How we research and write our guides
Town Wire News is an independent, English-language reference desk for people living in, moving to, or travelling through Thai cities — starting with Bangkok. We want to be honest about exactly what we are and how we work, because trust is the whole point.
What we are — and what we are not
We are a reference publisher, not a local newsroom. We do not have reporters on the ground, we do not chase breaking news, and we never claim to have witnessed an event ourselves. If you are looking for live, on-the-scene reporting, the excellent Thai-language outlets and official agencies will always be ahead of us, and we link to them.
What we do instead is the slow, unglamorous work that scattered forums and fast-moving news sites rarely bother with: taking information that is spread across official operator pages, government data and hundreds of resident posts, and turning it into one structured, up-to-date, plain-English page you can actually use.
How we make a guide
- Official sources first. Fares, routes, hours, fees and procedures come from the operator or government agency that sets them — we cite and link each one.
- Real experience second. We read publicly shared traveller and resident accounts to capture the practical details official pages leave out, and we describe them as compiled experience, never as our own.
- Structure and synthesis. We organise it into tables, steps and short answers, and we strip out anything we cannot verify.
- AI-assisted, human-reviewed. We use AI tools to help draft and organise, and a human editor reviews every guide for accuracy and tone before it is published.
- Dated and maintained. Every guide shows when it was last updated. These are living reference pages, not dated news stories — when fares or rules change, we revise the same page.
Accuracy, and a fair warning
We work hard to be right, but prices, schedules and official rules in Thailand change — sometimes at short notice. Always confirm anything that affects your money, your safety or your travel with the official operator or agency before you rely on it. If you find something out of date or wrong, please tell us and we will fix it, with a note on our corrections page.
What we do not publish
We deliberately stay away from crime, accidents, deaths and anything we cannot independently verify from a reliable public source. That is not our role and not where we can add honest value.
Questions, corrections or suggestions are genuinely welcome — see our contact page.