News Forum - American expat escapes Thai jail time for scathing hotel review

[Thaiger]

An American expat living in Thailand faced a nightmare scenario when his negative TripAdvisor review landed him in hot water with the law. Wesley Barnes found himself in a legal tussle after leaving a less-than-flattering review of Sea View Resort on Koh Chang. Barnes’ brush with the law began after he described the hotel’s staff … …

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[Fanta]

Jailing a customer because of feedback… TiT

[TedG]

48 minutes ago, Fanta said:

Jailing a customer because of feedback… TiT

It's sort of like Putin jailing and killing any opposition. 

[23RD]

1 hour ago, Fanta said:

Jailing a customer because of feedback… TiT

A left wing Judge and Attorney General in New York are trying to extort a former President for 350 million for a non crime is it any better in the US?

[23RD]

29 minutes ago, TedG said:

It's sort of like Putin jailing and killing any opposition. 

Or Biden doing likewise. 

[Leo]

On Tripadvisor this hotel has mostly negative reviews recently and a warning message banner from Tripadvisor. And Tripadvisor doesn't disclose prices and links for any search on the calendar, but instead it gives "contact the property".

[Marc26]

1 hour ago, Leo said:

On Tripadvisor this hotel has mostly negative reviews recently and a warning message banner from Tripadvisor. And Tripadvisor doesn't disclose prices and links for any search on the calendar, but instead it gives "contact the property".

What an incredibly stupid reaction from the hotel

 

It only invited bad press

 

On TA, the hotel can reply to reviews

So they could have politely replied to the review with their perspective 

 

People would have moved on and chalked it up to a traveled bad experience 

Happens in every hotel, even the most luxurious 5 star hotels

[MrStretch]

8 hours ago, Marc26 said:

What an incredibly stupid reaction from the hotel

It only invited bad press

On TA, the hotel can reply to reviews

So they could have politely replied to the review with their perspective 

People would have moved on and chalked it up to a traveled bad experience 

Happens in every hotel, even the most luxurious 5 star hotels

Yeah, but that's not how things work in Thailand.

Just as was discussed in the thread about having to be silent regarding politics in the country, foreigners who live here need to remember they don't have those freedoms of speech enjoyed in their home countries.

 

[Marc26]

29 minutes ago, MrStretch said:

Yeah, but that's not how things work in Thailand.

Just as was discussed in the thread about having to be silent regarding politics in the country, foreigners who live here need to remember they don't have those freedoms of speech enjoyed in their home countries.

Agreed 

 

Still doesn't negate the fact it was a foolish short sighted move by the hotel