Popular Thai Beaches Pricier Than European Resorts: It’s Not Just About the Higher Baht

[soalbundy]

The Thai smile must be worth something.????

[justin case]

I have seen this with many restaurants, raising prices like crazy, then going out of business

 

I just boycot them and many others also when prices increase 50 percent overnight and no added value, even less value

 

thainess, you must love it

 

leave your common sense at the airport, you might eventually get it back on your way home

[soistalker]

Most Thais have never been to europe, let alone a resort, so their experience is limited to throwing trash and polluted beaches. They just dont know. So the cheating and scams and theiving and low-level behavior is all they know. 

Sure, in other countries, too. But not like Thailand.

Edited November 15, 2019 by soistalker

[Geoffggi]

17 hours ago, dimitriv said:

It’s easy to blame the baht as the butt of the problem for a decline in European arrivals to Thailand. The issues are wider and deeper than just currency appreciation.

What a load of rubbish, of course it is the hight value of the baht that makes holidays expensive in Thailand change the exchange rate then do the math for the price of rooms....LOL

[jaiyen]

Most people never stay in 5 star hotels so the article is not relevant to real life.  Im Bangkok we usually stay in Red Planet in Asoke for about A$60 per night. Room is small but new, clean and absolutely no noise ! A bargain !  Thats all we want.

 

[soistalker]

13 minutes ago, soalbundy said:

The Thai smile must be worth something.????

That costs baht, too.

[miamiman123]

I don’t remember any hotels with Thai baht prices at 15000 baht per night then....20 years ago 

[fruitman]

38 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

You have a wife. You probably don't know why farang men go to Thai beaches, or if you do, it's not important to you.

When such options are available on the Med, expect to see more single men there.

In Italy there are many gypsies on the parking lot at the beach, i saw them spreading their legs to me when i just walked there alone....

And i'm sure there are plenty sexclubs around there, for sure there are loads in Germany with east european girls...

[thaibeachlovers]

17 minutes ago, Geoffggi said:

What a load of rubbish, of course it is the hight value of the baht that makes holidays expensive in Thailand change the exchange rate then do the math for the price of rooms....LOL

If I really wanted to visit LOS I would, whatever the exchange rate.

Plenty of rooms for under 1000 baht all over LOS if one looks.

[thaibeachlovers]

8 minutes ago, fruitman said:

In Italy there are many gypsies on the parking lot at the beach, i saw them spreading their legs to me when i just walked there alone....

And i'm sure there are plenty sexclubs around there, for sure there are loads in Germany with east european girls...

Apples and oranges.

Sexclubs and quickies with gypsies are not comparable with the girlfriend experience that one can have in LOS.

Forum rules preclude going into detail.

[thailand49]

Another shot fired into their own foot done by their own hands!  "This is Thailand" the leaders thinking of Thailand is the center of the earth the Paradise? 

Don't worry the Chinese and Indians will pay?  Duel pricing and over charging is legal now!

[thaibeachlovers]

34 minutes ago, soalbundy said:

The Thai smile must be worth something.????

The genuine smile of ordinary Thais departed Thailand many years ago. Having experienced it myself, I regret that it left, as it was truly a wondrous thing.

Only other place where people smiled like that where I've been was rural Fiji, in the 70s.

[BritManToo]

31 minutes ago, jaiyen said:

Most people never stay in 5 star hotels so the article is not relevant to real life.  Im Bangkok we usually stay in Red Planet in Asoke for about A$60 per night. Room is small but new, clean and absolutely no noise ! A bargain !  Thats all we want.

 

A$60 is not a bargain, most of the young peeps I meet are looking for $6/night shared rooms.

I'm a bit older so mostly looking at $10-$20.

I'm paying $15/night for this penthouse in Saigon .......... Bangkok is too expensive.

 

Edited November 15, 2019 by BritManToo

[Xonax]

17 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.

I use 5* resorts and worry about the price.  But if the price is not right and fair, I prefer to stay at home in my 5* home. The high-season prices are usually way more than I am willing to pay, but I also prefer to avoid the crowd and therefore travel in the low-season only.

Edited November 15, 2019 by Xonax

[Jimbo2014]

Sad to say that your 500 dollar a night breakfast usually looks like this too.  Then after you can swim in a beach full of plastic before catching a flight via smog filled Bangkok home.

 

[fruitman]

15 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Apples and oranges.

Sexclubs and quickies with gypsies are not comparable with the girlfriend experience that one can have in LOS.

Forum rules preclude going into detail.

I see, so your name should read thai****lover ????

[dougiemac52]

17 hours ago, Creasy said:

Quote-

Singapore is the only one that stands out in the region for proper planning and development, said Kevan. “With Singapore, short-term thinking is the next 10 years, long term is 50 years. With virtually every other country in the region short term is yesterday and long term is tomorrow.”

 

The Thais can't see past tomorrow, as can be seen in their infrastructure planning 

I'm afraid Thailand is pricing itself out of the market now. Thats why the chinese and Indians are turning up because the place is empty of the people that matter, the Europeans 

[madmen]

Just had a look at 5 start hotels Samui 1st december  and they are nearly all  around $230 USD on booking.com. The article is definitely incorrect

Edited November 15, 2019 by madmen

[30la]

I worked for Diethelm Travel for 13 years in Samui, at this time I saw a significant increase in prices (not only for the rooms), as it is now, everyone is looking for excuses in the wrong places.
Worsening: behavior of the Thai towards tourists, compulsory dinners for Christmas and New Year at exorbitant prices, taxi drivers who are pirates, cheat and steal where they can, and to finish the touristic tours that instead of relaxing are scary because they are always more risky!
Certainly the too strong Baht did the rest!

[Xonax]

2 hours ago, cardinalblue said:

The surveyors seem to use Samui and Phuket to represent beach locations...

 

in my eyes, they have plummeted to the bottom of choices in thailand....

 

the 2 most important factors are prices/value and garbage...

 

the above 2 locations are now priced like their Mediterranean sites way above other Thai beach locations...

 

garbage is everywhere in thailand so that’s a wash...

90% of all new hotels and resorts are being build in the bottom of location choices in Thailand, only because the rates in these places are higher. I would pay money to avoid these places.  The new hotels and resorts just add to the already huge piles of trash, dirt and high pollution of the area.

Edited November 15, 2019 by Xonax

[Pattaya46]

57 minutes ago, Geoffggi said:

What a load of rubbish, of course it is the hight value of the baht that makes holidays expensive in Thailand change the exchange rate then do the math for the price of rooms....LOL

Not really

The problem (price) subject of the OP seems to be specific to a few islands only.

18 hours ago, dimitriv said:

The cost of a five-star resort in Koh Samui, Koh Phangan and Koh Samed has reached around $500 per room per night //

Looking on the Internet  I can see by example that it's no problem in Pattaya to find 5 stars resort in the 2'000-4'000 B range, very far from the 15'000 B in the OP.

[thaibeachlovers]

26 minutes ago, fruitman said:

I see, so your name should read thai****lover ????

I could have used something like that, but I'd assume it would be against forum rules

Edited November 15, 2019 by thaibeachlovers

[alex8912]

7 minutes ago, Pattaya46 said:

Not really

The problem (price) subject of the OP seems to be specific to a few islands only.

Looking on the Internet  I can see by example that it's no problem in Pattaya to find 5 stars resort in the 2'000-4'000 B range, very far from the 15'000 B in the OP.

No one mentioned Pattaya dude. 

[fruitman]

Just now, thaibeachlovers said:

I could have used "s** on the Thai beach lover" but that was a bit too long:-)

I think you'll love Ibiza....but you'll miss the smell of somtam.

[madmen]

The few 15000 baht resorts on Samui are 2 BEDROOM and not the $500 per room mentioned in the article. Terrible journalism as usual

[Truthhurts]

So One travel agent is bellyaching that ALL 5 star resorts are charging 150 dollars a night more for 5 star tourists.

No hyperbole, brimful of empirical data and a great opportunity to have a thai bash session for some.

Ah the power of social media

[lensta]

18 hours ago, poohy said:

Meanwhile Thais are wondering why the tourists arent coming

Not to worry, the Russians are back and together with the Chinese and Indians, it will be a record breaking high season.

[DUNROAMIN]

18 hours ago, webfact said:

Popular Thai Beaches Pricier Than European Resorts: It’s Not Just About the Higher Baht

Raini Hamdi, Skift

 

 

It’s easy to blame the baht as the butt of the problem for a decline in European arrivals to Thailand. The issues are wider and deeper than just currency appreciation.

— Raini Hamdi

 

The cost of a holiday in popular beach resorts in Thailand is now on par with or higher than those in Greece, Italy, Spain, Turkey, and Egypt, which are closer to home for Europeans.

 

The cost of a five-star resort in Koh Samui, Koh Phangan and Koh Samed has reached around $500 per room per night including American breakfast. This is similar to the cost of a five-star beach resort in Greece, Italy and Spain, and dearer than a comparable property in Turkey or Egypt, which costs $350 a night, according to Diethelm Travel Group.

 

It is even pricier than a mountain resort in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, which is $450 a room in the summer July/August high season for Europeans.

 

Full story: https://skift.com/2019/11/13/popular-thai-beaches-pricier-than-european-resorts-its-not-just-about-the-higher-baht/

 

-- Skift 2019-11-14

Wow, this would be a no brainer for me, why would you want to come to Thailand with disgusting beaches with dirty brown water and not to mention rubbish everywhere you go. Europe sounds pretty good to me.

[moe666]

18 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.

And weather you wanted to go to Thailand for a trip instead of the boring places we all go to

[Jiggo]

1 hour ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Apples and oranges.

Sexclubs and quickies with gypsies are not comparable with the girlfriend experience that one can have in LOS.

Forum rules preclude going into detail.

GIRLFRIEND Experience lol, take me eating, take me shopping talac, give me the Porno Experience anyday...