Idiotic Room Rate Calculation Pattaya 2024 Style

[Centigrade32]

6 minutes ago, sandyf said:

The no-brainers are those that think a monthly rate is standard practice in the accommodation business and should be something that conforms to their expectation.

Their business their rules, learn to live with it.

 

A monthly rate IS standard practice and it does conform to my expectation. The ONE that didn't doesn't get any more business from me. I managed to cope with it. How about you? Seems to have affected your blood pressure.

[richard_smith237]

11 minutes ago, sandyf said:

Their business their rules, learn to live with it.

 

This highlights a daft attitude... 

... Learn to live with it

... if you don't like it go back to where you came from

... Stop trying to change Thailand

... don't bring your western expectations here 

 

etc.... etc...   All such arguments fail at a very basic level of intelligence and actually avoid the discussion completely, as they instead attempt to score with what the poster believes is a quit witted quip, but is instead is a lazy comment that lacks basic intelligence. 

[Liverpool Lou]

On 12/29/2024 at 4:10 PM, richard_smith237 said:

t would be simple enough for the property manager to pro-rata the monthly rate has the Op has already stayed a month, and thus welcome a return customer in future - the Policy of the new property manager is short-sighted. 

There may be reason for their madness...they don't particularly want him back and the manager has 20:20 vision.  

[Liverpool Lou]

On 12/29/2024 at 4:15 PM, impulse said:

 

A 45 day stay should have the same or a lower daily rate than a 30 day stay.  If it isn't, that's cheaping out on the software.

 

I thought that it was a private business owner's privilege, not cheaping out.

[Liverpool Lou]

On 12/29/2024 at 4:50 PM, jas007 said:

I couldn't click on your link.  Anyway, as of yesterday when I looked, there was a hotel right off Walking Stree tthat wanted something like $17,000 USD per night for two nights.  

B588,000 per night?  Yeah, right, course there was.

[Liverpool Lou]

On 12/29/2024 at 11:10 PM, Peabody said:

almost always get a 1 hour foot massage. Once I had a little time to fill, so I asked for 90 minute. The bish said OK, but pay for 120! WTF?

"WTF"?   It's obviously an hourly service, that's what!  You want a personal schedule, you have to pay for it.

[newbee2022]

On 12/29/2024 at 10:35 AM, jaizan said:

I've stayed in the same place for years.  

 

If I stay for 1.2 months, for example, they always pro-rata'd the rent, so I paid 1.2x the montly rate. 

 

This time, there's a new guy in charge.   I showed up and they insisted I paid the monthly rate for the full month and the higher daily rate for the remainder.  I protested.  I considered going elsewhere for the last few days, but decided it's a bad time of year for that.

 

I come back to Pattaya soon, for 1.5 months.  

I decided to look for alternative accommodation, for obvious reasons.

Two of the alternative places I spoke to applied the same irrational rent calculation.  It seems their pricing favours longer lets, but only in units of precisely one month duration

 

I was all set to book another place for 1.5 months, but due to their inability to be sensible with room rate calculations, I have booked for a month.  I'll just have to move to somewhere with a sensible daily or weekly rate after that.  

 

If every customer does this, eventually they might see sense.

 

 

Maybe it's cheaper and hassle-free to rent for 2 months instead of 1.5 ?