Gwen1234

Looks like there will be trouble in Thailand after all

My wife questioned me about why I wouldn't invest in property in Thailand last week, even in a condo, I simply stated that what the thai government says THIS WEEK, the SAME THAI GOVERNMENT, would simply, IMPLEMENT SOMETHING ELSE THE WEEK AFTER. Honestly, going on holiday for a few weeks to thailand is expensive nowadays... I still love the place and truly think its the place ill retire but the thai hoverment doesn't make it easy.

I'd be happy to see reciprocal treatment for thai citizens in other countries the same as "falang" in Thailand. See how "kun prayut" likes it

3 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

If your saying 1000 is expensive then look at what it runs flying to BKK from the US and back arriving December 1st and returning December 30th. a 50% increase over pre-covid flights.....

 

Crazy prices I see alot of companies trying to not include baggage aswell making it an additional cost

15 hours ago, ukrules said:

Once those flight prices normalise I'm sure plenty will come

Second that! No way should it be close to £1000 for flights. I could understand straight after the lockdowns because you had lots of people missing thailand and family but I've looked for out of season next year and seen £700 economy which is expensive compared to pre covid

Suspiciously, that's EXACTLY what someone who was planning a coup would say ????

23 hours ago, Sparktrader said:

Some massage girls make 4000 baht a day. Work 20 days a month, AVG 3000 baht is 60,000. Rent 3,500. Saving 50,000. 

That's before they pay out for the leased truck they buy before getting a driving licence ????

21 hours ago, RedArmy said:

2 weeks holiday ???

 

And the paranoia has kicked in already.

 

Relax brother, stop listening to people waffling  <deleted>, chill & enjoy your holiday.

I was more motivated to prove the missus and her mate wrong haha I was sure it wasn't the case I had to tell immigration exactly where I was every time I moved, (some of the goverment would love that power mind)

Thank you everyone

Well.... that's all phuket needs, honestly I've not been since 2019 but wow the amount of Indian restaurants is staggering compared to a few years ago. When will thailand learn people from certain parts of Asia will not spend money in thai businesses? Chinese tours stay in a single hotel walk around and eat at the hotel. Indian families walk around and eat at Indian restaurants....

30 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

You will not need to have a TM30 report of your arrival done for where you are staying unless you need to do something at a immigration office.

Excellent, exactly what I thought. Thank you

Hello,

I'm currently on holiday with the missus, (thai) her other friend has come at the same time and they've just told my missus that I have to report to our local immigration and tell them where I'm staying otherwise I will have to pay 800thb, is this true ? I'm only here for 2 weeks and I thought reporting was only if you're on a proper visa not just a visa on arrival.

Thanks

Bar girls will still be as beautiful as the last time you visited, the prices may have changed though lol The way the banking system works in in relation to online spending or spending via card payments I cant imagine OF taking off in Thailand too much.

Has anyone flown with thai airways in the last few months ? I'm flying with them end of July just wondering what their service is like at the minute ? 

Drinks when you want decent food entertainment that sort of thing.

Cheers

5 hours ago, shackleton said:

If you can afford to pay for original Designer goods then you can afford the tax enough said 

Okay so tou purchase in the uk pay tax, go on holiday to thailand pay tax on them again, fly back to the UK pay tax on them again, the following year come again and pay tax ? What an idiotic system and supporters of such a system

hello,

my sister in law is traveling to the uk on the 29/01/2022 via zurich with swiss airways.

she is fully vaccinated and has her thai covid certificate, has a day 2 covid test booked for when she arrives in the uk and

i have filled out the passenger locater forms for both the uk and switzerland which is all is required for the destinations she will be transiting [zurich] 

and finishing [uk].

after speaking to some random "travel companion" she met on a facebook group shes now under the impression she needs a test before she can even board a flight from thailand to the uk even though its not stated as such on the uk and swiss goverment websites...

has anyone any idea on this or has recent experience ?

thanks in advance

Whilst I do despise insurance companies practices on most fronts, why would they pay a lengthy hospital bill for someone who is technically not sick ? Asymptomatic means no symptoms I.e not "sick" a hospital stay is way over the top. Have them take a new test every other day to see if it passes in the hotel

4 hours ago, WineOh said:

In fact, this makes sense.

Vaccines should be given to nationals of foreign countries at their respective embassies.

Why not?

Last I looked there were only around 50,000 brits registered living in Thailand.

They could do us all within a week at the embassy in BKK, its big enough!

 

Where are you, Brian? ????

Back of the queue if you don't live in the uk, rightly so, but it's a good idea to be honest 

So fully vaccinated tourists with a negative covid test (I presume) can only visit these destinations? Why ? Surely having been vaccinated and tested negative is enough assurance that we don't have covid and therefore are unlikely to bring the virus ? 

The bottom line is that the jab will cost $37 - $38 (about 1,150) baht to import before tax.

Imagine placing tax on a vaccine being used to combat a worldwide pandemic 

3 hours ago, tgw said:

Apparently, the administration has its own mind and applies laws in the way it pleases.

 

I have seen this several times already - the law says one thing, in theory including foreigners in its application, and then the administration, on it's own, decides it's "Thai only" or "non-directors only" or whatever.

 

One example is the registration with Thai social security - the law says anyone receiving a salary can register, but the SS office refuses to register directors. With no legal basis.
Another example is registration of an usufruct - Land offices just refuse to do it. Without any legal basis again. Land offices are just there to officially register legal acts permitted by law, not to decide whether they want to accept or not to do it, they should have no say at all other than requiring the necessary documents.
I'm sure there are many other examples.

 

I'd love for someone to take one of these places to court and challenge their practices, surely the courts would rule against them and set precedent for the whole country ? 

8 deaths doesn't seem to bad, but I very much doubt they're recording deaths the same way the uk has been doing ie, died for any reason within 28 days of testing positive. Are tests free to thai people now ? 

19 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

My now Thai ex-wife after 12 years of marriage returned home in the US from her supposed 6 week Thailand vacation to tell me she no longer loved me, wanted a divorce, but if she decided she still loved me in a year we could remarry.  It was a week later I found out she had cheated on me and found a new millionaire boyfriend in the US. She had only gone to Thailand for one week, dropped our daughter of at her parents, flew back to the US where she hooked up with her new boyfriend she had met at her work, spent 4 weeks with him in Hawaii, then flew back to Thailand to retrieve our daughter and return home.  Didn't cover her tracks very well, phone records, Google tracking gps, and once confronted she balled like a baby asking me not to take her daughter away from her.  Booted her ass out of the house, filed for divorce and had the daughter live with me until she was 14 and made her own decision on where she wanted to live. Takes all kinds, but I never saw it coming, as I had just had back and neck surgery.  Due to a prenuptial she got nothing but her car. My first American ex wife said the same thing Brits did, I haven't loved you for the last 10 years. Adios, the door is open you can leave at anytime dont let it hit you in the a$$ on your way out. Financially recovered and very happy with what I have now. This GF knows she can leave anytime she wants with what she has and would be replaced quickly, but she is a smart one, knows the value of what she has, and she has more liquid cash than I do, and she is not Thai.

Madness that, plenty of stories out there about this sort of stuff that's why people should be very picky about who they get with. Nobody knows how things will turn in the future just have to protect yourself and hope for the best otherwise you'll stay single and bitter, but, each to their own. If I was in my 50s was single and had a load of spare cash I'd probably not consider getting married and just play the field for as long as possible 

16 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

Love is an emotion and changes as quickly as the wind changes direction. Don't kid yourself.

Nobodies kidding themselves I've been in long term relationships before and love has come and gone, but again, that's doesn't mean thai women cannot love and money is the only thing they want, ofcourse there are thousands upon thousands of women in the tourist areas that only have money in mind but there are equally just as many genuinely wanting a partner, pot luck.