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20 hours ago, BritManToo said:
Do people who use 5* resorts worry about the price?
I would have though the weather, service and beach/sea quality would be all that mattered.
why do so many people not understand the written word . the whole point of this thread is ," people could not afford 5 star hotels in europe so they came to thailand where a 5 star hotel was a fraction of the european price "
Now it is the same price as europe , no point in coming here as the weather , service and beach/sea quality is a lot better aroung the med and south of france and spain . Not to hard for me to understand-
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A couple of years ago i read in the thai visa info section you were allowed 1 day overstay. My visa run out at midnight sunday and i tried to croos the friendship bridge at nong khai at 7am . 7 hours overstay . was taken to the police station ( not immigration) and was locked in a room with 5 other farangs who also thought was allowed 1 day . Was kept a few hours , given a telling off , 500baht fine and sent on our way but to late for visa that day so an extra night in laos which was a pain for a few guys as they had booked flights back.
When i asked immigration why not allowed the one day he said " only at airports because sometimes people check in for their flight on the day their visa runs out but fly after midnight so they were allowed 1 day to avoid confusion "
Thats what he said to me
Popular Thai Beaches Pricier Than European Resorts: It’s Not Just About the Higher Baht
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why do you people always denegrate backpackers ?! I was a backpacker once and stayed around thailand for 3 months with 3,000 pounds to spend in 3 months in 2004 when it was 76 bath to the pound . I spent the lot , around 220,000baht . Nearly all spent on street food and beer from mom n pop stores . You know the poor people who get most of their tourist money from backpackers not 5 star hotels and restaurents where some rich hiso gets the money . shame on all the people who for some reason on this forum who think backpackers are scum .I was a coal miner , soldier for 12 yrs , north sea fisherman . I AM NOT SCUM! And furthermore a lot fo them are university students on a gap year and will tour asia for up to a year and spend more money here than most 2 week tourists then go back to high paid jobs like my son did onbly he toured europe for 9 months and now woks aws boss of an it nhs trust company in london . he is not scum !!!