not true. You can do your 90-days report at ANY Immigration office, which means you could be travelling inside Thailand and use any Immigration office along your route. Which would mean that when you sleep in hotels, they will of course register you in the TM30 online system. The TM30 online system is a centralized system
"There is no law stating a landlord has to be on call
******
/7 for his tenant's travel needs" . . . .you are TERRIBLY wrong. There is a LAW that says the landlord of a premise has to report the tenant or guest within 24 hours of arrival . . this law exists since 1976
ACTUALLY, according to the law, the LANDLORD of a foreigner is required, by law, to report a foreigner in his premises within 24 hours of arrival. . .. . you don't tell me that a landlord can do what he wants just beause he wants to relax and have a drink. . . . . It is the landlords DUTY to report
Incredible to read, that a landlord asks for 300.- Baht from the tenant, for registering the tenant in the premises.
ACTUALLY, according to the law, the LANDLORD of a foreigner is required, by law, to report a foreigner in his premises within 24 hours of arrival.
If I was you, I would visit Immigration, explain your situation to the officer, then dial the landlord and hand over the phone to the Immigration officer.
And let a Thai Immigration officer tell a Thai landlord about his damn obligations
P.S. . . . . I once needed to do this, on Hua Hin Immigration. My landlord went to Immigration with me the other day. But Immigration still made me pay a 2000.- THB fine for not reporting TM30 in time (no receipt, so they pocketed it)
"changed a year or two"? We are in 2024 by now, and the imports of cars and bikes got banned in 2019. That's FIVE years ago. Have you been living on the backside of the moon?
well then, good luck on living longterm in Thailand on tourist visa or exempt visa. You are advised to get something, some visa category, that fits your purpose of stay