43 minutes ago, jvs said:

Around 20 years ago was in Kan. there was no safe in the room so i decided to stand on the bed,lift a ceiling tile 

and put my stuff there.

Forgot all about it and 5 years later i went back,got the same room.

Pushed up the ceiling tile and there was my stuff!

 

Must have been important stuff, as you forgot all about it. It was a good story anyway.

11 hours ago, TedG said:

Why would anyone carry 2000 in cash in the modern age?   

 

It's a requirement to enter the country. Everyone is a potential victim the second they step outside the airport - they all know every arriving passenger has a little cash on them - minimum 20k Baht.
 

 

Very bad image and bad publicity for Thailand as the ladies will definately name and shame all over social media, once back safely in Europe. 

3 hours ago, persimmon said:

Can be a problem where to keep valuables in a hotel room. There is often a small  safe ,but would you trust it ? I mean, who has a key ?

The Schwab account sounds good for fee free atm withdrawal, but UK customers would need to fund their account in £ ,then convert to dollars ,then back to £ ,then to baht ,so 2 x fx fees .

A lot of those hotel safes have a superuser code - and in some cases they are left on defaults by lazy hotel management - which will allow anyone in.   There are travel locks of different types that can be used to add a lock to the safe and prevent opening of the safe even if you have a superuser code or know the code... but then if for some reason you forget a code or key or something and cannot remove it - you could be on the hook for that safe... Also those solutions are not cheap and not really affordable by occasional travellers (lower budget).  

You could look at renting either a bank safety deposit box (but those may be limited) or private vault companies... You can also carry things like clips and plastic bags and find hiding places out of the way of where a cleaner would clean or even lock typically and clip things up temporary - or drop them at the front desk if they have a higher security box to store things in....  

If possible I prefer having a local bank account in a place I travel often, but that depends on local regulations.

On 10/29/2025 at 5:36 PM, Gottfrid said:

Or maybe it has never been any signs of any money at all.

I hope you enjoy all the thumbs-downs for your nonsense reply 

1 hour ago, still kicking said:

I hope you enjoy all the thumbs-downs for your nonsense reply 

Wow thank you

On 10/29/2025 at 10:17 PM, snoop1130 said:

Key Takeaways

• Finnish tourists in Pattaya report a $2,000 theft from their rental.
• Police investigate with no forced entry detected; no suspects named yet.
• Tourists advised to secure valuables amid high-value theft concerns.

Key Takeaways 555

6 hours ago, still kicking said:

I hope you enjoy all the thumbs-downs for your nonsense reply 

Ops! You are suffering from the thumbs down syndrome? Must be heavy for you. I can´t care less.

Well surprised.  Not me it seems thai culture again. Just like hotel safes. Happened to me in patong. Someone had a key to my room. OH' not me. Police never got anyone for it. They also did other guests. Even if you hide in your room.  THEY know where to look. 

Remember the security man who stole from farrang in hotel  ?.OH he's left now! Don't know where he's gone. MOTORBIKE HIRE SHOP. The man in the shop who rented a farrang was caught on cctv. Stealing the bike back. The police went to the shop.OH HE'S LEFT NOW .don't know where "

You have to pay for new motorbike!!! .or you don't get your passport back!!!. NEVER GIVE YOUR PASSPORT TO ANYONE. and it goes on and on and on. 

21 hours ago, TedG said:

I showed up last night with 100 USD in cash.  Most of my spending ends up on my visa.

good for you.  I seldom if ever use my visa overseas.  Too many things can go wrong.  Cash works fine in most of Thailand.  In the USA, I of course charge everything, including my current SUV, pay off the card completely each month and get the cash back/points. To each their own as they say

11 hours ago, Sigmund said:

Very bad image and bad publicity for Thailand as the ladies will definately name and shame all over social media, once back safely in Europe. 

ONCE BACK. and next farrang who rents ?NEXT and again and again 

FYI, In case some of you wondered or never thought of how those little room safes work. The safes do have a battery and in case the battery dies there is a manual key that can open the safe.  Who has or controls that key?  A fair question.

19 hours ago, EVENKEEL said:

Those Finns are a slippery bunch alright.

 I don’t trust them.

Especially the women.