Bangkok Hotels

[QUOTE=Eszpresszo;1936794]Ghetto, as in American style ghetto? Or just really low rent? Please elaborate. When an American hears the word "ghetto", a completely negative set of images come to mind.[/QUOTE]You can't assume posters here are American. I am not and some American special words, special meanings, or abbreviations are not known or used in my Country.

"Ghetto" surely means low class or slum area and BB obviously tried to have a Negative connotation about the customers that stay there. My budget conscious buddy has stayed there but never myself. I did visit the lobby which looked okay I prefer newer Hotels. I would rather stay in newer Mermaid on Soi 29 for a slightly lower price but higher customer rating. Not sure if Mermaid was a totally new building in recent years or a complete refit / renovation, but hard to tell the difference. However I would rather stay in Manhatten than in Soi 3 to Soi 5, the Arab / muslim area, as that area feels very abnormal with all the Halal stuff, and even hearing muslim prayers or whatever they are, over loudspeaker. Manhatten would also be preferable to Nana Hotel for me, assuming the later is still as ugly as many years ago, my last stay.

I have stayed in Dream Hotel same Soi 15 as Manhatten. It was a good classy standard, maybe a little bit over priced.

[QUOTE=BananaBoi;1936485]Best part about 4 Points. It's literally steps away from the back entrance to Thermae on Soi 15.[/QUOTE]For the Soi15 area.

(1) Four Points. Have stayed there. Rooms / facilities at the better rank and get your SPG points. Just ask for a room at the building on the side of Soi17 rather than Soi15. The rooms facing Soi15 were noisy and my room was below the rooftop bar, so there was a continuous bass beat which disturbed my sleep. Soi17-facing rooms are much quieter.

(2) Manhattan. Older hotel. I have "short stayed" there multiple times as my Viet WeChat girl stayed there on her sex+shopping tours. Can't say much for the facilities, but the bed is big and comfy.

(3) Ruamchitt. Old but newly renovated. Directly above Thermae. I have "short stayed" there multiple times with Thermae girls and found the renovated rooms rather nice and boutique quality. Hard to get a short time room there on weekends as this is becoming more of a tourist place. Most expensive short time room at 650 b.

(4) Miami. Now this is a true ghetto hotel for ghetto clientele. Have stayed there 3 times, once overnight and two times for ST. Seedy old rooms. But I think the cheapest. Last time I went there on a Friday it was full from tourists, so no short time rooms available.

All options above are girl-friendly. Miami and Ruamchitt will look at you funny if you are not bringing in working girls.

Personally I prefer the Sheraton Grande Sukhimvit and from my business travelling days consider it my personal home away from home. Expensive though now, so only if you have the cash. Enjoy Bangkok, AsianRain.

Some Ghetto not so bad. Nana hotel for example, it stays in a nasty monger ghetto hanged out by hookers, trannies, mongers, etc. Etc. But it's good. Atmosphere in there is always very relaxed, and most important thing you are near the action and sky train. If you don't like staying in the heart of the action and you need something better, a good alternative could be Dynasty Grande, located a bit further of Nana Hotel. You keep going 200 mt. On Nana soi 4 and take the first soi on the left. Very nice place, huge rooms, big swimming pool, gym, etc. Price should be around 1.800 or 2.000 baht. Not fancy like Sheraton or Landmark Hotel but excellent, highly recommend it.

[QUOTE=ShimShimhey;1935399]The Davis Bangkok.

Corner Wing Diplomat Suite.

This is on the pricey side but a jacuzzi in a cheap dive would probably give you a rash. Yes, it is guest friendly.[/QUOTE]Try staying in the Ambassador Suite in the same hotel, I have been staying here for the last 7 years and women just go bonkers the moment they enter the room. Its a super place absolutely gorgeous for an after party with the wg and her friends: or just when you bring the lady back to room.

Trust me: had some awesome nights there, threesomes, foursomes, group sex just GB is missing maybe on this trip:

Cheers ".

[QUOTE=Syzygies;1937683]You can't assume posters here are American.[/QUOTE]I'm not, but you do need to be aware of where the term come into more common use in popular culture and lingo.

As I mentioned in another post, I previously was employed by [URL]Hotels.com[/URL] back before the acquisition by Interactive and the merger and spin off into our former rival Expedia. I was always dubious of booking a room from them, because in the past we noticed that some reservations were properly executed and customers showed up at the hotel, only to be told that they did not have a reservation. The old H-com business model focused around a stripped down, low-overhead business that puts little emphasis on non-revenue producing operations (I. E. Customer service, as well as advertising). Of course, the current incarnation of [URL]H.com[/URL] is basically a mirror parent company Expedia, but they have their high profile advertisements and web presence, and are personified by the iconic bearded, foppish "captain", or the "gaylord" as I call him. Apparently you get what you pay for at H-com now. Though back in the day, employees were dubious of booking rooms there unless they were comped to us.

In the meantime the original founders of H-com, went on to form yet another internet booking business, [URL]getaroom.com[/URL] and presumably proceed down the same path: build a revenue producing, low overhead business, take it public and wait for some sucker like Barry "Fucking" Diller (as the late Joan Rivers called him) to pay a premium for the business. When I was between jobs a few years back, I queried my ex boss about employment opportunities there (she had gone to work for another travel business). But she warned that the performance demands of the new company were supposedly greater than the aggressive sales goals of the former H-com. Well, something in my head suggested that [URL]getaroom.com[/URL] was not going to be any better than its predecessor in regards to getting rooms booked and confirmed by the time the guests arrived. So I did a bit of homework on the internet about getaroom and promptly came across negative reviews of people complaining about the company and calling it a scam. Well, I don't think it is a scam, its just that they don't care that much if from time to time a guest if disappointed or infuriated after showing up a hotel which has no room reserved for them. This was all very familiar.

In the meantime, I was scoping out rooms on Soi 4 and found the lowest price for the Wora Buri Sukhumvit was available via Trip Advisor. About $5 less than Agoda. Hmmmm. But, read the fine print on [URL]tripadvisor.com[/URL] and you find that the reservation was handled by [URL]getaroom.com[/URL], so I had to pass.

Buyer beware. There is the devil you know and the devil I know even better.

I was looking around at deals for hotels convenient to Soi Cowboy and Nana and came across a great price for the Eleven Avenue Suites. It got great reviews on [URL]Booking.com[/URL] but I found it for half the price of any other online site at [URL]Priceline.com[/URL] (who own [URL]Booking.com[/URL] and Agoda so go figure.) I couldn't find anything about the guest policy online. Either on the hotel site or the other sources. So, I did the obvious thing and penned an note requesting if there was joiner fee for guests, if I booked a room for two adults. I promptly received the following reply:

"Dear *.

Greeting from Eleven Avenue Suites.

The joiner is free but you have to fallow the management rules if the management found any stain on sheet. The guest will be responsible for the damages.

If you have any kind of further assistant don't hesitate to contact with us.

Best Regards,

Stained sheets? Is that really a problem? I though hotels were in the business of stained sheets. Assuming I am bringing a working girl back to the room, I will keep my body fluids under control through the usual latex barrier. So where does this become a problem? Water Sp*rts? Sc* t? Menstrual blood? Anybody have a problem with this?"

[QUOTE=Eszpresszo;1941625]I'm not, but you do need to be aware of where the term come into more common use in popular culture and lingo.[/QUOTE]Need to?

It's an international forum so best to stick to very plain proper English language universally understood, rather than specialised lingo for some "popular" culture, unless the plain meaning of a term is included for explanation). I am too old for being up with specialised lingo in certain non-Thai cultures. I would not understand Thai teenage special lingo either, most likely.

[QUOTE=Eszpresszo;1942924]
Buyer beware. There is the devil you know and the devil I know even better.[/QUOTE]I agree, its best to stick to well known highly recommended booking sites that never fail. I used to love Wotif because they showed prices including all taxes and plus plus stuff, omitting only a very small booking charge, and also because their web site used to have a grid (like a spreadsheet) of Hotels verses dates showing prices each night and which nights rooms in each category available. Made choosing very easy for me. Booking conditions could be displayed by hovering Cursor over a cell in the grid.

Unfortunately they took that feature away, and partially lost my business, though that change. Maybe was too difficult (costly) for them to maintain that feature working properly, although I don't know why. Probably moved to share same web software as another company.

The Ascot group is having a flash sale at 50% off. If anyone is interested.

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[QUOTE=Eszpresszo;1942930]Greeting from Eleven Avenue Suites.

The joiner is free but you have to fallow the management rules if the management found any stain on sheet. The guest will be responsible for the damages.[/QUOTE]No knowledge of this place; but I have read reports before that lower end BKK hotels have unfairly claimed 'stained sheets' damage and charged customers accordingly. People felt ripped off, and if true it kind of feels like a scam. YMMV.

SL.

[QUOTE=Sunlover2;1947620]No knowledge of this place; but I have read reports before that lower end BKK hotels have unfairly claimed 'stained sheets' damage and charged customers accordingly. People felt ripped off, and if true it kind of feels like a scam. YMMV.

SL.[/QUOTE]Never been charged for stained sheets. LOL.

It is well known that blood stains will come out after soaking in cold water. Not sure about Soi Sauce, wine etc. If consuming stuff on the bed. I am sure I have caused chocolate stains on occasion no big deal. Not sure why was mentioned in conjunction with joiners. Seems irrelevant.

Phachara Suite is recommended by many here so I booked my trip but. Ah. If I only did more reading. , I found out about Phachara's 1000 THB guest fee. So I send email to the hotel and yes they confirm this ridiculous guest policy. But it's too late since I booked this hotel with prepay. At least 1 guest is allowed without this ripoff charge. I will survive few days but I will never think of staying such a hotel again. Instead of paying 1000 THB per guest, I would rather book a 2nd hotel and use that as my take out place.

[QUOTE=Duniawala;1947574]The Ascot group is having a flash sale at 50% off. If anyone is interested.

[URL]http://bit.ly/2dFzGMA[/URL][/QUOTE]Is Citadines guest friendly?

[QUOTE=Intois;1948252]Is Citadines guest friendly?[/QUOTE]I stayed many times in Citadines 23 close to Soi Cowboy. No problem to bring a guest. Of course I always booked a room for 2 persons.

The ladies at the Hotel Reception will make a copy of your girl's ID card and that's it.