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3 minutes ago, BenStark said:

I always bring, or let bring my friends that come visit, cheeses - salami and sliced ham.

 

All these items are here at least 4 times the price from Europe, some up to 10 times, even if they are produced in Thailand.

 

My wife picked up a piece of Stilton in the supermarket last week she knows I like it, forget what the price was but I'm not paying that 

I see people mention razor blades I'm not sure how much in England, but I did buy some last week the ones I use were Turbo Mach 3, in Tops they had packs of 8 blades it worked out 115 baht a blade how that compares I dont know 

As for clothes keep your eye on Uniqlo they have some good deals on at the moment, unless you are XXXXXXL 

The midget bought some last week 100 baht 

9 minutes ago, gunner1 said:

Dead two or three days? what happened, no room service? 

Lots of places especially small bungalow resorts dont do daily cleaning no more once a week, any extra you pay

12 hours ago, Keep Right said:

I would agree, living a Western lifestyle is not cheap. I guess this is why so many mongers live in a 38 meter room and drive Honda Wave 125 motorcycles.

38 sqm is not small if you are a single guy here for a few months, 25 sqm thats small 

14 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

   The price in the U.K has increased as well ,the price  almost doubled within a few weeks 

 

I just see on Lazada 118 baht, and Tops online 204 baht, I might order a couple of bottles at 118 baht

Got more expensive and I've noticed here in Phuket not many restaurants have any more, one place we go in for a breakfast the bottle has gone they will give a portion of it if you ask, 

If like stilton cheese best you bring some with you, when you can get it, crazy price, 

9 hours ago, steevjee said:

Reporting these <deleted>wits as Foreigners is a form of media driven racism.

 

It leaves any Thai reading the article to believe that all Farang are bad.

So why not identify their origin rather than just call them foreigners?

 

They were INDIAN except for 1 RUSSIAN

 

If the facts are reported correctly right from get go it avoids false conclusions

And a Ukrainian woman somewhere in the mix 

what countries fought in the American civil war? 

10 minutes ago, circa02 said:

Owners and long term renters, and every other person - from the cleaner to the security guards, are getting pissed off with certain Airbnb customers in condos, doors slamming at 3am and Chinese thinking the corridor is great place to chat at all hours of the morning as just examples, I wouldn't bet that those signs don't start getting enforced more strongly now covid is firmly dead and buried. Airbnb know the rules but still allow people to list condos for as little as 1 night.

1 night stays is part of the problem, absentee landlords is another, the absentee landlords expecting the condo staff to give out keys when they are not being paid to do that, a condo maybe for 2 and 10 turn up, just no control, chaos!

I would have thought they would be getting some jail time before being deported, 

2 hours ago, still kicking said:

What a country 

Bandit country

Not much of a story, 

All gone quiet about this, 

5 minutes ago, geisha said:

I thought you had to have the owners written agreement to be able to sublet ?? I know a friend of mine did as he was going home to France for a few months. The owner agreed as he was a long time renter , but he was then responsible for replacing everything that could ever be broken, gone wrong, during his absence. I would never do that myself, imagine someone wrecked the place etc ! 

It doesn't have to be Airbnb to get places trashed or things stolen but any owner should have insurance, 

12 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

As far as I know it is illegal in Thailand to rent out any condominium, even your own, for less than one month at a time.

If you do that you might get away with it, but it seems more and more condominium owners and committees fine people who do that.

 

Many condo blocks did not allow Airbnb you may even see signs at the entrance "No Airbnb" but it still goes on, 

6 minutes ago, Peterw42 said:

Doing sublets is usually illegal, airbnb is illegal, doing any of the work like meet and greet, cleaning etc is illegal.

But besides that you are good to go.

Sorry Airbnb is not illegal, the illegal bit is STR anything less than 30 days which is on the owner of the unit

Does the owner allow sublet? which part of Thailand are you in?

while you're at it turn Phuket into a duty free island

1 hour ago, kinyara said:

Part of the problem for Thailand is the Chinese tourists that are coming here at the moment are more of the younger independent travellers as opposed to the perhaps older generation tour groups. The youngsters are tech savvy, so while the Thai govt has teamed up with several large Chinese media corporations to try and control / (sugar coat ?) the narrative, I doubt it's going to stop the reality of people's holiday experiences getting out there via other social media channels. 

 

Judging by the Chinese arrival numbers to Oct 22nd mentioned the other day they must be seriously worried that their easing of visa restrictions is having little to no impact so far in the lead up to a crucial few months.

I know of one flight that was cancelled Friday evening from Shanghai to Phuket somebody I know was booked on it, the reason I don't know yet, if they will get here today im not sure, 

This is only half the story, no mention here about the 20 cars and the mini zoo and a Ukrainian woman arrested, 

some nice looking women in Eritrea