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I recently sent a wire and got a rate of 31.28, so you don't want to go this route with big sums if you are money conscious, and it sounds like you are. A $25,000 wire, and you would be taking an 80,000 baht hit in rate differential ($100 notes get 34.6 on-shore currently). I would bring over $10,000 at a time or have a friend bring in another $10,000, or if you like to gamble... then bring in $25,000+ and pray you get through Customs...
Some banks in Thailand will take a US based bank account personal check (SCB does), but it takes 3-5 weeks for the first one to clear, then two weeks for checks thereafter... and I am not sure which rate (on-shore or off-shore you will get using this method.
The best method might be forty 20,000 baht ATM withdrawls (which will take roughly a month and a half to do... i.e. one every 24 hours), but this is assuming you will get the on-shore rate... If it bank to bank, and without a transfer agent (like with a wire), then you might (again, not sure) get the better on-shore rate.
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