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Carnage at 3am on Sai Yuan Road,
First a Big Shout Out to the guys from PEA they did a brilliant job in this heat, The electric was out for 15 hours almost 6 pm before it came back on.
They brought guys in from all over the island so Im told from different areas with their equipment.
What happened you might ask, around 3 am some guy deicides to cause some chaos on Sai Yuan road not just takes one electric pole but 8 of them and then continues to smash into a parked car, I would say it's right off,
But he lives to tell the story and he was taken away by the police and the rest of us were left to suffer.
The road was completely closed off,
Im led to believe the driver on the rampage was Russian in a brand new Mazada,
That night of madness is going to cost a few quid,
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22 minutes ago, JoseThailand said:
You never heard of immigrants?
No, what are they?
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2 hours ago, Nick Carter icp said:A joyride is when a person takes a stolen vehicle for a drive and then dumps it .
This sounds like theft and he intended to keep the bike , rather than a joyride
Once you change the plates then it is theft,
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We just buy a new scooter the other week Im thinking to put a GPS or whatever you call it, tracking,
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Thats a good Aussie name,
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9 minutes ago, sandyf said:
Airbnb is nothing more than a property listing. if you want to make a booking you pay Airbnb and they pay the property owner less their fees. It is up to the owner to comply with all local laws and regulations.
I have used Airbnb for many years including places like China, Thailand & Vietnam, the latter being the only problem I have ever had.
I also use Booking.com and many of their listings are on a similar basis to Airbnb, I had one in Belfast, so don't understand what you mean by level playing field. I think Agoda are also dipping the toe in the same pond.
People should bear in mind that self contained acommodation and hotel rooms are hardly the same.
Agoda started before covid, also the likes of Trip.com are listing villas and condo's
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19 hours ago, impulse said:
What I meant is whether the license costs more for a 100 room hotel than it does for a 10 room hotel. For example, if you had a 50 room hotel and it costs 50,000 baht a year to keep it registered, that would be 1000 baht per room. Or is it a flat fee regardless of how big it is?
This is all I can find no more details
1. Hotel license type 1 10,000 baht each
2. Hotel license type 2 20,000 baht each
3. Hotel license type 3 30,000 baht each
4. Hotel license type 4 40,000 baht each
5. Hotel business operating fee: 40 baht per year per room-
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2 minutes ago, Henryford said:
To whom do you report it? Who enforces this illegality? Would he have to employ a solicitor?
It is possible most are not registered for the TM-30
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Marisa Sukosol Nunbhakdi, president of the Thai Hotels Association, called on the government to legalise unregistered accommodation swiftly to ensure fair competition and sustainable standards.
Im led to believe it's nigh on impossible to obtain a license,
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You dont lose your girlfriend in Thailand, you just lose your turn,
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4 minutes ago, mokwit said:
Translation: cheap stay at the expense of other condo owners. We are subsidising their holiday.
How do you work that out?
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The short term rental market in Thailand is huge, It's not just Airbnb, you have Booking.com, Agoda, VRBO, Trip advisor and many more.
One big problem with the STR properties is the absentee landlords were many guest do self checkin there is no control over how many guest are checking in, one reason why they turn into parties and places get trashed things get stolen,
Some states in America require the host to be living within a certain distance from the property.
To ban airbnb altogether is not the answer you would have to ban the whole of the STR business.
Many people prefer to rent an airbnb over a hotel I think the figures and results tell you that, You cant beat renting a nice Pool villa with a full kitchen you can go and do all your own shopping for food and drink, Ha s been popular over the years with Russian families especially when they have a couple of kids,
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10 hours ago, geisha said:
I think there was a horrifying accident in Rawai Phuket 2 night ago. Apparently Russian on a big bike drove into the back of 2 people ( 1 Thai one Swede ?) killed outright. Phuket is becoming more and more dangerous.
It was true I live near to there, 3 killed and one badly injured
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Fighting over women in Thailand, you have to be messing,
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12 minutes ago, AverageAussie said:
Good for you and an amazing effort!
I didn't share the link, only a screenshot.
Of course there's nothing to stop you searching for the same DOPA link on their website and putting your own ฿2 in, but if you do - that would be more than the remaining apathetic 99.99% of the population would ever consider.
It's not on their web site it was sent out as an email which is applicable to members in Thailand, did it say at the bottom, to be filled out in Thai language. something like that
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There’s enough room for hotel rooms and short-term rentals to compete side by side. Each offers unique pros and cons that appeal to different segments of the market.
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17 minutes ago, sikishrory said:
"an economy increasingly reliant on foreign tourism"
No it is completely reliant.
I remember covid they basically sat around cracking nuts all day, eating rice handouts not knowing what to do with themselves.
What other industry does Phuket have? I certainly haven't seen anything other than domestic tourism.
Phuket was in a coma, I reminded some Thais of that the other week, ok we go back to covid when you had nothing, many had to go back to sticky rice land.
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You remember that silly scouser up in Chiang Mai? spray painting that wall, didn't he get binged up and big fine
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And the Governor is worried about the Farang
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56 minutes ago, Tatman95 said:
A week later she was driving again
There you have it
I dont know about that, it all went quiet
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38 minutes ago, Tatman95 said:
Mind you that drunk Russuan lady who killed those two teenagers on a motorbike obviously did
Which one was that?
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It's just a small minority that are behaving badly, most of us respect the law better than Thai people.
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Well done to the police
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We havnt had a Nigerian for a while, did they stop? or have they all been getting through?
Carnage at 3am on Sai Yuan Road,
in Phuket
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Maybe more than one