Tanner, your planner in Thailand
Tanner plans the trips we book and is the person you speak to when you contact ThailandWiki. He grew up in Phuket and has lived in Thailand all his life. His father is American, so he speaks English and Thai as native languages. He studied marketing at Assumption University (ABAC) in Bangkok. He then spent several years at one of Bangkok's top clubs, looking after international guests.
At VIP Luxury Services he plans villas, yachts, transfers and nights out for guests across the country. When you send the Plan it with Tanner form or book a call, he reads your request and replies with options. He then books each part and remains your contact until you fly home. If you prefer to talk, he can take the call in English or Thai.
On ThailandWiki, Tanner writes the pages about places and experiences: destinations, hotels, villas, yachts, dining, nightlife, events and golf. Phuket and the Andaman coast are his home ground, and he writes many of our island and sea pages.
He also checks the prices and places on this site before a page goes live. His name and the check date sit at the top of every page he checks.
Peter Bank, founder
Peter Bank is the founder of VIP Luxury Services Co., Ltd., the Bangkok concierge company that operates ThailandWiki. He is American and has lived in Thailand for more than 20 years. He started ThailandWiki to answer the questions guests ask before they travel.
Those questions are practical: where to stay, how to get there, what things cost and what the rules are. Peter writes the pages that answer them. He signs our planning, practical and getting-around guides, the Live in Thailand chapter, the data library and the company pages, including this one.
That work means reading official files: Royal Gazette notices, Ministry of Tourism and Sports figures and Department of National Parks fee tables. He checks each figure against its source before it appears on a page, and he signs the editorial policy both authors follow.
Peter's title is founder. He started VIP Luxury Services in Bangkok in 2008.
How we work together
Tanner writes about places and answers every enquiry. Peter Bank writes about rules, money and data, and sets the standards. Each page carries one named author at the top, with the date of its last real check. ThailandWiki has no other writers and no guest reviewers.
Enquiries come to Tanner first, whether they arrive by WhatsApp or by the form. Bookings are then contracted and invoiced by VIP Luxury Services Co., Ltd., so the company stands behind every plan he makes.
Both authors follow the same editorial policy: name the source, date the check, and leave out what cannot be proved. No venue pays either of them to appear on a page.
Our fact-checking
We check each fact against the body that sets it, and the page names that body. Thai laws come from the Royal Gazette, visitor numbers from the Ministry of Tourism and Sports, and park fees from the Department of National Parks. Hotel facts come from the hotel itself.
How often we look again depends on how fast a subject changes. Travel rules change most, so they get a monthly check. Event dates are re-checked each year, at least three months before the event. The full schedule is in our editorial policy.
Sometimes two official sources give different figures. Then we follow the newest primary source, the body that actually sets the rule, and name it. Where no official figure exists, we print none. A missing fact stays off the page until we can name its source.
Our data library shows this work in the open, with each source and check date beside the figure. If you spot an error, tell us on our corrections page. We test it against the official source and fix the page.
Talk to us
The fastest way to reach the team is WhatsApp on +66 61 141 1126. You can also send the Plan it with Tanner form with your dates, city, group size and budget range, and Tanner replies with options. You can also email the team at info@vipluxuryservices.com.
Every route is on our contact page. To see what we can arrange, open the services chapter, and to learn how the company works, read about ThailandWiki.