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Know the place. Box from Tesco, rack from there, and let them fit it. Change from B2000? That will do for me!

WOW! Same price as in London then!

Bored of watching tilak try to force her entire life underneath the seat of her already full (klick) motorcycle seat, so: 1) Best place to get a back box fitted for her in central patts? 2) How much should i pay for the bog standard version? (with and without the rack) Many thanks guys...... 7 weeks 2 go....

I don't doubt it Butch, and I would never deal directly with them. It was an auto transfer from a TravelSupermarket.com search. The worrying thing is that if there is one such outfit at hand, there are probably many more. Sticking to the mainframe from now on personally. Don't care if it costs me a couple of quid more. (which is unlikely, as the prices quoted by said rogues were ficticious anyway)...

Maybe....but not much!

I refer you to pinoydave's reply!

Exactly. Dodgy firm. Anyway, fact is (despite having previous experience of this) I have blinked too soon as Thai are now down to £674 for my dates having released some more tickets. I fully expect them to dip under £600 to generate sales and then rise sharply to catch the people who will pay the £1464 (which some did), before recalculating and pitching again. I knew the strategy before, and the timescale. It just shows the power of the idea that you may be the guy to miss the flight to paradise and spend that week/fortnight/month at home instead. Thing is, I should know better by now (30 tri

True, but they are also the only agent that charge me £4 (not a fortune I know) for ATOL protection. It comes free everywhere else. (that I use) Also, their prices are generally fiction, which explains why you can never (maybe too strong) complete a deal online with them. I have it on good authority, from an indeoendent travel agent here in London, who I have dealt with for many years that only the ebookers and opodo sites are worth looking at to get the ACTUAL current prices, as they are tightly run outfits, and their computers are linked to some mainframe computer that links the travel agenc

The prices came back up, but by the time you complete the booking process the site just tells you that you have been timed out, and takes you back to the search page. Sure enough, the used the email address that I had entered to send me a happy sheet! I may try booking by phone 2moro (off to work now), as last EVA price quoted was £585 !!!

Every time I tried to book the Crystal Travel £651 the site kept timing me out! Now they are not quoting ANY prices at all! Iffy...

Ok. Thailearner was right. I've just been on travelsupermarket.com, and they directed me to a Crystal Travel website, who are indeed offering flights on dates either side of my own that I can manage for £651. They are backed by IAATA which seems to be a representitive body for the airlines, not the punters. They also claim to be affiliated to ATOL and quote an ATOL number and invite you to click on this on their website to get further details of the ATOL protection. But when you try to do this, nothing happens. No site opens up. Also, while searching this site it has frozen my computer twice!

Ok, I hear what you are all saying. Thanks for the imput, but i've just had the old diary out and last year I booked on 04/01/2012 so 10 days earlier, for travel out on 11/03 (a week earlier) and back on 06/04 (same date)! Price then £573. I have seen the Thai/Eva prices swing up and down without rhyme or reason before. In fact for a short time on Sunday the Thai price went down to £943, then back up to £1464 the next day. See what i mean. No rhyme or reason to it. I have an offer of Eva at £750 from an agent i used to use a while ago, which I will chase up 2moro. I just have a gut feeling

Just started glancing at flight prices for my next jaunt, specifically: Dep Ex LHR Sun 17 Mar Ret Ex BKK Sat 06 Apr Usually go direct but the prices are sky high currently. it's still 9 weeks to wheels up, so i'm hoping there is still time for them to come up with some offers. The problem seems to be the return flight on Apr 06. They say that there are only 4 seats available on it at £1464. Eva are +3k on the same day. Surely it can't be sold out 9 weeks in advance can it? Also i'm coming back before Songkran so i'm a bit taken aback by the current state of play. I can get the usual

Just how busy is Pattaya at the moment? My (soi 7 waitress) tg is whinging about having to work late every evening. She says she can make money (tips) at the moment, but it is making her tired. I know its still high season, and the Chinese new year must be about now, but I suspect full loads and Germans lol. So, busy or not?

I'm ashamed to say that this is the first time i've partaken of monkeywatch, but I shall be backtracking and keeping tabs in the future. Great humour lol...

'er, so why ask?

4.5 is warmer than 2.5, or 2.5 is cooler than 4.5 if you prefer. 4.5 is classed as a summer quilt in the Uk, while winter quilts are usually around 14.5 tog.

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Cheers. Looks like i'm beaten then. Shame really as the local tesco are pretty much giving them away. For the amount of dosh we talkin here, there is no issue about just buying the things and throwing 'em away if they don't fit. Spoils the gamr tho 555

You prob right...but they are pretty flat dirt tracks.

How much you reckon I need to set aside for a basic mountain bike or drop handled racer mate? Only has to be good enough for me to work up a sweat on in the mornings, and to get her down to the Suk to jump a white baht bus into town when her motorcycle finally gives up the ghost. Cheers!

So you got ant idea of the dims of a Thai single mattress?

I'll try 'em. Great avatar by the way

Yeh, maybe you are right. Out of interest though, are single duvets there the same size as here? (UK). Ex: 91 cm X 190 cm. If I knew that, I could at least stick a couple of duvet covers in my case (which is always empty going out, to be filled with cheap clothing on the way back), and be sure of getting a quilt suited to the temperature. 2.5 tog i suspect.