Bangkok Hotels

I just booked Phachara Suites, executive studio for USD 450 (5 nights, inclusive of taxes, NO Breakfast) on Agoda. Free cancellation till Nov 21st.

This works out to USD 90 per night. Not cheap! I used to stay at Grand President Tower 2 studios, which were going for less than $75 just over 2 years back. Right now they are over $100! Bangkok has become expensive despite heaps of new hotels popping up in Sukhumvit in the last 3 years.

Question on Phachara. I have never been a fan of Soi 4. My regular girls are allergic to the Nana district. LOL! Is there an other way to approach Phachara without using Soi 4? I believe Soi 6 one way traffic to Sukh?

How much is internet charges at Phachara? Would appreciate any tips on getting a SIM card with unlimited Blackberry 3G service for a week. Been playing away from Thailand for so long now, I have lost touch.

PS: I used to post on BKK threads before as Sir Van Koff. That I D is now defunct.

ki jang:

never been to phachara but it is popular on this board. i would recommend the soi 11 hotels because soi 11 is a great place to stay. you know grand pres but aloft is on that street as well and it gets high marks for about the same price as phachara. the other president hotel on soi 11 right next to grand president is new and nice i am sure.

for your blackberry i would go to the top floor at terminal 21. there you'll find stores for 1-2 call, true, and dtac. they are right next to each other and its easy to check all of their prices and choose what is best for you. i bought a sim from 1-2 call for my galaxy s4. i paid $us14 for the sim which included a month of 3g service with a 2gb limit. i believe they dialed down the speed if i went over 1 gb but i never did. they have weekly plans too. bangkok's 3g is faster than the 3g in california. make sure your blackberry is unlocked.

[QUOTE]Is there an other way to approach Phachara without using Soi 4? I believe Soi 6 one way traffic to Sukhumvit? How much is the internet charge at Phachara?[/QUOTE]There is a street that Google Maps calls "Sukhumvit 6 Alley" connecting Soi 6 to Sukhumvit Road. It runs northeast and dead ends into Sukhumvit just a few meters west of the Nana BTS station. If you are walking, it's not far at all from the Nana BTS to the Phachara Suites.

Unfortunately, the alley is one-way northbound and Soi 6 is one way eastbound. So if you are traveling by car or motorcycle or tuk tuk, you'll have to start at the intersection of Soi 4 and Soi 6 and enter from the west.

As for the wi-fi at the Phachara Suites, the last time I stayed there it was included in the room rate. But that was in 2011 and I was in quite the spendy suite. So the policy may have changed.

Bunky

Anybody ever stay at the Grand Hyatt Erawan in Bangkok?

i tried to book aloft on their website, but the rates were closer to 100 usd for the date i had chosen. and it was just a room, compared to the suite with amenities in phachara. haven't tried the other president next to gp (the one with the street level sports bar) , but i have stayed at president solitaire down the road. was upgraded free to a platinum suite there and loved it.

thanks for the tip on t21. it did not exist during my previous trip.

[quote=allover; 1491560]ki jang:

never been to phachara but it is popular on this board. i would recommend the soi 11 hotels because soi 11 is a great place to stay. you know grand pres but aloft is on that street as well and it gets high marks for about the same price as phachara. the other president hotel on soi 11 right next to grand president is new and nice i am sure.

for your blackberry i would go to the top floor at terminal 21. there you'll find stores for 1-2 call, true, and dtac. they are right next to each other and its easy to check all of their prices and choose what is best for you. i bought a sim from 1-2 call for my galaxy s4. i paid $us14 for the sim which included a month of 3g service with a 2gb limit. i believe they dialed down the speed if i went over 1 gb but i never did. they have weekly plans too. bangkok's 3g is faster than the 3g in california. make sure your blackberry is unlocked.[/quote]

I have tried that alley one rainy April evening with my beautiful takeout from Annies, in a taxi. The traffic was so badly stuck that we got out and walked (to Soi 11) despite her heels and the rain!

[QUOTE=Bunky; 1491740]There is a street that Google Maps calls "Sukhumvit 6 Alley" connecting Soi 6 to Sukhumvit Road. It runs northeast and dead ends into Sukhumvit just a few meters west of the Nana BTS station. If you are walking, it's not far at all from the Nana BTS to the Phachara Suites.

Unfortunately, the alley is one-way northbound and Soi 6 is one way eastbound. So if you are traveling by car or motorcycle or tuk tuk, you'll have to start at the intersection of Soi 4 and Soi 6 and enter from the west.

As for the wi-fi at the Phachara Suites, the last time I stayed there it was included in the room rate. But that was in 2011 and I was in quite the spendy suite. So the policy may have changed.

Bunky[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=MeOops; 1491264]Hello,

I will also be there during mid-Nov. Would like to go for joint mongering?

I still have to book my hotel though. Any suggestions?[/QUOTE]Hi, I will stay in Four points from Nov 17th. Send me a PM if you want to meet for some fun.

Hello,

Is Radisson Suites located at 23/2 Sukhumvit Soi 13, Sukhumvit Road GF hotel?

[QUOTE=KiJang;1491349]How much is internet charges at Phachara?[/QUOTE]When I have stayed there it's been free. If you book on Phachara homepage you get a password that lasts your whole stay. If you book on Agoda it's not included, but if you ask you get 3 hour voychers in the reception.

T

[QUOTE=MeOops; 1492483]Hello,

Is Radisson Suites located at 23/2 Sukhumvit Soi 13, Sukhumvit Road GF hotel?[/QUOTE]Yes, they not even take my gal ID.

[QUOTE=Paul Kausch;1489084]It's a great location for regular tourists, but not so much so for mongers. It's convenient to BTS, which will get you to and from the MPs and to Nana and Cowboy but not back as BTS stops running at midnight. You will have to take a taxi back in heavy traffic. For outcall, the MPs will love the hotel. Spasso in the Grand Hyatt is relatively close; it's a nice club with plenty of FL but the ladies you find there will be much cheaper after 2am in Climax, which will be a bit of a hassle to get to. Book the room for 2, it will cost no more than booking for 1, and you should have no problem with a guest.[/QUOTE]PK,

Thanks for your post. I will be mongering! May need to look else where. I'll be there for work about two weeks, end of JAN. First of FEB. I've stayed at Le Meridien before and the location is perfect. Can anyone chime in on Sofitel?

Thanks,

JB

[QUOTE=Strickjb;1492874]Can anyone chime in on Sofitel?[/QUOTE]Both Sofitels in Bangkok are truely great. The Sofitel So is more Hi-So boutique style, the Sofitel Sukhumvit is more classic style. Both hotels treat Le Club Accorhotels Platinum Member very well (at least you get upgraded to a room on executive floor). Staff at both hotels is awesome (extremely friendly and helpful) , roome are well equipped, very comfortable beds, very good breakfast. Just for the hotel I prefer the Sofitel So, it's my favorite hotel right now in Bangkok, but it's very expensive and the location at Sathorn Road sucks for mongering.

You don't wrong with Sofitel Sukhumvit which is near BTS Asoke and opposite Club Insanity.

An just in case you want to know, both hotels are very gf.

I have ammended my Agoda reservation at Phachara suites from 5 nights to 2 (at USD 93 / night for Executive Studio, no breakfast). Was having second thoughts about spending the whole duration of my stay in a new place.

Grand President (Deluxe Suite, Tower 2) is USD 87 / night inclusive of breakfast. I like their breakfast and the suites though old are roomy and comfortable. Fully functional kitchenette, washer / dryer etc. No WOS in Tower 2 as the reception is in Tower 1.

I got the above rate from the hotel website and grabbed it without second thoughts. It's an early bird rate, so no changes or cancellations. Just a heads up for you guys, all hotels under Compass Hospitality group always have direct web rates which are cheaper than likes of Agoda, WOTIF etc.

[QUOTE=Tratnguyen1; 1489329]Gents,

I will visit Bangkok in November 2013 and already had reservation with Maxim Inn Deluxe bed at a cost 1390bt a night. I stayed at Maxim Inn before, it is a GF hotel and very quietly at the end of Soi 7/1. What's a very conviently location close to Nana bts. I like this Maxim Inn when I found out Majestic suite was a noisy hotel facing Sukhumvit and the staff could not even give a decent one even I had a reservation at a much higher cost than Maxim Inn.[/QUOTE]Thank you. Based on your report, I am going to book a room there for my return leg from Phuket before I catch a flight. I booked C'tdines on arrival, but I say why not save a few bucks and invest it in mongering.

PS: Do the rooms have a balcony with a quiet view?

-P

I continue to support this hotel for convenience of location. The great thing is that it only just off the highway from Swampy and thus better than any hotels down Skvt.

Annies (of which I am no longer a fan) is across the road and Soi Nana but a (long) stones throw as is the Skytrain and access to all BKK / night

I am getting rates of US$85 inc taxes, etc and breakfast for king size doubles using hotel booking sites.

GFE. They cal from the eek if you have a 'visitor. '

Breakfast is great.

OK. Bits of the hotel are tired. But so are bits of the Oriental!