2007 Bangkok Hotels

[India Monger]

BTW, where are in India, I am in Delhi now.

Cheers

I am in Pune. Headed to Bangkok on 10th Nov. I have booked Majestic Suites. Do let me know if you will be around at that time.

[Giotto]

Check out Livingstone's. Go over to Giotto's forum and you can find everything out you might need to know. At around $100USD I think you will get one of his better suites and you never have to worry about taking girls back there. They will be super impressed with the jacuzzi's in those rooms.

http://www.livingstones.co.th

http://www.internationalsexguide.inf...play.php?f=754

Giotto

[Thor93]

Could you recommend nice girl friendly hotel in a 100-150 usd budget in sukh area?

Check out Livingstone's. Go over to Giotto's forum and you can find everything out you might need to know. At around $100USD I think you will get one of his better suites and you never have to worry about taking girls back there. They will be super impressed with the jacuzzi's in those rooms.

[Member #2041]

Could you recommend nice girl friendly hotel in a 100-150 usd budget in sukh area?

Actually, that's a strangely difficult price point. Most places cost less, or more.

For a good full service hotel under $100/nt, I recommend either the Dynasty Grande or the Majestic Grande. IMHO, for 2300 Baht, the Dynasty Grande is tough to top for value in a place with a restaurant, pool, and fitness club.

Places like the JW Marriott, Sheraton Grande, Landmark, Westin Grande, and Plaza Athenee are all getting over $150/nt now.

[Puppy Bunny]

Could you recommend nice girl friendly hotel in a 100-150 usd budget in sukh area?

[Leo2000]

Thanks Tiger 888,

You just saved me from booking into a hotel which has construction going on next door.

BTW, where are in India, I am in Delhi now.

Cheers

[Leo2000]

Thanks Tiger 888,

You just saved me from booking into a hotel which has construction going on next door.

Town Lodge is GF as long as you have booked your room double. I stayed there quite few times and stopped after the construction started next door. Of late I prefer staying in lower suk., area where you save a lot on taxis ever day if your at Soi18. They are a number of decent hotels in the range of B1500 around soi3 to 7. One is ever rich inn, a new hotel, 1500 and I know it GF, as I have seen. My thia GF luv this new place better than Town Lodge as every thing is within the working.... noodle, foodland and a pool bars to play.

Cheers

[India Monger]

Town Lodge will never be girl unfriendly. They have a club/bar with girls on the ground floor (named Toxic, pricey though) They even sell imported condoms in the rooms (also expensive). But there is a condo construction going on next door so that there might be noisy days. But always when I was there, things were not bad.

Thanks Tiger 888,

You just saved me from booking into a hotel which has construction going on next door.

[Tiger 888]

Few weeks back, there used to be lots of discussion about the Town Lodge Hotel located at Soi 18. All of a sudden this hotel seems to be completely out of discussion. Has something changed? Are they no-longer girl friendly?

Can any co-monger who has stayed there recently share his experience? Thanks in advance

Town Lodge will never be girl unfriendly. They have a club/bar with girls on the ground floor (named Toxic, pricey though) They even sell imported condoms in the rooms (also expensive). But there is a condo construction going on next door so that there might be noisy days. But always when I was there, things were not bad.

[India Monger]

Few weeks back, there used to be lots of discussion about the Town Lodge Hotel located at Soi 18. All of a sudden this hotel seems to be completely out of discussion. Has something changed? Are they no-longer girl friendly?

Can any co-monger who has stayed there recently share his experience? Thanks in advance

[Dinghy]

NOTHING close to the airport except for the airport hotel - and it's PAENG MAK (very expensive). Closest might be 10-12 km away or so (and I don't know where for sure, so I won't try to say)

[Gangles]

I will be transiting through Bangkok, and meeting up with the current gf. I have four or five hours, after a very long flight.

I have searched the site for short term hotels near the airport so that I can get some kip, and we can reestablish relationship.

Can anyone help?

Gangles

[Member #3428]

Any other ideas for 30 day stay? And thanks for the legwork on this property!!

I enjoy somerset properties, did you try them. I've gotten good rates with them for less then 30 day stays. Usually two weeks.

[Rikusa]

Okay EP, for most mongers it is guest friendly but in your case it may be not. I went in there asking about joiner fees and they said if you bring in one girl at a time, it is okay but they will charge for the second girl if brought in at the same time. Knowing your penchance for Eden girls, you might want to clarify again before your trip.

However, the elevator is right next to the front door so you might be able get in the elevators before they notice or say anything. The rooms are pretty nice though.

Good luck.

Manager emailed me back 30 day stay in master key 1 bedroom 60,000 baht!
Excluded breakfast, But will work on getting them to add it. Location looks good. Did not see a stove in pictures though! Kichenette should have a stove?

Is soi 19 were country road is on corner?

Usually stay at grand presidents on a package but nothing yet on website.

Any other ideas for 30 day stay? And thanks for the legwork on this property!!

Rikusa

[Terry Terrier]

I'm not sure with what you're disagreeing. I believe mongers should stay in hotels that want and encourage our business. Any hotel that charges a joiner fee doesn't want mongers staying there. The best way of "voting with your wallet" is not to book a guest-unfriendly hotel in the first place, rather than arguing with the night manager at 2.00 a.m.

Moreover, the staff and other guests - farang and non-farang - at non-GF hotels tend to rude to the girls you have with you. If a girl thinks she is going to be hassled or humilated in front of Thais, she'll often refuse to go back to the hotel.

Mongers should avoid hotels that aren't GF. Rather than trying to avoid paying the joiner's fee, avoid the hotel. There are plenty of hotels in all price ranges that don't have joiner fees.

You are mistaken about the number of people in a room, though. Renting a hotel room is actually a contract between the hotel owner and guest. The hotel has the absolute right to enforce the terms of the contract. No where, in custom, practice or law do you have a right to take back a unlimited number of unregistered guests for an overnight stay. The hotel may choose not to enforce this part of the contract, but still retains the right to do so.

Evil

I'm disagreeing with your assertion that checking into a hotel binds a customer legally to a contract. And your suggestion that a hotel has an absolute right to enforce an arbitrary set of rules is simply wrong. Of course, the hotel can ask you to leave. But then you don't have to pay them for services that they failed to provide (it will very rarely come to this, of course).

Any business can present a set of rules to it's customers and require a signature for the transaction, but the business is relying on the intimidation factor with many rules (which often contradict business and consumer law). A minor case in point is a materials supplier my company uses. It has a disclaimer in it's delivery note (which has to be signed by the recipient btw) which states that said materials should be thoroughly inspected for imperfections upon receipt, and once the materials have been taken out of their wrappings and used they become the sole responsibility and ownership of the recipient, and there are no comebacks or returns. I showed the delivery 'contract' to a lawyer friend. He burst out laughing: "Haven't this company heard about consumer law?".

If a hotel incudes in it's small print a rule that male customers have to shag the owner's grandmother (totally absurd, I know, but so are several items of small print in their own ways on a check-in document) is this legally binding?

But, getting back to serious, nobody has to argue about consumer law with the night manager. If you are confronted by a hotel worker with a joiner fee request, NEVER pay cash. Ask (under theatrically obvious duress) for it to be added to your room bill. On check-out, ask for the manager and ask him to remove the offending item from your bill. In the event of a stand-off, pay by credit card then get your credit card company to reclaim the joiner fee charges. But it usually won't come to this because most hotels that charge joiner fees aren't really punter-unfriendly (if they were, they would exclude unregistered evening and overnight guests like the genuinely punter-unfriendly hotels do). They are simply after more coin from what they perceive as easy targets. And the more easy we punters make ourselves as targets, the more hotels (excluding the very small number of hotels that target punters as their customer base) will introduce joiner fees.