Chiang Mai is a tourist city with hundreds of thousands of visitors annually. It also has thousands of farangs retired here happily and satisfied with the affordability, services, climate, and other factors which determined that this would be their retirement home.

You can retire here on $550 U.S. a month and live comfortably. This does not mean hitting the bars nightly or ringing up large bar tabs or bar fining several times a week.

Retiring here comfortably means finding a Thai g/f or wife if you are a hetersexual and an eligible male and learning to live here affordably. That means knowing how to commute around town, where to dine, where to shop, and knowing where to find all the services that one requires.

This does not happen overnight, trust me. It took me more than a year to find what I consider to be the best All you Can Eat Buffet in the city.

You can retire here comfortably on $550 U.S. a month or you can spend many times that if you do not care or know how to live here affordably.

Most retiree's are reasonably well off or they would not have retired and they plan on spending more or much more than $550 U.S. a month. That is up to them and we show people how to live here On Less. That means that you can have nice accommodations, cable or sat. TV, hi speed internet, eat delicous and fresh foods and enjoy nightlife and sights of Chiang Mai.

I can buy breakfast for $10 U.S. or I can buy breakfast for 40 cents U.S. The choice is mine. After buying a freshly cooked breakfast from a small Thai restaurant that is filling and delicious I would say that that is my preference.

Check out our Health Care in Thailand web page as it is one of our most popular web pages. Complete coverage from a health care provider such as B.U.P.A. is very affordable. The cost of a good healthcare plan is less than the cost of airfare to return home should you have free healthcare.

Book your accommodations in advance and do not stay in a hotel as you can stay in better and larger accommodations with more amenities such as balcony and kitchenette for far less money.

Do not rent a car unless you have either driven here before or read our Driving in Chiang Mai web page.

Consider using our services or another professional service to help with Visa, what to bring, what to buy, what to sell and getting settled in as the average foreigner spends thousands or tens of thousands needlessly.

Many of the single men coming here want a nice Thai gf or wife. Avoid the bars as bar fines and bar tabs add up to a waste of money and there are many ways to meet and find sincere, attractive Thai ladies that want a long lasting relationship.