Bangkok Hotels

An email to both President Palace and fx suk (asoke) revealed no joiner fees.

President said they may take photocopy of ID. I'll probably just go for the 2099 deal on wotif.

Does anybody know what secret hotel is the 1111 and 1300 (1444 some days) deal on WOTIF?

Thanks!

[QUOTE=Minuteman]Does anybody know what secret hotel is the 1111 and 1300 (1444 some days) deal on WOTIF?

Thanks![/QUOTE]

Hi minuteman, welcome to ISG. It is a bit hard to say quickly since there are so many 3+ star hotels. With 5 star hotels, there are not many (3-5) so I have simply compared descriptions until there is a giveaway 'match' (like a typo etc). Suggest you grab a coffee, open the 'wot hotel' deal of interest, and work your way 1 by 1....

[QUOTE=Bounce Around]An email to both President Palace and fx suk (asoke) revealed no joiner fees.

President said they may take photocopy of ID. I'll probably just go for the 2099 deal on wotif.[/QUOTE]FuramaXclusive Asoke-Sukhumvit:

You may want to call fX regarding GF status to be sure though. Unless they have changed policy recently, there are no joiner fees if your person of interest is WITH you when you check in. If not, it's a roll of the dice depending on who the bell captains/guards/desk staff may be.

Take a copy of the email you received with you when you check in. fX can be mercenary on this point.

Rooms at fX are OK, a bit tight, and I am not a big fan of the 'boutique' ethic, but the beds & breakfasts there are quite good, almost enough to say that it's worth the price (1999+125 Baht.)

[b]Wotif FuramaXclusive Asoke-Sukhumvit [i]Wotif Secret Deal[/i][/b]:

[url]http://www.wotif.com/hotel/View?hotel=W59071&page=1&viewType=all&refId=65662[/url]

President Palace:

All of the President (Compass) chain of facilities are GF. You can normally bypass the ID card checking/taking thing if you really want to (it IS in place for your protection) if you just say, "Fan ching ching khup", and state your room number as you slip by the bell guy. (I used to just make mention of it beforehand and grease the guy's palm with a blue or red note to ensure that he would simply disappear when I arrived with my little squeezie for the night.)

The one for 1444 / 1300 is The Key
[url]http://www.wotif.com/hotel/View?hotel=W50655&page=1&viewType=all[/url]

The other is not so obvious. I'll let you know if I figure it out!

The Ambassador Hotel has a huge collection of birds including Macaws. These Macaws keeping scrapping with each other and making a huge racket that wakes you up like an alarm at 5 in the morning, and they start cawing again in the evening. If your room in Grand President is facing that side. You've had it!

Ask for a room not overlooking the Birds of Ambassador Hotel.

I enjoyed my earlier stay at Majestic Grande. Smaller rooms, more expensive, but it's worth it.

[QUOTE=Yendor]Hi minuteman, welcome to ISG. It is a bit hard to say quickly since there are so many 3+ star hotels. With 5 star hotels, there are not many (3-5) so I have simply compared descriptions until there is a giveaway 'match' (like a typo etc). Suggest you grab a coffee, open the 'wot hotel' deal of interest, and work your way 1 by 1....[/QUOTE]Thanks! Looks very nice for the price. Anybody have any knowledge whether The Key Bangkok is GF friendly or not?

[QUOTE=Minuteman]Thanks! Looks very nice for the price. Anybody have any knowledge whether The Key Bangkok is GF friendly or not?[/QUOTE]

The hotel is GF. Last time I stayed there-July 2009, the lobby receptionist did not even blink an eye when I brought in a girl. The elevator is located in the very front of the hotel and most of the time, you could not even see the reception people when you get into the elevator.

Will be in BKK in Nov. for 3 days before going down to Pattaya. Can't decide between the Majestic Suites and Aspen Suites. I have stayed in Majestic before and all was great except the breakfast. Seems only drawback for Aspen is it's kinda far down Soi 2. Majestic is older Aspen is newer.

[QUOTE=Long91]Will be in BKK in Nov. for 3 days before going down to Pattaya. Can't decide between the Majestic Suites and Aspen Suites. I have stayed in Majestic before and all was great except the breakfast. Seems only drawback for Aspen is it's kinda far down Soi 2. Majestic is older Aspen is newer.[/QUOTE]Aspen has a tuk tuk available from 7 to 9 and will run upto the Marriott. The breakfast is very limited. Since it is new, the rooms are nice and spacious with a kitchen. I have stayed here 3 times in since they opened and liked it.

I am coming to Bangkok for a few months. Can anyone suggest a good hotel or apartment in Sukhumvit in a central location close to a BTS station. I will be working so I need a good and fast wireless Internet. I am not going to bring in a new girl every night but girl friendliness is a plus.

I am going to be in Bangkok for almost 90 days. It seems to me that renting a serviced apartment is much, much cheaper than staying in an extended stay hotel.

Budget? I'd like to stay under 30,000 baht per month.

Any suggestions greatly appreciated.

Thanks

[QUOTE=Bounce Around]An email to both President Palace and fx suk (asoke) revealed no joiner fees.

President said they may take photocopy of ID. I'll probably just go for the 2099 deal on wotif.[/QUOTE]
Strangely, must be luck, I have never ever been hit with a joiner fee at any Hotel over many years, excepting maybe short time hotels may have charged extra for having a girl with you.

So I am wondering if joiner fees is really just a bit of a scam? Or maybe I just haven't done enough taking girls for the night over the years.

I have been to places the were not GF at all though, but fortunately was having my GF check in properly.

Usually these places print rules saying no non-checked in guests after a certain time of day. Then you just get the girl to arrive in day time instead LOL (or not stay there).

[QUOTE=Barko]
Rooms at fX are OK, a bit tight, and I am not a big fan of the 'boutique' ethic, but the beds & breakfasts there are quite good, almost enough to say that it's worth the price (1999+125 Baht.)
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What is "the boutique ethic"? or more particularly, what part of it doesn't appeal?

I always assumed that boutique means:
small (not so high rise), not so many staff hanging around with nothing to do, and maybe something missing, either pool or internet or gymnasium.

Or is it to do with style of decoration?
M P L

[QUOTE=M P Lurker]...
So I am wondering if joiner fees is really just a bit of a scam? Or maybe I just haven't done enough taking girls for the night over the years.
...[/QUOTE]

No. Joiner fees do exist. Well, I haven't visited these hotels recently (it's an understatement!), but on my first journey in Thailand (it was 10 years ago), I was charged a 500 baht joiner fee in a resort in Jomtien and later, a 300 baht joiner fee in a hotel in Pattaya. Maybe their policy have changed since, but they surely have lost a lot of potential returning customers.

If I am not mistaken, some hotels will (try to) charge you a joiner fee if you haven't booked your room directly with them but (for instance) using the service of a reservation agency or website. The Welcome Plaza hotel in Pattaya wanted to charge me a 300 baht joiner fee on my first stay because I booked online via Agoda, but I've been able to avoid being charged after speaking a bit with one member of their staff. I like this hotel because of its location and very reasonable rates, but since, I've booked my room directly using their email address and never have had any hassle anymore.

Since then, when I need to book a room in a hotel that I don't know yet, I try to find their email address and ask them if they charge any joiner fee for "guests" beforehand. And since I do that, I was never asked to pay a joiner fee in any hotel.