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2 minutes ago, Lorry said:

Every single condo in my neighborhood has big signs in the lobby that short time rentals are illegal and will be punished.

And if a foreigner asks whether rooms are avalable the answer is not "yes" or "no", the answer is "one year contract!!!"

 

But the signs are only in Thai,  English and Chinese,  they are not in Indian.

BTW the signs are not in Koren either,  that explains why I see so many Korean tourists checking in and out at these condos :)

You can set your minimum stay on Airbnb to 30 days, 

7 minutes ago, bamnutsak said:

Is AirBNB "legal" in Thailand?

 

I confess to not having followed this issue.

 

Are stays greater than 30 days more "legal"?

 

 

Airbnb is Legal in Thailand, what is illegal is the STR business, so any stay over 30 days is legal, many blocks of condo's in Bangkok banned Airbnb, also if the apartment building has Hotel license then it's ok to do STR's, 

I don't know where they are staying in Phuket I don't see any around Rawai, my wife said there was few in Central shopping

It's engrained in Thai society you are not going to stop it, I've been around here long enough to see plenty of it going on, where do you start? Land department then you can go to the business development department and on the same soi is the labour department give them a visit, 

You want a yellow book? now there's a story in Phuket, 

I've seen this farang wait nearly 7 month for a work permit, obviously he didn't slip a few quid in the folder. 

2 hours ago, BusyB said:

 

Don't they charge for the IDC?

 

Not that I know of, they have to feed them, 

1 hour ago, Purdey said:

Maybe the word "arrested" is incorrect. Normally, overstayers are pulled aside and fined, then let go (I always thought).

Not no more judging by the amount that have been arrested at Phuket airport, 

36 minutes ago, newnative said:

Airbnb is not illegal.  Rentals of less than 30 days are.

You keep up, I already posted that

1 minute ago, hotchilli said:

They love the quality sand in Pattaya.

I forget to mention that was for Phuket, 

1 minute ago, Purdey said:

I had a browser and found out: 

The Hotel Act of 2004, specifies that it is illegal to operate a hotel business without a license.

But it seems homes can be rented out under some circumstances, so partially right 

What is illegal is STR no less than 30 days, without a license, Not just Airbnb that applies to all other OTA's, If you have a house or villa for rent you can still list it on Airbnb minimum stay being 30 days, you are not doing anything illegal. 

According to Booking.com Saudi Arabians are top of the list, I don't know where they get these figures from but here in Phuket is quiet, 

Last week bookings are down 12% in the Rawai area, 

6 minutes ago, Purdey said:

I thought Airbnb was illegal here? I may have missed some news.

I suppose if they bring in the tourist dollars it doesn't matter.

Please keep up, Airbnb is not illegal in Thailand, 

I have heard 7/11 have similar policies, "We Lose, You Lose" 

You guys that live around there you could help by going onto FB groups, maybe some Russian groups like there is in Phuket, them kids need food, FFS one of you buy them a McDonalds, there is not link to the news story I would post it here, 

The UAE is a hub for mercenaries in Africa and the Middle East. Now the Emirates want their own version of the French Foreign Legion. That may change how secret, private armies work in a legal grey zone.

4 minutes ago, JulesMad said:

IF this is true, why don't they get all the other loan sharks?!? Obviously I 'forgot' to mention that this is a farang loan shark...
BTW, do you need a workpermit as a loan shark? It can hardly be defined as 'work', can it?
Also BTW, is it on the 'Thai professions only' list?

You would need a license, I dont know if a farang would get one, maybe not.

8 minutes ago, Mark17AA said:

Always a cheap pint in the legion, and some good turns on a Saturday night.

We had one near to were I lived when I was younger, and a Tory club at the back of my house, 

I can use that same excuse next time we get a phone call to borrow money, It's illegal to borrow money from a farang now, 

19 minutes ago, champers said:

But what does Big Jim think?

BTW, his records at Nice FC and with the Ineos Grenadier cycling team (ex Sky) are not writ large with success.

United is whole different ball game, I'll put my neck on the line and say ETH is staying I listened to Jonny Evans hw knows what's going on, I'll agree some big decisions to be made, with Varane going IS Casemiro also going? maybe.

They should keep Amrabat it's taken a while for him to settle in but he has been played out of position in the right position he is a warrior and to replace him United would have to pay double that.

On the game, the first half they dominated the game could have been 3- nil, both goals they sliced citys defense wide open, over the season were was this United team? 

Over the 2 season ETH has gained some valuable experience also so in his defense that is worth considering, get rid of the plonkers that need to be gone, 

I think it was a brilliant all round game, and a mention for Hojland around the 95th minute he picks the ball up and runs at citys defense still going for goal,