A supported season of your life in Hua Hin
Each SawasdeeLife program is a supported season of your life in Hua Hin — you travel out with your cohort, settle in together, and live a sociable, easy rhythm with everything organised around you. Choose the length and season that suits you.
Try Hua Hin
AUD $3,500 AUD $3,000
founding 3-month price; 6-month option available — ask us
Accommodation and daily living are separate — see below.
Our founding cohort — the very first group — in Hua Hin's coolest, most beautiful season. Join for 3 months, or stay on for 6. Founding members receive special pricing, first pick of everything that follows, and a place in the story from the beginning. Limited to just 10 founding places.
Escape Winter
AUD $3,500
Accommodation and daily living are separate — see below.
While friends back home face the coldest, darkest weeks of the year, you're having breakfast by the pool. A holiday-length decision, not a life-changing one.
Seasonal
AUD $5,800
6-month price; a 3-month option is also available — around $32 a day, all-inclusive of the program
Accommodation and daily living are separate — see below.
Hua Hin's finest six months, start to finish — the full dry, cool season. Long enough to truly settle in and make it your home away from home. A wonderful "Christmas on the beach" with your cohort.
One example of the vetted apartment buildings you could choose from — we'll show you the current shortlist and help you pick before you fly.
Single occupancy is standard — your own room, no single supplement. Couples receive a discount. Every program includes the 4-day Bangkok Welcome Tour, settling-in support, activities, a support line, and all your visa and paperwork handled — see exactly how it works below.
Four steps, start to finish
Arrive together.
A 4-day Bangkok Welcome Tour — 4 nights' 4-star accommodation, all meals, the Grand Palace, Ayutthaya, a dinner cruise — then a scenic transfer to Hua Hin with a floating-market stop on the way. You start with a holiday, as a group.
Settle in, supported.
We stay with you through the first fortnight: move-in, orientation, banking, your phone set up, your new neighbourhood shown to you. Your cohort settles in close together.
Live the rhythm.
Weekly coffee mornings, monthly day trips, cooking classes, morning walks, markets — a life with friends and structure, and the rest of the week gloriously your own. Getting to activities is easy and taken care of.
Never alone.
A team on the ground, a support line six days a week, help that comes to you, and a gentle daily welfare check. If we don't hear from you, we make sure you're okay.
Everything that's included
- 4-day Bangkok Welcome Tour — 4 nights' 4-star accommodation, all meals included
- Airport pickup, welcome pack and a Thai SIM
- Your visa applied for and handled for you
- A supported settling-in fortnight (banking, orientation, phone)
- Weekly coffee mornings and social activities
- A guided day trip every month
- Two "help comes to you" personal-assist sessions a month
- A support line, Monday–Saturday, and a named team member on the ground
- Help with banking, paperwork and visa reporting
- A ready-made community of fellow Australians
What's not included
- International flights (you keep your choice of airline and points)
- Your accommodation — this is separate from the program fee (around ฿20,000–30,000/month (roughly AUD $850–1,280)); we give you a vetted shortlist and help you book, and you pay the building directly with no mark-up
- Day-to-day living costs (food, transport, personal spending — where Hua Hin quietly pays you back)
- Travel/health insurance (required; we point you to suitable providers)
- Government visa fees — both the initial visa and the in-country extension (paid by you at cost; we do the application for you)
What might 3 months in Hua Hin really cost?
Program fee: from AUD $3,500 · Accommodation: ~AUD $850–1,280/month (฿20,000–30,000) · Everyday living (food, transport, fun): often less than at home. For many people, a full season in Hua Hin costs about the same as staying home in Australia — with the weather, the friends and the adventure included. We'll happily walk you through a realistic budget for your situation.
Full details and a personal quote come with a friendly chat — everyone's situation is a little different.
Not sure which program is right for you?
Get in touch and we'll talk through which program suits your situation best — no pressure, ever.
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