Paying Chettawut

[rachl]

Hopefully someone else who's booked with Chettawut can explain the ambiguous instructions on paying the deposit.

They want 20% + 500THB, but not sent in THB. It sounds like they want the WHOLE deposit sent in my own currency (Canadian dollars). Is that right?

[AbraCadabra]

I suggest what I did for PIH...

Give orders to your Canadian bank to transfer ROI CA$ amount of Thai Baht requested to his Bangkok account, and do it cost shared...

Axélle
PS: The reason is, they want to see FOREX come into the country - might even be a government thing to boost the local currency...

[imperfectlyperfect]

when are you planning to go hun? I plan on going to chettawut in march for srs.

[rachl]

I was originally booking for March 30th, but I have a conference in San Fran: now I'm booking for April 9th.

[imperfectlyperfect]

oh ill see you there !

[rachl]

We're probably staying at the Rama. We're trying to arrange for internet by paying a local company for mobile internet for the month. I sent the deposit yesterday, so we're at the point of picking/booking the hotel and finalizing flights. We had everything worked out until a last-minute conference caused us to completely change things...and plans are far more complicated now

But...getting excited

[Silent Killer]

My friend was to pay 1000 euros as deposit but that was back then in 2007. Hey may I know how much is the total cost of the hotel stay that you are required to remain there?

[rachl]

We're still working it out, but my estimate puts it around $1300 CDN for the Rama villages.

[imperfectlyperfect]

Geeeessshhh. What is cnd? I figured around 800Ish.

[rachl]

CDN = Canadian dollar. I think your estimate might be on the low side, but maybe you're going alone.

[imperfectlyperfect]

yes....well, that would explain a lot lol.