Bangkok Hotels

[QUOTE=Duniawala;1285731]I asked you to call / write the hotel. You eventually got a direct answer. So did my original reply a non-helpful one? You be the judge.[/QUOTE]Although we have good intentions, sometimes people are asking here to save time investigating, and just want a simple Yes its 100% GF or not. He wasn't after a difficult delayed solution. You are right though that some forum writers cannot be trusted to give a correct answer. I don't think I ever asked this question of the forum or of anyone. My instinct and experience usually works out all right. Once got caught out staying at "Bangkok Palace" in Pratu Nam. Definitely not GF. Was never clear to me if Baiyoke Sky was GF, but Japanese customers seemed to have young Thai girls with them in elevator. Maybe depended on how classy the girls looked. We usually hear rumours about places not so GF in the Mongering zone. E. G. Tai Pan seemed to be questionable based on what some wrote. Unfortunately Siwatel is slightly outside the mongering zone and new, so needing to "check in" the girl is not unexpected. Taking 3 girls is probably not on. I have used a technique when checking in to say that my GF will check in later. However when I want to monger big time, I definitely prefer to stay in an absolutely 100% GF Hotel in Suk region, where taking 3 girls to the room doesn't cause a problem. I even tip the cleaning lady to supply extra Towels. We can all speculate, but I doubt if anyone here as first hand experience at Siwatel given the newness. Most of us want to stay a bit cheaper (although Siwatel possibly has a super special price right now) , a bit closer, and save the Baht to spend on girls.

[QUOTE=Zauberfee;1285751]Even I have just a couple of posts herre in the forum I'm pretty far from being a newbie when it comes to travelling and mongering in Thailand[/QUOTE]This is very true! Post count don't really amount to shit and certainly doesn't mean someone has experience (or not).

Look at me for example, I have 3000+ Posts and I am still a Virgin

[QUOTE=Duniawala;1285731]I asked you to call / write the hotel. You eventually got a direct answer. So did my original reply a non-helpful one? You be the judge.[/QUOTE]The reason it is always best to ask the hotel (preferable by email) is that then you are certain what their policy is and you can show their answer in case of any problems. Or are you going to show to reception a copy of the answers you get here on the forum? I doubt if they will be much impressed.

If they don't answer you, book elsewhere. Not answering is a typical Thai way of politely saying "no".

I checked out a few hotels close to Nana with a friend this weekend who was looking for accommodation.

I saw the inside of Nana hotel for the first time. I couldn't believe they were charging 1500 bath for this dump.

For 50 baths more, the Dynasty Inn has much better rooms in their new building, very close to Nana too.

For 100 baths more, there is a brand new Ibis down the road.

[QUOTE=NicFrenchy;1285882]This is very true! Post count don't really amount to shit and certainly doesn't mean someone has experience (or not).Look at me for example, I have 3000+ Posts and I am still a Virgin[/QUOTE]Damn right, I have less posts than you and I am a Taurus!

Dear fellow mongers,

I tryed to stay in the S31 for my last trip, but I needed to leave after 1 night!

Sometimes I have the feeling try something new, so I gabe the S31 a try.

It is a good location, very near to some good massages and shopping and.

Close to the bts.

But I need to say it is NOT worth the money.

First I orderd with my booking the pickup from the airport, I was lucky,

It took me 5 miuntes from the plane put of customs. Thai was very good, the pick you up.

With a golf car at the plane and guide you threw the customs, then they carry you luggage to the car.

But there was no car. The hotel forgott to send one. What a shit, so it took them 30 minutes to

Get a propper car and driver.

Then at the hotel, shure they tried to appologize etc. But.

Then I got my room, a panorama suite. Shure the view is realy nice. You have a window 10 meters wide with glass.

From flore to ceeling, a nice kittchen and an oversized bed. Cool.

But, the batheoom is absolut not a good one, very very small, almost dark, no lights in the shower and almost bo space to put your things.

And it is not realy in a good shape, it loks already very woren out, the carpet looks derty and the sofa (in front of the window) shows signs of white dost. Yes it is a perfect place to f. But I expect they realy cleen it.

And at last, the aircondition is very noisy and she dose not realy cool the rome down.

So it was travel day, I decided to try it for one night and if it is then ok then I stay for the booked 5 nights oterwise I check out and go to st. Regins or my faforit hansar.

I booked "new" from ezmassagebkk she came to the room and it was very ok, and I have a very good night.

So. Next morning I checked out, and left. This is the only thing I think you an do with this hotel. Leaving it is not worth the price, even if it is bot realy expensive but it is bot worth it.

Now I am at the terrasse of my gotel, I enjoy a phantastic view, breakfast, and a excelent room, so let us see what the next days bring. At last a good hotelroom.

So hope this reports helps others not to make the same mistake.

All the best to all of you.

Will

There has been a lot of informative postings on oily's lately. Nic, your contributions on this subject have been outstanding. These reports happily coincided with my latest plans concerning my next trip to BKK. Thank you guys.

For the last 3 years or so I have been staying at the Admiral Premier. It is a good hotel. I like their larger suites. The living room is great for entertaining the girls and getting everybody comfortable before moving on to soapy shower and then the main event. The rooftop pool is excellent. Many late afternoons I have relaxed in the pool and I find that I am the only guest using the facility. Sure the Oriental or Peninsula pools are far more luxurious, but you can't beat having an upper Sukhumvit rooftop pool all to yourself on a hot afternoon. But last time I was at the Premier, new construction was just beginning next door. So I thought I would check out some other hotels in the general area this trip until the work is done.

First, I booked a few nights at the new Grande Center Point Hotel & Residence Sukhumvit Terminal 21. The hotel has received pretty good reviews over at Trip Advisor and it has a real nice looking rooftop pool. I made sure it is GF and found a pretty good rate for a deluxe premium room with complimentary breakfast. I have stayed at the Grand Millennium across the street and I think the GM is a very good hotel. The rooms are very nice and modern, but the swimming pool is small and in shade most of the day. That is a faulty architectural design for a 4. 25* hotel in a tropical climatic zone in my opinion. Since the Admiral Premier is out of action for a while due to the construction next door, I decided to give the Grande Center Point T 21 a try.

Then after giving the Grande Center Point a go, I decided to book the Marriott Executive Sukhumvit Park Apartments on Soi 24 for the next week before I head down to Pattaya. My usual habit is to hit the oilies only a couple of times per trip and to focus the majority of my attention on the Go Go's and soapies. But for this trip, I decided to change things up a little and so I intentionally chose the Marriott Sukhumvit Park Apartments because of the size of the suites, and more importantly to focus my attention on the Soi 24 massage parlors. I will be walking past them at least 3 or 4 times every day and thus I plan on availing myself of their services every day while I am staying on Soi 24. This is going to make this trip very different from my usual trips. It is always good to mix things up a little to make things feel new. You know what they say in Real Estate; location, location, location.

Hi, has any one stayed in the privacy suites at soi 20. I have seen the websites and looks good. I gave them a email regarding the guest joiner fee and got a reply from the hotel that they don't charge anything. Has anyone stayed recently? I have rtff but found nothing. They have a 50 square meter junior suite with a jacuzzi that I m intrested in. Any help would be appreciated regarding the location and rooms.

This trip I stayed at Aloft in Sukhumvit Soi 11. It is across the soi from Citadines Soi 11. In fact I stayed at the Citadines also this time around.

I liked Aloft a lot. Totally GF, in some cases they forgot to ask my girl for her identification card. On two occasions they did ask for identification and kept it overnight as is the standard.

The guest rooms are not huge, but nice, new and modern, and have a sofa + king size bed + small desk with free internet. Beds are softer than the usual thai rock hard standard bed. Bathrooms are decent sized, modern and fresh looking. I also stayed for four nights in their suites a few weeks ago, that was very nice indeed. Same modern styling, twice the size of a regular room, and a gigantic bathroom.

The pool has sunshine from early morning until about 130pm this time of year.

The breakfast buffet is adequate but the restaurant is very very noisy. It's like eating in a disco. This is actually my main complaint with this place.

This time of year Wotif shows rates of about THB2500. For comparison, Wotif shows the same rates for Citadines across the street (for an executive studio). I stayed there also, for a couple of nights, and Aloft beats the equally Girl Friendly Citadines hands down: Citadines is getting old and shows wear and tear, the bathrooms are tiny tiny tiny and not modern at all, and the bed in the executive studio is a rock hard queen size compared the king size bed in Aloft.

[QUOTE=Harry Dude; 1289782]This trip I stayed at Aloft in Sukhumvit Soi 11. It is across the soi from Citadines Soi 11. In fact I stayed at the Citadines also this time around.

I liked Aloft a lot. Totally GF, in some cases they forgot to ask my girl for her identification card. On two occasions they did ask for identification and kept it overnight as is the standard.

The guest rooms are not huge, but nice, new and modern, and have a sofa + king size bed + small desk with free internet. Beds are softer than the usual thai rock hard standard bed. Bathrooms are decent sized, modern and fresh looking. I also stayed for four nights in their suites a few weeks ago, that was very nice indeed. Same modern styling, twice the size of a regular room, and a gigantic bathroom.

The pool has sunshine from early morning until about 130pm this time of year.

The breakfast buffet is adequate but the restaurant is very very noisy. It's like eating in a disco. This is actually my main complaint with this place.

This time of year Wotif shows rates of about THB2500. For comparison, Wotif shows the same rates for Citadines across the street (for an executive studio). I stayed there also, for a couple of nights, and Aloft beats the equally Girl Friendly Citadines hands down: Citadines is getting old and shows wear and tear, the bathrooms are tiny tiny tiny and not modern at all, and the bed in the executive studio is a rock hard queen size compared the king size bed in Aloft.[/QUOTE]Excellent report. I was wondering about that hotel as there is little information about this new place, plus you can collect Starwood SPG points! Their direct website is showing rates of just 2170. Question: some people on tripadvisor said their stay included free pass to Bed Supper Club. Did you get that pass? Is BSC even worth it these days? Cheers.

Anyone know what is the current mystery hotel at Worif. Com? Its a 40sqm room. It used to be the Grand Millenium on Sukhumvit and I liked it a lot. But that is a 38sqm room, so I think its another one now.

Thanks folks.

[QUOTE=Asianatic; 1292527]Anyone know what is the current mystery hotel at Worif. Com? Its a 40sqm room. It used to be the Grand Millenium on Sukhumvit and I liked it a lot. But that is a 38sqm room, so I think its another one now.

Thanks folks.[/QUOTE]For me, using the mystery deal is a pretty dumb idea. The difference in price is not that big that one wants to take a gamble. For $10 extra, why not book the hotel you like and be done with it?

Asianatic, it looks like a new hotel, I don't have a reference for this description.

Nic, sometimes the secret deal saves you more than $10. More like 1000 or 1500 baths (a day).

Could be the new Terminal 21 Hotel. They have a 40sqm room which is the Deluxe Premium.

[QUOTE=Asianatic; 1292527]Anyone know what is the current mystery hotel at Worif. Com? Its a 40sqm room. It used to be the Grand Millenium on Sukhumvit and I liked it a lot. But that is a 38sqm room, so I think its another one now.

Thanks folks.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Chill Out;1292591]Nic, sometimes the secret deal saves you more than $10. More like 1000 or 1500 baths (a day).[/QUOTE]How so? But you don't know where you going to end up, so it's lottery right?