Thailand 🇹🇭 vs Philippines 🇵🇭 This is truly shocking…….😳

Philippines or Thailand for Retirement. In this video I discuss all the important factors for retirees who want to move to either country. I give a non-bias view of both countries. Including women, cost of living, infrastructure, travel and many other things .. I hope this video helps you guys out who are thinking about retirement in either country👍🇹🇭🇵🇭

[@darthvader-rr27888]

A lot of expat here in Thailand always say negative stuff about the Philippines. idk why? because the Philippines is a new player and lot of people are discovering the Philippines. yes manila is not Bangkok and manila is not the whole Philippines. Thailand is more progressive than the Philippines yes because they start this mass tourism 40 years ago Philippines just starting to develop its tourist industry. food i say streetfood level food is better in Thailand and Philippines don't have a street food culture if you ask for street food in the Philippines they will say eat balut and btw balut is eaten in thailand too so. You can find rent cheaper in other cities but I'm not a guy gonna say but in thailand you get more bang for your buck that's so defensive and Thai baht is 26 to 1 USD and 58 peso to 1USD how did thailand became cheaper? i found out that cars is more expensive in thailand just watch CB media. English language Philippines by a mile specially the one that have bachelor degree Thai English is the level of street children in the philippines TBH. BTW philippines economy grew rapidly compare to thailand example is BGC they just build that city 20 years ago and its not just a few blocks its a city probably as big as cambodia capital. Nature i say philippines because one island beach in the philippines wipe out all the best beach in Thailand TBH. my final thought is Thailand is more popular well known to the western world more develope country. Philippines is a up and coming not as well known to the west except america but they have a lot of eastern expat than westerners. philippines is more laid back chill vibe than thailand party vibe.

[@georgenewmaninthailand2495]

Thanks for the long response and info on the Philippines 🇵🇭 thanks for watching👍🇹🇭🇵🇭

[@JunBermz]

I agree with your statement. Most of these Thai bloggers have low views so the easiest way is to involve the Philippines in their content. Leave the Philippines alone. If you want to have your Western convenience, stay in Thailand. In fact, some Thai bloggers have moved to the Philippines for financial reasons, more views, and more $$$. In addition, Thailand is in mainland Asia, a contagious nation with no need to fly from place to place, north to south whereas the Philippines has 7,600+ with 2k inhabited. It’s a huge country with a big population.

[@georegbyrne7351]

From experience having lived in both countries, Thailand is definitely. Some Filipinos must first leave Philippines to visit Thailand. They will know that is a reasonable comparison. They may not like that Thailand wins in many topics, but it's a fact that must be accepted and must be improved. Thailand is the same, whatever is not good must be improved.

[@darthvader-rr27888]

We all know Thailand is more progressive and the Philippines have more poverty but a lot of improvement and development going on they just built BGC 20 years ago they clean up pasig River and Manila bay and they have starlinK. Lots of food option you Donn have to eat local food. Actually only Manila have a bad reputation.

[@georgenewmaninthailand2495]

Good to know thanks for sharing guys👍🇵🇭🇹🇭

[@Sheeeerkhan]

Thx and enjoy your weekend 👍🏻😉☀️

[@georgenewmaninthailand2495]

Thanks, you too! Thanks for watching🇹🇭🇵🇭👍

[@solotraveller888]

Philippines has got better beaches and that’s it. Thailand has got the food,temples,good roads and transportations. I’m a Filipina and I can say that it gets very expensive to travel around the Philippines compared to Thailand.

[@georgenewmaninthailand2495]

Nice to get a Filipino perspective thanks mate 🇵🇭👍

[@okbilly1]

my observation phil's, english language, friendlier people, also visa is easier, more appealing

[@georgenewmaninthailand2495]

Yep true mate👍🇹🇭🇵🇭

[@NSAKEY]

Your observations are spot-on. Visa convenience and land ownership may also be important factors. The Phils has better visa options, but I'm not sure if either one is better in terms of land ownership rights.

[@georgenewmaninthailand2495]

Yes good point thanks for watching and sharing👍🇹🇭🇵🇭

[@mangostickyrice555]

Thumbs up 👍 George

[@georgenewmaninthailand2495]

Thanks 🙏

[@desmcleod2604]

I am going to Thailand in next few months with my of 40 years from uk and hua hin here we come Cheers George

[@georgenewmaninthailand2495]

Nice one thanks for watching Hua Hin a great choice in Thailand mate👍🇹🇭

[@malcolmrowe5031]

Lived in Thailand and now the Philippines, I didn't find travel difficult in Philippines, definitely cheaper to travel than phuket, I lived in phuket and taxi prices were ridiculous, here on boracay they have e 8:01 lectric tuk tuks and are really cheap, they drive way better here as well, Manila is awful, but once you get out of the cities life is so much better and the people are easily as friendly if not friendlier than Thailand, extending your visa here is simple, you can stay 3 years before having to leave which Is way better than Thailand, you're right about the food though, too much American junk here. Plus with travel in Philippines you are having to go between all the islands, 7000+!

[@georgenewmaninthailand2495]

7000 that’s a lots of boat trips lol thanks for sharing mate your experiences 👍🇹🇭🇵🇭

[@freedomfunwithjlbfriends7193]

Good video. I been to the Phils. 18 times and Thailand 3x's the 3 only benefits of the Philippines is it's English speaking, friendlier, more Western and a few degrees cooler. Food is ok if you eat middle eastern food, Filipino food pretty ordinary and western food costs the same as in the West. I have retired in Bali as its cooler, the food is great , accommo cheap and very friendly people. Hua Hin would be my next choice or Boracay Island in the Phils.I have videos of all these places on my channel. Cheers.

[@georgenewmaninthailand2495]

Cheers mate🇹🇭🇵🇭👍thanks for sharing

[@QuicknStraight]

Unless you have actually LIVED in a place, you're not qualified to comment, are you? Visiting as a tourist and living in place are completely different things.

[@freedomfunwithjlbfriends7193]

@@QuicknStraight LOL, what nonsense. I have spent 16 months of my life there. No wonder you can't show your face.

[@QuicknStraight]

@@freedomfunwithjlbfriends7193 Ooh. 16 months! Wow! I've been living out here for THIRTY-FIVE YEARS in total.

[@freedomfunwithjlbfriends7193]

@@QuicknStraight What a hero, send me a poster of you

[@user-ol4ix5wf8j]

Thai and phil are a lot difrent.. im from phil we maybe look a like but difrent in many way.. we are indo malay aeta .. i like thai so close yet so far

[@georgenewmaninthailand2495]

Nice one thanks for sharing👍🇵🇭

[@ideaphile]

Thai food 10/10, Filipino food 3/10.

[@georgenewmaninthailand2495]

Lol

[@ajherby7820]

Haven't been to the Philippines for several years, so I hope all this has changed, but back then it seemed like every river you crossed would be littered with massive amounts of trash. That might happen in Thailand as well, but it isn't 'in your face' nearly as much. It also seemed like Manila's traffic was much worse than Bangkok's and the pollution in the city was also much worse. I always loved spending time in Bangkok even though traffic, pollution, etc. were not ideal... but I always wanted to get straight out of Manila as soon as I arrived.

[@georgenewmaninthailand2495]

Yes lots of people say that about Manila thanks for watching 👍🇹🇭🇵🇭

[@darthvader-rr27888]

they just have a massive cleanup of the Pasig River and manila bay. you won't believe it manila bay has a sandy beach now I'm not lying.

[@rodeloperez5138]

I disagree . Philippines for me retired here now from USA . Everythings great .

[@georgenewmaninthailand2495]

Nice one

[@Goodman849]

I was in Manila last month couldn't wait to get out the congestion and pollution on the streets is crazy

[@Wizerud]

Completely agree on all points. As you said, the only advantages of the Philippines are a slight edge on quality of women - I mean I would rank PH women as 9.5/10 and Thai at 9/10 plus in all likelihood they speak better English. But let’s be real, English is still a secondary language and theirs is not perfect esp. in the provinces. The reason why so many Americans seem to choose PH over other SEA countries is their (the PH) propensity to pander to American culture, while there is very little of that in Thailand, and their fear of communicating in non-English. Non-Americans are much more comfortable in dealing with the relative lack of English in, well, any country where it’s not likely spoken. All that plus the higher success rate of being in an age-gap (in actuality a financially-based) relationship seems especially appealing to the (mostly ex-military) American expat 😂 One other factor in the Philippines favour is the ease of acquiring a visa allowing you to maintain residence for a longer period, esp. if the retirement visa seems difficult in Thailand (which it isn’t, but whatevs - that’s the perception amongst some). I would also give the edge on beach quality to the Phils, simply because there’s so many options and even though the best of Thailands beaches are world-class, there’s even more world-class beaches in PH. Everything else though I’d hand it to Thailand. The infrastructure, the food, the level of tech, healthcare etc. And the fact that it’s cheaper just puts it on a different level. I’ve no idea why, even with its few advantages, anyone would choose PH over Thailand. Maybe the best scenario would be to date a Filipina and bring her to Thailand, away from her family and all that 😊

[@georgenewmaninthailand2495]

Thanks for your input and writing so much I’m still learning about the Philippines 🇵🇭 both great countries to visit but retirement for sure Thailand I agree👍🇹🇭🇵🇭

[@gordon.Jacko1055]

No, the reason older Americans like the Philippines is because the American dollar is worth more than in Thailand.

[@darthvader-rr27888]

So what the thai advantage just maybe a lot bigger walking street bigger apartment internet Phil have starlinK cheaper idk last time I check 26 baht to 1 USD and 58 pesos to. 1USD I don’t have to pay expensive visa I don’t have to do border run. Food you have a lot of option you don’t have to eat local food. Infra they just build BGC ultra modern no eye sore spaghetti wires. Air quality a lot worse in Bangkok. Yet.its not to bad in here there’s a lot of eastern expats living here than westerners so don’t say that who wanna evenconsider living here.

[@jonwilliwob]

Thailand by a mile 🙏

[@georgenewmaninthailand2495]

Thanks for watching 👍🇹🇭

[@darthvader-rr27888]

how much visa cost you? or you keep doing the visa run to old for that shit.

[@charlesjosephdiputado804]

That's because it's more a popular tourist destination unless you are a tourist coming from Europe or Russia...

[@PATThaiA]

Had time in the phillipines.long bank Queues,fatty food,chicken gizards & Extended family supporting..

[@georgenewmaninthailand2495]

Thanks for sharing mate👍🇵🇭🇹🇭

[@malcolmrowe5031]

Easiest way to get a normal Thai gf is to go to school and learn the language, I've had them eating out my hand once you start talking to them in Thai! Filipino are way nicer personality, they are more reserved

[@georgenewmaninthailand2495]

Thanks for sharing your experience mate🇹🇭🇵🇭👍

[@roadlesstravelled12]

Folks, stay in Thailand. To be honest, having too much tourists can be a pain in the a$$. We're okay. Stay there. Thanks. -Sincerely, The PH 🇵🇭

[@georgenewmaninthailand2495]

Fair play mate 😂😂I understand

[@mikebaker4190]

Thailand hands down. No contest. Get back home. and l don't mean the UK.

[@georgenewmaninthailand2495]

👍🇹🇭

[@busterhymen6377]

Regarding women, if you want fun go to Thailand, if you want marriage go to Philippines.

[@georgenewmaninthailand2495]

Never heard that one 🇵🇭🇹🇭👍

[@Tsongpogi]

Thai is a tourist destination but is not fluent in English, I might get lost

[@georgenewmaninthailand2495]

Yes English is not there first language

[@samchug6547]

Can you mellow out and stop being so jacked up?

[@georgenewmaninthailand2495]

Ok 👌😂

[@samchug6547]

@@georgenewmaninthailand2495 Thank you.

[@jeh1333]

Thailand for everything - except language, oh, and cheese and tea bags! 🤷

[@georgenewmaninthailand2495]

Ha ha 🇹🇭😂😂

[@2kkto2]

Did it ever occur to you to learn Thai?

[@georgenewmaninthailand2495]

Yes I can speak Thai I spend 6 years having private lessons

[@Basman59]

George, clearly COL must be the top priority, then visa access. If you can't afford it, or can't get in the rest is superfluous. After that, healthcare, weather, in that order. Then as you state transport vis a vis infrastructure. As for women/partner et al. that's a bonus but truly unnecessary. The language barrier based on my experience with Filipinos and ESL as I have to had to deal with the US Embassy in Manila for the past several years as I hold a US passport and US pension even though I'm a Brit (NB that I have taught ESL) their English is woeful, not unlike India - they simply rabbit on at speed, don't listen and do not comprehend - if they would just slow down. My experience in Thailand is they are slower English speaking and listen better. Again, though this is way down the list of priorities. Great job!

[@georgenewmaninthailand2495]

Thanks for watching and sharing 👍🇹🇭🇵🇭

[@ajherby7820]

oh, almost forgot.. Philippines natural disasters: Typhoons (regularly)... volcanos, earthquakes (periodically)... I didn't experience any volcano activity first-hand, but sat nervously through a couple of typhoons and woke up more nervously to a shaking house in the middle of one night -- thank God it didn't collapse on us - it was not well built! The bugs are bigger than I'm used to in both countries, but I never noticed the Filipinos eating them, lol

[@georgenewmaninthailand2495]

Ha ha 😂 the material disasters sound way worse👍🇵🇭

[@QuicknStraight]

For the Philippines? Direct typhoon hits are rare. Volcanic activity is minor over the last 30-odd years. Earthquake activity is rare.

[@griffinpixo264]

Your view still lower compare bloger in the philippines.

[@georgenewmaninthailand2495]

Yeh Philippines bloggers loads more views last 6 months

[@EH-lz8in]

Philippines, as I UK person or Pension, your Pension isn’t frozen whereas in Thailand, your Pension is frozen at the level you first take it when you move to Thailand

[@georgenewmaninthailand2495]

Fair play mate thanks for sharing 👍🇵🇭🇹🇭

[@darthvader-rr27888]

why they froze your pension in Thailand? any reason to that?

[@EH-lz8in]

@@darthvader-rr27888 hi I don’t think I’ve explained myself very well. I was talking about the UK government pension when you live abroad you do not get yearly rises it stays at the level of the date you originally moved abroad

[@darthvader-rr27888]

that hurts when the UK raise the pension benefits. do you guys have a yearly raise like a cost of living raise on your UK pesion?

[@EH-lz8in]

@@darthvader-rr27888 yes it goes up every April but living abroad you don’t get it in some countries and you do in others

[@desmcleod2604]

Wife lol

[@georgenewmaninthailand2495]

Ha ha hope she doesn’t watch it lol

[@BureaucracyWorld]

Why people say the language is the problem, when there are language translators you can use. I rather have a wife who knows little English than a fluent one. So, talking back or arguing is not a problem.

[@georgenewmaninthailand2495]

Communication is the main problem in every relationship 👍