scam

scam

touristpolice
Tourist Police Telephone 1155
Please report all your scams while on holiday in Thailand. 
b_thailandqaforums

Latest Comments

Holiday Club Scams in Phuket
@Kate, please let us know how the holiday went, I'm anticipating a ride of a lif...
Yindee Lapidary co. Ltd
Me too is a victim Tat a good ideas. Pls keep me update on the outcome my email ...
Holiday Club Scams in Phuket
Further to my blog re the getaways downunder site We received an unsolicited fax...
Yindee Lapidary Gem Scam
This website is helpful since my fiancee and I are planning to stop over Thailan...
Yindee Lapidary co. Ltd
For the sake of everyone, I am planning to write to Mr Nasir boss of the Tourist...
Yindee Lapidary co. Ltd
If you have problem with tourist police then you just have to tell them that you...
Holiday Club Scams in Phuket
That's great news! I think we might get more and more of these stories as more ...
Holiday Club Scams in Phuket
We just received a refund from our credit card company of our deposit (and fees)...
World Federal Travel in Bangko...
hello, me and my wife wanted to do some visiting and ended up in a tuk tuk that ...
Yindee Lapidary Gem Scam
Dear all victims, I am another victim for this bangkok gem scam, i bought some s...

Disclaimer: The comments on this website do not necessarily match the views of the administrators. Slanderous and unfounded comments are not welcome. We reserve the right to delete comments and not publish content submitted by visitors. We log and keep all ip addresses and website activity for a period of 365 days.

NOTE: We reserve the right to delete all of-topic comments on this page. All ip addresses are logged for every comment. We will co-operate full with the Royal Thai police against anyone that makes racist or slanderous comments. Under Thai law, maximum prison sentence is five years. It doesn't matter if you are not in Thailand at the time you wrote the comment. You will be arrested when you come here for your next holiday.

Disclaimer: The comments on this website do not necessarily match the views of the administrators. Slanderous and unfounded comments are not welcome. We reserve the right to delete comments and not publish content submitted by visitors. We log and keep all ip addresses and website activity for a period of 365 days. Click here to report abuse.
Friendship Bridge scam
Written by Jake   
Saturday, 25 April 2009
Just after you get through Laos immigration on the Laos side of the bridge you'll be approached by several people offering you a taxi to Nong Khai. They will say it is a long way and offer a price of 400Thb. This is a complete rip-off as the journey is about 2km. Take the 15Thb bus across the bridge and then get a tuk-tuk after Thai immigration and past the carpark (more scammers here) for 40 or 50Thb. 
Comments (7)Add Comment
...
written by Khun Issan, Tue 28 Apr 2009 17:47:31 CDT
Jake, I live just by the bridge, and the bridge is about 4km from Nong Khai and is 1.2km long... The Lao capital of Vientiane is about 20km from the bridge... yes the bus is of course better, but many times the buses are late etc etc or over crowded so sometimes collectively it can be to your benefit to pool resources to the town. Sure there are scammers, but there are also some really good people out there willing to help you. I too after many years even from Tesco Lotus get scammed by tuk tuks, you would think they would learn and then you get the good ones, just have to be vigilent! The biggest scam is the 30$ US visa into Laos! one way of generating millions of bucks of foreign curency I guess!
...
written by Todd Briggard, Sun 03 May 2009 13:03:21 CDT
I was also scammed, I was charged 300bt to Nong Khai. It's not the end of the world, but it does leave a sour taste in the mouth?
...
written by Sammie, Sat 16 May 2009 14:50:52 CDT
A 9km link is to be built from Thanaleng to Vientiane.

The fare on an air-conditioned passenger train is 50 baht per trip, 30 baht on a second-class train and 20 baht for a third-class seat. Passengers wanting to cross the border to Laos must show a border pass or passport to officials.
Quite a good site for costings and times etc are:http://jumpamonkey.wordpress.com/2009/03/29/new-train-service-between-thanaleng-laos-and-bangkok-thailand/

...
written by crocodilexp, Tue 30 Jun 2009 14:56:09 CDT
@KhunIssan

Lao visa on arrival is not free, but it is definitely not a scam. Lao officials were always accurate in giving exact change and writing the receipt for the full amount (i.e. you can pay with a $100 bill and rest assured you'll get correct change).

Quite unlike Myawaddi, Burma (official fee $10, but they only take 500 baht -- $15) or Poipet, Cambodia (official fee $20, rarely accepted).

Let's not even start talking about most "civilized" countries (e.g. USA, UK, Australia), where visa fee at the embassy is on the order of $100, and no, you DO NOT get a refund if they refuse you (which they do often).
...
written by Tenchu, Wed 08 Jul 2009 16:14:15 CDT
From Bridge to Vietntianne, it is about 20 minutes. There may be a cheap bus, but hiring a private taxi will always be more expensive. I always pay 300 THB for this journey.

From Nong Khai bus station to Bridge, or back, 60 THB should cut it for a tuk tuk.
...
written by Tenchu, Wed 08 Jul 2009 16:17:22 CDT
Oh, lets not forget, for that 300 THB from Bridge to Vientianne, they'll take you to the Thai embassy (if you're just doing a visa run) and they'll wait there for you for 3 hours while you do your stuff then take you to your hotel!

Name any other country where a taxi will drive you 20 minutes and wait over 3 hours for just about $10 US!
...
written by marjorie, Wed 12 Aug 2009 05:51:48 CDT
How much is the lao visa at the border? I will be doing a visa run next week. Thank you any help would be great.

Write comment

busy
 
< Prev   Next >