Hotels in Bangkok

[bollocksman]

Hey guys.. here are some hotels in certain areas, popular with singaporean pakage tourists and families, So if you wanna be spotted by a family member or office colleague (whos on "clean holiday") with a TG on your ARM. go ahead and book them

Hotels in Petburi and pratunam area. such as bangkok palace, pratunam princess, Eastin. Most of these hotel, have varying degree of guest friendliless.

as for NOvotel SIAM Square, due to its location and popularity with package singaporean tourists. i for one , would not stay there, if i am a cheonger, even though the ever popular pick up joint CM2 is just downstairs. the hotel itself is not Girl/guest friendly.

[Freestyler69]

Originally posted by bollocksman
Hey guys.. here are some hotels in certain areas, popular with singaporean pakage tourists and families, So if you wanna be spotted by a family member or office colleague (whos on "clean holiday") with a TG on your ARM. go ahead and book them

Hotels in Petburi and pratunam area. such as bangkok palace, pratunam princess, Eastin. Most of these hotel, have varying degree of guest friendliless.

as for NOvotel SIAM Square, due to its location and popularity with package singaporean tourists. i for one , would not stay there, if i am a cheonger, even though the ever popular pick up joint CM2 is just downstairs. the hotel itself is not Girl/guest friendly.

i always take the Sukhumvit hotels as it's quite tourist area..easy to find food/etc..taxi from sukh to ratchada is only 60-80baht.so no problem for me... the one which is cheap and good location is Manhattan hotel..only US$23/- for double room..no joiner..

Originally posted by bollocksman
Hey guys.. here are some hotels in certain areas, popular with singaporean pakage tourists and families, So if you wanna be spotted by a family member or office colleague (whos on "clean holiday") with a TG on your ARM. go ahead and book them

Hotels in Petburi and pratunam area. such as bangkok palace, pratunam princess, Eastin. Most of these hotel, have varying degree of guest friendliless.

as for NOvotel SIAM Square, due to its location and popularity with package singaporean tourists. i for one , would not stay there, if i am a cheonger, even though the ever popular pick up joint CM2 is just downstairs. the hotel itself is not Girl/guest friendly.

To all cheongers....

Of all the hotels in Bangkok, pls do not check-in together with ur TG at Pathumwan Princess.
2 weeks ago, i have check-in together with my Tirak and was told that i still have to pay 800bahts per night.
The reasons being she is a Thai and we are not husband/wife . As i try to argue with them why last month when checkin with TG, no surcharge and the management told me that they have just implement this new regulation.
So pls avoid this fcuking hotel!!!

Regards,Bruce

[Sinoview]

Originally posted by GiddlyGook
Someone was asking earlier on the Merchant Court at Ratchada. Too lazy to find and quote the post but in Sat's editition of The Nation, the hotel is offering a B1700 rate for single or twin up till August. No restriction mentioned on having to be Thai. You have to call the hotel to get this rate.

Giddly

For this price......it's a very good deal.

The room in Merchant Court is much bigger, better equipt and newer than Emerald. Their breakfast is superb too....

Originally posted by Bruce
To all cheongers....

Of all the hotels in Bangkok, pls do not check-in together with ur TG at Pathumwan Princess.
2 weeks ago, i have check-in together with my Tirak and was told that i still have to pay 800bahts per night.
The reasons being she is a Thai and we are not husband/wife . As i try to argue with them why last month when checkin with TG, no surcharge and the management told me that they have just implement this new regulation.
So pls avoid this fcuking hotel!!!

Regards,Bruce

It happened to me and my friends too a couple months back where we were charged Bahts 1.6K per nite for bring in two TGs in that same hotel. That is the reason why they closed the elevator on the ground floor so that you will have to pass the receptions for easy identifications. I never go there since....

[TheUnforgiven]

Originally posted by Bruce
Of all the hotels in Bangkok, pls do not check-in together with ur TG at Pathumwan Princess.
2 weeks ago, i have check-in together with my Tirak and was told that i still have to pay 800bahts per night.
The reasons being she is a Thai and we are not husband/wife . As i try to argue with them why last month when checkin with TG, no surcharge and the management told me that they have just implement this new regulation.
So pls avoid this fcuking hotel!!!

It is understandable if some hotels want to protect their reputation by charging extra for bringing a WL for overnight. But I have no tolerance for those who even attempt to charge your tirak for checking in with you. This is what I would have done if I were in your position:

1.) Request for the manager and complain that they are demeaning your gf by enforcing this rule on the two of you. Specifically ask whether they are assuming your girl is a prostitute.

2.) After giving them a piece of your mind, call a friend (sure to meet up with someone when you are there) and tell him you will be changing to XXX hotel.

3.) Also inform him (make sure the manager hears this) to post on the internet that this hotel is fucked. Ask him to inform any other friends who are coming to avoid the hotel.

4.) When you come back to Singapore, go to every related forum and post your story.

5.) Write a complain email to the hotel and also append the links of your posts to it. Also write an email to any related travel agencies and ask them not to reccomend this hotel to clients in future.

Of course, doing all 5 is an extreme (yet legal) measure. I would only do it if I'm seriously pissed off, which I assume you are. This will teach these fucked up hotels a lesson. Revenge is sweet.

Originally posted by TheUnforgiven
It is understandable if some hotels want to protect their reputation by charging extra for bringing a WL for overnight. But I have no tolerance for those who even attempt to charge your tirak for checking in with you. This is what I would have done if I were in your position:

1.) Request for the manager and complain that they are demeaning your gf by enforcing this rule on the two of you. Specifically ask whether they are assuming your girl is a prostitute.

2.) After giving them a piece of your mind, call a friend (sure to meet up with someone when you are there) and tell him you will be changing to XXX hotel.

3.) Also inform him (make sure the manager hears this) to post on the internet that this hotel is fucked. Ask him to inform any other friends who are coming to avoid the hotel.

4.) When you come back to Singapore, go to every related forum and post your story.

5.) Write a complain email to the hotel and also append the links of your posts to it. Also write an email to any related travel agencies and ask them not to reccomend this hotel to clients in future.

Of course, doing all 5 is an extreme (yet legal) measure. I would only do it if I'm seriously pissed off, which I assume you are. This will teach these fucked up hotels a lesson. Revenge is sweet.

Btw, i did make a very FUSS arguments with the manager-in-charge and demand them why every mth, i check-in with my TG, no problem and why this time??!!!
Did you know, he gave me very funny reasons which im very piss-off and i really demand to see their higer authority!!
IN the end, the manager allowed me for the last time!!
And i told them, tis will be ALSO MY LAST TIME STAYING AT THEIR FCUKG HOTEL!!!

Regards,
Bruce

[GiddlyGook]

There has been some discussion, here and another thread, on guest friendly hotels. I'd like to weigh-in with my experience. I've been a freq. BKK traveller over the past several years, mostly on business, and as a result I have had the distinct pleasure of sampling several hotels on someone else's dime (the best way to travel IMO).

With true international 5-star hotel chains (except the Oriental I hear), guest-friendliness is a non-subject - it doesn't even appear in their vocabulary. You, the guest, are deemed to be an adult and who you bring to the room (short of elephants and sorry to say, durians) is your business. Period. They don't even bat an eyelid, no IDs asked, nothing. Hotels I've stayed in that fall into this category are: JW Marriott, The Conrad and Sheraton Grande in Sukhumvit and the Shangri-la by the river. The Marriott by the river is another hotel I frequently stay at and their guest policy is iffy but then I don't really consider it a 5-star.

Personal anecdotes follow.
1) The JW for example, last week. I was outside indulging in a nasty nicotine fix when a farang chap comes running by followed by an obviously enraged Nana denizen. She's like hitting him and the poor spineless sap is doing his best to dodge her blows. The reason why becomes clear in a moment - he's bringing another girl back with him! Now what does hotel security do? They immediately tackle the spurned/jealous bargirl outside the hotel (by now she's shouting at the top of her voice Mai ao! Mai ao!) thereby letting the cad and his new catch-of-the-day enter the hotel. And that's a fine example of what a guest policy should be.

2) I was at the Shangri-la in deep sleep when at 4am I hear knocking on my door. I clumsily get out of bed and in a daze I open the door. What stood outside my door was a single lady, with highlighted rebonded hair, visible tattoos above the left breast (the chinese character for dragon) and a tribal design on the lower back. Hard to tell at a glance if she was a working girl or just being extremely hip but she definitely would have been stopped cold at a lesser hotel and asked what her business was. Instead she apparently sashayed past security at 4am to appear in front of my door, totally unimpeded. Why she was there is another story altogether.

3) The Conrad 2 weeks ago. I'm outside polluting the world again with a lit butt when a taxi pulls up. An obviously working girl (in full working girl regalia) is in the cab. The doorman opens the door for her but she lingers in the taxi, talking loudly on her cellphone. The conversation could be heard within a radius of 5 meters: what hotel you stay? I no sure which. Ne-ah I Conlat right now. Yes?. She gets out after a minute or two and brazenly tips the doorman 20 baht and walks in. Nobody bats an eyelid.

Giddly

[siamcutey]

Those package offers by Singapore Tour Agencies, are not that guest friendly actually.

Pathumwan Princess, Novotel, Sol Twin. Basically those family hotels, will be stricter than others. This is from what I observed.

hahaha
SC

[MarkNgSiongBoon]

Originally posted by Bruce
To all cheongers....

Of all the hotels in Bangkok, pls do not check-in together with ur TG at Pathumwan Princess.
2 weeks ago, i have check-in together with my Tirak and was told that i still have to pay 800bahts per night.
The reasons being she is a Thai and we are not husband/wife . As i try to argue with them why last month when checkin with TG, no surcharge and the management told me that they have just implement this new regulation.
So pls avoid this fcuking hotel!!!

Regards,Bruce

believe it or not, i was once asked to produce my marriage cert. when checking in with my then thai wife once!!!

[vaxvms]

another 5 star joint which is guest friendly is hyatt
no problem extra guests back, touch wood, as me gg stay there on my next business trip

[vaxvms]

Originally posted by Pfizer
You wouldn't want to bonk in the balcony ... it faces the open car park where the cars come in and drop off passengers, and there is a security sitting downstairs that somehow seems to be facing u all the time. Hmmm, like some famous pictures and paintings. Unless, u like to be watched while bonking...

Difference only in the rates I guess. The displayed tag of 1200 bahts should be a guideline. But the opening price was either 600 or 700 bahts.

not every whr hotel got mood to bonk in balcony
best bonk at balcony is at shanghai and it was freezing outside
both party are entusiatic to get close to each other
BKK hardly got the mood
need full blazz air con to start the bonkin mood gg

[siamcutey]

Originally posted by MarkNgSiongBoon
believe it or not, i was once asked to produce my marriage cert. when checking in with my then thai wife once!!!

Then you should ask the staff whether they are married.If there is any married personnel on the spot, ask them whether they keep the marriage cert in their wallets or on them. And if I bring my children, do I need to bring their birth certs to certify they are my children and not kidnapped from somewhere else?

hahaha
Sc

[Ah Des]

deleted

[MarkNgSiongBoon]

Originally posted by siamcutey
Then you should ask the staff whether they are married.If there is any married personnel on the spot, ask them whether they keep the marriage cert in their wallets or on them. And if I bring my children, do I need to bring their birth certs to certify they are my children and not kidnapped from somewhere else?

hahaha
Sc

i've had it with these hotels, that's why now i rent on a permanent basis instead, B$5K no questions ask and full privacy.