I liveded there for 6 months long before the skytrain went there back in the day (4500 a month). I remember romantic nights sitting outside putting coins on the track (the main line to Chachongsao runs outside the front) and then battling an hour of traffic just to get to PhraKanong.
Their beef stroganoff was fabulous, one evening I saw the reception staff lads finished their shift and were across the road at family Mart sharing whisky and soda. They recognised me and insisted I sit with them and drink a couple.
Me and the cousin stayed in a junior suite for 3 days. I shagged that German backpacker there, who was astonished I could pay 990 for the junior suite and it had a sofa area, hot water in it's own bathroom and a city view. She'd been slumming it in some place in soi Rambutree for half that cost but with the usual Kao San Road backpacker 'The Beach' romantic attitude.
My worst experience ever in London at the Pavilion Hotel near Paddington. film themed rooms, luxury bedding, great website, and when I arrived I was told the bathroom and toilet was down the fucking hall! It was pissing in the sink time of course.
Worst in Thailand? I'd have to go through my blacklist.
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When you say 'run', is that as in 'managed'?Originally Posted by DJ Pat
Or is it 'one of the best run places' as in 'one of the best places to run from without paying for your meal'?
Gotta agree with me mock the red castle in Perth is an absolute shocker, but it does come with hot and cold running whores, pass on that.
"the people who need to live like that are forced to by poverty, nothing to do with Indians being unhygienic"
Rich and poor get burned and tossed in the Ganges, rich and poor bath in the Ganges.
The essence of my initial reply was that Indians are horrible guests, they have nothing at home, but expect everything in a hotel, preferably at discounted rates.
In Australia I had a tour company send a request to accommodate a group of Indians, "sorry, fully booked", its not worth the hassle.
No, I'm not a racist, just a very good (now retired) hotel manager.
If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough.
You mean you broke the law.
wizard of Oz is correct in the Indians are very demanding and want everything for nothing, many Thai bars in BKK, not want there custom.
Not racist at all more like choose your customers, that are going to spend and not be a pain in the arse.
I understand that many Indians are lousy guests; they are usually from the richer classes and tend to be arrogant and a pain
It was the accompanying sentences that were unpleasant and unnecessary, never mind not actually contributing anything
I agree with you there, rich Indians on tour are a pain in the ar*e, even in India.
I remember seeing a group of Indian tourists on Sukhumvit flooding into a 7-11 to buy food and munching away like there was a famine. No doubt this was cheaper than sitting in a restaurant and enjoying a meal rather than walking along the street at 1am munching on taro buns and cheap mama cup noodles. After all they were meant to be on 'holiday' right?
I think I heard that a group of Indian men were asked to leave a gogo bar because they all ordered bottles of water
was told by more than one Hotel manager in Bkk that they don't like Indians cos they often cook their own food in the rooms, damaging carpets and stinking the place out, were they being 'racist' or just honest?
^I'd certainly say honest!!
Dunno why Indians bother taking holidays if they are going to take their thrifty no-fun attitude with them and not make use of their shower facilities
Chaleena Hotel was popular with Indians, cheap and nasty like them.
Stayed a few weeks in Pattaya a month or so ago, I come there quite a bit, just for fun and sea with wife and kids.
All! Girls I spoke to, absolutely hate Indians, the ones I talked to would not go with them.
As I am a bad sleeper and not sleep much I sit outside on the balcony, overlooking "coconut bar" quite a bit. There you see those Indians trying to coach a girl back to their hotel where they will be greeted by another 4 or so Indians, all wanting to have a go, for the one price!
Talking about hygienic....... (And cheap!)
And as an ex hotel manager I can add, cooking rice in the electric water kettles is the way to go, eating food on the floor, with a large amount of alcohol is nature to them, leaving me to toss out the water kettle and call the carpet cleaners in. Like I said before, they are not worth the hassle, cost more than it will make me.
My hotel from hell was in Phonsovan, Laos near the famous (overdone) Plain of Jars. We booked an all inclusive trip from Luang Prabang c/w Mini Bus, Hotel & Tour of the Plain of Jars. I normally prefer to do it myself, but travel from LP=>Phonsovan was a bit iffy. We arrived in Phonsovan after an tough trip from LP. Our booked hotel was over booked by busloads of Vietnamese Tourists. The Hotel didn't bother to phone our Tour Director, although I doubt there was any Cell coverage in that part of Laos. We arrived @ around 9:00pm to find the hotel full and no rooms for the 3 foreign couples. Our driver found us an alternative hotel; which I later found was a local "Short Time" Hotel. Evidently we got the worst room, even though I was with my Thai GF, who obviously spoke decent Lao. I told her to go rip a piece off the Hotel Manager, which she was reluctant to do, being a very rib Roy Thai Lady. I told her to forget the politeness, we needed a better room. They refused, but at least they did give the Room & Bathroom a thorough cleaning, changed the grimy Shower Curtain and installed a new mattress & bedding. The tour director was very apologetic, but I noticed he stayed @ the original hotel. I didn't think Phonsovan was worth the effort. We should have spent more time in Luang Prabang, a beautiful small city.
Aana resort, Koh Chang.
9.30am I'm still drunk with my GF, and the phone rings.
''You have to check out now sir''
I had booked a 4pm check out so to catch the ferry back to the mainland.
''We have student group check in now''
''But I booked a late check out''
''You have check out now sir''
In the typical 'this is Thailand, take it or leave it' attitude.
Luckily it was an outside type resort and we were able to get out into her car and bugger off without paying. Got a call threatening me with the tourist police.
I loved it; whilst Phonsavan was a bit boring, the locals were really nice and we had a big meal with them each evening. Our hotel was very cool and tiled all over, which was a shame as it was bloody cold and they did not have any more blanketsOriginally Posted by cdnski12
The Plain of Jars was really great, worth all the effort, fascinating
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Welcome to Thailand. This is how it goes in every hotel, cheap or expensive that doesn't matter. Personell don't have any education and have never been a hotelguest themselves so how should they know to be professional?
These days hotels in Thailand cost about the same as the ones in western country's but don't deliver the same quality and services.
After staying here some years i got used to it. I prefer buffets so i don't have to conversate with waiters (who even don't speak english). The best way to find a decent hotel is to read many reviews on sites like tripadvisor. Especially reviews from western clients have my interest.
Compared to India Thailand is still a paradise. I will never go back to India because of the lack of hygiene there, i had a triple darminfection after a month and that was terrible. Also the fact that i was followed by 100 beggars all day long made me decide to never go back there.
I trawled through 11 pages on booking.com for a 4 star hotel for 3 nights in London in 2 weeks time.
Every single one of them had mostly negative reviews mainly about rude staff, cleanliness, noise, awful breakfasts and generally being overpriced. Some rooms had no windows, most had no balcony. These are places all over at least £90 a night.
You should think yourselves lucky. London, apart from the major 5 star chains, don't do hotels very well. One at £120 a night was just two Victorian houses knocked together and you had to share the bathroom (what the hell)
The best one I stayed at was the Pavilion, at £70 a night, worth it for the themed rooms and decor, and the balcony.
But you still had to share the bathroom. Luckily the room had a washbasin to piss into.
Service levels in Thai hotels are generally very good, it's one thing Thais really excel at. Service staff are normally very efficient, courteous and friendly in all areas of the hotel (front desk, waiters, management, etc.). The poor service mentioned in the OP is very unusual in a mid-to-high end hotel and is certainly the exception rather than the norm.
The main exception to this is in cheap backpacker places and the like. However there you'll be paying next to nothing - 500 Baht perhaps, or even less. I'm not sure a hotel exists in the UK which charges 10 quid a night, let alone less than this.
Yes it is you dopey tit.
The hotel is in Thailand.
And the article is on the internet.Here is a story about a hotel I stayed in last week. I write this in Thailand where I am shooting a new show. As part of the schedule, we went to Koh Chang, one of the most beautiful and relatively undiscovered parts of the country. The production company booked us all into a resort run by a leading Thai chain.
(Is that in Thailand)
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