PingRoundTheWorld

It is terrible. They literally flood second road walking all over the place in large groups disrupting traffic. Thankfully they mostly stick to their own nightclubs in Pattaya... so far. In Bangkok they started letting them in Nana Plaza and nightclubs - terrible mistake which is already backfiring. (Not talking about one or two people: the other night half of B******** was Indian guys and couples. Bumping into people, knocking **** up, and just being annoying. Will not go back anytime soon.)

For every X Indian tourists who spend very little money you lose a western tourist who does. Quantity is not quality. (not saying there aren't quality Indian tourists - there are - but these are not the ones coming)

They're still talking about this bull****?? If I remember correctly it was first proposed pre-Covid like 6-7 years ago. Amazing Thailand.

Temporary. The ones cashing out now will keep their gains. The ones who wait will be left with nothing eventually. Bitcoin is useless as a currency, it's just a ponzi scheme that is terrible for the environment (energy usage). It will burst, probably soon.

Another day, another fad. Yesterday it was weed (backfired), then it was Indians (backfired), now it's crypto bros (will backfire). They just don't get it: normal decent tourists don't need bs encouragement: fix the Thai baht (about 20% overvalued), cut the insane 400% tax on imported alcohol, enforce traffic laws and taxi mafia shenanigans, and they will come. Stupid campaigns like this do nothing - fix the inherent problems if you want tourists.

Why? He's already scammed his way to a double fare. There really should be legal limits to airport fares that are enforced. You can easily get a 1000 baht ride to Pattaya from a more honest driver.

Not sure what's more ridiculous: tourists not having 2000 baht, or a taxi driver scamming his way to a 2000 far for a ride that could easily be had for 1000. All sides on this are ridiculous. Felt taken advantage of? After attempting to charge twice the fare? cry me a river.

Just because you made it doesn't mean anyone can. I've tried some of these and failed. Yes I was making some money, but not enough to live on. Upwork was particularly horrible as I was putting in the equivalent of a full time job searching and applying for gigs. I think the most I got paid for one was $500, and others were $100, $200, etc. The bigger projects always went to guys who have been on the platform for years. Yes, I could've stuck with it for a few years and I would get bigger gigs, but I was running out of money with dwindling passive income, and decided instead to take a real job in my home country where I made a lot more money than I ever would have from online gigs. Later on I returned to Thailand, but this time financially stable. If you can barely carve out a meager existence in Thailand - go home and get a job. You can always come back later when you're financially stable.

Good. Now do nightclubs and any closed venue. Secondhand smoke is a huge problem in Pattaya nightlife - there is not a single venue I know of that has a non-smoking area. (whereas in Bangkok almost every club does). When you're there for vacation for a few days it's fine, but for people that live there or visit often it's an actual health hazard.

Probably during. One or two keep him occupied while the third reaches for valuables.

Exactly. This whole emotional "disabled victim" "shocked of the betrayal of his trust" is squeezing it hard. He's obviously able enough to travel overseas and roam around looking for hookers. Made a poor choice taking home 3 street hookers (I assume) at once - especially one being a ladyboy - when in a group they encourage each other to take advantage and treat stealing like it's a game, seen it happen.

166 pages?? You can narrow all the advice you need to one paragraph: Come with enough money invested so you have passive income, if you have more sources of income even better, avoid scams, don't fall in love with a bar girl, don't buy a house (in her name), control your drinking, avoid drugs, make and maintain a social circle of good people, avoid crazy people, don't be crazy. That's pretty much it. I do agree with one thing though: if you are already nuts, addicted, or have other serious character flaws Thailand and Pattaya in particular will amplify it. If you are sane, not broke, and can control yourself: Thailand is a single man's Disneyland.

Sounds completely irresponsbile and stupid: they have no plan on how to make a living, he's certainly not going to be able to work as a truck driver in Thailand and YouTube doesn't pay that much. Their savings will run out a lot sooner than they think. All those YouTube losers documenting how "you can retire in Thailand on $1000/mo" are putting stupid ideas in people's heads. Yes- you may be able to survive in Thailand on that living poorly, eating poorly, and doing nothing for fun - but if you want to actually have a good quality of life you need at least triple that and even more for a family. And then you have visa (which they haven't seem to considered) - you can't just land and stay for a few months. Health insurance (or gofundme later). And kids educations: homeschooling has it's limitations. The kids won't be able to go to a Thai school (language barrier) so the only option is expensive international schools. Basically what they are planning is a young single person's getaway, but bringing the kids with. Almost sounds like this is more of a YouTube gimmick than an actual plan.

Lovely. So they offer them the value proposition of being with a guy who's lifelong "career" will be teaching English to kids making little money. He might be young and handsome now, but wait till he's in his 40's and alcoholic and you can barely take care of your kids because there's never any money around (if he'll even remain around by then). Just wasting their time. (actual example of a couple I know - guy is alcoholic, wife is miserable) Kinda funny with the downvotes. I guess some of you are language teachers?

I've met dozens if not hundreds of language teachers in Thailand and Japan. I'd say about 95% were total losers with no prospects in life beyond merely surviving. Many dumb as a brick. A few decent folks for sure- but those were the exception and actually were able to teach and worked in proper schools/unis. Stereotypes don't come out of a vacuum - there is a reason they are there.