richard_smith237

Here's the difference... Europe: At a Ski resort with parents (but plenty of examples) I arrange to meet the folks around the mountain, they can take the inter-resort bus to get there. They are asked how old they are (>65) - bus driver tells them its free !!... they could also use a couple of the cable-cars to meet Wife and I at restaurants on the mountain. Thailand: Plenty of places to mention: Pensioner pays 10x the Thai price because they are a foreigner. Its quite a different ‘welcome’ and highlights the immaturity and greed of the mindset here with some businesses which is further enabled with the governments stance on dual pricing at parks etc.

I've looked into it... - UK resident rates are about £9,250. - Overseas resident rates range from about £10,000 to £40,000 (depending on the Uni). Example: Loughborough University fees: - UK resident: £9,250. - Overseas resident: £22,000 to £27,500 (depending on the course). https://www.lboro.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/fees-funding/fees/

NO !!!... You misunderstand... that is not dual pricing - its based on residency not nationality. Here’s why.... A Thai Couple (or anyone) living in the UK are considered resident. IF this Thai Couple (or anyone) has been resident in the UK for more than 3 years, they or their children are eligible to pay UK tuition fees for a UK University. On the other hand, IF my Wife and I move back to the UK and our Son starts university next year, we have to pay International tuition fees for a UK University. (This is why we’d plan to move back to the UK 3 years before our Son starts Uni in the UK.

That is interesting... Is this a recent update, or has the IATA website always said this ? Additionally, I wouldn’t rely on an IATA website (at times during covid it was inaccurate and didn’t keep up with changing regulations). There have been reports of foreigners being rejected based on lack of funds even though they had a credit-card and money in a Thai Back Account - Immigration only wanted to see cash. Thus: Even IF the rule states that a credit card is acceptable, until this is printed clearly on a Thailand Immigration website I would still ensure I am covered (no harm as the cash is for emergency anyway). And.... we all know Police in Thailand apply the rules and regulations as they see them anyway, thus an Immigration Officer may not know that a credit card can be accepted as proof of funds (they haven’t in the past). Why bother risking it ?? - it's easy enough to carry the cash.

Not a child and yes it is a lot of money to carry in cash. Shame you couldn't just answer the question. You ask a question on an open forum and get asked question which is not unreasonable at - is £500 really a lot of money ??? That would be the very minimum in cash I carry with me when travelling - I want ‘backup’ to cover me in case of Emergency if for whatever reason credit-cards are not working. IF my child were of age and responsible enough to travel alone, they should be responsible enough to carry a sufficient amount of money to cover emergency incidentals and IF they are above 18 they would of course have a credit card. Thus, brianthainess, the responses may not be exactly what you want, but you may find that when others look at this point from a different perspective they have thought of something you haven’t. Isn’t this why we go to forums and ask from the ‘collective experience’ in the first place ??? I would question why you expect your daughter to travel without any ‘emergency backup’. To deal with your question specifically: Immigration requirements are for single travellers to be carrying in cash 20,000 baht (or currency equivalent i.e. US$600). The reality is this is ‘nearly’ never checked or asked for unless Immigration are looking to refuse entry and need a legal technicality on which to base the refusal - I’d guess your daughter is extremely unlikely to encounter such a situation.

Some antiquated golden droplets in there... Gameboy was 33 years ago !!.. The vast majority of kids are decent, in most cases is a poor teacher who is unable to control a class. There are of course the ‘examples’ - the kids who simply should not be there, but that is not most schools. I’m sure we all remember the very good teachers and those were classes in which even the worst of us didn’t mess around in. I do agree that a lot ‘respect’ starts at home, but if a teacher can’t maintain the respect of the students they are probably not very good teachers to begin with.

But not in restaurants which cater solely to Thai clientele, right ? ????????????????????

I think you're the kind of bloke who makes unfunny jokes and doesn't realise they just aren’t funny... You’ll have to help out the reader by posting emoji’s to highlight that you’ve made an attempt to be humorous !!!... so... Is curry, currying ?... What you have mentioned is cooking methods, there’s also steaming sautéing, blanching etc... then there are things like saus-vide... So.. Is a curry a stew ???... I don’t think so. Stew is a western term.

And ???... I don’t see that as dual pricing as a Thai applying for a Chinese Visa in London would be paying the same. The difference in costs can be explained by the difference in overheads with London being significantly higher in London than Chiang Mai... And / Or there are likely bilateral agreements in place. The points brought up about visa’s are not relevant to dual pricing arguments, in justification for or against dual pricing.

A lick of paint... that’ll do !!!... A nationwide cultural shift is required before crossing at pedestrian crossing anywhere in Thailand is considered a safe thing to do. Such actions (as painting the crossing) somehow always seems to completely ignore the elephant in the room.... and that is that the enforcement is utterly lacking, the apathy exampled by law enforcement in issues where an impact could be made borders on negligence - not only does that lack of law enforcement do nothing to protect the pedestrians it actually further enables the recklessness of many drivers.

Racist ???... Visa charges are not appleid on Race at all. Those of Thai origins who live in developed (G8 nations) can enter the UK more easily. Visa policy are based purely on socio-economic and not race at all... In suggesting so you have highlighted that you really do not understand that at all. There is no ‘victim narrative’ at all, you are now throwing out such claims to bolster your extremely weak and flawed argument to justify dual-pricing. Dual pricing is wrong, there is no argument that can be used to justify that it isn’t wrong. Even IF dual pricing were practiced elsewhere, that does not justify its use in Thailand or anywhere else... But, the common mistakes people make when trying to argue from a Thai apologist point of view is to present arguments which are fundamentally flawed... as flawed as your visa argument.

She got it because she is married to you. Special case. Most Thais dont want to have sex with a farang to go on a holiday to the UK. It is a racist policy, but doesnt suit your "victimised" narrative so you will continue to ignore the reality. No its not a special case... It's comparing like for like to counter the ‘visa example’ you used. You Cherry picked the ‘visa’ example to imply that Thai’s are charged unfairly (unequally) for visas to the the West, whereby westerners are not charged for entry to Thailand. I countered with an equally cherry picked example whereby the tables were turned and it is more costly to have a visa for Thailand. The reality is there are is a whole multitude of different visas for entry and to remain in each either country, many more examples could be cherry picked to represent both sides of our argument - as such using the ‘visa argument’ to justify dual pricing in Thailand presents a very weak argument which is easily picked apart. Is it ???... Tell me where you get this 10 year visa from for Thailand ???

Got to love these sort of blanket statements, often made by those over-confident that their experiences in their slice of Nakhon nowhere is applicable to the nation on the whole !!!.. ????

Well.. I can understand them thinking that, but technically they are incorrect of course (as you point out).... Mosquitos fall within the Animalia Kingdom. The scientific classification; the Taxonomy system, runs from (1) kingdom, (2) phylum, (3) class, (4) order, (5) family, (6) genus, and (7) species. And as such, the mosquito is (1) Kingdom - Animalia, (2) Phylum - Arthropoda, (3) Class- Insecta (4) Order- Diptera (5) Family: Culicidae and within that there are different (6) genus’s and within that different (7) species of mosquito.... Food has no such ‘scientific’ classification and is subject only to interpretation, history, language, cultural variation etc... there are no absolutes with food.

Seems you just want to antagonise and upset the old fella... the judgement is on you not him. With regards to being a realist... Have you booked your next holiday ?... anything could happen to you before then. It could also be said that the defeatist attitude that ‘why bother, I may not be around by then’ is also extremely negative and depressing. But ultimately, who cares how others plan their immediate future - its seems you bother too much about other people and have failed to look inwards at your own attitudes.

clearly no clue what you are talking about..... I tried to help you out and assumed you use the wrong word and meant resident and not citizen. You are not a citizen of Thailand unless you hold ‘citizenship’... i.e. you’d have to hold National Thai Identification (i.e Blue Thai ID card) to be considered a Thai Citizen. Even someone with PR status is not a Thai Citizen. So.. ikke1959... What makes YOU think you are a Thai citizen ?

As I said.. holes can be picked in every single argument and example someone used to justify dual pricing. My Wife holds a 10 year UK Visa... I think the cost was about 35,000 baht. I hold the same in Thailand, it cost me 1 million baht. My Wife can get ILR, then citizenship in the UK if we move there - I can’t in Thailand (as I don’t work here). And while are you using Visa free entry to countries... can you get in Laos or Vietnam without a visa ? a Thai can. When picking ‘visa and entry requirements’ you have not used a very intelligent example to justify dual pricing and have failed to understand the underlying socio-economic necessity for entry requirements of those in poorer nations to those in wealthier nations - IF there is any discrimination, its not on a national basis, but on an economic basis whereby Thai’s have to proof a balance of probability that they will not abuse the social welfare system of the country they are visiting, as Thailand has no such social welfare system there is no burden of proof on visiting foreigners from wealthier nations. Because you can’t understand principle and view this issue with myopic limitation. You are wholly misinformed - Where is there any discrimination against Thai’s in my country ? In the UK my Wife has far more rights than I ever will in Thailand. No we are not. A foreigner can only work in Thailand IF they have a work permit - we have to apply for that, just as a Thai would in the UK. Additionally, every single person married to a British Citizen can work in the UK as soon as they have have ILR (which takes approximately 6 weeks if applying within country and IF financial burden conditions are met - such as minimum income or savings of sponsor (i.e. husband). Thais also get full national health care coverage (after paying the Immigration health surcharge). None of this is available to foreigners moving to Thailand unless they enter with work visas or apply for a work visa after entry (they still have to depart and re-enter with said work visa !). You clearly do not know anything of these rights you claim. you mean... 'If you don’t like it go back home’ ..... ... the response of the intellectually challenge who think they are being clever !!! You clearly lack the depth of thought process to cover the the comparisons when cherry picking your examples.

There you go Op... Thai Lion Air - then Nams Taxi... seems like the simplest solution.

Ok.. so we all know this is wrong and know what we’d do if that was our child !! (or, I know how I’d respond even outside of my current ‘keyboard warrior’ mindset when reading this issue). BUT.. there is a far far greater issue at play here which is how such violence and punishment of children is ‘normalised’ by society. Also, how the schools often protect the teachers as if they are more ‘valuable’ than the children, ergo children are seen as a nuisance to be controlled rather than the future. Issues such as this not only required complete cultural shift of the mindset of those in the teaching industry, but of society on a whole.

I find re-hydration salts work well... Something like D-Champs... I find most of the issue with a hangover is the dehydration itself... rehydrating seems to make big difference.... But... by far the best relief / cure for a hangover is to play some sport and drink a lot... it seems that sweating out all the booze from the night before does the trick.

More likely to die on the roads going there. But you are comparing a necessity (for travel) with something which is just a recreational activity participated in with far less people. I wonder IF these activities were participated in to the same degree and numbers as people who ride / drive in Thailand how the ‘incident stats’ would look then. Perhaps when comparing the stats on a level playing field (i.e. Deaths per 100,000 participants) we may see the true risk they present.

Ah.. the mind of a shining intellect !!!... someone is here for the cheap hookers ergo projects all other males are.... ???? ???? ???? ????

I've never transferred out of Thailand... but may need to in the summer. How does dee money work for transferring something like 500,000 baht to a UK account ? What are the costs / rates like ?.... Thanks and advance and apologies for slightly going off the ‘stablecoin’ aspect of the topic.

You can send 3 or 4 million Baht (or more) to your UK Bank from a Thai Bank ??? IF people are asking, then we can assume it's amounts greater than what can legally be carried out of Thailand.

I too have thought about this... I have BitKub and Bianance accounts and figure I’d transfer from Thai Bank to Crypto with BitKub, then transfer that to Binance and pay out into my UK account. I’ve never tried that, but figured thats what I’d do. I’m not sure if I’d have to pay ‘tax’ on what I’d transferred from a Binance into a UK account though.