BritManToo

18 minutes ago, Tropicalevo said:

The offerings are usually reciprocal.

How can Thais get into the UK visa free?

 

Thailand has nothing to offer tourists, Vietnam is better in every way.

The Viets don't hate white folk, they don't put the wrong stamps in your passport, the beaches aren't infested by sand flies, there is more to see.

If I didn't already have a Thai house, wife, kid, I'd not be here.

16 minutes ago, BuddyPish said:

Yes but there are pretty valid reasons for farangs featuring more prominently in the Thai media. 
So many behave like absolute scum.
Beating up women, sexually assaulting their pupils, dealing drugs, assaulting policemen and even sexually assaulting a HORSE . . . . .  

Would point out a lot of Brits are not farangs.

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Whether this decline represents a temporary dip or a long-term change in British travel preferences remains to be seen. Thailand has an opportunity to address the underlying causes and revitalize its connection with British tourists and expats. Success will depend on navigating economic realities, easing bureaucratic hurdles, and preserving the qualities that made Thailand a beloved destination in the first place.

How about a 90 day waiver on entry like you give the Russians!

We get 45 days in Vietnam, so of course more long stay Brit tourists are going to Vietnam.

54 minutes ago, JimTripper said:

Think about it like a cafe. You open a cafe in the middle of hundreds of other similar cafe's selling the same latte. How are you going to get customers when they walk by all these other cafe's closer to the main street? You're living on a hope and a prayer.

You also need to understand the Thai people running the shops next door are happy to live on a fraction of the income you require. And can probably pay less for the consumables they use due to dual pricing.

I always think people go about this the wrong way!

Learn to conserve, fit led lights, learn to switch off items you aren't using, do you really need that chest freezer and air con everywhere?

I built my own 10 x 340w panels 25kbht, 5k5 hybrid inverter 13kbht, 6kwhr batteries 45kbht.

Shower heaters, air con and electric oven connected to grid, everything else on solar.

This runs 80% of my house, leaving me with a bill for 40-80 units/month and no power cuts when it's windy or raining.

13 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

So there no difference between merging, and being bought, no?

Usually the buyer dismisses all the staff of the bought and uses their existing staff for both.

Can I be the first to urge Thaiger to keep CharlieH, maybe even make him the boss!

9 minutes ago, CharlieH said:

So everyone can then rip that apart, and people make their own version of whether its true or not..lol...yeah right.

 

Its nobody's business other than the parties involved., but that wont stop the absurd speculation even if it was published.

At least confirm desperate Dan from Pattaya is gone!

1 hour ago, gravity101 said:

We only have one side to the story at the moment. The side of the story that makes the Thai guy look like an apologetic angel. From the video the yank does imply that he told them he was carrying green tea and they still splashed him after. I'd be upset too, not yank explosive upset of course, but still pretty miffed.

I would have just chucked the tea over them.

It Songkran, so it's allowed.

3 hours ago, ronster said:

Foreign guys wife obviously thinks she's someone special having a farang husband and being slightly educated ! 🙄

Careful kicking Thai doctors or dentists!

On 4/16/2024 at 1:17 PM, KhunLA said:

Both prefer doing everything ourselves, to get it right, and being independent of others, people or business.  If we can't do it, we'll learn how to, then do it.

 

Maybe that's why it's lasted 18+ yrs ... 

Who financed everything?

No need to answer, we already know!