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[QUOTE=Jay Hodge]Well, rationality leads me to guess that:
Less tourist --> less mongers --> less business for the Bars, Go-go's etc... --> less profit for the owners --> less payments made to the boyz in brown.
So, by cracking down the beach road at night, more girls will have not much choice but to join some type of establishment, resulting in more profits for owners and thus more bling-bling for the cops.[/QUOTE]This is certainly the view of one bar girl who offered the same suggestion unprompted. It is therefore probably the view of the management who must be struggling with the near complete absence of customers in some bars.
Incidentally the same girl has a friend who works at one bar and went down to the beach a couple of nights ago to buy a papaya salad, and was caught up by the police and thrown in the monkeyhouse. Her boss had to come and get her out, but she lost an evenings potential earnings.
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[QUOTE=Jay Hodge]Why would someone visit Pattaya other than for mongering? (except for Bangok[ians-ers-ese?] during weekends). I have been there for 3 days only in my life, and all I could deduct was that it is the world's largest open-air bar bordello, not that there's ANYthing wrong with that, at ALL! :)
If we were talking about "post card" beaches such as Phuket etc... then the idea of authorities supporting the hoteliers for "regular" tourist activities would be understandable, but certainly not in Pattaya.
This is probably why it is so easy to find higher-end guest-friendly hotel in Patts, when I am still looking for one in Phuket, which does not depend fully on the night life (Patong) and thus can eradicate "our kind" without too much effect on the tourism there.[/QUOTE]I would think the main attraction in Pattaya is mongering, but from what I've read there's a lot of things to do and it seems cheaper to stay than other places with a beach style life.
[url]http://www.amari.com/guide-pattaya/[/url]
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[QUOTE=Jay Hodge]Why would someone visit Pattaya other than for mongering?[/QUOTE]
Championship golf courses
Cheap Rhinoplasty (who hasn't had one?)
Scuba Diving, snorkelling
Affordable (other) Medical and Dental Procedures
Go to Tiffany/Alcazar show?
Nice Weather with daily massages
Live like a King!
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[QUOTE=Mouse1]This is certainly the view of one bar girl who offered the same suggestion unprompted. It is therefore probably the view of the management who must be struggling with the near complete absence of customers in some bars.[/QUOTE]
It is certainly true that one reason girls prefer to work the beach is they make far more money. They always describe working in the bar as being trapped in a place they cannot leave, with lots of other backstabbing, envious girls and hardly any customers.
The fact is that as long as there is a non-bar option, a huge percentage of mongers will choose it, since bars are a ripoff and unpleasant anyway.
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Buddha holiday
Very quiet in Pattaya today. Most of the bars seem to be closed, and the ones that are open have only a few girls working.
Spoke briefly to one guy who turned out to own a gogo bar on Soi Buakhao, and he wasn't sure if he would be open tomorrow. He said he knew lots of bars in Walking Street would be open, and he hoped his 40,000 Bht per month to the police would help...
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[QUOTE=Run Mann]
Cheap Rhinoplasty (who hasn't had one?)
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The King of Pop?
R.I.P.
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Hotels In Pattaya
Hi All
Been Reading the forum but so much information ! I will be in Pattaya in about 2 weeks from now, havent booked a hotel yet. Can anyone recommend a decent hotel for around 2000-2500 THB a night, that is close to the action?
Should I reserve something online with a hotel directly or use one of the many sites Ive found such as [url]www.hotelthailand.com?[/url]
My main problem is not knowing which hotels are near the nightlife as I dont wanna end up stuck a 20 minute walk away !
Cheers
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[QUOTE=Sterile]Hi All
Been Reading the forum but so much information ! I will be in Pattaya in about 2 weeks from now, havent booked a hotel yet. Can anyone recommend a decent hotel for around 2000-2500 THB a night, that is close to the action?
Should I reserve something online with a hotel directly or use one of the many sites Ive found such as [url]www.hotelthailand.com?[/url]
My main problem is not knowing which hotels are near the nightlife as I dont wanna end up stuck a 20 minute walk away !
Cheers[/QUOTE]
This might help:
[url]http://www.internationalsexguide.info/forum/showthread.php?t=1875[/url]
Conveniently it is called the "Pattaya Hotels" thread ;)
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Sterile,
For that amount of money,,, you might want the Marriort,,, also as noted to you go to the Pattaya Hotel Thread... I wrote a report a few weeks back about some places that has websites.
LBM
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[QUOTE=LittleBigMan]Sterile,
For that amount of money,,, you might want the Marriort,,, also as noted to you go to the Pattaya Hotel Thread... I wrote a report a few weeks back about some places that has websites.
LBM[/QUOTE]
Thanks a lot, am doing that. One more question - although I will obviously bring money with me, how freely available are ATM machines (Cashpoints) in Pattaya?
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They're all over the place, but in Thailand you're better off bringing $100 bills, and cashing them at the exchange kiosks to avoid the ATM intl fees that most banks charge. Also the local banks just started tacking on a 150 Baht charge for each transaction. The money exchange places are actually more plentiful than ATM's.
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Were yesterday night at Walking Street, saw alot of people thought the most bars were closed. Nevertheless some were still open, one had even music and alcohol (New Star Agogo) do not know, why this little gogo bar had this special right to sell alcohol and play music.
Others, like Beavers and Air Port were open but no loud music.
Today it will be similar as it seems.
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[QUOTE=Sterile]Thanks a lot, am doing that. One more question - although I will obviously bring money with me, how freely available are ATM machines (Cashpoints) in Pattaya?[/QUOTE]
It might be worth taking Travelers Checks rather than cash. Apart from the safety aspect, in case of loss or theft, you seem to get a better exchange rate. This is, of course, offset by the TC and bank commission/stamp fee. After a couple of bad experiences, I have learned my lesson not to rely too heavily on the plastic.
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ATM - If you want the best rates you should consider getting a Capital One Direct Banking account with their ATM card. It's accepted at any ATM that has the "Plus" logo which so far has been ones that accept international MC/Visa cards for me in Japan. Also any money sitting in there gains interest.
0% currency exchange fee. 0 ATM fee. And the exchange rate is competitive.
[url]http://www.flyerguide.com/wiki/index.php/Credit/Debit/ATM_Cards_and_Foreign_Exchange[/url]
Another bank of mine charges whatever the ATM machine fee is + 2% of my total withdrawal (1% from the bank, 1% from Master Card).
The bars being closed is lame. So I decided to look into holidays. Looks like the next holidays are August 12, October 23, and then in December
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Thailand[/url]
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By the way here's the link to Capital One Direct. Each account has different terms even for the ATM card. I have the "High Yield Money Market"
[url]http://www.capitalone.com/directbanking/[/url]
ATM card info from the [url=http://www.capitalone.com/directbanking/money-market-accounts/faq.php?linkid=WWW_Z_Z_Z_Z_H2_04_T_Z#5_pg_sl]High Yield Money Market[/url] faq.
[quote]ATM withdrawals are limited to $500 per day, with no monthly limit on how many times you use the card. Capital One does not charge a fee for ATM usage, but the ATM owner may. Please read your disclosure for more details.[/quote]And now that I think of it, maybe the ATM will charge you a fee, but the ones I've been to have not charged my Capital One 'Plus' card anything but they have charged my Visa and MC cards an ATM withdrawal fee. Maybe it's because it's not a Visa/MC card, I'm not sure.
