TM30. You have to do it if you will need any services from Thai Immigration or you are entering a renting agreement, then the landlord have to file TM30 for you, you do nothing.

Say, your cousin or friend come to visit you in Thailand, in a condo/house you already rent or own, no action, no TM30 for them.

I was just told by a long term Thai resident (an American), after an uporoar from the tourism industry, Thais scrapped the hotel obligations to fill in your TM30, 2 years ago.

Indeed, 40 million tourists a year, many stay in hotels for a night or two, change and travel further, what Thai workforce is needed to punch in all those TM30s.

Riddle me this folks... and trolls try to control yourself- I'm just trying to learn something. Why are hotels (limited sample size- but 100% of 3) unwilling to match internet prices? Like, today I was looking at a room for 1213tbh, but there wasn't an easy way to give a preference for where in the building so I contacted the hotel directly. They wanted 3000tbh. I asked if they would give me the other price and they said no I should book online.

But like... if I book online they will make EVEN LESS right? Shouldn't they be happy to take the business back from the aggregator?