NotYourUncle wrote: ↑Fri Sep 02, 2022 10:43 am

phuketrichard wrote: ↑Fri Sep 02, 2022 8:08 am

newkidontheblock wrote: ↑Fri Sep 02, 2022 7:20 am Parties all over Cambodia. Beer from morning until night. Donating to disabled villagers. Or as he put it, 2/3 on charity, 1/3 on himself.

you do know Khmers , ( all Asians) lie and inflate how much they spend and how much things cost?

were you just born?

$100 a night hotel room? Trips and tours, Moto rental, tuktuks to the casino? Flights between siem reap and Sihanouk... It's not difficult to spend 300 a day here if you can afford it...

Yup this is very true.

There's fabulous restaurants where a meal for a party of 5 can run to thousands , hotel suites, travel, tips, knick knacks.

If one isn't concerned about bottom line money can burn off faster than one might think

phuketrichard wrote: ↑Fri Sep 02, 2022 1:55 pm

hanno wrote: ↑Fri Sep 02, 2022 12:52 pm $300 a day is not a lot if you want to liver it up. Amansara goes for what, 2K a night? A nice dinner at Damnak a couple of hundred?

Guys i think we ALL agree it would be quite easy to drop a grand or even 2,as a tourists or anyone for a few days and nights
but realistically, as a tourist & Family, to drop $30,000 in 3 months?

People with generous expense accounts will spend massively, simply because it is not their money.
IME, those with big money in the bank spend a lot but they want value for their dollars.

Then there is the Asian "getting big face" factor, or the Buddhist who wishes to make merit before he dies to atone for his evil deeds (U Po Kyin in George Orwell's Burmese Days) and the Alpha Male factor in the hostess bars - those can all cause reason to be abandoned. Or you have celebs doing it, knowing it will enhance their brand, as when Johnny Depp spent $60k for guests in a Birmingham (UK) restaurant.
Bottom line - reckless high spenders exist but they are thin on the ground.
The business owners and the gold diggers salivate after them.
As Leonard Cohen put it in The Stranger Song:
Like any dealer he was watching for the card
That is so high and wild
He'll never need to deal another

He told me directly at the party.

I would believe him. He drives Land Rover here and would probably expect the same level or better in comfort there.

He has a Neumann Marcus shopping Magazines sitting in the bathroom. The ones that advertise personal submarines for sale.

And yes, it’s a big deal good deeds kind of thing.

He sponsors crippled grandma from the village at $130/month x year $1300. He didn’t say how many more villagers he sponsors. Over here, he’s the one who throws parties. When he (and his family) were away in Cambodia, no parties.

Kenr wrote: ↑Fri Sep 02, 2022 10:15 pm

newkidontheblock wrote: ↑Fri Sep 02, 2022 8:31 pm He told me directly at the party.

I would believe him. He drives Land Rover here and would probably expect the same level or better in comfort there.

He has a Neumann Marcus shopping Magazines sitting in the bathroom. The ones that advertise personal submarines for sale.

And yes, it’s a big deal good deeds kind of thing.

He sponsors crippled grandma from the village at $130/month x year $1300. He didn’t say how many more villagers he sponsors. Over here, he’s the one who throws parties. When he (and his family) were away in Cambodia, no parties.

Actually $130/month would be $1,560/year

i take everything new kid posts with a BIG grain of salt