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[QUOTE=Johannaway]How much is the montly rent of an average house in Pukhet?[/QUOTE]
That depends a lot about what you want. But to give some impression: 1 BR house in Patong area not too far from the beach THB 15.000 - THB 30.000
This is for one month rent furnished with A/C.
Discount for one year usually somewhere around 20-35% if you pay upfront.
There are Bangkok and Pattaya Hotels Threads.
But there isn't any Phuket Hotel Thread!
I have booked my 5 nights in Bangkok at the Majectic Grande (3,700 baht per night), and also my 5 nights in Pattaya at the Baboona Beachfront (2,100 baht per night).
BKK's Majestic Grande is a 4 star hotel on Sukhumvit's prime location with excellent housekeeping and exquisite room service around the clock.
Pattaya's Baboona Beachfront is a solid Boutique Hotel right on the beach road with great sunset view of Patong Bay.
Both are guest-friendly hotels with no joiner's fees whatsoever, but also being 4 and 3 star hotels respectively.
However, I cannot seem to find the same type of Hotels for Phuket! All I can find is lower-end "motels" higher up on Soi san sabai.
I am looking for a 4-star hotel (or a good 3 star at least) not too far from Bangla Rd, beachfront a plus, around 3,300 Baht per night, for 5 nights in August.
Any tips highly appreciated.
Thanks
[QUOTE=Jay Hodge]Pattaya's Baboona Beachfront is a solid Boutique Hotel right on the beach road with great sunset view of Patong Bay.[/QUOTE]Of course I meant "view of Pattaya Bay"
PS: how come I may NOT edit my threads?
[QUOTE=Jay Hodge]There are Bangkok and Pattaya Hotels Threads.
But there isn't any Phuket Hotel Thread!
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Safari Beach might be what you're looking for. I've stayed there many times and find the Beach Wing quiet, girl friendly with great location (50m from Bangla). Price for seaview is alittle pricey (B5000), but the other Beach Wing rooms are approx B3000 in low season. Cafe on beach for great morning after coffee and breakfast. I highly recommend it.
[QUOTE=Jay Hodge]PS: how come I may NOT edit my threads?[/QUOTE]
Because you're a regular member. If you pay the $19.99 then you'll be able to do a lot of things
[QUOTE=Westsider]Safari Beach might be what you're looking for. I've stayed there many times and find the Beach Wing quiet, girl friendly with great location (50m from Bangla). Price for seaview is alittle pricey (B5000), but the other Beach Wing rooms are approx B3000 in low season. Cafe on beach for great morning after coffee and breakfast. I highly recommend it.[/QUOTE]Sounds very good indeed. Called them and confirmed girlfriendly
However guest ratings are very inconsistent accross ther web (agoda, tripadvisor, etc.)
Deluxe rooms in the Beach Wing look newly renovated and suitable for 3, 000B and prime location.
Thanks for the recommendation!
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[QUOTE=NicFrenchy]Because you're a regular member. If you pay the $19.99 then you'll be able to do a lot of things[/QUOTE]Clarification: I do pay the 19.99$ yearly.
[QUOTE=Jay Hodge]There are Bangkok and Pattaya Hotels Threads.
But there isn't any Phuket Hotel Thread!
I have booked my 5 nights in Bangkok at the Majectic Grande (3,700 baht per night), and also my 5 nights in Pattaya at the Baboona Beachfront (2,100 baht per night).
BKK's Majestic Grande is a 4 star hotel on Sukhumvit's prime location with excellent housekeeping and exquisite room service around the clock.
Pattaya's Baboona Beachfront is a solid Boutique Hotel right on the beach road with great sunset view of Patong Bay.
Both are guest-friendly hotels with no joiner's fees whatsoever, but also being 4 and 3 star hotels respectively.
However, I cannot seem to find the same type of Hotels for Phuket! All I can find is lower-end "motels" higher up on Soi san sabai.
I am looking for a 4-star hotel (or a good 3 star at least) not too far from Bangla Rd, beachfront a plus, around 3,300 Baht per night, for 5 nights in August.
Any tips highly appreciated.
Thanks[/QUOTE]I've been going to Phuket twice each month since January. I stay at the Ibis Erawan on the street in back of Graceland. New hotel; girl friendly--they only require the girl to give them her ID card while she is with me. Rack rate is 2,000 Baht/night, but on internet I got 700 baht/night. Highly recommend: new, clean, staff has good attitude, girl friendly.
After many hours of RTFF over the past couple of weeks, and getting ready for Pattaya, a wise ISG member and pal (1Ball) has just now convinced me I should go to Phuket instead. Reason is that I'll only be in Thailand about five days, and every day I will be getting major dental work, so I won't be in full party mode. I also want a decent beach for serious swimming and exercise (since I've been on a fitness kick for a few weeks. Four kilos down in the past few weeks; four more to go and I'll look like Adonis again ;)). Also, I will have to return to the same dentist in a few months for the follow-up work, and will bring my wife. Based on this, Pattaya is not a good idea, but Phuket is.
My problem is that I fly out tomorrow, but will be locked in meetings all day until I get to the airport - so no time to RTFF about Phuket at this late stage.
Can anyone recommend a good dentist, and a good GF hotel near the action, with large rooms and a large lap-swimming pool, or near the beach (for serious swimming/jogging).
Good info much appreciated. Thanks!
[QUOTE=Giotto]Pipeman,
Your mailbox is full.
Giotto[/QUOTE]Thanks Dr. G - I just cleared it.
[QUOTE=Piper1]After many hours of RTFF over the past couple of weeks, and getting ready for Pattaya, a wise ISG member and pal (1Ball) has just now convinced me I should go to Phuket instead. Reason is that I'll only be in Thailand about five days, and every day I will be getting major dental work, so I won't be in full party mode. I also want a decent beach for serious swimming and exercise (since I've been on a fitness kick for a few weeks. Four kilos down in the past few weeks; four more to go and I'll look like Adonis again ;)). Also, I will have to return to the same dentist in a few months for the follow-up work, and will bring my wife. Based on this, Pattaya is not a good idea, but Phuket is.
My problem is that I fly out tomorrow, but will be locked in meetings all day until I get to the airport - so no time to RTFF about Phuket at this late stage.
Can anyone recommend a good dentist, and a good GF hotel near the action, with large rooms and a large lap-swimming pool, or near the beach (for serious swimming/jogging).
Good info much appreciated. Thanks![/QUOTE]
I hope 1Ball advised you to stay a country mile away from Patong: Imagine all the hedonistic excesses of Bangkok or Pattaya but without the expanses of quiet civility to retreat to. Nightlife and punting opportunities are limited away from Patong, and the taxi mafia make commuting a big strain on the wallet. And the katoeys in Patong :eek:.
IMO Phuket in general is a tourist trap of the highest order. You would be wise to look again at Pattaya. If you're worried about the missus, stay in Naklua or Jomtien. Pattaya is world famous for it's high quality cheap private healthcare and dental treatment.
[QUOTE=Terry Terrier]I hope 1Ball advised you to stay a country mile away from Patong: Imagine all the hedonistic excesses of Bangkok or Pattaya but without the expanses of quiet civility to retreat to. Nightlife and punting opportunities are limited away from Patong, and the taxi mafia make commuting a big strain on the wallet. And the katoeys in Patong :eek:.
IMO Phuket in general is a tourist trap of the highest order. You would be wise to look again at Pattaya. If you're worried about the missus, stay in Naklua or Jomtien. Pattaya is world famous for it's high quality cheap private healthcare and dental treatment.[/QUOTE]Thanks Terry - both you and 1Ball give very good advice on Phuket vs. Pattaya, so I'm not sure what to do now. I'd already thought about the idea of taking Wildcat *just outside* of Pattaya when I return to Thailand in a few months. In the long run, Wildcat might get cranky with me for a day or two when she sees Pattaya is Party Town, but I'm sure she will forgive me as usual. Last time we were in Thailand, Wildcat and I enjoyed a long and hot threesome with a hot bi girl in a Livingstone's Lodge jacuzzi and bed. Wildcat is shy about it now, but I know she would love to do it again.
Not much time to decide between Pattaya and Phuket. I'll probably decide on the plane tomorrow, but I'm leaning towards the clean beaches of Phuket.
If I end up in Phuket tomorrow, I now have excellent info via PMs about a dental hospital recommended by many members. Thanks to Urbanwildlife, 1Ball and Giotto for their PMs with excellent info on dentists, hotels and beaches in Phuket, and thanks Terry for your advice.
Did not read other reports so this may have already been discussed. Just got back last month from 3 month visit to Thailand. Spent most of time in Pattaya but decided to take the sweet lady staying with me down to Phuket for road trip. What a ripoff. Have been there several other times but do not remember prices so high. 100B for beach chair. 85B for Tiger Beer. When questioning prices about everything from price of coconut (my girl loves them), to price for beer. Same reply - Everyone charges the same. Went to a little hole in wall beer bar by room one night because felt sorry that had never seen customer in there - same price 85B. Figure you can find 35B Tiger Beer in Pattaya and 20B beach chairs. Just royally pi--ed me off. Will never go again. We went over to Phi Phi island and the chairs were free beer 65B and just plain cheaper. Figure they have to bring everything by boat and still cheaper. Went down Banglar 2 different nights and around 12 lots of bars did not have any customers. One particular group of will say 40 beer bars had a total of 7 customers total for all of them. Stopped in one beer bar on Bangler because at least they had a band. Bought myself and lady 1 drink each total price 250B. The band was not even that good.
[QUOTE=RetiredForever]Did not read other reports so this may have already been discussed. Just got back last month from 3 month visit to Thailand. Spent most of time in Pattaya but decided to take the sweet lady staying with me down to Phuket for road trip. [/QUOTE]
Phuket is one big clip joint. The beaches suck. The a-hole drivers would stop off at shops after agreeing to the "no-stop-no-shop" clause and sit and beg me to go in and look at crap. In fact, not one ever just took me to where I wanted to go without trying to get me to check out a tourist trinket hole. Only after screaming at them would they take me to their destination. I tried to get a traditional massage and wound up finding out I had a post op catooee that ends up asking me to feel her new equipment after trying to flip me over to bring the massage to a fast-lazy wank ending. I'd be getting my hair cut and some 4 eyed skank would start giving me a foot massage but rather than do the massage the lazy ho starts flashing a fat thonged ass at me trying to coax me into a back stall for a $50 HJ. I'd walk into a Nepalese tailor shop and these dudes would have breath so foul I'd be gagging. My hotel charged me 500bht for bringing in a girl for 1/2 an hour just so we could change and shower before hitting Patong beach, then again for bringing one home that night. I'd get scolded about making too much boom boom noise but they put me in a room right over the lobby. They didn't tell me until I got the print out about the "guest" charge and they found it very amusing. This was the Swiss Inn at the far end of town. The Thais down there think they are in Santa Barbara or Palm Beach but it is really no much more than a Cancun without the nearby ruins. The mustached malay moolie drivers down that way make the pushy Balinesians seem meek. They routinely sell excursions to Phi Phi and other nearby destinations at the little travel desk on the street by the Swiss Inn Knowing full and well that it is too rough in fall for that and they are never there at the little desk the next morning when the folks show up for their refund for the boat that never left the dock. I saw a lack of Isan Farm girls there but MANY tatooed trollups that belonged on Soi Cowboy or NEP. The only thing good permanent things in Phuket are the comical Swedish pensioneers and the Green Curries. I wouldn't go back there if somebody gave me a free ticket! Use your head and go to Bali instead!