Pattaya Reports

[Trevor2522]

There are rooms-with-bath but none are listed on accommodation sites, apart from the dreary Queen Vic Pub.

Can anyone kindly point me towards some of the better options? I am not referring to short-time rooms with just a mattress.

[Downandup]

The window separating the driver from the passengers had a sign saying the fare was 15 baht.

Yes, it's officially 15 THB since 10th April.

[Bunky]

A baht bus just charged me 15 instead of the usual 10. Has there been a raise?

Rode the baht bus about 9:00 pm On April 12 down Second Road from the Runway night market to the Central Mall next door to the Hilton. The window separating the driver from the passengers had a sign saying the fare was 15 baht.

I've been in town for about 60 days and that's the first sign like that I've seen. But it makes sense. Diesel prices are up sharply worldwide because of the situation in the Middle East. I read where the supply of diesel (and jet fuel) is particularly short in Asia.

TRIGGER WARNING FOR ALL YOU CHEAP CHARLIES: My personal practice is to pay 20 baht when riding the bus. The extra 10 baht is meaningless to me, but it's double the traditional fare, and what the locals pay. The baht bus drivers work hard, especially when traffic is snarled by high season crowds or (currently) by Songkran water wars. They provide a valuable and reliable service worthy of our support.

[Explorer8939]

The ladies must attend their bars 16.00 - 02.00, sleep 8 hours, then are free 10.00 to 16.00, when they can be found wandering, buying from soi vendors, or at the 7/11 on Pattaya Second Road. That's 6 hours to freelance into their own pockets, if they wish. Instead of the Thai minimum wage of B400 per day, they could be pocketing an extra B1,000-2,000 for ST, depending on looks.

Would best suit customers staying on or near Soi 6. Most bargirls are quite plain and it is doubtful they get much business, especially now in the low / hot season. Could proposition them directly and / or get some name cards printed (Thai script would help), with one's phone number, to discreetly hand over. Be sure to ask: 'Mee louk mai?', meaning are they childless? Biggest bane in Pattaya, after the LBs, are the ubiquitous, fifth-rate Milfs.

John Tron's 18yo GF 'Pra' comes from Toy Box on Soi 6 ...
https://johntronx.com/video/pra-part-6-6736.html

For many Soi 6 ladies, 02.00 in the morning is when they migrate to a host bar, so they can blow their earnings on a young Thai man.

[Trevor2522]

I do this all the time as I prefer a day time fuck, I can never be bothered in the evening or night. Plenty respond.

Thanks, good to hear. The general drinks / barfine / upstairs room / ST pricing on the Six is deliberately confusing to extract the maximum from newbie punters, and doesn't do the plain girls any favours either. The tall and stunning can match their prices to Walking Street.

[Mombie75]

The ladies must attend their bars 16.00 - 02.00, sleep 8 hours, then are free 10.00 to 16.00, when they can be found wandering, buying from soi vendors, or at the 7/11 on Pattaya Second Road. That's 6 hours to freelance into their own pockets, if they wish. Instead of the Thai minimum wage of B400 per day, they could be pocketing an extra B1,000-2,000 for ST, depending on looks.

Would best suit customers staying on or near Soi 6. Most bargirls are quite plain and it is doubtful they get much business, especially now in the low / hot season. Could proposition them directly and / or get some name cards printed (Thai script would help), with one's phone number, to discreetly hand over. Be sure to ask: 'Mee louk mai?', meaning are they childless? Biggest bane in Pattaya, after the LBs, are the ubiquitous, fifth-rate Milfs.

John Tron's 18yo GF 'Pra' comes from Toy Box on Soi 6 ...
https://johntronx.com/video/pra-part-6-6736.html

I do this all the time as I prefer a day time fuck, I can never be bothered in the evening or night.

Plenty respond.

[Trevor2522]

2 to 3 hours in a taxi from Pattaya to Suvarnabhumi? Your driver must be going 20 km per hour because it is only 120 km. You can make it from Pattaya to the other side of Bangkok on the bus in less than that amount of time. It only takes 4 hours to get to Hua Hin from Pattaya which is twice as far as Bangkok and having to go through Bangkok. And a taxi from Pattaya to the airport is 1000 baht. I think they would charge much more than that for 3 hours.

Traffic delays occur. Driver or passenger might need a rest stop. Could break down and need emergency back-up. Shame to waste an air ticket for the sake of an hour's buffer.

In 1993, I used to drive my Honda Civic from Thonburi to Hua Hin in 3 hours and Prachuap in 5 H. 10-hour run to Hat Yai with its 'booking' system, catering to Malaysians, for low-mileage for company around B1,000, on a 24-hour basis.

[Safado70]

One bus driver explained to me that it is because of the increase in gasoline prices. With some luck this might be reversed once the US accept their defeat and oil returns to flow freely like before the war.

[Mr Enternational]

Unless it's the middle of the night, that's cutting it fine for an international flight. My experience is 2 to 3 hours in the taxi, daytime.

2 to 3 hours in a taxi from Pattaya to Suvarnabhumi? Your driver must be going 20 km per hour because it is only 120 km. You can make it from Pattaya to the other side of Bangkok on the bus in less than that amount of time. It only takes 4 hours to get to Hua Hin from Pattaya which is twice as far as Bangkok and having to go through Bangkok. And a taxi from Pattaya to the airport is 1000 baht. I think they would charge much more than that for 3 hours.

[Explorer8939]

I've heard that some are charging 15 THB, it's the baht bus to Jomtiem but not the central Pattaya buses yet.

It's official as of April 10.

[Trevor2522]

I usually leave Pattaya 3 hours before my flight and it takes 1 hour 15 minutes to get there.

Unless it's the middle of the night, that's cutting it fine for an international flight. My experience is 2 to 3 hours in the taxi, daytime. Suvarnabhumi is very efficient though and you will get through faster than most places in the West.

[Downandup]

A baht bus just charged me 15 instead of the usual 10. Has there been a raise?

I've heard that some are charging 15 THB, it's the baht bus to Jomtiem but not the central Pattaya buses yet.

[NRandom940]

A baht bus just charged me 15 instead of the usual 10. Has there been a raise?

Not when I was there 3 days ago.

[Safado70]

A baht bus just charged me 15 instead of the usual 10. Has there been a raise?

[Banana Boi]

My question is: when a bar girl brings the change back to the cashier, who usually keeps it? The cashier, the bar, or the girl?

I'll tip the girl BEFORE I take care of the bill. That way there is ZERO chance the bar (or other wait staff / girls) takes the tip I intended for the girl and not the bar.