Why would you stay at the baybreeze if you live in pattaya year round?
I need some advice here. My thai girlfriend and I live in Pattaya year round. We have a house together and are both in our 20s. I'm from the States, she's from Isaan. We both own motorbikes. We want to start a business geared towards solo first time visitors to Pattaya. With the understanding that the visitor would not require a map or a baht bus or any thinking at all since everything we would do together is door to door.
Everyone reading this had or will have a first time in Pattaya. From reading this forum, I can see there is anxiety and questions from the moment you leave the arrival gate at the airport. How much is the taxi? Will my driver come?Will he find my hotel? What if he changes cars, etc. Once in the city itself, am I paying too much for a room based on my needs? Am I in a good location? How far am I from....? How do I get to....? What is the correct price for...? etc.
So we want to give people a day and night tour which they could end at any time. My thai girlfriend can negotiate prices and the gist of the service is that they will save money all around because we can get them discounts on everything and/or at least ensure they don't overpay which is another big question that keeps surfacing on this board. I would do the bar/gogo tours in addition to the day tours. How to find the best places and the scummy ones too. How to find the soapies, etc. I know a lot of this information is already out there but it's scattered.
We also want to take people to the off the beaten track areas where farrangs rarely venture. Out of the way Wats, markets, villages, etc.
The bottom line is, they are free to go when they want. There is no glue here but we are here to help them avoid all the potholes. To show them the parts of Pattaya that the average tourist will surely miss like the elephant or Naklua villages. Because we have 2 bikes, we can do this with singles or couples. Maximum 2 per tour.
So in all your experience and wisdom, if we keep the price at say $100USD per day (cancel anytime), do you think it would fly? What is a decent price for this service? Would you have benefitted from this service when you first came to Pattaya? I appreciate your comments. Thank you.