@Julane ******

booking.com and I think agoda have the exact same problem as Airbnb. They both allow homeowners, not registered as hotels, to rent short-term rentals. The companies don’t take responsibility for the legal ramifications.

Regarding the signs, yes, they’re there. Have you ever heard of someone actually being booted? I stay in places with those signs all the time. I stay for longer, but there are many people staying for short-term. Nothing is done. The signs are an attempt at a deterrent.

Yes, some charge fees for electricity if usage goes beyond a certain amount due to the relatively high cost and the fact that otherwise guests might leave a/c running in an empty unit.

@Suzanne *****

really? That’s great to know!

@Don ********

I’d likely return to Phuket when I have my motor bike license, but I don’t think I’d live there.

@Don ********

I went to old town

@Don ********

I just came from Patong. I wasn’t a fan.

@James ********

I feel no need to change it. Other folks seem to have a problem, not I.

@James ********

I mean the term “American”

@James ********

I didn't coin the term. The Brits did. Take it up with them.

@John ******

you were degrading the OP for not knowing Thailand had such requirements. Why should he know this? He asked a reasonable question based upon worldwide criteria. I was pointing that out. You’re simply a troll.

@John ******

and? You think that Thailand is so much higher educated that its criteria should be based solely upon that when more educated nations don’t use that as their primary criteria? 🤦‍♀️.