Ten PATTAYA Life HACKS

[@onlyme2030]

Tip 2, save your 10, 20, 50 bahts when you can, this allows you to pay the right price for things without waiting ages to change. 10 bahts seem in short supply and asking for change on the baht bus is never going to happen!

[@incomelife]

baht bus.. yes.. pay the correct amount.. but over the years when I have needed change they have never refused me.. just stick half your arm inside the window when you pay and leave it there with your hand open for change.. the driver gets the msg

[@LePubPattaya]

Good places always have change.

[@LePubPattaya]

@AdolfMitler-ch8ns do you have change for my 10,000฿ note Adolf?

[@PREPFORIT]

Thanks, Mr.Egg. Some hacks I knew and some I kinda forgot but were good to be reminded about.

[@LePubPattaya]

Cheers PFI

[@damon3487]

Great video Phil.another little hack is always put some toilet tissue in your pocket or bag on your walk abouts /travels.definitely comes in handy sometimes trust me 😅if you are caught short 😉

[@LePubPattaya]

That’s so true.

[@Stevonthemove]

Loving your vlogs..ill be having a beer with you soon!

[@LePubPattaya]

Sounds great!

[@royherron1958]

Great tips, Phil! Thanks!

[@LePubPattaya]

You bet!

[@michaelshirley4874]

The bell is such a bad idea ,😂 , thanks for the advice buddy , I am hoping to come back for a short visit in November , my employer will only allow 1 long trip every 2 years , I will try and find the milk bar , it looks fun 👊

[@LePubPattaya]

It’s great. Next door to Le Pub. Admittedly, not for everyone.

[@chandlerbingbong]

@@LePubPattaya It's a good concept, although it does have it's knockers. 🤔🤔

[@O-Friendly]

That phone number on atm receipt is genius

[@LePubPattaya]

It works.

[@eclecticmemes]

Works in America too..... I know, I used to use it.

[@YukioNeo]

Lol imagine bringing your own bell to a bar, that's got to be the most brittish thing I heard 😂

[@markwick7898]

Their not rated the biggest fools in Thailand for a reason, hygiene you would think by 2023 would be better , then u have the girls who consistently say if you don’t like Thai F off back to England…. Been here a long time and that been the same for the whole time I’ve lived here, you never see good sorts with a soapy pom ……. Very rare

[@sergei971]

Might as well bring your own beers 😂😂😂

[@LePubPattaya]

I know folks that do it! Why not.

[@stevend474]

Hopefully they don't make you buy a round for everyone lol.

[@doorway57]

I was in an agogo yesterday and one of the girls rang the bell to get the servers' attention. Guess she didn't want to wait for her ladydrink! Had one of my $100 bills rejected, had four small letters written on it that I never noticed.

[@LePubPattaya]

Hope you’re having a good first trip mate. See you soon.

[@candyman111881]

REALLY GOOD VIDEO. 👍♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@LePubPattaya]

Thank you 🤗

[@neildutton8077]

I tried the withdrawal inside the bank hack, was told that applies to credit, not debit cards. Most credit cards charge three percent or more for a cash advance. That's over four times the ATM charge (on 30,000 baht.😢

[@LePubPattaya]

Thanks for the clarification.

[@copwatchuk4637]

😂 bring your own bell

[@LePubPattaya]

Yes, great idea. 😍😍

[@shawnkramer37]

One full lap around the Big Buddha is 1430 meters. The main running road is marked every 100M. There are more running paths but not as popular. You can take the tunnel to the next set of paths and roads that will go to the Viewpoint or the coffee shop near the big Heart above the Pattaya sign. The roads and paths are lit with bright LEDs that kind of blind you at night. Most soi dogs won’t bother you but on occasion one does bark and is a bit aggressive.

[@LePubPattaya]

Thanks Shawn. I don’t have your charm with the dogs. They love me.

[@Steventravels485]

😂😂😂 the bar bell would get left after. Few beers

[@LePubPattaya]

I can put it in lost property.

[@thethrillofpattaya8404]

I will be saving those ATM receipts from now on! Great Hack!👍

[@LePubPattaya]

It works

[@kevininsiam]

​@@LePubPattaya 555 now she will charge you more 😅 😅😅

[@LePubPattaya]

@@kevininsiam if I’ve got the money I’m happy to share it.

[@SheshankReddyS]

barter /ˈbɑːtə/ verb exchange (goods or services) for other goods or services without using money. "he often bartered a meal for drawings" Oxford English Dictionary. The verb you are looking for is "haggle" or "bargain".😊 bargain /ˈbɑːɡ(ɪ)n/ verb negotiate the terms and conditions of a transaction. "he bargained with the local council to rent the stadium" What I'm looking for, is the reason why so many English speakers from the UK mix these two words up.

[@LePubPattaya]

Thank you, teacher.

[@SheshankReddyS]

@@LePubPattaya Cheers young man!

[@bijanbayne3259]

Just in time for my June trip.

[@LePubPattaya]

See you soon.

[@USARAY1947]

Tip #2, a good way to get kidnapped. Tip #3, always have your girl see the dentist or surgeon alone. Otherwise the bill will be higher if the provider sees her rich farang boyfriend. Tip 7, the Pratumnak Hil circuit is also busy from dawn until around 10:00 a.m. to beat the heat. Tip 9, if you flag down an empty baht bus, don't ask/tell the driver where you're going unless you want to hire the whole bus as a taxi. Thanks for your tips, Mr. Egg.

[@LePubPattaya]

Cheers mate.

[@ian-james]

Mate.....I'm still waiting for your "Ten Halifax life hacks" I await with baited breath.

[@LePubPattaya]

That’s a tongue twister.

[@chandlerbingbong]

I always ring the ladies bell. 😎

[@LePubPattaya]

well done, hope you make it to Le Pub and MILK

[@herrmeistermann2426]

Tip number 11, smile.

[@LePubPattaya]

Never!!😍

[@oliverdamm6444]

Lol that's a brilliant one phil 😂😂😂

[@LePubPattaya]

Cheers r kid

[@ozzy6668]

Milk😁 Accrington Stanley! Who are they? Interesting fact - the kid who said that line grew up to be a murderer.

[@LePubPattaya]

I think he’s dead now.

[@2micki2]

Do you get better exchange rates bringing cash, high bills or when withdrawing THB with credit card?

[@LePubPattaya]

I’m not sure of the answer, sorry.

[@2micki2]

@@LePubPattaya Anyway, thank you for your nice vids

[@LePubPattaya]

@@2micki2 cheers

[@minimalistation]

Entertaining...............................................

[@LePubPattaya]

Thanks so much.

[@fraserpayne5720]

Way to go Mr Egg

[@LePubPattaya]

Cheers.

[@sodapopcurtis7396]

great stuff, long live milk!

[@LePubPattaya]

Curtis. You rock man.

[@kanoi009]

Oha , a youtuber from the last century !

[@glenn9229]

And yet... here you are following him like a lapdog

[@LePubPattaya]

The last century was great. Cheers.

[@DeanLancasterMusic]

How do you get the baht bus to stop when you want to get off?

[@LePubPattaya]

Use the Bus Stop Pattaya app on your phone.

[@onlyme2030]

Tip 3, local knowledge is key. If you want a pad thai gai you can pay anything from 70 baht to 300 baht and the quality of food would be almost identical. Same with beers 2 bottles of leo in a bar for 99 baht with a seaview and aircon is easily available, if you just want a quiet beer, or 150+ for 1 beer in other places. Don’t pay the high prices unless you want the other “benefits” of the expensive bars.

[@markwick7898]

The girls must love u cheap Charlie pmsl

[@LePubPattaya]

I don’t care what I pay as long as I’m happy. I don’t spend my life worrying about prices.

[@markwick7898]

@@LePubPattaya unbelievable the numbers they are talking It’s fxxxing 50 b even 100 big deal they don’t get pensions like these fools have

[@flighteye6642]

Is it true that I could have a Thai bank charge my credit card 70,000 baht as a way to get my monthly cash instead of using ATM withdraw? Even if they charge a fee, I could easily earn enough flyer points to fly free back home based on cheap fees.

[@LePubPattaya]

Sorry, I don’t understand this.

[@allansmith6147]

Having got bell leave bar

[@LePubPattaya]

I don’t follow.

[@dantae666]

I never want to know how much i gave to the gogo's will be giving tip 2 a miss lol

[@LePubPattaya]

Ok, 😊

[@GarNelson1]

I wonder if a pink ID card would work, since the number sequence is the same as is used on a regular Thai ID card...

[@LePubPattaya]

Pink cards virtually useless.

[@GarNelson1]

@@LePubPattaya In this instance? I'd say the usefulness of mine is limited, but in general not useless.

[@LePubPattaya]

@@GarNelson1 I’ve asked around Gar and generally, generally, cannot be used the same as as Thai iD

[@skinguy23]

You look thinner Phil. Good job

[@LePubPattaya]

Sweet mouth 😍

[@argonaut816]

ATM withdrawals are restricted to your balance or bank's daily limit e.g. 18,000 baht is just under £500. Bringing £50 notes is nonsense. My bank (Lloyds) only managed 5 for a birthday present, and they were the old withdrawn paper ones. Bring Thai baht, which you can buy online and Royal Mail deliver to your door in the UK.

[@leslielaird8487]

Cash is king 👑

[@LePubPattaya]

Thanks for the tip

[@LePubPattaya]

Cash is king is so ten years ago. Now, cashless is convenient.

[@bazab9495]

Ref bringing cash, how about bringing gold.. I know the Thais' do love their gold and trade in it a lot?

[@LePubPattaya]

Has to be Asian good. They just laugh at the rest.

[@SuperSupersoda]

TIL Mr. Egg has more children than he has weeks of being married.

[@LePubPattaya]

Soon 😜

[@daverichardson8918]

I have my own 🛎️

[@LePubPattaya]

Exactly

[@smrriles5668]

Does the Atm slip hack work if you got 50 satang in the bank?

[@tonymatthews2344]

was thinking the same.......then had another thought, print your balance 30 times on your first day when you still have plenty in the account!!😇😇😇

[@LePubPattaya]

Sadly not.

[@onlyme2030]

Tip 1, if you are in Thailand for a long time, and on a budget, tip like a Thai not a falang. Massage tip 50 baht not 100, beer bar 10/20 baht tip not 50, standard meal 30/40 baht not 70/80. Bolt taxi a 70 baht journey does not require a 100 baht “keep the change” moment, give the driver 80 and keep 20 for next time. I know this sounds tight but it saves 200 baht a day, whilst still tipping well by thai standard!

[@mdubb4855]

You’re taking 10 Bolt taxis a day!!!

[@markwick7898]

So with that pear of advice they save 50 b hear and their , your as silly as the fools needing your advice…. Complete bums

[@LePubPattaya]

I like to tip like I’ve got money and it will make their day. Not like a right arse.

[@jimmcsweyn2984]

Kuhn kee neow, translation “tightwad”! If you can’t afford to travel then one should stay home.

[@JMW_85]

Seems a weird response about "tipping like a Thai" and even stranger is how worked up some farang get about it because "we are ruining it for all us cheap ass expats" or some such nonsense! I had a great (legit) massage a few weeks ago and tipped the lady 100 baht - because I thought she did a great professional job. Some dude getting a foot massage near the cashier desk witnessed the transaction and started loudly complaining for everyone in the shop to hear that 100THB was too much and how ridiculous it was. I told him that I'd be happy to spot him the approximately 2 and half bucks and proceeded to give his masseuse 100 THB. You don't want to tip, don't tip - I never bitch about all the tightwads out there scrimping to squeeze out the one additional happy hour beer on the back of Thai staff that gets paid ridiculously low sums of money while providing outstanding service.

[@bigbopper6311]

useful stuff, allowed myself to be reeled back 3 times into a singapore watch shop before finally getting my price.

[@LePubPattaya]

Singapore. Wow. You got a discount there. Well done.

[@bret3630]

Service, just walk up to bar and ask politely for a drink, I'm sure the mamason will fix that up for you..

[@LePubPattaya]

I don’t employ mamasans.

[@ayochaiyai2464]

I am 25 seconds in, and I am saying people don't get ripped off, they just overspend! There is difference there somewhere. Edit: @ 07:04 it better not be a perfect copy or you get in trouble for real! Well unless it is really a perfect copy!

[@LePubPattaya]

People do get ripped off from time to time. The bell isn’t to buy everyone a drink, it’s to get service attention.

[@seanmolloy2030]

and that its bank of England , they wont take Scottish money , much the same as they wont in most places in England lol

[@LePubPattaya]

Poor old Scotland.

[@syddharth]

My Thai partner didn't help me much in bargaining. Seems like they feel it's them against us or something. Or maybe it's person dependent.

[@markwick7898]

Why are you bargaining… it’s 2023 Thailand cheap the poor girl would be horrified embarrassed, your talk small change you fool

[@LePubPattaya]

Sometimes they see it as a face thing.

[@properjob79]

i don't get the bank statement tbh..just setting yourself up for games,i mean you already got her number?? why do we do it to ourselves??

[@LePubPattaya]

I speak to a lot of girls who have “normal” jobs and they get several phone numbers every day. At least doing it this way you have an opportunity. I totally agree with the sentiment of your comment, and I’ve never done it myself, but my friend swears by it.

[@properjob79]

@@LePubPattayathis is why there's no right or wrong ways of dating/picking up ladies in Thailand so many dynamics at play on both sides..I guess this cuts out all the "is he worth the time/energy"

[@tomrobinson5893]

I am not giving my bank balance to Thai girl what a stupid thing to do lol if your after a normal girl don’t do this

[@LePubPattaya]

Don’t agree. They get it all off me anyway 😁

[@chefandy72]

I believe that if I had a Thai woman here in Canada to haggle for me then I would pay less. Guys like Phil and myself look a bit too much like Brad Pitt and should be able to afford the premium prices

[@LePubPattaya]

There’s nothing wrong with your eyes.

[@filosofem8581]

SEEDY

[@LePubPattaya]

cheers

[@jimmcsweyn2984]

Leave the bell at home. Terrible thought. Never take a chance of annoying people who handle your food or drink anywhere. If you are that self important get up and go to another establishment. Relax, smile and service will be around soon. Most others have some basic truth to them. Cash is best. If you don’t have a Thai bank account it is most likely better to have additional money sent to your via western union or a similar service. Credit cards are similar in expense with more possibility of problems. Trying to impress a girl with your ATM slip is cheesy (no game) and not a good idea to flaunt one’s monetary position. These hacks come from a European and they are the blokes most often being scammed or taken advantage of in Thailand. Be kind, mind your manners and respect the locals and their customs and you will do just fine and have a great time. Do some research on Thailand and it’s history and customs and your stay will be that much better. Cheers!!

[@LePubPattaya]

Thanks for your comments. Cheers.

[@siamiam4306]

Best just to avoid Pattaya, unless you're old and special needs are unattainable back home. Go see at least once.

[@LePubPattaya]

Yes mate. I think that advice should apply to you. Best stay away. Cheers.

[@siamiam4306]

@@LePubPattaya Visited TH 3x since I met you at Le Pub. . Haven't set foot in Pattaya since. 😀 No doubt it's an interesting existence and worthy asking why a place like this exits or allowed ? I'm also curious how this sea side town will evolve to the betterment of Thai nationals.

[@LePubPattaya]

@@siamiam4306 it will get better and better. Cheers.

[@ChangNoi976]

Yes Pattaya is good for some of us that aren't as young and smart and rich and handsome as you. 😂

[@siamiam4306]

@@ChangNoi976 You got 2/3 right. I discount being told incessantly I'm a "handsome man," as miscreants easily get those cat calls. With all due respect, Pattaya is an outlier that serves the needy. At best, it's intriguing and more essential to some., especially guys that taxi there upon arrival at BKK. Let's admit it's a spread out red light district laden with more than 30G prostitutes with a dismal coast line (beaches)... with great sunsets. .... If Pattaya is good enough for you, carry on as " some of us." Dude, I can't fit don't mold fit that mold....... Don't resent me I'm not aligned with your Pattaya ideals. I'm just an observer taking notes.

[@sasibee39]

U on doctor mission ?

[@LePubPattaya]

no idea

[@maxmachina2494]

🛎🛎🛎🔔🔔🔔 Plenty of free Service Bell apps for Android and iOS

[@LePubPattaya]

It’s not the same as a ding dong