lemonwaterjoe

On 12/20/2022 at 2:58 AM, PattayaKevin said:

I've used stripe they are horrible they will hold your money and will also close your account on a whim. They even refunded my customers when they closed my account even after I sent them the merchandise. 

Had exactly the same issue - horrible! They close an account from one moment to another for no valid reason, impossible to talk to anyone. They kept money for months on hold and paid it out after deducting some strange fees for closing the account. Never again.

Try this one, less than 20 THB per can. At Makro, Famlily Mart, Lazada, BigC, ...

On 10/9/2022 at 1:05 AM, VinnieK said:

Another reason not to get involved with properties, biz..etc.

Interesting....so living on the street will be the only option? Because everything else is "properties, biz etc."  ????

@Dart12

Sorry to hear about your trouble.

Any good news, did you receive your passport in the meantime?

7 hours ago, ivor bigun said:

so glad i will never have to worry about this ,our son runs a company ,my wifes family are not badly off and my wife has land and the offer of a job in the UK when i die .

good for you but totally useless for this thread and the thread starter.

Even this thread is a bit older just a recent update: Bangkok Bank Jomtien 2nd road is very easy to deal with.

Yes, unfortunately the search function is not working. Any chance to get this fixed?

Can recommend firstclassbangkok.com

Not cheap but great cars and awesome service.

In the meantime the youtube lady also deleted her post. So I fear unfortunately it is official re Jan 10.

Hi, does anyone know if the beaches are "open"? For example the one at Cozy Beach with the sunbeds? Is it allowed to "sunbathe" there alone and support the local sunlounge sellers by doing so? Or is this all closed and not worth a trip?

Thanks for all your input, really much appreciated.

Wondering what was the outcome here and if he "made it"...

Hi,

I'm looking for a "normal" health insurance for my Thai gf to cover expenses in case she got sick, has an accident with her car or whatever. I did a lot of research but didn't find much useful so far. Would be thankful for any kind of recommendation.

Many thanks,

Joe

what was the outcome?

Hi,

I need a negative PCR-Test for my flight and would like to know where in Pattaya I can get such a test and at what price?

Many thanks,

Lemonwaterjoe

Can confirm 2 friends yesterday drove from Pattaya to BKK airport and traveled to Phuket by plane without any issues. But today the news came out anyway that the Phuket governor has lifted the quarantine for arrivals from (inter alia) Bangkok so things should be safe. We can expect similar "news" from other provinces within the next few days thanks to the low numbers of new infections.

You(r friend) seems to be very long on the way to the airport. Any update on this story?

5 hours ago, GeorgeCross said:

this is what happens when borders open to tourists:

 

source: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/france/

 

What a <deleted>. Because France is a pure holiday destination? Dubai is one and they opened 7 weeks ago:

No second wave but a tourism industry that hass been succesfully restarted. That's it!

There was no word about bars closing at 8pm.

It was about closing venues with a capacity of more than 50 people. No idea where this wrong information is coming from.

12 minutes ago, Don Chance said:

They just want people to have the right visa. If you are living in Thailand they want you to have a long term visa. etc.

Exactly!

12 minutes ago, Don Chance said:

If the situation gets really bad there will be problems with the airlines because they are on the hook for a return flight so they will require thai visa's for travelers. This would be seriously hurt tourism.

I guess so far the amount of people "not let in" must be far too small compared to the amount of people that are "let in". Training and checking employes for checking proper visas and/or installing software to look this up at hundreds of airports most likely cost a lot of more money than flying back the few that aren't let in. Beside that: if you are not let in you need to buy or pay for your return ticket anyway, so the airline is not losing any money here.