1 hour ago, Yellowtail said:

I grew up about 15 miles from Disneyland.

My wife, kid and mother-in-law all love Disneyland. I left them there for ten days once when I went tuna fishing. 

Your mother was probably too cheap to take you. 

 

Incidentally, a fishing license is much more expensive for non-residents in California, as are any number of other things. Dual pricing don't ya know...

 

   I am not talking about Disneyland or fishing rights in California , I am talking about hotels in Thailand.

   Do you have hotels in the USA that charge more for non USA citizens ? 

I understand dual pricing for national parks (although I think foreigners who pay tax in Thailand, which may be most of us residents now) should get the locals rate.  But dual pricing for a hotel just seems wrong.

 

But the epicenter of dual pricing is the Chaeng Wattana government offices, so I don't expect the practice to change soon. 

 

At the market shops in Chaeng Wattana Immigration Building B this week, I tried to buy a multitool (Chinese copy Leatherman)  .... 800 THB for me, so walked away, sent the Mrs back 5 minutes later, 250 THB.  Next I asked about a hat .... 790 THB for me, 300 THB for the her.  Last test was a make-up brush my Mrs wanted to buy, I said let me ask the price first ..... 800 THB.  When she went back later - 250 THB.

 

Three different shops, all targeting foreigners for excessive pricing .... not a big issue, but makes you feel unwelcome.

 

On 1/1/2024 at 5:42 PM, Cricky said:

During the covid period Thais were given vouchers from the government, an incentive to get local tourism moving.

 

Maybe the hotel can claim some offering from the government having Thai guests.

 

 

Good point ..... that's the 'travel together' scheme, although Thai people need to apply for that discount via the official website, so not sure it was the reason in the OP.

 

I've also seen Marriott offering 'Thai Resident Rates' which us evil foreigners can get if we have a resident book.

6 hours ago, Yellowtail said:

7 hours ago, Cricky said:

Loosen up, us Aussies love you Pom's

Aren't Aussies just Poms without all the culture?

Too bad some of the cranky Pom's on AN forum didn't emigrate to Australia in their younger days, I reckon they'd be much happier people, not bitter and miserable.

 

Nothing better than growing up in Oz 🇦🇺

 

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https://www.facebook.com/reel/683090760681905/

 

We've got our own unique culture.

 

5 minutes ago, Cricky said:

Too bad some of the cranky Pom's on AN forum didn't emigrate to Australia in their younger days, I reckon they'd be much happier people, not bitter and miserable.

 

Nothing better than growing up in Oz 🇦🇺

 

https://www.facebook.com/reel/382513714180389?s=yWDuG2&fs=e&mibextid=Nif5oz

 

 

https://www.facebook.com/reel/683090760681905/

 

We've got our own unique culture.

 

I migrated to OZ in 1973 from Europe and that was the best move I ever made. I lived in SEA for some years but moved back to OZ and I love this country (continent) and never would move anywhere else.

8 hours ago, Cricky said:

Too bad some of the cranky Pom's on AN forum didn't emigrate to Australia in their younger days, I reckon they'd be much happier people, not bitter and miserable.

 

Nothing better than growing up in Oz 🇦🇺

 

https://www.facebook.com/reel/382513714180389?s=yWDuG2&fs=e&mibextid=Nif5oz

 

 

https://www.facebook.com/reel/683090760681905/

 

We've got our own unique culture.

 

 

    I did live in Australia for 1 year when I was younger  I did find Australia to be quite boring and isolated and not much going on .

   1 year was enough and I wouldn't want to live there

On 1/2/2024 at 12:03 PM, Ralf001 said:

 

I eagerly await the 3rd installment  reply !!

 

 

 

   She is now in Myanmar  and applied for a passport, but that will take a few months and she needs to get back to Thailand in the meantime and she asked whether I could go to Myanmar to collect her and the kids and bring them back to Thailand .

   I told her that I couldn't go to Myanmar and that I could meet het at the border and she said that we would have to get a special brokered car back, a car which would take the long way around and avoid the police checks and could I pay for the car to take us back .

   I didn't mind doing that , but then I thought about it , if the Police did stop us, could I get done for trafficking people and child trafficking ?

  If I paid for the transport, would that make me a people trafficker and could I get arrested for it ?

On 12/31/2023 at 9:43 PM, it is what it is said:

 

I will just stay at home now and not bother going out to a hotel 

 

just take your business elsewhere.

 

  I looked at what amenities the 5 * hotel offered and there's nothing there that I would need or use(what I haven't already got at home ) , paying for all those things that I wouldn't be using 

 

 

 

 

• Shower
•  
• Bathrobe
•  
• Safety deposit box
•  
• Toilet
•  
• Sofa
•  
• Towels
•  
• Tile/marble floor
•  
• Desk
•  
• TV
•  
• Slippers
•  
• Refrigerator
•  
• Telephone
•  
• Satellite channels
•  
• Tea/Coffee maker
•  
• Hairdryer
•  
• DVD player
•  
• Towels/sheets (extra fee)
•  
• Electric kettle
•  
• Wake-up service
•  
• Tumble dryer
•  
• Wardrobe or closet
•  
• Clothes rack
•  
• Toilet paper

 

On 12/31/2023 at 10:26 PM, Nick Carter icp said:

 

   Why would it cost more to accommodate Non Thais  ?

Are Thais different to everyone else ?

You need to ask that to the hotel directly. How are we meant to answer those questions on behalf of the hotel??? 

5 minutes ago, bbi1 said:

You need to ask that to the hotel directly. How are we meant to answer those questions on behalf of the hotel??? 

 

   I was asking the person who made the claim .

The hotel didn't make the claim, a poster on this forum did, and I asked him