The Reality of Patong (Phuket) Thailand | Tourist Traps & Tips Exposed! 🇹🇭

I totally agree with you! I just came back from Phuket a week ago and I was shocked how expensive and scummy everything has gotten. Everything is marked up at least 300%. I even told one the night market sellers, what's the point in charging me 900 baht for an imitation shirt when I can buy the original at almost the same price at Jungceylon. It's totally illogical and crazy. Makes no sense! The Thai locals and residents around Patong thrive on dishonesty and ripping off foreigners. One of the taxi driver demanded a 600 baht tip from me for simply helping me load and unload my luggage which I never asked for, and was more than willing to do it myself. Another act of dishonesty was drinking in a bar with friends in Patong. A group of bar girls joined us and would not leave us alone. They were very pushy into getting us to play drinking games for money with them. I ended up walking away after a beer. That experience left me a bad taste in my mouth. If I were to go back drinking again I have to make sure that place doesn't come with any strings attached. Maybe I will just stick to bar restaurants chains like Hard Rock or Hooters. At least you won't get women hard soliciting you for companionship.

Hey mate I live in Thailand actually and used to live in Phuket town. Patong is only for tourists. Its kind of a shame that tourists don't usually get to see the other side of Thailand. They just shuttle from one tourist spot to another. For real prices just go to 7-11 or another chain like Big C if you're in tourist town. Once you find the real prices in Thailand you'll understand how expensive Patong is. The real locals are very friendly but people come from other provinces to make money and can be agressive and even violent especially the taxi/tuk tuk drivers. I'd say you've got it right. If the price seems crazy high just smile and keep walking. Yes there is double pricing in tourist areas in Thailand. That's how it is. Nice video and keep up the hard work. I'm sure you've helped many first time tourists. We all start somewhere. I used to spend loads of time in Koh San Road area in my early days here. I started to learn a bit of Thai and take the government buses and started to see the nontouristic side of Thailand. Cheers

Great video, thanks! I did Thailand waaay back in 2006 (yeah I'm old), thinking of going back for another blast there before I hit 50, and your stuff is great, bringing me up to date with the newer thailand! Keep it up, your videos are the best I've seen!

Loving these videos mate, great sense of humor and some fun content too.

Great video bro! Really enjoyed how you put it in perspective!

Most of this is no different from any other tourist trap in any country. Be streetwise. be prepared. Do your homework.

Marco; I enjoy your videos, find them interesting, informative and straightforward. I consider you the better of You Tube bloggers. If you could show videos of other parts of Thailand, that would great.😊

Liked and subscribed! Great channel! Bye the way, What brand and model of shades are you wearing?

great BLOG mate. very informative. thanks for sharing in Phuket. enjoy and stay safe

Thanks for the honesty Marco! Really appreciate you sharing your unadulterated experiences here in exactly this kind of way. The vast majority of vloggers today just sugar coat and reduce everything into a homogenized pre packaged shiny little filtered product that does no justice for the viewer. Keep it up!

Awesome video, malin plaza does the same food market and Nikki's bar does great variety of drinks too.

Thanks so much for sharing! I’m looking to go to Thailand solo next year so this video is super helpful!

You are sooo right! Mom got us a tour package (I hate that) coz she doesn't wanna have to think or worry about itineraries. Most of the destinations were shops. Geez. So I did what I always do in our travels- sneak out and walk around.until I get tired. 😂 Like you, I love exploring the backroads and unpopular places. ❤

Loving this bro true story of the scams to look out for! Doing justice to the world man 😊

Love the video,very funny keep going man \ plz next time Put location map

Mate, Awesome genuine insight, I'm about to head off out their in Dec/Jan & staying in Phuket for 10 nights over New Year. Just subscribed to you & a coffee is inbound, although that Mango smoothie looked the biz 👌☕

I don't know about the rest of Thailand, but Patong was the biggest tourist trap I've ever been to. One rip-off after another, and the beach is over-crowded and polluted.

I live right next to Bangla road and I went to that kebab place 1 time and never again. Smallest portions in the world. The only thing I could do about it was leave a 1 star review on google.

Great video and thank you for the tips!!🤙🏼🤜🏼🤛🏼

thanks i enjoyed this video!!!!!