Thaipedia is a guide for people who travel to Thailand, live there or buy property. Decisions made from our pages cost real money: a visa, a year-long lease, a condo. That is why we publish our checking rules openly, so you can hold us to them.
A source and a date for every number
Price, rate, deadline, fee, distance, temperature: there is always a link to the source next to it and the date the number was checked. No source, no number. If we can’t confirm a figure, we don’t publish it, not even as a rough estimate.
We use sources in this order:
- Primary sources. The text of laws, government websites (Thailand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Immigration Bureau, the Land Department, the Treasury Department, the Meteorological Department), and the websites of mobile operators, banks and developers.
- Industry reports with a stated method, such as property market reports from consulting firms. We cite them as “according to the report”, with its title and date.
- Blogs, agencies and forums. Only as market opinion, clearly labeled. We never treat them as fact.
We don’t copy or scrape text and photos from property listing sites: their terms of use forbid it.
Confirmation levels in the catalog
Project and developer cards are built from public sources. Every field on a card shows how well it is confirmed.
| Level | What it is | What it confirms |
|---|---|---|
| L1 | A government registry or database: the Treasury condominium valuation registry, Land Department registers, the ONEP EIA approvals database, the DBD company registry | That the project exists, its stage, number of units, completion and the developer company’s status |
| L2 | The developer’s official website, brochure or a dated price list | Name, area, type, planned completion, starting price on a given date, tenure “according to the developer” |
| L3 | Two independent listing sites agree | A rough guide only |
| L4 | One listing site, a news item, a law firm article, OpenStreetMap | A rough guide only |
| None | No source | The field is marked “to be confirmed” |
Two rules we never break:
- We don’t publish the tenure of a specific unit, the remaining foreign quota or rental yield as facts. No public source covers them. They only show up in the transaction documents and in a letter from the condominium juristic person on the date of purchase.
- We don’t compare projects on unconfirmed fields. A line like “the only project with confirmed freehold” reads as “the others don’t have it”, which may not be true.
Check dates and reviews
Every page has three dates: published, last checked and next review. The next review follows a cycle that depends on how fast the topic changes.
| Topic | Review cycle |
|---|---|
| Visas, mobile operator prices, fees | 30 days |
| Starting prices on project cards | 30 days; prices older than 60 days are hidden |
| Buying guides, areas, construction stages, developer status | 90 days |
| Beaches, climate, reference pages | 180 days |
If a page is past its review date and the editors haven’t rechecked it yet, it automatically gets a “re-checking” label.
How we use AI
Our editors write Thaipedia with the help of AI tools. They help us outline a draft, find sources, summarize a long document, translate text for later editing and run through numbers and links.
What we don’t do:
- Publish generated text that hasn’t been checked against a primary source
- Create pages around a search query without our own data and sources
- Make up examples, reviews or characters
Before publication every article goes through a checklist. All sources open and say exactly what the text says. The numbers match the source. The question in the headline is answered in the “In short” block and in the first paragraphs. Statements about the law are not presented as legal advice. Each page has a separate list of facts with sources, and facts are checked against the primary source at publication.
Team check of catalog cards
Cards of projects on sale are additionally checked by the team: the developer site, the price, the completion date and the terms. Once the check is done, a “Checked by the team” mark appears on the card and in the list. A card without the mark has only been checked against the primary source at publication.
Honest wording
- Rules that change (visas, fees, tariffs) come with a date: “as of October 2026”
- Developer data is labeled “according to the developer”
- Anything we couldn’t verify is marked “to be confirmed” or left out
- Pages about the law explain how a rule works and link to its text. This is not legal advice: a transaction should be checked by a lawyer who can see your documents
Authors and accountability
Every article has an author with a profile, a publication date and a last check date. The editor-in-chief of Thaipedia is Magosh Alshanskiy. Partner content is labeled as such, and partners have no say over facts or conclusions.
How to report a mistake
If you spot an inaccuracy, an outdated price or a broken link, use the “Tell the editors” link at the bottom of a page or write to us through the contact page. Include the page address, what is wrong and, if you can, a source. We check every report, fix the error and update the page’s check date.
Found an error or outdated fact? Tell the editors, we will fix it and update the check date.