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?

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...

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

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

oh ill see you there !

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

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?

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

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

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

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