Thai tourists say they were fleeced by Loei tour company

BANGKOK:-- A large group of Thai tourists from the north eastern province of Loei have claimed that they have been conned out of nearly have a million baht by a local tour company.

Monthicha Tharathorn and seven other claimants went to see trading standards officers saying that they and 81 others have been tricked out of 5,000 baht each.

The group of 89 people from Loei paid 30,000 baht each to go to South Korea. One day before the trip each of the travelers was phoned and asked to transfer 5,000 baht that was a "guarantee" demanded by the South Korean government for Thai visitors.

They were told that this money would be returned when they had left the country. The trip was completed in March with everyone returning to Thailand but after repeated requests for the return of the money it was not forthcoming. They say in total they have been conned out of 445,000 baht from the Sugar Sweet Travel company that has its office in downtown Loei.

Stories are often reported that Thais on tours to South Korea fail to return and end up working in the country.

Officers receiving the complaint have said that they have contacted the South Korean authorities and no such guarantee exists.

Source: Manager Online: http://manager.co.th/Local/ViewNews.aspx?NewsID=9590000066805

-- 2016-07-05

"out of nearly have a million baht by a local tour company" I guess it's a typo, have instead of Half...

I went on a similar trip last October and the holiday company said there was an extra payment of 3,000 for being a foreigner. In was upfront in their paperwork so I had to pay.

Aren't Thais heading that way 'foreigners' too, or were you more foreign than everyone else?

So....what's the issue........tourist ripped off......foreigner fee differences......all part of the Thainess expose'

I went on a similar trip last October and the holiday company said there was an extra payment of 3,000 for being a foreigner. In was upfront in their paperwork so I had to pay.

You shouldn't have paid..............protest is what is needed!

Edited July 5, 201610 yr by ChrisY1

This should go down in the Guinness Book of Records. First time ever of Thai's cheating Thai's

Not very nice, is it. .

All the foreigners that have been cheated here, billions of baht year after year.

Get some of their own medicine, might help.

This should go down in the Guinness Book of Records. First time ever of Thai's cheating Thai's

Unless you are being sarcastic , the longer you spend time in Thailand or around Thais you will find that Thais cheat Thais all the time , far more than they cheat us falungs and they do that often enough.

This should go down in the Guinness Book of Records. First time ever of Thai's cheating Thai's

You obviously aren't aware of the many thousands of Thais that go to work overseas being ripped off by the so-called agents.

This should go down in the Guinness Book of Records. First time ever of Thai's cheating Thai's

Did you just arrive in Thailand this morning?

.......... Sugar Sweet Travel ............ Now, how nice is that for a change! Surely licensed by the weedies down at the TAT I would assume.

​Don't get me wrong, but it's nice to see, that after having depleted the "alien flesh pot" (which is empty as there are no aliens anymore coming without protection; the Chinese are looked after/cheated by their own countrymen) the boys are now at the "Thai flesh pot".
Only once you start to implement those laws, lock 'em up and throw away the keys - only then you might be able to start seeing the light at the end of the tunnel and not the head light of an approaching locomotive!

Thais being fleeced? seriously.i dont believe it."we too clever,we too smart,only stupid felang get fleeced here,and thats by us!'"

Poetic,bloody justice,if you ask me.

if indeed it was a deposit for some 'guarantee'

then it must be returned to the travellers upon

completion of the trip. unless scams take many different forms.

Now you know what it feels like.

Getting some of your own back

Blah Blah

...." Trust us we are Thai"....