Robert King firstly, I live between London and Chiang Mai. And yes, I think duel pricing would be fair. I know when I visit friends In the US, I see duel pricing; for example, in Florida, local residents pay less then I do to enter theme parks. Would you go calling Americans racist for that? You might call them racist for other reasons lol but, not for their duel pricing. Do you accept on average, Thais earn significantly less than you have? The answer is obviously yes, whether you admit it or not.

@Alan ******

I never have any issues with duel pricing on public parks, for the reasons you mentioned. But when it comes to hotels, it’s not the right time to increase prices for tourists. Everyone is suffering from inflation and flight prices have shot up. Hotel prices will eventually go back to pre pandemic prices and that’s fine, Just not now.

@Peter ******

no insurance requirements anymore. I’m 15 years of travel to Thailand, I have never been asked for proof of funds and neither have any friends. You don’t need proof of accommodation, you just need to write where you’re staying (at least your first night), on your landing card (tm6). Sounds like you had a pretty standard passing though thai immigration.

@Tom *******

pre security, yes.

@Steve ******

everytime I did a land border crossing, I literally dipped my toe into Cambodia and came straight back. Never stayed the night or even 5 minutes lol…

@Clarissa ****

was the other condo in Pattaya? If yes then, yea just use that 😂 I’ve done that loads of times. As long as the TM30 you have is in the same area as your immigration, you can still use it.

@Clarissa ****

in Chiang mai, I’ve just walked into the TM30 office on a couple of occasions and, just given the address and they’ve given me my tm30 for free. But things are way more relaxed and less scammy up there. Pattaya immigration are f**kers and will try to make money from you. Just do what I said and you’ll only end up paying about 300 baht. Book yourself into a cheap hotel for the night and request tm30 from reception. Your bf’s landlord could say you just moved in… Makes absolutely no difference to them. Save yourself the headache of trying to explain logic to them and just go the cheap hotel route like I just mentioned.

@Clarissa ****

if you were in Chiang Mai, I would say go to the tm30 office yourself at their immigration and do yourself. Pattaya wouldn’t do that. Your bf’s landlord can do a tm30 for you for free… He just has to go to the online website and say you moved in today/yesterday… They are just trying to fleece you for 1600. Alternatively, if they’re going to try and be difficult and you don’t want to line the pocket of a scammer, you can book yourself into the cheapest hotel you can find for 1 night and ask them right away for your tm30.

@Clarissa ****

where are you staying and what immigration centre do you use?

Called a king tide. Just a high tide basically.