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15 baht within 2 year's

49 minutes ago, simon43 said:

I can believe that overall tourist numbers have not declined, due to the influx of Asian tourists.  

 

What has declined, and I know this from checking the stats over the past 5 years for my ex's hotel, is that the average hotel room rate charged has fallen year on year.

 

A guest room that she used to sell for 1,500 baht a night now sells for 750 baht, because not only are Asian guests unwilling to pay 1,500 baht, the number of competitor hotels and guesthouses has hugely increased.  Many of these are unlicenced and do not pay the required taxes either, thereby creating unfair financial advantage.

 

It is a race to the bottom, nothing less.

what's the name of the hotel and where is it located? sound's like a good deal

Try doubling that 11 K is on nut or soi 101 price, you have zero chance at Asoke bts!

Bangkok is nice for food, shopping (good for weekend break) but I think it is too dusty and flood prone place to settle in. 

Have they any idea how much the average ex-pat spends in Thailand per year.

Oh dear 
either insurgents, protesters against government or government arranging it themselves to bring back military rule as this "demo-crazy" thing  doesn't seem to be working too well 
It seems a chance for this psycho army bloke to roll his tanks out and do what his daddy taught him to do ..shoot the peasants!
I bet  there are several changes of underwear whatever the reason being arranged in parliament today!

The airport. Hah! See what happens when you get caught needing a taxi from Chaengwattana after 4 pm. 300 baht to Mo Chit BTS, 400 baht to Pinklao, or 500 baht to Thawi Wattana. If they can't crack down on non metered shakedowns in the Government Complex at Chaengwattana, where can they?  Joke.

I did find a couple to share with so that eases the pain

_zzzzzzzz another bubble burst thread.
Yawn wake me up when it actually pops in the meantime happy collecting 45k rent [emoji16]

I love threads like these. It really brings out how toxic and vindictive this forum is. Man posts valid & understandable reasons and thoughts behind his move and is met with constant trash such as:
 
 
And its not just this forum either, its a big part of the expat community in Thailand as well. 

Depends who will be the Leader of Thailand, at this time of the year, it looks like Vietnam is on top.

I regret clicking on this

It was MOST PROBABLY an accident.
 
Gosh. In the 1990's, the apartment in Bangkok that I stayed in for several years had a balcony (it was on the eighth floor) and there was no railing ! The outer wall was quite low (if I remember right, coming to my waist level; well maybe just a bit higher). Once, barefoot, I slipped at the balcony and nearly fell down. It was a close call. And, thinking about the number of times I came home at night drunk in those years, I guess I was very lucky (the situation was particularly risky there because the balcony was between the room and the bathroom. The design was like that for all the rooms there). 

Russian and Chinese mafia need somewhere to funnel their laundered money investments, thailand is a perfect match.

Riding a bicycle in the land of the most rd fatalities on planet earth

58 minutes ago, bwpage3 said:

You should read the Thai news more often.

One case comes mind of the old grandma, grandpa and grandkid from the UK that got nearly beaten to death in Hua Hin

Yes, I am sure there is absolutely no crime in Phuket, right?

 

Isnt that the one where she slapped some thai ? better put up link

29 minutes ago, marcusarelus said:

He doesn't want people to say good bye.  He wants people to agree with him that Thailand is an uncivil wild west country that should let people retire for free.  Hardly a nice thought for those of us who actually live here.   

Agreed most of his post resides in his head only. I pay my 800k, immigration are always polite, i don't see farang getting bashed by "street gangs" and I find Thias extremely polite. 

Life goes on as it did 12 years ago. OP failed to make it and now has pulled out every cliche in the book

looking for backslappers but nobody joining him on the last train out..just wishing him well lol

2 hours ago, webfact said:

The average sales price of condominium units on Rama IV road has now risen to Bt250,000 per square metre

wow 

All except  bar girls. No way anything touching that just curled hair unless its a customer at 1am

10 minutes ago, ThomasThBKK said:

You have to use a bigger timeframe for the thai baht.

The last 10 years it's basically recovering from the financial crisis in asia where it got hit badly.

It's after all not so surprisingly it's doing so good the last year as it started from the bottom.

what financial crisis was that 10 years ago?

2 hours ago, stillhereandlovinit said:

Keep it dropping, great for us that only use the pound when going to visit family and friends.

Its a race to the bottom with The OZ dollar making a late run down the straight. Great news for those who have loads of baht and wish to repatriate or holiday or just cash their chips in and wait for the reversal but the bottom could be years away yet.