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Okay they reduce the tax but will they reduce the price? I think not

I don't have a one Farang friend I don't need them and don't want one, I have a great wife and fairly big family and they are all good to me never has one asked for money, quite the opposite when they come to visit us here in Phuket they never come empty handed.

I always used to say that "Been here for two weeks" and speak German

You can as a neighbour complain to Airbnb if that's where the guest are coming from, I guess it would be difficult to knw which platform they used there is so many, Did you take a look on Airbnb to see if units similar to your are listed?

Plenty doing and bikes here in Phuket

I think here in this post we are talking about Russians in Phuket and Pattaya, I have been told from a well connected Thai it's even worse in Chiang Mai, but not just Russians also the Chinese, my friend told me they have built Chinese schools up there,

There is a village in Holland missing its idiot!

Dont forget Agoda dont just do hotels they now do villas and apartments just like Airbnb https://www.agoda.com/villas/?cid=1844104&ds=i9nSVfeeTtRPeiiE

No mention of a hotel in Hua Hin unless they have sold it,

I think booking.com has to be the worst, 10 days after the guest has checked out,

Did you book through the owner direct or through a online platform like booking.com?

It's a big problem with the OTA industry the price advertised is not always the price you pay, most of these sites allow the Host to add additional fee's and you as the guest are not aware until you book, To some of the major hotel groups it's what they call up selling check out some of the mad things they will charge extra for like Valet parking, In the last 12 months Airbnb have tried to address this problem so before you book you are aware of any additional fee's not added afterwards, The biggest problem I have seen over the year many guest do not read the full listing and what additional cost, such as cleaning fee, pet fee, electricity not included,

Booking.com

A few months back BDC had major problems with their payment system many host were not getting paid, they owed us about 5000 baht eventually we got paid and they sent us $55 cash gift,

Agoda has a global audience but focuses on Asia, with a great response in Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand, Indonesia, and the Philippines. Founded: 2005 (Thailand) Short term rental properties: 2 million+ Commission: 15% per booking Booking.com have various rates if they collect payments for you in Thailand it's 17.2% you can choose to pay more commission for more exposure,

The way I understand it "stack" as a host if you are offering different discounts they all stack up

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Most of the Russians I meet speak good English and I've met a few especially if they come from Moscow, it's the older ones who don't speak much, I guess from the days of the USSR,

Should have got a local to do it,

Putin's ally dies falling from his house window 29 Dec 2023 A former member of Vladamir Putin’s United Russia, Vladamir Egorov, was found dead in his courtyard after falling 30 feet. Egorov, a lawyer, was found on Wednesday and his cause of death is being investigated by Russian police. Russian media outlets report his death was under mysterious circumstances. The New York Post has cited the 72-news outlet that reported that Egorov may have suffered heart problems before his deadly fall. Russia has used heart problems as an explanation for the deaths of many other prominent Russian people in the past. The chairman of Russia’s Lukoil oil giant, Ravil Maganov and senior Russian military officer, Marina Yankina both fell to their deaths, and both reportedly had heart problems.

I also found this guy make some interesting video's about life in Russia

I have been following that channel for a while he has mad some good video's

I think so as it is all in Russian

There is a Russian YT channel that really shows how people live outside of the bigger cities, real poverty I must say,

Russian hairdresser's is another one, usually working from home, seems quite well known around where I live,