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The Farang Family Team

We're an expat family living in Bangkok. We started Farang Family because the guides we wished we'd had when we landed — the ones about hospitals at 2am, school waitlists, and which bank actually lets a foreigner open an account — didn't really exist. So we're writing them.

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9 guides so far

An expat family standing at a serviced-apartment window in Phrom Phong, school admit letter in hand and a tablet showing a Bangkok rental map with three neighborhoods circled, warm late-afternoon light over the BTS skyline.

Housing

Where to Live in Bangkok with Kids: 2026 Family Guide

The 2026 expat family guide to choosing a Bangkok neighborhood — schools, commute, rent, lease law, and the seven areas families actually shortlist.

Family-of-four tech-stack scene: a Phrom Phong condo desk with a router, an iPad with parental-control screen, a phone showing an eSIM activation QR, and an open laptop on a UK banking login — warm late-afternoon light.

Daily tools

Expat Family Tech Stack in Thailand 2026: The Working Setup

The 2026 expat family guide to the Bangkok tech stack — VPN for home banking, eSIM, streaming, home internet, the school-iPad setup, and the apps that matter.

A Bangkok kitchen-table international school decision — a tuition-fees printout, a city map with circled neighborhoods, a notebook listing four curricula and two kids' names, a half-drunk coffee, in soft late-afternoon light.

Schools

International Schools in Bangkok: 2026 Family Guide

The 2026 decision guide to international schools in Bangkok — curriculum, fees, application timeline, accreditation, and the five mistakes to avoid.

A kitchen-table money workstation — a laptop showing a Wise multi-currency dashboard, a Bangkok Bank passbook, a home-country bank card, and a school invoice in THB stacked alongside coffee mugs in soft afternoon light.

Money

Money for expat families in Thailand 2026

Three-bucket money setup for expat families in Thailand — home-country account, Wise, and a Thai bank — with the four flows that keep it working.

A wall calendar pinned to a serviced-apartment kitchen with the first thirty days marked — work-permit appointment, school start, bank visit, ninety-day reporting reminder — and a Bangkok skyline visible through the window in late-afternoon light.

Travel

Your first 30 days in Bangkok with kids, in order

Day-by-day playbook for an expat family's first 30 days in Bangkok — landing through the month-two handoff, in the order each step unlocks the next.

A spread of relocation paperwork — passports, an offer letter, a Bangkok rental shortlist, and a school application packet — on a kitchen table in afternoon light, with a child's drawing pinned to the corner of the frame.

Travel

Moving to Bangkok with kids: relocation playbook

The chronological 2026 relocation playbook for an expat family of four — offer letter to first month settled, school deadlines to first-week banking.

A laptop, a notebook, and a Cigna Global quote summary on a Bangkok kitchen table in early morning light, with kids' breakfast bowls in the corner of the frame.

Healthcare

Best health insurance for expat families in Bangkok 2026

Choosing health insurance for expat families in Bangkok: five families of options, the Cigna vs SafetyWing math, and what we'd pick by scenario.

A laptop showing a Wise transfer screen next to a Revolut card on a Bangkok kitchen table, with an international school fee invoice visible in the corner of the frame.

Money

Wise vs Revolut for expat families in Thailand 2026

Wise for transfers, Revolut for spending — the honest 2026 comparison for expat families running money between home countries and Bangkok.

An open insurance policy booklet next to a child's vaccination record on a Bangkok kitchen table in afternoon light.

Healthcare

Cigna Global Thailand: a first-look 2026 review

After three quotes and one near-claim, here's what we've learned about Cigna Global as a working option for expat families in Bangkok in 2026.