Thailand Program Fees and Information

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Apply together and save €250.

Travel to Teach are offering a discount of €250 for couples or friends applying to volunteer in Thailand or Mexico. All the more reason to encourage your partner or friends to join you on your adventure!

Please note discounts are only available for people applying to volunteer together in the same location in Thailand or Mexico.

2 Weeks	4 Weeks	8 Weeks	12 Weeks	24 Weeks	Extra Weeks
$450	$550	$750	$950	$1430	$40

Read how your fees are spent or compare our prices with other volunteer organisations.

View our prices in other volunteer locations's or combine your stay in Thailand with stays in other locations as part of a combination stay.

What you receive

"T2T Welcoming kit" containing: T-shirts, Thai language book, Info booklets on Teaching, on T2T and on Thai culture
A two day orientation upon arrival
Thai Language and cooking lessons
24 hour support from T2T (Thai and western) staff living in the same town
Accommodation in T2T dorms according to specifications in your "Placement information"
Regular follow-up meetings
Transportation between projects
At some teaching placements you join the school for lunch.

Apart from our fees, you must pay for:

Your ticket to either Chiang Mai or Nongkhai
Vaccinations
Travel and health insurance
Visa to Thailand
Food (about 2 €/day) and other personal expenses

Application Process

Our application process typically takes two or three weeks, but can be speeded up if there is a need for that. When we receive the initial application from you, we will send you our Full Application Form.

(1) Complete the Initial Application Form:
The first stage of the application process is to fill out the brief initial application form. Upon receiving this we will send you a link to our full application form.

(2) Complete the full application form:
Fill out the application form. After receiving this we will assess your suitability and place you on one of our programs.

(3) Placement info:
We will then email you your detaled placement information and an Invoice. If you accept the placement you should email us confirmation.

(4) Program Fee:
The program fee should be paid to us at least 2 months before you are due to start your placement. However please be aware that we have a limited amount of placements, so placements will only be secured when we have received your payment.

(5) Communication:
We encourage you to keep in touch and we are happy to answer to try and answer all of your questions.

Once you have made your travelling arrangements you should mail your time of arrival and the means of transportation and we will confirm your pick-up details.

Project Duration and Arrival Dates

You can join us for any amount of time, from a week to six months. We do recommend a trip of three to six months since it offers the best value. Regardless of the length of your stay, you will be able to learn some Thai and you will have time to get to know a new culture, come to know its people, and form relationships that will outlast the duration of your stay.

Dates of arrival: All teaching will start on the Monday after the introduction.

Dates for the Year 2010:
Sat 07 Aug 10, Sat 21 Aug 10, Sat 04 Sep 10, Sat 18 Sep 10, Sat 02 Oct 10, Sat 16 Oct 10, Sat 30 Oct 10, Sat 13 Nov 10, Sat 27 Nov 10, Sat 11 Dec 10, Sat 25 Dec 10

Dates for the Year 2011:
Sat 08 Jan 11, Sat 22 Jan 11, Sat 05 Feb 11, Sat 19 Feb 11, Sat 05 Mar 11, Sat 19 Mar 11, Sat 02 Apr 11, Sat 16 Apr 11, Sat 30 Apr 11, Sat 14 May 11, Sat 28 May 11, Sat 11 Jun 11, Sat 25 Jun 11, Sat 09 Jul 11, Sat 23 Jul 11, Sat 06 Aug 11, Sat 20 Aug 11, Sat 03 Sep 11, Sat 17 Sep 11, Sat 01 Oct 11, Sat 15 Oct 11, Sat 29 Oct 11, Sat 12 Nov 11, Sat 26 Nov 11, Sat 10 Dec 11, Sat 24 Dec 11

Getting Here

Travel to Teach will advise and support you with all your travel arrangements. Our FAQ page has some information and links that can be useful when looking for transportation to and within Thailand. Purchase your ticket and confirm your date and time of arrival with Travel to Teach. We will then make arrangements for a representative to meet you.

Reception

You will be met by T2T staff at your agreed destination. The introduction weekend (set at the dates below) consists of an introduction to T2T and to Thai Culture, an introduction to teaching English in Thailand, a tour of the local area and amenities, basic Thai language lessons and Thai cooking classes.

Food

Most schools will provide lunch for you whilst you are teaching. You will have to provide your own breakfast and dinner.

Each dorm has a fridge, toaster and water boiler, but no cooking facilities. However, the streets of Nongkhai are filled with places to eat and within a five minutes walk from the Green Dorm you have at least fifty restaurants that serve food around the clock. Around the Meechai dorm you can also find food stalls and smaller shops, with more restaurants and street food a few minutes bike ride away.

There are many convenient supermarkets and small store where you can buy bread, milk, cereal and other basics.

There are also are some twenty or so "Western restaurants" in town for some home comforts, and maybe 300 Thai ones.

Volunteer Work

You will be an assistant teacher or coach in our projects. This means working three or four hours a day with weekends free. Depending on your knowledge and interests you can also assist in and take part of a variety of different activities.
You will recieve more information on your teaching placement during the application procedure.

Accommodation

T2T has dorms in Nongkhai, Namsom and Chiang Mai. Please see individual location pages for more information. Volunteers living in dorms are responsible for keeping their accommodation clean.

In smaller villages we offer Home stays, which means that you will be living with a family where you can expect to live at the typical standards. You will be in a clean friendly environment but don't expect any luxuries. We will supply you with the telephone numbers of our local T2T English speaking personnel.

Vaccinations

You should tell your doctor that you are likely to go on a jungle trip in Northeastern Thailand and that you will live in villages in Isan. Keep in mind, Nongkhai is considered to be an urban area and one need not worry about malaria pills for staying exclusively in Nongkhai.

Also visit the WHO's (World Health Organisation) Travelers health information

Insurance

One of the conditions of entry onto our programs is that volunteers have travel insurance. Most importantly the insurance needs to include medical treatment and repatriation in case of unforeseen accidents or illnesses. Volunteers should purchase insurance independently and bring a copy of their insurance certificate with them for their local co-ordinator to check before starting their program. Read our terms and conditions.

Visas

Please see our visa information page for details.

Certification

You will get a Travel to Teach certificate stating the time and place you have been teaching.