Bangkok Hotels

[Canada]

That hotel is quite far north on Soi 11, but there are tons of interesting things along Soi 11. Its about 1.0 km walk to Nana Plaza and about 1.2 km walk to Soi Cowboy (sort of different direction). During late evenings and night, you will see many freelancers while you walk. If you can walk a bit, the location is good. If not, there will be plenty of taxis, tuk tuks, and motorcycle taxis.

Thanks for the info. I like to walk so that isn't an issue. I also am looking at Four Points Sheraton on 566 Ploenchit Road, Lumpini Patumwan, Bangkok. It is closer to Nana Plaza I think. Last time I stayed at Four Points Sheraton on Soi 15 and it was great but Marriott doesn't show that property anymore.

[HorseTrader]

I am looking at staying at the Aloft Hotel Sukhumvit 11. Does anybody have any experience with this hotel? It is part of Marriott. Is Suk 11 a convenient place to monger from?

That hotel is quite far north on Soi 11, but there are tons of interesting things along Soi 11. Its about 1.0 km walk to Nana Plaza and about 1.2 km walk to Soi Cowboy (sort of different direction). During late evenings and night, you will see many freelancers while you walk. If you can walk a bit, the location is good. If not, there will be plenty of taxis, tuk tuks, and motorcycle taxis.

[HorseTrader]

I've booked many times using Agoda and that website immediately knows it is me, perhaps through cookies on my computer. If I search for a specific hotel and date range and don't reserve the room, I normally receive an email within the next 24 hours that tells me that my hotel has a discount for my dates. If I go to the website quickly, I've always had that price offered to me. If I wait a few hours, the website is likely to tell me that I'm too late and the available price has gone up. For example, several hours ago my email said my favored hotel was offered for $69 per night, but it was $94 when I tried to purchase it. Instead of purchasing at $94, I had dinner. An hour later I had a new email that said my hotel was available for $69 and I immediately went to the website and bought the room. But, there was a twist, I could only get the room for 5 nights at $69, if I purchased the 7 nights that I wanted, the price went up to $94 per night for each night. I purchased 5 nights at $69. I few minutes later I searched Agoda for the last 2 nights and the price was $94 per night. I left the website. Sure enough, a few minutes later I received an email from Agoda that offered the room for those last 2 nights at $69. I immediately went to the website and bought the last 2 nights for $69.

The above is a long winded description of what happened to me, here is a summary of what I learned from the process:

(1) Make sure Agoda knows your email address and Cookie information. I guess you can do this by making a reservation and doing a free cancellation. There are probably other ways.

(2) Search Agoda for whatever hotel and dates you prefer. Don't purchase yet.

(3) Wait for email that offers lower price. That email may come in 5 minutes or it may take 24 hours.

(4) Go to Agoda and make your purchase.

(5) If Agoda doesn't offer the sale price for your entire stay, just purchase the shorter stay at low price and then search for the extra days that you need.

I've purchased hotels many, many times through Agoda and I'm not sure this process will consistently work. But it worked for me today. While making prior trip arrangements, I've seen similar things, but had not previously put it all together in my mind.

Sometimes Agoda is the cheapest, but other times it may be cheaper through Priceline, Booking, Hotels, Expedia or another agency. My next trip is already booked through Agoda but my last trip was cheaper using Priceline. I cannot explain the different prices because Priceline, Booking, and Agoda are all owned by the same parent company.

I always pay a little extra to get refundable hotel rates and mostly refundable airline rates. We never know for sure that we are going to make our trips on schedule. Who knows, there might be a war that breaks out and we can't get our dicks wet on schedule.

[Canada]

I am looking at staying at the Aloft Hotel Sukhumvit 11. Does anybody have any experience with this hotel? It is part of Marriott. Is Suk 11 a convenient place to monger from?

[PgReal]

Just thought I'd start a thread to gauge people's experiences / views on Short stay apartment / condo's in BKK. In other words recommendations rather than the hotels.

Has anyone stayed in one within say the last 6 months that they'd highly recommend, book again or avoid?

Particularly interested in the areas we all call Monger Central I. E. Around Nana, Sukhumvit Road Soi say 3 - 20 , around Thermae, SOI Cowboy, Terminal 21 etc etc.

I'll start off with two I've stayed in:

Hyde Apartments down Soi 11.

About 100 per night for a 2 bed apartment in a modern high-rise (32 story building). Great views of the city skyline with floor to ceiling windows. It also had a balcony but it seemed to be locked / sealed probably to prevent Jumpers, LOL. Apartment was very clean but I'd say on the small side. You couldn't really walk around the bed without hitting the wall. It you got too physical in bed you could easily have sent her head through the wall or against the window. Also nice showers but you had to squeeze in the door of the bathroom, pin yourself against the wall, close the door just in order to be able to access the shower.

Just an update to my own recommended short-stay condo, "Hyde" on Soi 11. I just bagged a deal on Agoda at €55 per night! It's a one-bed at 48 sq. Meter. So While I think it will be a studio apartment rather than a full 1-bed apartment it's still bigger than most hotel rooms. At that price (for the modern standards) I'd say it's a steal.

[PgReal]

Another apartment I stayed at for 4 nights was the 6th Avenue on Soi 15, off Sukhumvit Road. Modern, nice decor, bed, shower etc.

The best thing is the location, it's literally minutes walk to Thermae or BTS and say 10 minutes to Soi Cowboy, or 15 minutes to Nana (briskly).

The negative for me was it's a low rise apartment block, so not much of a view and you do get a lot of road noise at night, but doesn't most places! My 1 bed apartment had a balcony too not that I ever used it!.

All mod con's provided and high-speed WIFI. No cleaning however but it can be arranged for extra fees.

I booked it at short notice last January and it worked out roughly €80 per night, I see on booking.com it's currently about €110 per night. I don't know but I guess it's all about supply & demand at any particular time.

I would stay there again for the location, just wish it had better sound proofing. Very interested to hear if other people have stayed in better around the heart of the action?

[PgReal]

Just thought I'd start a thread to gauge people's experiences / views on Short stay apartment / condo's in BKK. In other words recommendations rather than the hotels.

Has anyone stayed in one within say the last 6 months that they'd highly recommend, book again or avoid?

Particularly interested in the areas we all call Monger Central I. E. Around Nana, Sukhumvit Road Soi say 3 - 20 , around Thermae, SOI Cowboy, Terminal 21 etc etc.

I'll start off with two I've stayed in:

Hyde Apartments down Soi 11.

About €100 per night for a 2 bed apartment in a modern high-rise (32 story building). Great views of the city skyline with floor to ceiling windows. It also had a balcony but it seemed to be locked / sealed probably to prevent Jumpers, LOL. Apartment was very clean but I'd say on the small side. You couldn't really walk around the bed without hitting the wall. It you got too physical in bed you could easily have sent her head through the wall or against the window. Also nice showers but you had to squeeze in the door of the bathroom, pin yourself against the wall, close the door just in order to be able to access the shower.

Also for a 2 bed apartment they were very scabby with the towels only two given the size of facecloths!! There was a washer / dryer in the apartment to be fair. I am not sure of the story with cleaning, I was only there a couple of days but I got the impression if you want a cleaner you have to book it separately. There was also signs all over the place about you'll be fined if caught smoking. I'd recommend check the bins and generally take photos of the apartment on arrival. I found Cigerette butts and tobacco in the bins, I wasn't going to get saddled with the fine!

Girl friendly, they give you a photo ID card on arrival but the 24 hour guards welcomed anyone I brought in with me, there is a log book for "guests" at the security desk but I got the impression the guards couldn't be arsed. At the same time I went down to the lobby to meet girls, I don't think they'd be let up on their own. You also need the key card for the lifts. Also one day the lifts went off for two hours for maintenance. I was on the 19th floor!

Very quiet at night, well sound proofed.

Possible big negative for short-stay guests, you are prohibited from using the pool or Gym onsite.

Location was good with loads of bars, food places and starbucks, 7-11 close by. Also Soi 11 has loads of FL's hanging around out the hotels and Condos as soon as it gets dark with was a pleasant surprise! I grabbed one, only charge 2,000 and she was damn hot and really nice girl too.

It is about a 10 minute brisk walk to ASOK BTS, so slightly less to say Thermae but that's walking faster than your average tourist hogging up the paths! So it is quite far down Soi11.

All in all I would repeat unless I can find anything better or equal at a better price. They do have 1 bed apartments too but they aren't much cheaper. They are on the usual booking engines.

[KinkyLink]

I seen a lot of talk about the walkthrough but has anyone stayed at the Maison hotel I have a trip coming up in June and have Maison hotel booked for couple nights due to it being close to nana as I already had my fair share of cowboy in past trips.

[Mari1256]

I stayed at Ruamchitt 4 times over the last five months; always happy there, nice staff, nice pool, higher floor rooms, preferably 6th floor are fine.

[Mosquito2002]

LOL, just joking.

Will be transiting thru BKK and staying 1 day outbound (20 hours) and 1 day inbound (17 hours).

Have already booked this hotel on both legs, as it's cheap and besides Thermae Cafe it's located easy walking distance from both Cowboy and Nana.

Has anyone stayed there recently?

Booked a Superior Double Room on Booking.Com for 49.00 USD per night.

[Canada]

Bangla Road has a completely different feel from anything I've seen in Bangkok. Bangla is open and refreshing compared to the congested roads and sidewalks of lower Sukhumvit.

If you are seeking a well balanced tropical vacation, Phuket is better. If you are traveling for P4P, Bangla is good, but lower Sukhumvit is much better. It you have time, try both.

Thanks for the feedback. I may try to do both next trip.

[HorseTrader]

I had seen some feedback on Bangla Road and just assume it was in Bangkok. It sounded like a great area. Is there any area in Bangkok like that or is it best to stay in the Thermae / Nana Plaza area?

Bangla Road has a completely different feel from anything I've seen in Bangkok. Bangla is open and refreshing compared to the congested roads and sidewalks of lower Sukhumvit.

If you are seeking a well balanced tropical vacation, Phuket is better. If you are traveling for P4P, Bangla is good, but lower Sukhumvit is much better. It you have time, try both.

[Mogwai]

I had seen some feedback on Bangla Road and just assume it was in Bangkok. It sounded like a great area. Is there any area in Bangkok like that or is it best to stay in the Thermae / Nana Plaza area?

Bangla Road is comparable with Nana Plaza and Soi Cowboy, except that Bangla Road has much more open air bars.
Sukhumvit Rd Soi 4 (where Nana Plaza is) and Soi 7 also have some open air bars.

[Canada]

Not sure what you mean, because Bangla Road is in Patong, Phuket.

I had seen some feedback on Bangla Road and just assume it was in Bangkok. It sounded like a great area. Is there any area in Bangkok like that or is it best to stay in the Thermae / Nana Plaza area?

[Mogwai]

I stayed at Four Points Sheraton last time and location was great for Thermae and Nana Plaza. I am planning another trip and was thinking of staying near Bangla Road. I heard that it is about a 8 minute taxi ride from Sheraton to Bangla Road. Senior members can you tell me which is the better option for freelancers?

Not sure what you mean, because Bangla Road is in Patong, Phuket.