Flight Credit. Anybody got a refund?

[Flight Credit. Anybody got a refund?]

I booked a flight from London to BKK with Thai for 2020, it was of course cancelled and has now been rebooked for 3 weeks in November 2021...the flight was cheap when I originally booked it so I thought rebooking would be better than maybe it costing a lot more when things open up...

[D Hotel Pattaya]

My biggest gripe about the wifi was having to log in all the time, then they change the p/w every week so once you have it memorized, but speed was ok..... anyway...good place , nice staff. OP mentioned room service food....did they open the kitchen in the lobby ?

Was not open when I stayed.

 

I used the wifi on my laptop, had to login but that was ok for me. Yes, they had a reasonable room service menu that I used a few times, both western and Thai food, ladyboys thought the Thai food was good.

[D Hotel Pattaya]

but shit Wifi

I wonder if the wifi depends on the room? I was able to stream video no problem, but in both rooms I did notice I was very close to a router. Basically after a week I decided to stay another week, but I had to move room.

[D Hotel Pattaya]

http://www.dhotelpattaya.com/

Ok so I know this in the Bangkok forum but I thought it might be useful to post a hotel review of a place in Pattaya for those who are interested.

For the size of the room, the cleanliness etc the place was pretty cheap I thought. Below are the standard rates but was a bit cheaper online.

 

There is a 2000THB deposit when you checkin, to be honest I had completely forgotten about it when I checked out and they reminded me which was nice.

It was very ladyboy friendly, I only ever took one at a time and there was no fee.

 

The room service (food) was ok and it was close to all the action on Soi Buakhao. There are frankly ladyboys everywhere in this area.

There is a laundry directly opposite the hotel (it was cheap enough but not as cheap as the one on soi 4, Nana that charges per bag instead of per item).

You get a couple free bottles of water each day, and if you get up too late for room cleaning they leave fresh towels and more water outside your door.

There are a couple of convenience stores nearby, as well as a Tesco and TT Exchange place.
It is actually hard to think of anything negative.

I didn't use the pool so can't comment on that but looked good.

 

Shower is electric but was fine:

 

I stayed in two rooms at the hotel and both had a balcony with a table, chairs and ashtray that could be taken outside(I don't smoke but useful if you have a ladyboy that does).

 

No mini bar but coffee...

 

Free Wifi was fine.

 

Safe was big enough for a laptop:

 

Fogus from Sensations that is just round the corner who I spent most of my time with:

[re-entry with 30day visa exception]

Thanks for the answer Gympy, that is really clear now.

[re-entry with 30day visa exception]

I found the answer via wikipedia: "The exemption is granted at most twice in a calendar year when entering overland or via a sea border but there is no limitation when entering by air." so I should be OK. Now all I have to do is decide between Bangkok or Pattaya for the 2 week stay...

[re-entry with 30day visa exception]

Hi All,

 

I have visited Bangkok and Pattaya a few times but have been out of the scene for a few months due to a few issues.

 

Anyway I am a UK Passport Holder and in May I will be entering using the 30 day visa exception. Now my situation is that I will be entering Thailand for only one day/night and then I have to fly to a nearby country for a one week business trip, then I fly back and will stay in Thai for two weeks, is this kind of re-entry allowed? The whole trip comprising two entries will be less than 30 days.

 

Thanks.

[OTS's Hotel reviews]

 

 

Hotel : 4,000 baht and food from KFC. 55555

 

The fact there is a KFC is good useful information for some board members. Do you have something useful to contribute as in: where is there a better restaurant that sells fried chicken, closer to the hotel, for less money and open at the same or longer hours? If so then please post it. Maybe some of us will try it and feedback. The nature of this forum is to provide helpful information in a respectful manner. For example, some people will find the info I have posted totally useless, but for other members it may be helpful.

[Best place for a non p4p]

I've played pool or just drinking with LBs a couple of times from TF upstairs at Harahan's on soi 4 or several times to a smallish bar called Jersey Pub on soi 6. Now I would not say they are the best bars, but are certainly bars I have had no hassles at ever.

[Dynasty Inn Grande Hotel]

I check out on Sunday, so of course want a late checkout after the CIB party. 600thb to check out at 4pm.

[Dynasty Inn Grande Hotel]

Just to add to my report, my room has been cleaned everyday but there is no: please clean my room vs do not disturb hanger. Unless I go to lunch with my guest (which I have only done with Noey so far) I am typically in my room until late afternoon and the time the cleaner has come to my room has been a bit haphazard. Anyway, I just noticed this by the door!!!!! Really not sure how I could have missed it!

[Dynasty Inn Grande Hotel]

So as there were no deals going at Phachara I decided to try this place and am glad I did.

Described as a deluxe double no-smoking on Agoda. I am in the back building. Room excellent, to be honest everything seems brand new. Aircon great, shower hot, decent tv, couple of bottles of free water everyday. Universal plug sockets are a great idea, should be like that in every hotel. I don't smoke but the little balcony would be good if you bought back a ladyboy that did. I booked last minute on Agoda and got if for about 70usd per night, no breakfast. Convenience store right next door.

Walking distance to Chaos9, CIB and NEP. Unlike Phachara there is no swipe card required to use the lift which I guess reduces security but does mean that via reception a ladyboy can come direct to your room without having to go down to the lobby.

When a girl leaves they do the usual thing of calling to check everything is ok.

All in all a good stay so far. Maybe not relevant to a ladyboy forum but my cleaning lady is a total babe.

I have found I can always get a taxi outside the hotel, with the only slight annoyance being that if you are going in the Terminal 21 direction the driver has to join Sukhumvit from soi 6 going the opposite way and then U-Turn somewhere straight into a wall of stationary traffic you had just driven past going the wrong way. It is just as bad coming back as the driver has to come down soi 4, although there is always plenty of eye candy that way. But that is a downside of soi 6 in general as opposed to this hotel. If you walk to the end of soi 6 there is a foot bridge to take you across to the other side of Sukhumvit that is meters from CIB, so I would typically get a taxi from there or just hop on the BTS depending on where I am going.

[BTS - Airport Rail link to and from Airport]

I was quite surprised to read in the BKK post back in January that BTS stations were going to made W/C Accessible (lift's). I was even more surprised to see that they have started to do this. I saw an elevator being installed at one of the stops. I'm not sure if they will be open to everyone to use, which would make it easier for travelling with luggage too and from the airport.

So would that include Nana? It is a total nightmare there trying to get down the steps with a full case when going to the hotel.

[Phachara Suites]

On another note, last monh I noticed construction has started on that vacant lot of land next to soi 6. The Phachara sits more or less at the back of that, any noise issues due to construction?

 

I was there for two weeks at the beginning of May and the construction was just far away enough to not be a disturbance.

 

I included a bunch of general room photos at the start of this topic, but here are a few more photos of the contents of the room.

 

You will notice there are two aircon units, one right above the bed and one in a grill up high towards the front door. There is a sliding door between the bedroom and the aircon unit near the front door. So at night you can leave the one outside the bedroom on and close the sliding door to whatever degree is comfortable, this keeps the room cool without actually having to leave the aircon unit in the bedroom on.

 

I have included a laundry list, but I never used it, instead I used this place (60bt / KG and was excellent service):

 

http://www.bangkokladyboys.net/forum/index.php?/topic/6230-24-hour-laundry-in-nana-soi-4/&do=findComment&comment=65452

 

Regarding guest/ladyboy friendly, I took a ladyboy LT everynight and there was no charge except when I had two stay overnight LT, then there was a 1000bt charge for the second guest (clearly stated on a sign at reception).

 

The final picture is of Jersey Pub, which is on the corner between soi 6 and soi 4, it is just a regular gg bar but I found it a great place to take my ladyboy guests to for a drink and a game of pool. The girls in there spoke good English and were always friendly and chatty to my guests, it also has an ajoining door with the restaurant that sits behind on soi 4 so you can always order good food.

 

 

[Hotel Guest Policies for Ladyboys]

I have been in Phachara Suites for the last couple of weeks. I took a ladyboy back nearly every night and never any problem. They politely ask for the ID when the girl arrives and then call your room in the morning when the girl is leaving to check everything is ok. They charged no joiner fee, except when I had two ladyboys stay overnight at the same time and for that they charged 1000b, but that is clearly stated on a little sign at reception: one joiner free, two 1000b charge.

[Taxi Price List]

Yes, actually I really took the photo for the tour prices rather than to and from the airport. I always take the train from the airport to the hotel and a taxi back. But the tour prices definitely seemed cheaper than going via one of the tour sites if you don't need any of the extra services they offer (well just in my experience).

[Taxi Price List]

Here is a taxi price list that I snapped on my way back from Phachara Suites on soi 6 to the airport. It says 700 on the list but the driver only asked me for 500, I gave him 700 anyway as I already had it ready.

 

4000THB for the River Kwai/Tiger Temple looks pretty good and a good bit cheaper than what I paid from an official tour site.

 

 

[Phachara Suites]

But I am intrigued now that you are saying you weren't charged, I wonder if they have changed their policy again as I did tell them people would stop staying there if they applied this stupid idea of theirs.

 

My visit was in August this year. I never had two overnight, but certainly had a few well within 12 hours. The two from Cascades was a (very good) ST but they were probably only in the room an hour or less. A couple of times a CIB girl didn't leave till about 4pm in the afternoon (after an LT) and I would have a prearranged meet with another one in the evening, say 9pm after a sleep and a shower. The hotel never charged, but my pattern was not exactly the same as yours.

 

But from the Phachara Suites email:

 

Phachara: free of charge for the first person per night and the second person we will charge 1,000 THB

Thanks for emailing them, but unfortunately, unless I am reading it wrong, this seems to say nothing about this being limited to concurrent visits only, so it sounds like you could be charged for having two girls during the night regardless of whether they are in your room separately or together. Also unclear is whether this charge is affected by the length of the stay by the girl, whether it is ST/LT.

 

One day after a day trip the ladyboy I was with came up to my room simply to collect her bag and stuff from the LT the night before, even though she was only in my room a few minutes, would this have counted as a visit within 12hrs?

 

As I say, I personally never got charged but it would be worth hearing if this ends up hitting anyone else.

[Phachara Suites]

During the day I have had more than one girl there a few times and they never said anything or charged me. In addition to that I bought two back from Cascades around midnight one night and they didn't charge. But I have never had more than one of them actually stay overnight. I even took two ladyboys down to the hotel pool and again nothing but polite service. So unless it has changed it seems no problem during the day but I don't know about overnight.

[Phachara Suites]

I like these self contained places where you can do your own cooking and washing etc.

 

Thanks for a great review Jeimii.

 

Edit: Just checking out their website. I like the virtual tour they have: http://bangkokin360.com/virtualtour/phacharasuites/003/

 

The virtual tour is pretty good, and it would seem from that, that if you are interested in the balcony (or your ladyboy of choice smokes) you need to avoid the corner room.

[Phachara Suites]

I actually think they don't make use of the 'living room' space, if they had it all integrated into the bedroom area it would make it seem much larger but then I suppose they could not call it a 'one-bedroom suite' .

 

I actually liked having the rooms separate, at night I would close the sliding door 75% and leave the outer aircon on. Now this may be complete conicidence, but I have stayed in a much cheaper place before, the kind of place where there is only a bed in a small room with a passable bathroom. I found then that in the morning (I always do LT) or when we woke up the lb would go straightaway (after anything sexual had finished). Where as I have found the couple of times I have stayed in a better place like this most of the ladyboys I took there did hang around till late afternoon the next day and they did quite often put their feet up on the sofa in the other room and watch some tv. I know some guys get wound up with ladyboys using their phone or watching tv, but I just like being around them so as long as the main business gets done I don't mind how long they want to stay in the room. But this only really works with the extra space I think.

I take your point about the door though, if they didn't have that the room would seem massive.

[Phachara Suites]

Yes , i think you may have convinced me to give it a go next trip. . What type of room was that or what was it called i guess ??

 

On agoda it was described as the: 1 Bedroom Executive Hot Deal.

A couple of things I forgot:

I wrote to them before I checked in and asked for a high floor and the balcony that has a table and chairs. There are two kinds of balcony, one with a slightly bigger room but a smaller balcony with no table and you can't really use it, or you can have a very slightly smaller room and a balcony with a table and chairs. I don't smoke so I always get a non smoking room, but I don't care if the LB I bring back does so they can smoke on the balcony if they want. It also gives somewhere to sit out with her in the early evening and have a glass of wine before heading out for the evening.

Aircon:

I forgot an important feature: There are two aircon units in the room (controllable separately), one in the bedroom and one right at the front door in the kitchen/dining room. There is a sliding door between the kitchen and the bedroom. So at night I turned the aircon in the bedroom off and just left the one in the kitchen running and this kept the room nice and cool without being blasted in bed.

There is also a decent sized fridge, microwave and a minibar.

[Phachara Suites]

a couple more pics:

[Phachara Suites]

Just a few pics from my room at Phachara Suites:

 

This place is ladyboy/guest friendly (although I never took a ggirl to the room).

 

It is only a short walk from NEP, CIB, Guess and all the action on Soi4. Plus Darkside is just a short ride on BTS Nana. At the end of soi6 there is a white foot bridge that basically lands you right near CIB. There is a pool and a gym too. Opposite the hotel are 3 atms and a 7/11.

 

I took two ladyboys to the pool with a bottle of wine and it was no problem.

 

The room had an ironing board, iron, washing machine (with powder), balcony with table (for any lb smokers), and some maidens to dry clothes on on the balcony. For me this was very useful as although I just normally used the laundry service, it meant I could wash and dry everything the day before I checked out.

 

There is a decent sized safe that fitted my laptop. Whenever I bought a ladyboy back they always did the system of confiscation of guest ID and then call you to check everything is ok before they leave.

 

 

[Korean BBQ]

Thanks Bangui,

 

I never made it to a Korean BBQ but did take a couple of Ladyboys to the Japanese place on soi 4 which was good fun and they seemed to really appreciate it, so might check out a few other places next time.