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Another alternative is to directly ask for your credit card company for the refund instead of hoping booking sites or the hotel will do the right thing. American Express in particular is very good about protecting their cardholders. Over the years I have cancelled 5 or 6 "non-cancellable" hotel reservations with Amex and gotten my money back every time with no questions asked.

Fortune Town gets a A+ in my book. About 10 years ago, I left on a ladyboy trip and failed to pack my laptop charger. I thought I was screwed because the laptop was an ancient Lenovo that was built during the Bronze Age. A guy working the front desk of my hotel told me about Fortune Town. I had to visit a couple of different shops before I found the charger, but people there were very helpful in getting me steered to a little place that sold nothing but chargers and batteries. It really did save me a world of trouble, because I needed the laptop to do work for back home. It's also a fun place just to wander around and look at stuff.

Damn, I posted at the exact same time Mangatanga posted his decision to stay at Citrus. Oh well, folks can use my post for future reference...

I have stayed at both hotels. Park Royal once last year (and many stays when it was Phachara). I have only stayed at Citrus one time, which was earlier this year. I have also stayed at Adelphi many times. If your top priority is simply the room itself, Park Royal wins. The executive suites are a bit larger, and the kitchenettes are better equipped with clothes washers. Citrus does not have washers. The bathrooms at PR are much larger than either Citrus or Adelphi. I don't know about anyone else, but I am not of fan of tiny bathrooms with no countertop space and small showers that are found in too many Bangkok hotels. You don't have that problem at Park Royal (pic below is from Trip Advisor). I think all of the executive suites have balconies, but the ones on the upper floors are quite large 15 sq. yds/meters or so. You could look down into Nana Plaza from them before NEP installed their roof a few years ago. The balconies are a winner. Citrus has better hotel amenities like restaurant and pool. PR's restaurant isn't even worth setting foot in, but the Citrus restaurant is a perfectly good place to eat breakfast or lunch in. PR has a large pool, but that gets cancelled out by the roof over it that blocks out most of the sun and renders the water colder than the Arctic Ocean. Citrus' pool gets a lot of sun and the water won't freeze your ass off, which it makes it much better in my book. Like Nick Bullseye says, Citrus and Adelphi do not take LB IDs, but Park Royal does. There's really not that much difference among these 3 hotels. I would still take Adelphi over Park Royal or Citrus Suites due to its location, but the other places have their own strong points.

Who gives a shit about the moral indignation of parents who take their kids on vacation to a red light zone?

You may want to take a look at Radisson on Soi 13 or Solitaire on Soi 11. I have stayed at both of them in the past. Both are LB friendly with no guest fees. They both have all the bells and whistles of typical 4 star hotels. Radisson has a great pool on the roof along with a very solid Indian restaurant downstairs. Solitaire has gigantic beds, wider than king-size that can easily accommodate 3 LBs and yourself. Solitaire is about a two minute walk from Cindy's bar. The only downside to these places is the long hike down 11 or 13 to Sukhumvit. Taking a moto taxi or a tuk-tuk is sometimes pointless because Soi 11 is often gridlocked at night with traffic. 13 is better, but it still takes time to get down the street. During daytime, traffic is a lot lighter however.

It surely is LB friendly, but if you need peace of mind, all you have to do is email them. Have it read exactly like this: "Hello- Can you tell me what your guest policy is? Can my ladyboy friend stay overnight? Thanks, XXXX XXXX" Be sure to mention your guest will be a ladyboy. Chances are you will receive positive reply. Like Genghis said, book your room for 2 guests (this won't cost any more than booking for 1 guest).

I looked up SVK airport code. It's a small and privately owned landing strip with a gravel surface located in Belize. If we connect the dots, it's reasonable to conclude that it's owned by a Central American drug lord and that the immigration process entails talking your way past a guy pointing an AK-47 at your head while threatening to work you over with a blow torch if he doesn't like your answers.

Obviously because hotels don't want teenagers cavorting with adults in their rooms, regardless of whether it's p4p or not. I would do the same if were them. Wouldn't you?

Thai immigration cards have a date of departure field that you are required to fill out, so you will have to come up with a stated departure date to enter the country. Out of curiosity, I just looked at google flights for a one way to ticket BKK to Vientiane on Sept. 20 and it was only $53 (Air Asia). I agree that's money tossed down the rathole, but at least you will be covered in case they do ask for a departure ticket at immigration.

As I recall, somebody here wrote that they had closed the Soi 4 entrance. No Soi 4 access would make things inconvenient for guests because that end of Soi 2 doesn't even get moto taxi traffic. I stayed there once 7 or 8 years ago. I had a prepaid room and when I arrived it wasn't ready. I had to cool my heels in their lobby for an hour. Normally that sort of screw-up is worth a complimentary room upgrade or a restaurant voucher, but they offered zilch. The hotel itself was fine, but making me wait for a room I had already paid for and not offering any compensation for the inconvenience guaranteed I will never stay there again.

It's obviously your body and your choice, but there is already a multitude of proven ED drugs readily available in Bangkok. Isn't it a lot easier and less risky to simply use one of those instead of hunting around Bangkok for some product being flogged on Youtube?

If I was hit with a cash fine for every time I quit a message board or listserv without formally deleting my account, I would be in bankruptcy court.

All you need to do is email (reservations should have an email address on their website) and ask if they are guest friendly: Hello - Is your hotel guest friendly? I will be having a ladyboy friend stay with me. Sincerely, John Monger Make it a point to mention that your guest will be an LB. Virtually every hotel in lower Sukhumvit is LB friendly, but a handful will charge the "guest fee" scam. Good luck.

The hotel is LB friendly, which means the bar will be LB friendly also.