More expensive Thailand because I'm a foreinger

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Hi,

Have been here for some time and thought I saw s lot…I guess there is always more to come.

Was just planning some New Year vacation with my TW gf. Were thinking Thailand or Bali for 5 days. The New Year prices were a little more expensive than we were hoping, so we decided to go for a group trip. NT$25000 in a nice hotel in Phuket. Went to sign up, and I am suddenly finding out that I have to pay NT$4K extra, because I do not hold a TW passport. I started complaining, and I hear that maybe if I looked like a Taiwanese we could avoid the extra charge. ???

Anybody with a similar experience? Is there a way around it? What is the actual regulation? Or maybe it is a normal thing and I am exaggerating?

Thanks for any advice.

Simon

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Never heard of that. You should complain to whomever is in charge.

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ha! that is the local company trying to get a few more $ out of you.

Thailand has no such requirement, charge, etc. Just pay the exit fee on the way out like everyone else…

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This is easy to answer.
They “know” that the foreigner will jump ship, and not go on the mandatory sightseeings, dinners and shopping trips - where the organizer get his cut and big part of the profit from.

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x3m has the answer.

HG