you how I see it.
You pick a time in my calendar yourself.
Send me a WhatsApp. Then we plan ten minutes. No sales pitch.