Bangkok

[bloomiey]

Cassis I took from Airport to Arnoma only cost around 180baht. No Toll charge for me, probably it was saturday evening.

Btw, Arnoma hotel isn't that good. Only good thing its beside Big C and Central World. The hotel does not provide toothbrush and toothpaste, toilet facilities no good, bath tub dirty, toilet bowl dripping water flooding my toilet floor. Door card
was not electronic type, it was the punch hole card which makes me feel abit insecure.
If you can afford to take cab around, would suggest you to take Baiyoke sky, room facilities are slightly much better compared to Arnoma. Breakfast is definitely marvellous!!!

 

[noscon]

yanling

im horrified to hear that arnoma's condition.... a bit disappointed cos tot that for the px range shd still be ok... i used to stay at pathumwan princess and enjoyed the room a lot... i think i might get culture shock when i stay at arnoma....anyway thanks for your inputs...

 

[tinkybell]

Hi Girls,

ur comment on Arnoma make me wori... cos i wil be staying there for 4 nights...

and the security is my main concern....

and based on the price i am paying, i thinking that was not too worth it... except for the malls nearby

 

[minssy]

hi tinkybell,

if arnoma is that sucky, i think the hotel will not have so many positive ratings.. yes its not as nice as prathumwan princess, novotel or intercon, but its definitely decent... the key may be abit 'orbit' but i dun think security is compromised.. no worries.. chill!

http://www.asiarooms.com/thailand/bangkok/arnoma-hotel-reviews.html

 

[noscon]

i also heard that the best parts are the staff friendliness, opp shopping ctrs and the breakfast!! But the rooms and bathrooms bit bit small...

 

[minssy]

hi noscon,

its decent size lah

 

[noscon]

ok minssy

anyway anyone taken jetstar before? does our fare cover the airport tax from thailand? cos i heard it does include....

 

[preciousmoments]

noscon,

we just took Jetstar to BKK. The fare already included tax from BKK so don't need to prepare extra $$ unlike last time.

 

[bloomiey]

Yeah minssy i read through the reviews in asiarooms before i booked, thought it was good. But its abit over rated too good.
The rooms doesn't seems small to me. Its an average hotel room size, neither is bathroom small.

 

[noscon]

SZ

thanks for the info...

 

[icebaby0]

noscon,

What ever airline you take out of BKK...airport tax will be included in the airticket. It is their policy. You can read up from internet. =)

 

[minssy]

hi noscon,

its included since feb 07.. no worries.

hi yanling,

yeah its average decent size.. can't expect much from a 16 year old hotel cos its not as modern.. hee.... but at least its better than asia.. but the pple there are really lovely.. location's excellent too...

 

[pigsinc]

Has anyone stayed at Centrepoint Petchuburi or Indra Regent? Am going in November and am wondering which to stay at

 

[noscon]

yo yo yo ladies

thank you eh for your tips!!

 

[ngfifi]

Hi C

In fact, will be staying at Centrepoint Petchuburi this coming Oct (had changed frm Baiyoke Boutique to Centrepoint coz of negative feedback on BB)

Will update u when im back but heard frm my BIL that Centrepoint rm is very big n spacious (he just went in Jun) and nt forgetting, a lot of positive feedbk frm asiarooms.com

The only minus pt is u need to pay a deposit of 2000 baht/rm when u chk in

 

[bloomiey]

I just saw this hotel in Bangkok beside Chit Lom station. I think its called Holiday Inn.. BTS is just beside it, but too bad they don't include breakfast. But its a good alternative hotel than Pathunwan Princess.

Btw many hotels need you to pay a security deposit before you check in. Otherwise they would request you for your credit card as a deposit. Not only that particular hotel. Most of the world hotels are practising that to prevent user from taking hotel properties without their knowledge...

 

[babykhoo]

has anyone stayed at Grand Hyatt Erawan or Four Seasons before? Would like to know if its a convenient location? Especially to the BTS station

 

[bien]

i got a good fare for Swiss airline to travel on 6Dec depart at 920pm and come back spore time on monday 10 dc 2008 at 745pm at 420 per pax. and hotel i stay is Asia. Actually if say haunted.. think most hotel also have.. and i been staying at Asia for 3 times and i find is ok. the best thing abt Asia hotel is becos of its good location and is not expensive consider the location there and is near mrt.

Anyone can reconmend me any good place to buy clothes at wholesale price as my sis want to buy alot of clothes to bring back spore to sell.

I know Platium plaza, chatuchack, Suan Lam can shop?

Anyone can intro me good wholesales fashion wear to buy at good price at bkk and also anyone can intro me good shopping centre to shop at bkk also?

Thanks

 

[pigsinc]

Hi Jen,

Great! When in Oct are u going? My only concern is the renovation (if it's still going on) and the noise from the traffic.

 

[ngfifi]

Hi C

Im travelling frm 19-22 Oct. Dun tink the renovation are still gg on as my BIL did nt complain abt the noise level

Hi Yanling

Thx for ur info. I didnt kw this is the rules n regulations frm BKK hotel as this is my 1st time there. Ive nt encountered anything like that b4 when i travelled to other parts of the world

 

[bien]

Hi,

As i be travel on dec 6 to bangkok and i heard Thailand got election on mid dec or end dec?

Wonder can someone able to give me advise is it really v dangerous to go during early dec to bangkok and will be by chance is to chaotic till shops are closed?

please advise

 

[ytanhn]

Hi,

I'm looking for a resturant in BKK which serves seafood buffet. We choose the fresh seafood ourselves (like supermarket) & indicate to them how we like it to be cooked. There is one at Gayson Plaza basement (if i rmb the name correctly, the building opp world trade centre) but 2 years ago when i went, it's no longer there. Anyone can advise something similar?

 

[ngfifi]

Hi,

Does anyone knows if this is a safe period to travel to BKK since yday news reported that there are bombs explosion?

 

[noscon]

yvonne

you are talking about the seafood market along suvimit(dun know spelling) road... you can read there by bts and then walk to the restaurant. it can sit like 1500 people or something like that...

we wanna go but no $$$. spent too much on shopping

 

[noscon]

hey gals

i just came back from bkk. great trip and quite hot. surprisingly very little rain tho its suppose to be rainy season....

nice new airport...

 

[noscon]

did not hear anyting abt bomb blast.... sure its bkk and not nepal or maldives?

 

[ngfifi]

Hi noscon,

Its cfm BKK but tink its confined to the military head quarters or something like that

My mum is very worried n very reluctant in gg but yet cant find anyone to take over her package

Tats y i wanna find out more

 

[noscon]

jen

o ic. i just returned from bkk yesterday and I didnt notice anything unusual. hotel staff did not mention anything too... but then i did not watch newspapers or news during my time in bkk... everything seems normal too...

nowadays so chaotic cos there were some explosions in maldives and nepal too...

 

[ngfifi]

Hi noscon

Thx for the information. Tink will try to persuade mum to go again, if nt my $ will be gg dwn the drain

Haha...

 

[ma22]

Fyi, pls.

I've just made my reservation @ Novotel @ Siam Square on d internet. Afterwhich realised that this Axxxxxxxs website offers a beta rate. An substantial difference of $24 for a twin & $31 for a triple ! For a total of 2 nights for 7 ppl, I hv to spend extra $158. Of course I'm angry. So I send an email asking for a decent explanation on the price difference since the site that i booked guarantees that their rate is competitive. This was wat I'm told :-

<Dear xx,

Could you tell whcih website you found ?
Some site nouw have offer fake rate , price not coming form hotel and they only want customer to make booking. Then they offer other hotel that they have contract .

And please take a look at this site http://www.dmahotel.com/blacklist/

Should you have any enquiries, please do not hesitate to contact us anytime.>

Horrible isn't it ? So pls, don't use Axxxxxxxs o those under d blacklisted list. Just my 2 cents worth.

 

[ma22]

Guess this site's tactic is to post rock bottom cheap prices. Once u've input ur credit card details, they'll tell u rooms not available, choose alternative hotels. Then delay their credit card refund process. Unscrupulous ppl !

 

[sereneli]

so far I have been using Axxxxxxxs for my booking of hotels, be it in Thailand or anywhere else and it has always been satisfactory and recognised/honoured by the hotel.

 

[icebaby0]

so far i have used asiarooms for my booking for BKK. So far no issue with them either.
I think before you book, u have to do ur own search for the best price. Cos each company will price their items differently. You can't expect them to price the same as their "commission" or "contract" with the hotel might be different.

It's like us buying a package tour. Each company price differently.

JMHO

 

[s__h]

for Novotel @ Siam Square is under Accor hotel and there is a accor card membership available at S$275 nett for 1 year and comes with 2 complimentary room voucher (transferable)...so that work out to be S$137.50 per room per night.

This membership can be redeem in Asia pacific which includes NZ, australia, South Korea, Japan etc

more details of this Accor card can be seen in
http://www.singaporebrides.com/forumboard/messages/4/436535.html?1191379531

 

[s__h]

SZ (preciousmoments) mentioned that she / he used this accor hotel card...and planning use it again for tokyo trip

 

[uma]

hi all

like to check if anyone went bangkok lately and if its safe? heard got bombs.

 

[sputnik]

I've also booked via asiarooms a few times, for hotels in bali and bangkok, no problems so far.

 

[ma22]

Aiyah, nowadays ppl will sure source 4 d cheapest be4 booking one mah. I also did that that's y i settled for Hotels2Thailand. So far so gd &amp; service also very prompt. They even hv an on-line chat which I complained abt d px diff. Not sure if they r trying to slam A agent since both r competitors.

Anyway, tot i shd share in case others get into sticky situation. I'm just unlucky to encounter it, not everyone is so unlucky one lah.

 

[thinking_gal]

Need some advise..will be staying in arnoma hotel with a gal friend also. main purpose of the trip is cheap shopping of clothes, bags, shoes, accessories, massage and pedi/mani. However, its our first time at bkk so really need some detailed advise on the nearest train station, and how to move from there to the major shopping ctrs like MBK, Siam Paragon, Pratunam, Chatuchak &amp; massage places...eg. how many train stops to take, alight where, or how to walk etc. Thanks for your help!!

 

[noscon]

oayne

FOR MBK, walk to chit lom station, u can take the BTS from chit lom station to the stadium station. in bet u need to change train at siam station.

for pratunam, u can walk there, just like 10-15mins walk from the hotel. across the road to central world and start walking towards a traffic junction. the junction will have a big signpost over it saying pratunum centre.

anyway if you need more info, u can go to airport or hotel, get a map and ask the porter boy who sent up your luggage or the reception for directions. they are really friendly and helpful. Will also give detailed directions. They will advise u to use bts whenever possible to avoid being "con" by taxi drivers or tuk tuk drivers...

you can walk to siam paragon from siam bts station...

 

[noscon]

if u want some aircon while shopping for cheap clothes, u can go to platinium shopping centre across pratunum market...

 

[mrswang]

Anybody stay at diamond city hotel b4? is next to asia hotel.

thanks

 

[unblocksky]

Can anyone share if we've to pay airport tax (used to be 500 or 700 baht)when returning from BKK?

 

[icebaby0]

jani,

as mentioned several times in this forum and also in newspapers...airport tax of 700 baht is now included in airticket price when you leave BKK.

If u are still sceptical, please call your agent or surf the web for BKK airport.

Cheers!

 

[icebaby0]

meiting,

never stayed at diamond city hotel but I read some reviews ain't that good. Location is abit "off". If you want a budget hotel, u might wish to try Samran Place.

 

[mrswang]

Thanks icebaby. Booked my hotel =)

Btw anybody know where is e underwater?

 

[icebaby0]

mrswang,

which hotel u booked?

Underwater is at siam paragon.

 

[mrswang]

icebaby,

i book e samran place.

do u know which place doing nice mani n pedi?

 

[happinessbliss]

Dear Oayne,

I just came back from BKK last week and stayed in Arnoma too... What hubby and myself did was we to take the train from Siam Paragon station... to Stadium stn (MBK)...only 1 stop... Its walking distance to Pratunam, and abt 50-60 baht to take a "Meter Taxi" to patpong... Unfortunately as we there on weekdays, chacuchak was not open so i miss the place. But went to Suan Lum Nite bazaar instead. And outside Arnoma and opp (which is CentralWorld), there is already many stalls selling clothes and stuff...

 

[icebaby0]

mrswang,

Dun know. I dun normally do mani n pedi. But I know beside the hotel got a massage place...my fren who went in Mar say not to go there. Massage not so good.

Happiness&amp;BLiss...suan lum nitz bazaar still around meh? I tot they say closing down? If have, I would love to go there in Nov.
Is the ferris wheel still there?