kinyara

Jomtien Office, I'm on a retirement visa/extension. I did my first 90 day report yesterday in person as required after returning from overseas. I checked with the help desk prior to my trip whether I would have to do a new TM30 on return staying at my same owned condo, I was told I didn't need to. Sure enough the 90 day was processed with no mention of not having done a new TM30 on re-entry

I notice unsurprisingly you choose to ignore the fact the police had set up a road block and were checking for drunk driving etc. Doesn't suit your boring daily narrative does it ?

Happy to report I made it home alive yesterday together with my Rottiserie Chicken, Chocolate Brownie cake and other assorted tasty nibbles.

I do a 4 night stay trip to Bangkok every month. Jomtien Airport Bus - Airport Rail Link - MRT to hotel which is across the road from the station. I find it an easy journey, reliable service and the cost saving over taking a taxi pays for half the hotel cost. Makes perfect sense for me.

I'm no retail expert but I struggle to comprehend how or why you would need to spend 5.7 billion baht on the Pattaya Terminal 21 in its current state. I can't believe that is factually accurate

Lol, he's been busted again. 😂👍

You had me fooled there, for 1 post only you were masquerading as an adult

I'm never going to defend customers who don't tip what is a small amount, but certainly for me and my friends because we find the base prices reasonable and the quality of service good we all tip the Bolt drivers. Not everyone in town is the cheapest of charlies, far from it I suspect. On principle I never select the blue and yellow taxis on Bolt as I still see/hear them trying to gouge and pressure tourists fresh off the airport bus at Jomtien on a daily basis. I'm now using taxi services rather than the baht bus on occasion so from my perspective it's actually generating new extra business for drivers that wasn't there before because of past practices. As long as the blue and yellow taxis exist and refuse to use their meters you can still choose to use them and pay way over the odds for the cost of the service they provide.

Only a complete idiot like the OP would defend or wish for a continuation of the old taxi system and practices in Pattaya. Bolt is a great step forward in eliminating one negative aspect to to the city.

I realise you don't live in Pattaya but are you suggesting this is negative news ?

That's the pattern of Chinese tourism that many on this forum can't seem to comprehend. It just doesn't fit into their sweeping blinkered false narrative of zero-baht tour bus tourism they like to band about.

I think The Sanctuary of Truth will be a struggle for him, on principle they shouldn't let him in.

I've heard Chiang Mai is lovely at the moment.

Picture holding yesterday's Bangkok Post or it didn't happen.

" Who said the bars were not doing good " No-one that I know, it's business as usual for a Saturday night, nothing changes. Walk by any Aussie bar this afternoon and you'll be staggered how busy they are, boom times.

Looks like TAT 3 - Asean Now Tourism Forecasters 0

I would ignore all advice on this forum and just go and ask the helpful staff yourself. The misinformation and confusion spread on this forum is shocking these days. It's neither office specific or first hand to be useful.

It doesn't, however it has been regularly reported that available airline capacity hasn't yet returned to pre-Covid levels, part of the reason airline prices have remained high. Another example as well as Condor, is BA restarting their London to Bangkok route this coming high season, albeit from Gatwick and not Heathrow. I suspect airlines like Condor and BA see additional demand associated with the extended visa free period or ease of extension being attractive for the snowbirds and others again

But Chinese tourist dominated to a level way beyond Thailand, which given the dislike of Chinese tourists expressed on this forum would make it a non-starter for many I would have thought.

Moan, moan, moan. Anyone that dislikes it just book somewhere else if it bothers you that much, no one is forcing you to go to Thailand after all.

Have you tried doing the 90 day online, saves time and paper.

Anyone living further away might be sensible and not risk the late afternoon scenario you describe. Come in mid-morning, submit paperwork and have a nice relaxing lunch or beer somewhere along the beachfront.

A reflection of the slowdown in domestic tourism.

Central visits definately fit into my " off-peak " make things easy for myself lifestyle. 11am weekday, ( non holidays ), if you have the freedom to choose your time.

I used TikTok Visa Services on Chayapreuk, Jomtien for my last one and would use them again. Pick up and drop off from my condo for the 2 trips out to the driving licence centre was one of the benefits.