Photo via Facebook/ Phuket Times ภูเก็ตไทม์

 

By Petch Petpailin

 

A Dutch tourist reportedly evaded paying bills and stole room keys, along with other items, from several hotels in Phuket but remains at large.

 

The Facebook page Phuket Times reported on Saturday, December 21, issuing a warning to hotels in Phuket…

 

“Naughty tourist! He stayed at multiple hotels in Phuket and left without paying. He even stole the room key from each hotel.”

 

The page added in the comments section that the man in question was a Dutch national who was also accused of stealing hotel belongings and other items.

 

Many Thai netizens shared their opinions on the post, with some recounting their own experiences of being victimised by foreign tourists in Phuket. Comments included…

 

 

“Some stay until their last day and then start complaining about the accommodation to claim their money back. They just want free stuff.”

 

“He might think that security cameras in Thailand are often broken, so he dares to commit crimes.”

 

“I run an Airbnb, and I’ve had guests stay until the last day of their booking, complain to me, and report my property to the platform until I was forced to issue a refund.”

 

“Foreign tourists know that Thais often indulge foreigners, so they think they can get away with anything.”

 

Other netizens criticised hotel owners for being reckless and failing to collect payment from guests in advance. As of now, the Dutchman remains at large. There has been no confirmation on whether if local police have taken any action in regard to the incident.

 

Source: The Thaiger

-- 2024-12-23

 

 

38 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

“I run an Airbnb, and I’ve had guests stay until the last day of their booking, complain to me, and report my property to the platform until I was forced to issue a refund.”

Sadly, that is become more and more common.

AirBnb invariably sides with the guest - not the host.

The guest is their customer. The host is their supplier.

1 hour ago, Tropicalevo said:

Sadly, that is become more and more common.

AirBnb invariably sides with the guest - not the host.

The guest is their customer. The host is their supplier.

Back in 2015 or so I stayed at an AirBnb in Bangkok (reserved the room for a month) and upon arrival, the cable tv, washing machine and the light in the bathroom didn’t work.  The owner kept dragging their feet and would have the building chang come and “look”…but nothing was fixed.  After a week went by and it was time for me to wash the sheets on the bed, when I took them off, there were blood and urine stains literally all over the mattress.  It was awful.  I took pictures and then decided to contact AirBnB and asked to cancel.   The owner fought it but as AirBnB had photos of the mattress (which they agreed was unacceptable) they refunded the remainder of my stay but not the whole thing.  I was completely ok with that.

 

I find it hard to believe that a guest can stay the whole time and then complain on the last day of their stay and get a full refund as the article interviewee claims.  
 

Maybe things have changed since my stay but I just can’t see where AirBnB wouldn’t have just said “you should have notified us as soon as there was a problem”.

Surely they have his passport details?

If the thais keep giving easy visas to people from these countries this is what will happen.

Riff raffs

6 minutes ago, MalcolmB said:

If the thais keep giving easy visas to people from these countries this is what will happen.

Dutch. The Netherlands. On average more polite and less likely to cause a stir compared to most Western countries. Maybe you should think before posting.

9 hours ago, MalcolmB said:

If the thais keep giving easy visas to people from these countries this is what will happen.

You need to stop taking whatever it is makes you post the likes of that ! 

9 hours ago, petermik said:

Surely they have his passport details?

If the police cannot locate him locally then they must surely find him at the airport sometime?

10 hours ago, Airalee said:

Back in 2015 or so I stayed at an AirBnb in Bangkok (reserved the room for a month) and upon arrival, the cable tv, washing machine and the light in the bathroom didn’t work.  The owner kept dragging their feet and would have the building chang come and “look”…but nothing was fixed.  After a week went by and it was time for me to wash the sheets on the bed, when I took them off, there were blood and urine stains literally all over the mattress.  It was awful.  I took pictures and then decided to contact AirBnB and asked to cancel.   The owner fought it but as AirBnB had photos of the mattress (which they agreed was unacceptable) they refunded the remainder of my stay but not the whole thing.  I was completely ok with that.

 

I find it hard to believe that a guest can stay the whole time and then complain on the last day of their stay and get a full refund as the article interviewee claims.  
 

Maybe things have changed since my stay but I just can’t see where AirBnB wouldn’t have just said “you should have notified us as soon as there was a problem”.

What I do is to notify first the host, if he can fix the problem, that's perfect. If it doesn't work then I will notify Airbnb. 

12 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Dutch tourist reportedly evaded paying bills and stole room keys, along with other items, from several hotels in Phuket

Crikey, the Dutch are competing with the Brits and Aussies for the top bad boy behaviour. 

 

Another Dutch guy made the headlines yesterday for riding his bike like a fool on Koh Samui 

10 hours ago, MalcolmB said:

If the thais keep giving easy visas to people from these countries this is what will happen.

Yeah, you had to go through hoops for your visa and that's why you're a quality farang. 

41 minutes ago, Shocked farang said:

What I do is to notify first the host, if he can fix the problem, that's perfect. If it doesn't work then I will notify Airbnb. 

I did notify the host and as I stated in my example of the washing machine, cable tv and no light in the bathroom….nothing was done.  So, when I saw the mattress it was time to contact AirBnB.

 

I think giving the host a week to fix the first three things was fair enough.  Wasn’t going to deal with asking for a new mattress.

When I used to let my house on Airbnb, the only real scammers were Canadians. They would say it doesn't mention this or that in the advertising, my wife's in tears, the kids are scared, anything to get a refund. Which, on one occasion, I was fool enough to give. Then the lousy review once they'd packed their bags and left. Some people are just professional scumbags.

What an absolute loser, but what i don't understand, all hotels that I have  stayed in Thailand  take the room charges before you check in and if it is a physical key they take a deposit for the key....  

This individual is a joke. Nothing really going on his life other than playing childish games and taking advantage of other people's good nature. Dutch, British, Canadian, American, Russian, Chinese, Romanian, etc .... every nation has them. I had a friend of 40 plus years who demonstrated similar traits. A friend that never really succeeded in life, took advantage of friends/family and never showed any respect to those that helped him out. The type of person that rather pulls people down than pull up his own sucks. Helped him out couple of times, gave him some money and told him to keep the money as I don't lend money to friends. Did he change his life style after being helped out, not a chance. Same old, same old. Cut him lose this year and refuse to talk to him. Ex-friend absolute furious. Keeps sending me rediculous emails talking himself up and critisizing me. There is a  good chance that he will go bankrupt, and due to his age will have no family to bail him out. Like the Dutch tourist, a really pathetic person.

15 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Photo via Facebook/ Phuket Times ภูเก็ตไทม์

 

By Petch Petpailin

 

A Dutch tourist reportedly evaded paying bills and stole room keys, along with other items, from several hotels in Phuket but remains at large.

 

The Facebook page Phuket Times reported on Saturday, December 21, issuing a warning to hotels in Phuket…

 

“Naughty tourist! He stayed at multiple hotels in Phuket and left without paying. He even stole the room key from each hotel.”

 

The page added in the comments section that the man in question was a Dutch national who was also accused of stealing hotel belongings and other items.

 

Many Thai netizens shared their opinions on the post, with some recounting their own experiences of being victimised by foreign tourists in Phuket. Comments included…

 

 

 

“Some stay until their last day and then start complaining about the accommodation to claim their money back. They just want free stuff.”

 

“He might think that security cameras in Thailand are often broken, so he dares to commit crimes.”

 

“I run an Airbnb, and I’ve had guests stay until the last day of their booking, complain to me, and report my property to the platform until I was forced to issue a refund.”

 

“Foreign tourists know that Thais often indulge foreigners, so they think they can get away with anything.”

 

Other netizens criticised hotel owners for being reckless and failing to collect payment from guests in advance. As of now, the Dutchman remains at large. There has been no confirmation on whether if local police have taken any action in regard to the incident.

 

Source: The Thaiger

-- 2024-12-23

 

 

Hmmm...Now it's making sense in the old Saying " We go Dutch " 🤭

15 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Other netizens criticised hotel owners for being reckless and failing to collect payment from guests in advance.

They wait until after you dip your wick? 🙂

1 hour ago, bradiston said:

When I used to let my house on Airbnb, the only real scammers were Canadians

Never trust Canadian vloggers to recommend beaches in Thailand...

 

Compared to Canada, every trash filled, stone laden, jellyfish packed, underwater hazard beach is Paradise.

 

Just because it's not frozen like beaches back dere in Yukon oh don't you know. 😀

No rocket scientist here but maybe if Airbnb did a daily email/confirmation to the customer asking if things are "up to their standards still" would solve that a little? 

Just a quick daily reply/checkmark wouldn't upset me and might weed out / slow down the losers who try this type of thing.

 

But again............

 

12 hours ago, MalcolmB said:

If the thais keep giving easy visas to people from these countries this is what will happen.

Sincerely. Why do you bother to reply?

1 hour ago, riverhigh said:

This individual is a joke. Nothing really going on his life other than playing childish games and taking advantage of other people's good nature. Dutch, British, Canadian, American, Russian, Chinese, Romanian, etc .... every nation has them. I had a friend of 40 plus years who demonstrated similar traits. A friend that never really succeeded in life, took advantage of friends/family and never showed any respect to those that helped him out. The type of person that rather pulls people down than pull up his own sucks. Helped him out couple of times, gave him some money and told him to keep the money as I don't lend money to friends. Did he change his life style after being helped out, not a chance. Same old, same old. Cut him lose this year and refuse to talk to him. Ex-friend absolute furious. Keeps sending me rediculous emails talking himself up and critisizing me. There is a  good chance that he will go bankrupt, and due to his age will have no family to bail him out. Like the Dutch tourist, a really pathetic person.

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12 hours ago, MalcolmB said:

If the thais keep giving easy visas to people from these countries this is what will happen.

Yeah, makes much more sense to stop all tourists entering Thailand.

Looks African to me...

3 hours ago, terryofcrete said:

You need to stop taking whatever it is makes you post the likes of that ! 

He's probably Dutch.

Again a Dutchman. They are born to complain about everything.

Never forget this this expression: in case you do bussiness with a Dutchman and he dit not cheated you..... Why??? Because he once forgot it to do.

escapes bills ??????

 

what a strange wording, evades yes, escapes?

Be interesting to know what the amount of thieves per 1,000,000 tourists from visiting countries is as opposed to the general public not visiting thailand ! Thailand may well be fairing much better from tourists than home countries !

Another trashy low life from the 1st world.

1 hour ago, SiSePuede419 said:

Never trust Canadian vloggers to recommend beaches in Thailand...

 

Compared to Canada, every trash filled, stone laden, jellyfish packed, underwater hazard beach is Paradise.

 

Just because it's not frozen like beaches back dere in Yukon oh don't you know. 😀

It's odd, cos until my unfortunate experiences with Canadian guests, I had 'em down as pretty a ok.