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Hello everybody. Familiar with Pattaya but much less so Bangkok. Looking to discover the city in either August or September. Looking forward to reading the forum and learning what I can before then. Cheers!

Any reason you don't use an agent? They get their fee from the owner and will find you condos that you might not knew about. Post a message in one of the many fb-groups and be very specific about the following: From which date, rental length (nobody will contact you for less than 12 month rent), budget, sqm, rooms, facilities, old/new, distance to MRT/BTS. The reason for 1y contract: - The owners don't want the hassle of finding new tendents any given month. Many have several condos for rent and are business minded (busy). - The agents gets 1month fee of the 12month rent and that works as a motivation for finding the correct one. Plenty that wants a 50k fee. Sometimes they will share the fee with another agent if that specific agent has the condo you want. If you´re not confortable posting in fb check the many YT videos from agents reviewing condos in the Sukhumvit area and reach out to them. It is free for you anyway. Tip: There is often room to negotiate on price, or add/change things that you want in the condo. A Thai agent will actually be a better negotiater than you most of the time since westerns can be a bit too direct and that's not how Thai culture works.

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Welcome on board. This site is a gold mine of information and if you invest some time in checking the threads and doing a bit of research, it will reward you in spades and help you enjoy your trip even more. BKK is a great city and has a very different vibe to Patts. Enjoy your visit and let us all know how it goes. If you have any specific questions, just ask. The BMs are friendly and helpful and I would suggest starting off your reading with the newbie thread, which has loads of relevant information. SAG

Which clinic was that you enquired about the lenacapavir. I went to the BHP today for a refill of ARV's and we discussed Lenacapavir, my Dr said it wasn't yet approved in Thailand. I think Cabotegravir is approved though, around 15,000 a jab every 2 months. Lenacapavir when combined with one other drug taken orally is in phase 3 trials for treatment. Once a week and 100% efficacy in phase 2 trials. Will be the go to drug later.

If you walk into the Trendy Building on Sukhumvit Soi 13, there is probably the greatest concentration of visa agents under one roof in the whole of BKK. I have used the agent in the shop on the right hand side as you walk in through the main door. It is about 3 shops in and is manned by 2 Thai ladies. They do all kinds of admin services (all visa types, drivers licenses, bank accounts, photocopying, scans, attestations etc.) and have always been highly efficient. Costs wise they appear to be charging the standard rates for the various services, so I would recommend starting with them. The older lady has very good English and knows all of the ins and outs. SAG

@Denbosch1971, your experience mirrors mine. I was shocked at the indifference to customer service, as in virtually every other hotel I've stayed at in LOS the service has been impeccable. At the Mercure I asked for extra towels ("yes sir"), extra clothes hangers ("coming right up"), early cleaning ("she'll be there at 10am"), extra bottled water ("will 4 bottles be ok?"), etc. Last stay I left a coat in the cab I took from the airport to the hotel. The next morning the hotel concierge tracked down the cab and got my coat returned by that evening. Same level of service at the former Majestic Grande and at JW Marriott. Even Citrus Suites Soi 6 was very good about honoring my various requests. @SAGuy has a point. The Thai and Filipina staff are very service oriented.

I think it's good to give some more insights on this hotel, after my first impression above I've never stayed in a hotel with such a lousy and non-cooperative management! Some of my questions below: Q: Is it possible to have an additional towel? Their answer: No, we provide max. 2 towels. Q: Is it possible to make up my room sometime between 9am and 3pm? Their answer: No, we only start at 4pm.(The next 3 days room was made up around 9.30am, 1.30pm and 6pm ??). Q: Can you then at least provide me some clean and dry towels in the morning, so I can take a shower. Their answer: Sure, no problem. Every day 10am sir. (The first day I got them at 10.45am, after that agreement is forgotten). For me it's clear by now. The Indian guys in the staff here for sure have qualities, but service management or hospitality in general are not among them Ah well ... like my openings statement above: It was a gamble. A one-time experience, that's crystal clear now

Safe Clinic. It might be the same variant of medication you mention but their prices rack up to close to 60,000 baht a year. I've been taking regular oral PreP which is around 2000 baht a month. And can also just use as demand PreP with 2-1-1 adherence which is fine for me as I'm drifting in and out of these activities. Again, I'm not doing BB so it's only as that later for blowjobs with cum in mouth, rimjobs etc. I guess the extra layer gives me the psychological peace.

When walking from Soi 4 to Soi 8, I saw new condos got available in Soi 6, where the road takes the turn. They can be checked out on weekdays between 10am and 5pm. Cheapest condo 26k/month. Both monthly and yearly contracts possible. You can check it out on: Bangkok apartment in Sukhumvit, 100m from BTS Nana! Stylish and great access - PSJ Penthouse