Mr. DRRonin, look at it this way!
As silly as it may seem, perhaps some nouveau Beach Road mongers, inadvertently, spend "beyond their budgets" for all the reasons you mentioned (airfare, hotel, liquor, etc.) and find that Beach Road is all they can afford!
To "weigh in" on the Beach Road quality issue, I, having walked Beach Road from, I think, 2nd (where the "Dolphin Monument" is) until the Walking Street, twice a day (morning and evening), last summer for almost 30 days.
I grant you that quality, compared to the SPs of Pattaya Bars and GoGos, is sadly lacking, especially during the day but, in the evening/night, there were truly some "hotties" available that were comparable to the SPs of Bars/GoGos and for 1/4(or less) to a 1/3 of the price (factoring in lady drinks, bar fines, etc.)!
I state this with a "hedge" on the current status of Beach Road SPs as the recent police crackdown, sadly, may "skew" the situation as it stands to reason that the only the more "daring"(defined as, probably, the more desperate = the less desireable) will dare repopulate the Beach Road "stroll"!
I hope not!
Why don't you take some pictures of Beach Road women and publish here?
Why don't you take some pictures of Beach Road women and publish here? I haven't been in Pattaya yet, and it doesn't make any sense all this discussion about the beauty of Beach Road women. Some pictures please.