Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Starting Over again

Okay, the Ambassador Hotel reservation was scrapped. Now I%26#39;m back at square one looking for suggestions.





I%26#39;ve done some research on Expedia where I%26#39;ve been working on some research and some other options which came up were the Salil Hotell and the Aspen Suites. But then again Expedias mapping service really sucks so I can%26#39;t pinpoint the hotel locations with any certainty within a few blocks. Using Google maps only provided more uncertainty as it seems there are either mutiple locations with the same name or people are creating multiple markers for the sties.





Hopefully I%26#39;m not being too unreasonable. A location which can provide Internet access, either in the room or in a public location, would be nice. An in-room safe helps for security and a place to keep the laptop. Roughly 28-50 sq meters of space is fine, just something nice but not cramped.





My intentions are to spend a week in Bangkok touring the palaces, shrines and other venues during the day, and then exploring Patpong%26#39;s, Nana Plaza and Soi Cowboy at night. This is a solo venture where I%26#39;ll be having guests over.





Note: When I looked up the Fortuna website at work I didn%26#39;t realize it was going to blast music down the hallway. Unfortunately Expedia didn%26#39;t have a listing for this hotel.





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somewhere on sukhumvit would be good ,nana is around soi4 and soi cowboy roundabout soi 20 ,you have a skytrain for transport,you can use the skytrain to join up with the river taxi,s for ttransport to the temples. not all hotels are guest friendly so check that out .what is your budget?





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Around $40-$100/night would work. Anything over $100 seems to be just bragging rights about the hotel or cost which doesn%26#39;t seem to add any real value to the trip to me.





Being within the Sukhumvit area looks workable. Either around Nana Plaza or between there and Soi Cowboy. If only there were some online maps which were more consistent with locating places. It just drives me nuts that a search for a hotel comes up on multiple sites at multiple locations which may not be in the same area at all.





Hopefully the room would be a non-smoking option. I%26#39;m not a non-smoking fanatic but it is a preference. While I am traveling solo, a king/queen bed is preferred to a single bed. Since I%26#39;m coming in from Tokyo having a bit of room will be welcomed.





While all of these options are overwhelming, I guess this is good for Bangkok since it shows how hospitable the area is for outsiders to visit with all of these options.









Agoda%26#39;s mapping is pretty good. Go to this page;





agoda.com.au/asia/…emporium_suites_hotel.html





... and click on the map at the top right hand side of the page.... it%26#39;ll show you just about ALL the hotel locations -zoom in and out as required.









type ..guest friendly ..into the search engine above ,its the empty box next too the bangok forum box.you will find plenty of advice .









You can check out www.sawasdee.com . We%26#39;ve used them extensively in our visits to Thailand and have always found them very good with information, reviews, pictures and maps. Plus their prices are very competitive and usually the best we%26#39;ve found.

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