Popular Post webfact Posted September 26, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted September 26, 2022 PHOTO: TMN Cable TV Pattaya By Tanakorn Panyadee Pattaya — Pattaya Mayor Poramase Ngampiches announced set prices and legal selling hours for beach services. The mayor has ordered all beach vendors in Pattaya City limits to strictly obey to these prices for the following services: Normal beach chairs – no more than 50 baht per day Laydown beach chairs – no more than 100 baht per day Small swim ring – no more than 50 baht per day Big swim ring – no more than 100 baht per day Additionally, the mayor determined the official opening times for beach chair vendors, which are 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday through Sunday and on special holidays. During upcoming events like the Pattaya Fireworks Festival or Loy Krathong, the vendors will be allowed to operate from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Full story: https://thepattayanews.com/2022/09/24/pattaya-mayor-announces-set-prices-and-legal-selling-hours-for-beach-services/ -- © Copyright The Pattaya News 2022-09-26 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. Monthly car subscription with first-class insurance, 24x7 assistance and more in one price - click here to find out more! 2 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post petermik Posted September 26, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted September 26, 2022 Well done sir....whether the Beach mafia take any notice is an entirely different matter...... 10 1 2 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post brommers Posted September 26, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted September 26, 2022 Quite how many visitors does he think can read Thai! 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarrySeaman Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 The cost of renting an umbrella wasn't stated in the article but Google Translate says it is 100 Bt/day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micmichd Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 45 minutes ago, brommers said: Quite how many visitors does he think can read Thai! In Pattaya Beach everything is usually also written in English. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post apetryxx Posted September 26, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted September 26, 2022 Just what one needs in a free market economy, the government telling people what to pay for goods and services. Anybody out there ever heard of supply and demand? 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SGD Posted September 26, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted September 26, 2022 5 minutes ago, apetryxx said: Just what one needs in a free market economy, the government telling people what to pay for goods and services. Anybody out there ever heard of supply and demand? It is the aggressive "demand" from the vendors that is the (occasional) problem but in reality, shouldn't they be off public beaches altogether ? 1 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post rbkk Posted September 26, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted September 26, 2022 (edited) 26 minutes ago, micmichd said: In Pattaya Beach everything is usually also written in English. So there is a potential here for dual pricing with an English version; "Farang Prices"! Natural parks and hospitals have dual prices but the beaches don't? Edited September 26, 2022 by rbkk 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IAMHERE Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 I'm guessing during Covid the closed vendors on Wednesday went away? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussieroaming Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 Toothless Tiger type speech me thinks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post moogradod Posted September 26, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted September 26, 2022 51 minutes ago, apetryxx said: Just what one needs in a free market economy, the government telling people what to pay for goods and services. Anybody out there ever heard of supply and demand? Prices listed are the "allowed" maximum. As a vendor you may theoretically go below that if you want to compete with the others. If you dont mind getting beaten up maybe ???? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post NE1 Posted September 26, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted September 26, 2022 Shouldn't it also state , that it is not a requirement for a beachgoer to pay for something they do not want. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbkk Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 Wherever there's gai yang (bbq chicken) there will also be the soi/beach dog annoyance. Be it fleas, sh*t, barking, fighting for control.... Will the fixing of that bigger problem be a tax soon? I would be more than willing to pay to fix that problem than to pay for a chair. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terryofcrete Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 1 hour ago, apetryxx said: Just what one needs in a free market economy, the government telling people what to pay for goods and services. Anybody out there ever heard of supply and demand? Yes... the whole world ... that's why we are paying exorbitant prices for energy supplies and eejits are paying up to €50:a day for a sunbed in Mykonos in Greece in high season. Still better for everyone to regulate the price , especially in Thailand where tourists are screwed so much already... as regards energy supply , someone needs to eliminate the source of the problem, lovely man ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bangkok Barry Posted September 26, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted September 26, 2022 2 hours ago, brommers said: Quite how many visitors does he think can read Thai! The English version will have prices doubled. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjinchiangrai Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 And what about the rates at the coconut bar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dddave Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, SGD said: It is the aggressive "demand" from the vendors that is the (occasional) problem but in reality, shouldn't they be off public beaches altogether ? I think they provide a useful service. Not everybody, especially older people, can just sit directly on the beach which can get rather uncomfortable and hot pretty quickly. Most visitors also don't have the means to carry beach chairs and lounges to the beach. I live close to Jomtien Beach and regularly rent one of the larger lounge chairs to just sit and read for a few hours with a nice, cold coconut next to me. I am always quoted the regular B100 price for the larger chair and have never had a vendor quote more. Prior to Covid, in response to several negative incidents involving beach chair vendors, Pattaya officials banned the chairs on certain weekdays. It made going to the beach on those days rather unpleasant as there was no place to sit unless you could carry your own chair or were willing to lay on a beach towel or mat. No apparent advantage to the rule at all. Edited September 26, 2022 by dddave 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post OneMoreFarang Posted September 26, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted September 26, 2022 6 hours ago, webfact said: Pattaya — Pattaya Mayor Poramase Ngampiches announced set prices and legal selling hours for beach services. Maybe the mayor should publish how much those beach vendors have to pay the authorities to be able to do their business on the beach. Maybe those vendors are overcharging. But maybe they only do that because they have to pay huge amounts to the authorities, especially under the table. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unblocktheplanet Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 I had one of those services! It was nighttime... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gottfrid Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 6 hours ago, brommers said: Quite how many visitors does he think can read Thai! Not many, but you could read the English version here in the news. Also, you might be surprised to see translated signs on the beach later. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caldera Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 9 hours ago, webfact said: Normal beach chairs – no more than 50 baht per day Laydown beach chairs – no more than 100 baht per day That's exactly what I paid last year, without anyone forcing the vendors. So I've got to ask, why? And why now? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Upnotover Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 Means nothing if there is no standard rate for using a chair whilst enjoying a coconut drink. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bday Prang Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 8 hours ago, rbkk said: So there is a potential here for dual pricing with an English version; "Farang Prices"! Natural parks and hospitals have dual prices but the beaches don't? ssssshhhhhhhhhhh !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geisha Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 12 hours ago, NE1 said: Shouldn't it also state , that it is not a requirement for a beachgoer to pay for something they do not want. No one is obliged to rent a chair or whatever. Just sit in the sand if you wish. I find the prices very reasonable . 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geisha Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 13 hours ago, SGD said: It is the aggressive "demand" from the vendors that is the (occasional) problem but in reality, shouldn't they be off public beaches altogether ? If it’s anything like other beach towns, they have concessions from the local authorities. When those concessions were taken away, as on Phuket a good few years back, they had to fold up their chairs and leave the beach to the utter dismay of the tourists with families and children who could not sit in the sun all day. This put a lot of people out of work and put off tourists from using the beach. Now they are back again of course after a long absence, and everyone is happy again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 15 hours ago, brommers said: Quite how many visitors does he think can read Thai! I'm sure signs written in Ingrish will be posted up and down the beach.. before blowing mysteriously away in the wind. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE1 Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 3 hours ago, geisha said: No one is obliged to rent a chair or whatever. Just sit in the sand if you wish. I find the prices very reasonable . That was the whole point of my post , not to long ago , there were altercations on the beach between tourists who wanted to just sit / lie on the beach and traders trying to force them to rent chairs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morrobay Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 17 hours ago, rbkk said: Wherever there's gai yang (bbq chicken) there will also be the soi/beach dog annoyance. Be it fleas, sh*t, barking, fighting for control.... Will the fixing of that bigger problem be a tax soon? I would be more than willing to pay to fix that problem than to pay for a chair. Indeed. Visiting tourists are not going to pay much mind to set prices for services. They just want to relax and enjoy. But the Thais just don't understand that dogs arriving at same time the food does, cigarette smoke from venders, low life locals on motorbikes on the "promenade" is not good for business. That is outside of "these" cigarette smoking foreigners who most likely are happy as pigs in s### in that sorry environment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kcpattaya Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 Pattaya's mayor is Thai, right? How come he doesn't know that NOBODY will respond to these dumb guidelines?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammieuk1 Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 There will also be a beach finders fee if Thursdays storm arrives on time ???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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