https://nomadfamilyhub.com Field-checked guides for remote-working families doing long-term travel and worldschooling in Thailand and Southeast Asia: DTV visa, family health insurance, multi-currency money, distance schooling. en https://nomadfamilyhub.com/guides/chiang-mai-international-schools-vs-homeschool/ https://nomadfamilyhub.com/guides/chiang-mai-international-schools-vs-homeschool/ Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Worldschooling & Education We compare the published 2026-27 fee schedules of five Chiang Mai international schools against the cost of studying the same curriculum from home, covering tuition, hidden first-year costs, withdrawal terms, and what each route actually costs a family. https://nomadfamilyhub.com/guides/travel-vs-health-insurance-families/ https://nomadfamilyhub.com/guides/travel-vs-health-insurance-families/ Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Family Health & Insurance A practical guide to the three separate questions a family on a Thai DTV needs answered — what the visa checklist actually asks for, what a Thai hospital wants at the counter, and what a travel or health insurance policy actually pays. https://nomadfamilyhub.com/guides/90-day-report-tm30-families/ https://nomadfamilyhub.com/guides/90-day-report-tm30-families/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Visas & Immigration A plain, procedural guide to the two paperwork obligations underneath a long stay in Thailand — the foreigner's 90-day report and the landlord's TM30 — with what changes for a family and what to do when the landlord never filed. https://nomadfamilyhub.com/guides/worldschooling-socialisation/ https://nomadfamilyhub.com/guides/worldschooling-socialisation/ Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Worldschooling & Education A first-hand, research-backed look at how a worldschooled child actually makes and keeps friends on the road — the specific habits, the base-city trade-offs, and the honest part about friendships that fade. https://nomadfamilyhub.com/guides/thailand-tax-residency-nomad-families/ https://nomadfamilyhub.com/guides/thailand-tax-residency-nomad-families/ Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Money & Banking We explain what Thailand's 180-day tax residency rule actually says, how it applies separately to each parent and child in a family, and what the 2024 foreign income rule changes — plus what to bring to a tax adviser if you are close to the line. https://nomadfamilyhub.com/guides/dtv-vs-ltr-vs-ed-visa-families/ https://nomadfamilyhub.com/guides/dtv-vs-ltr-vs-ed-visa-families/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Visas & Immigration A field-checked comparison of Thailand's DTV, LTR, education visa and guardian visa routes for families, with real fees for a family of four and what each route means for how the children are schooled. https://nomadfamilyhub.com/guides/cost-of-homeschooling-abroad/ https://nomadfamilyhub.com/guides/cost-of-homeschooling-abroad/ Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Worldschooling & Education A line-by-line total of what homeschooling abroad actually costs, from tuition by stage to exam entry fees, travel, shipping and the parental time nobody invoices, from a family paying it from primary through IGCSE. https://nomadfamilyhub.com/guides/open-thai-bank-account-foreigners/ https://nomadfamilyhub.com/guides/open-thai-bank-account-foreigners/ Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Money & Banking In 2026, opening a Thai bank account as a foreigner depends on your visa, not your passport: most major banks now require a long-term non-immigrant or LTR visa. Here is what a mixed Thai–foreign family's branch visits actually looked like, and what to do when the bank says no. https://nomadfamilyhub.com/guides/dtv-visa-extension-border-runs/ https://nomadfamilyhub.com/guides/dtv-visa-extension-border-runs/ Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Visas & Immigration When a family's 180-day DTV stamp is about to run out, they can either extend once in Thailand for 1,900 THB per person, or leave and re-enter for a fresh stamp — and several of the old border-run routes have closed since 2025. https://nomadfamilyhub.com/guides/online-british-school-comparison/ https://nomadfamilyhub.com/guides/online-british-school-comparison/ Sun, 13 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Worldschooling & Education A paying Wolsey Hall Oxford family compares it against King's InterHigh and Cambridge Home School Online on format, cost and exam logistics, and explains why the live-versus-self-paced split matters more than price for a family that moves. https://nomadfamilyhub.com/guides/thailand-healthcare-costs-families/ https://nomadfamilyhub.com/guides/thailand-healthcare-costs-families/ Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Family Health & Insurance Drawing on four years of our own hospital invoices in Thailand, this guide breaks down what private pediatric visits, ER admissions, vaccines, and childbirth actually bill — and what happens at the registration desk before anyone gets treated. https://nomadfamilyhub.com/guides/renting-long-term-thailand-family/ https://nomadfamilyhub.com/guides/renting-long-term-thailand-family/ Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Housing & Relocation A field-checked guide to signing a long-term condo or house lease in Thailand as a family, covering the 2025 rule change, deposits, utilities, TM30 and the clauses that matter most when children and a school year are involved. https://nomadfamilyhub.com/guides/cost-of-living-chiang-mai-family/ https://nomadfamilyhub.com/guides/cost-of-living-chiang-mai-family/ Sun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Cost of Living A month-by-month cost of living breakdown for a family of four in Chiang Mai, built from four years of our own bills, leases and school payments, including the year-one setup costs and the three schooling routes that most guides never price. https://nomadfamilyhub.com/guides/igcse-private-candidate-exams-abroad/ https://nomadfamilyhub.com/guides/igcse-private-candidate-exams-abroad/ Sun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Worldschooling & Education Registering for IGCSE exams as a private candidate abroad requires finding an approved physical centre, navigating board-specific restrictions, and planning family travel. We break down the exact steps, deadlines, and costs we managed for our daughter's distance-education exams. https://nomadfamilyhub.com/guides/best-esim-thailand-families/ https://nomadfamilyhub.com/guides/best-esim-thailand-families/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Connectivity & Remote Work We compare Airalo and Holafly for Thailand from the perspective of a family running several devices and a school day, not a two-week solo trip — and explain why the honest long-stay answer is neither of them. https://nomadfamilyhub.com/guides/chiang-mai-vs-phuket-nomad-families/ https://nomadfamilyhub.com/guides/chiang-mai-vs-phuket-nomad-families/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Housing & Relocation A head-to-head comparison of Chiang Mai and Phuket as a base for nomad families, covering real costs, schooling, air quality versus monsoon risk, and healthcare — with a clear verdict for each family profile rather than a shrug. https://nomadfamilyhub.com/guides/cost-of-living-thailand-nomad-family/ https://nomadfamilyhub.com/guides/cost-of-living-thailand-nomad-family/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Cost of Living A field-tested, THB-first budget guide for a working family of three in Thailand, showing exactly how rent, electricity, and schooling swing a monthly total from around 60,000 THB to well over 200,000 THB. https://nomadfamilyhub.com/guides/dtv-visa-thailand-family-guide/ https://nomadfamilyhub.com/guides/dtv-visa-thailand-family-guide/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Visas & Immigration A practical, step-by-step guide to Thailand's DTV visa for families, covering the 500,000 THB financial proof, dependent rules for spouses and children, document checklists, the e-Visa application process, and what changed since the visa's 2024 launch. https://nomadfamilyhub.com/guides/homeschool-while-traveling-legal-requirements/ https://nomadfamilyhub.com/guides/homeschool-while-traveling-legal-requirements/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Worldschooling & Education A practical, country-by-country legal guide to home educating while traveling full-time, covering the UK's 2026 register, US state domicile, restrictive European countries, and Thailand — built around one mental model: home education law follows legal residence and citizenship, not travel. https://nomadfamilyhub.com/guides/safetywing-vs-genki-family-health-insurance/ https://nomadfamilyhub.com/guides/safetywing-vs-genki-family-health-insurance/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Family Health & Insurance We compare SafetyWing, Genki, and Cigna Global for nomad families using actual policy wording rather than marketing pages, and show which product fits a healthy family, a long-stay visa applicant, and a family with pre-existing conditions. https://nomadfamilyhub.com/guides/send-money-to-thailand-wise-guide/ https://nomadfamilyhub.com/guides/send-money-to-thailand-wise-guide/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Money & Banking A worked-arithmetic guide to sending money to Thailand at the lowest real cost, including a step-by-step Wise transfer walkthrough and the 2026 Bank of Thailand licensing change affecting Wise accounts registered to a Thai address. https://nomadfamilyhub.com/guides/tech-gear-remote-working-parents/ https://nomadfamilyhub.com/guides/tech-gear-remote-working-parents/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Connectivity & Remote Work The tech a working family actually carries: what earns its weight, the 2026 power bank flight rules, and the gear we stopped packing after the first year. https://nomadfamilyhub.com/guides/wolsey-hall-oxford-homeschooling-review/ https://nomadfamilyhub.com/guides/wolsey-hall-oxford-homeschooling-review/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Worldschooling & Education As a fee-paying family we review Wolsey Hall Oxford after using it continuously from Year 3 through the second IGCSE year (and still), covering real costs, the honest cons, and how the model changes at each stage. https://nomadfamilyhub.com/guides/worldschooling-daily-schedule/ https://nomadfamilyhub.com/guides/worldschooling-daily-schedule/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Worldschooling & Education A hour-by-hour look at how two remote-working parents run a full-time distance education alongside client work, with three complete named schedules from a seven-year-old's routine to an IGCSE exam-year timetable.