madmen

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6 minutes ago, Date Masamune said:

Just ruin a few vacations with several days in Thai jail and the word will get out nobody will touch a Thai Airbnb

Typical blue collar solution..easy peasy right ????

On 6/30/2019 at 2:57 PM, mike787 said:

Where? = Nana.

Why?  Non stop beer, expats, and super HOT thai girls ready to rock your world 24/7/365

This ! You want to buy where there will be a good supply of expats in case you want to rent it out.. however Prices are totally out of this world. The baht and the out of control escalating price means now anyone not wealthy cant buy lower sukhumvit and  will need to buy near the outer reaches of the BTS and that becomes problematic

5 minutes ago, rwill said:

The problem can be if you lean over them to get a better view.  The bulk of your weight can be on the wrong side of the rail.

A better view of the ground? why get a high rise if you wanna look at the ground?

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10 minutes ago, jvs said:

I travelled with EVA to Amsterdam last month and was supposed to fly back on the 6th of july,coming saturday.

The flight was cancelled and i took the first flight back which was last monday by KLM.

I was told to contact the Bangkok office for compensation and they said the standard amount is 180us dollars.

I payed 41000 baht for prenium economy and flew back economy class.

I think i should get more compensation but have no idea how to go about this,any ideas?

 

 

Get onto their facebook page and annoy the shit out of them. I had a ticket booked with fly dubai before they abruptly cancelled their Thailand hub. Was told no refunds until i started on their facebook page and even then it took 8 months

my advice is outside of major carriers is to avoid booking more than a few weeks in advance, to many going belly up

It is not better to have “minimum 15-30 days” for apartments less than 30 days is illegal under “Thai Law”. Foreigners who rent Airbnb in Thailand less than 30 days should be fined 1000 baht per day and the owners jailed for a short period for each offense

Sorted.


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1 minute ago, CNXexpat said:

An interesting link what can go wrong as Airbnb host or guest:
https://www.airbnbhell.com/

Not an issue Air bnb is successful because of its star rating system but more importantly guest write ups . If you are renting a property with a 4.5 star average and 150 great reviews and 1 or 2 bad ones its extremely unlikely you will have a bad experience.

25 minutes ago, DrTuner said:

Yes, not rhetorical. Or block the countries the laws of which haven't been fed into the system. 

Yeah right and what about countries that are evolving or keep changing there laws like Thailand..how do you keep up with those.

Better start with the thousands of unregistered non tax paying hotels first eh? 

3 minutes ago, Kim J said:

Many things in Thailand now have caught on to charging Western prices. unfortunately they are yet to catch on to the Western standards of quality and service.

Simple answer: Do not frequent the places, whilst people keep paying the inflated prices they will continue to charge and increase them further.

Large hotels 4 & 5* are notoriously expensive the world over.

They prosper for good reason, the wealthy and businessman globetrotters are in a different class to expat pensioners.

29 minutes ago, DrTuner said:

33.8B baht, no bad for a company that promotes illegal rentals under one month in areas not suitable for hotel use.

Not true. The airbnb platform is identical for every country, its simply a platform where landlords SELECT DATES to rent their homes out. You really expect Airbnb to know the laws of all 195 countries and design a specific website for each? that's rhetorical.

Airbnb doing no promoting of anything illegal, its the landlords that 100% breaking the law

50 minutes ago, Peterw42 said:

30 sqm then, the point being they are no bigger or cheaper than an average hotel room.

That looks more 4.5 star than the average 40 year old 3 star your comparing it to. Where you going to find a pool like that for 1000 baht/night?

11 minutes ago, bkkbudddy said:

Greetings, 

 

But, how much tax are being collected by Thai Government from Condo or apartment owners?

Tax reform must be implemented so government can collect tax owed by the owners! 

Maybe when the approx thousands of hotels as mentioned in a recent thread would actually register first...How about we start there

1 hour ago, Peterw42 said:

Where are you seeing these cheaper and bigger rooms ? Typicial pattaya Airbnb, the base for example, 20 sqm room is 1,000 baht a night the same as a hotel.

https://www.airbnb.com/s/Pattaya-Chon-Buri-Thailand/homes?refinement_paths[]=%2Fhomes&query=Pattaya Chon Buri Thailand&place_id=ChIJ49cxTZKVAjER_xC9qQHzf6k&search_type=filter_change&checkin=2019-07-18&checkout=2019-07-19&adults=1&price_max=840&room_types[]=Entire home%2Fapt&s_tag=Ulmjkxxd

Take a look at these 800 baht and under but most at 500 baht. Who in their right mind would stay in a 40 year hotel or guesthouse?

Where are you seeing these cheaper and bigger rooms ? Typicial pattaya Airbnb, the base for example, 20 sqm room is 1,000 baht a night the same as a hotel.

Stayed in several Pattaya and jomtien never under 35 sqm especially jomtien. And always well under 1k

Hotels not even in the ballpark with facilities

It's commonsense dude, nobody gonna pay more than a hotel if they were identical.. Think about it

5 minutes ago, Olmate said:

Yes is it usual to let folk browse empty rooms

Its unusual but it happens

The BTS is vital to Bangkok. Most certainly wouldn't live here without it

1 hour ago, chiangrai said:

No they only do paper visas.I need an online visa,much cheaper.

How much more? better to pay the price and relax rather than running around all over town stressed

21 hours ago, Pib said:

The first box is included in the basic monthly subscription cost of what TV package you signup for.  You can add up to two more boxes at Bt100 each per month.  So, say you are signed up for the Platinum TV package at Bt599/month....that price also includes one Playbox.    Add a second Playbox and your monthly fee will now be Bt599 + Bt100 for a total of Bt699 (plus 7% VAT).   Add a third Playbox and your monthly fee will be Bt599+Bt100+Bt100 for a total of Bt799 plus VAT.   The Platinum TV package will be playing on each box you have.

 

Many HBO streams do include Thai subtitles.   

 

You can also set the preferred audio language to either English or Thai which means if a stream has two sound tracks such as English and Thai it will play/select your preferred audio language automatically...or you can manually switch to the other sound track.   

Can an extra box be added at a later time or do all boxes need to be included in original contract