Since there is a curfew wondering about a friend that is currently not got a room. The last time I called him- 7 am there and I could see palm trees in the background of the video call. Wonder what happens if they catch him outside during curfew hours since he doesn't have a room. Fat chance he would receive assistance. (He says a room costs 500 baht/day)  But now it's 12 midnight there and he hasn't picked it up the money I sent.

https://www.pattayamail.com/latestnews/news/pattaya-and-chonburi-shut-businesses-imposes-voluntary-curfew-363262

1 hour ago, t0oL1 said:

he hasn't picked it up the money I sent

Please tell us if he does and gets a place to stay...what a dilemma to be in.

2 hours ago, t0oL1 said:

Fat chance he would receive assistance. (He says a room costs 500 baht/day)  But now it's 12 midnight there and he hasn't picked it up the money I sent.

If he doesn't have a room and doesn't have any money, at least the police can't extract any tea money, so they have to let him go. 

I believe 500 baht a day would be way more than necessary for a bar boy to get a room.   Bear in mind that, for just 500 per night,  I stayed in a hotel in Bangkok with a pool, a gym, a massive LCD screen in the room and such a range of appeal that it even attracted one customer with a Ferrari in the car park back in February.    Room rates are depressed.

500=15,000 per month should rent an adequate apartment.    Bar boys in Pataya often share some modest room and I believe they would typically pay something more like 6000 baht each per month, although with variation according to taste & income.

Pop Inn on Thappraya Road is 350 or 400 baht/night. I walked past Paramita Hotel at Pratunmak 6 earlier today which is a two minute walk from Thappraya road and they have nice rooms for 2500/month for Thais reduced now from 5000 baht/month.

There are plenty of small hotels in Jomtien looking for customers and i am sure that he could find a decent room for 300 to 400 baht per night or even better a discounted monthly rate.

500 baht a day for a room is excessive. I know boys who pay like 4000 per month (excluding electricity) and they don’t share. Just one room for them alone. 

9 hours ago, z909 said:

I believe 500 baht a day would be way more than necessary for a bar boy to get a room.

It definitely is. Not sure about Pattaya but room rents in Bangkok have come down considerably in the last few months. A friend of mine recently moved to a large two-room condo in a nice area with a pool for 4,000 baht a month. He shares it with two other friends. He says modest rooms in Pattaya should presently be available for about 2,000 baht per month.

Guys I know in Pattaya pay on average around 3500 per month - of course, less if they are sharing.

He spent his money on weekly room.

Now he needs to set up monthly 2500 baht room.

Needs 5ooo baht to set up.

 

Good luck with sharing with others that can't work- no job, no money.