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tammy · 23rd July 2008, 21:30

We have to make yet another visa run as the paperwork was (again!) not correct. Needless to say, we have now overstayed!
On our last visa run we flew to Ventiane on Laos Air. It cost quite a bit more than what we had budgeted for but I thought "what the heck! It will be our last time this year!" (WRONG!) While we were there, we really enjoyed the town and had some great food.
Anyway, now my husband has the idea that we should rent a car and drive there to save costs. He thinks it would be a nice scenic drive.
Has anyone done this before? Any tips would be helpful. I thought about using one of the visa run companies but they seem to only specialize in the tourist visas and we need non-imm O and B.
Our paper work is now in order so there should be no problems there. I have seen threads on taking the train but I am waaayyyy too old for that.:-) I like to be as comfortable as possible as economically as possible. Also there is the overstay fine. I know the procedure at the airport but am not sure what it would be at the border. Would we pay that at the border?
Thanks in advance!

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tammy tammy is..... New Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Samutprakarn Posts: 5 vCash: 500 Rep Power: 0	Drive to Ventiane! Is my husband crazy? We have to make yet another visa run as the paperwork was (again!) not correct. Needless to say, we have now overstayed! On our last visa run we flew to Ventiane on Laos Air. It cost quite a bit more than what we had budgeted for but I thought "what the heck! It will be our last time this year!" (WRONG!) While we were there, we really enjoyed the town and had some great food. Anyway, now my husband has the idea that we should rent a car and drive there to save costs. He thinks it would be a nice scenic drive. Has anyone done this before? Any tips would be helpful. I thought about using one of the visa run companies but they seem to only specialize in the tourist visas and we need non-imm O and B. Our paper work is now in order so there should be no problems there. I have seen threads on taking the train but I am waaayyyy too old for that.:-) I like to be as comfortable as possible as economically as possible. Also there is the overstay fine. I know the procedure at the airport but am not sure what it would be at the border. Would we pay that at the border? Thanks in advance!