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  2. Posted

    1 hour ago, oliver17 said:

    Years ago, there was a Thai airline that prioritized hiring of LB flight attendants. Some BMs here may remember it.

    Read the Guardian link first, then read the Wikipedia link to learn the fate of the airline.

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/jan/17/pc-air-transgender-flight-attendants

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P.C._Air

     

    In the wikipedia article it says that Thai air is full service. What does that mean???.:D

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  3. Posted

    11 hours ago, JackJohn said:

    let alone an attractive lady or ladyboy lol.

    Speaking of which. Have you guys had the LB warning switch turn on with a flight crew. I have, twice in the last year. From memory one was with Vietjet. I always check out the hand and feet size along with the adams apple. Also the better makeup and attention to detail.

    ps I do like the uniform the Vietjet staff wear. Red tops and beige houndstooth hotpants. Very smart but somehow dont think the older United crew would look so good in them. I was told that when they first started flying they wore bikinis as a promo thing but decided decorum was the better choice.

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  5. Posted

    4 hours ago, tongting said:

    Prices go up and down daily for no apparent reason, in fact they change during the day. I was once looking for a flight, left my browser open and later that day I refreshed the page and it had gone down £35 so I booked.

    Yep, I am looking at fares in May. Not encouraging at all.

  6. Posted

    Looking at flights for May. Brisbane to BKK. They are not getting any cheaper. With an airline that does not issue parachutes as you board, they are around $1200 AUD. Would be tempted to take Vietjet on the return except that on my last trip I came the closest to missing a flight that I have ever encountered. I arrived in heaps of time at HCMC airport to fly home and the place was packed, and i mean packed. Thought I would be ok but the throughput was a joke. The staff could just not cope with it. As time went on people started que jumping which was not pretty. I still thought I would be ok until the thought hit me that I may be in trouble. In the end I joined the que jumpers and luckily I did. I made the gate with about 3 minutes to spare. To cap it off, after takeoff I learnt that there was no meal served. It had to be booked pre flight!.

    I went with Vietjet as their hosties are simply the best. I don't mean based on their service, just their looks. Very smart uniform. Hot pants and all!!! I have flown with them internally in Thailand and found them to be really good. Apparently when the airline launched their service, the girls wore bikinis, but they had to tone it down. 

  7. Posted

    56 minutes ago, Jeff_LBL said:

    This is more likely a fantasy than a reality but are there any hotels that only have ladyboys as staff

    I dont know of any these days, but my hotel in Patts had one on reception. I tentively asked if she was and she said no with a smile. I told her I need to find out, so we went out that night. 

    Of course she was!. My radar never lets me down.:D

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  9. Posted

    Was just checking out some hotels in Soi 11 and La Petite Salil came up. It looks good and should serve the purpose. 

    To be honest I have never understood the need for an upmarket hotel. Maybe if you are a fitness junkie and like a pool it may make some sense. But as long as as the room is clean, of adequate size, and the staff are ok, that is all I need.

  10. Posted

    6 hours ago, mangatanga said:

    Screen on my iWatch is broken, need to replace it. And my iPhone battery has expanded and needs replacement. Any recommendations on where to get it fixed cheap in BKK? I was thinking MBK? But not sure.

    iWatch, iWatch. My god. Sacriligious!!!!1

    What has happened to the Rolex Submariner???. Or maybe the Royal Oak? Geez, what has the world come to? Next thing you will be telling me you drive an electric car and are saving the planet!!!.:D

  11. Posted

    Just booking a few hotels for my upcoming trip and booked one that looked ok. Did the deed but later found a better option. I am a Genius 3 level and get between 10 and 20 % discount on Booking.com.

    Went to cancel the first booking and then found out that on that particular hotel there was a cancellation fee. 100%!!!!!

    I contacted the hotel directly and they agreed to refund the money,(phew). Never before had I come across that situation. Usually pretty careful on reading the small print.

    On booking hotels for January. Wow, do they know it is high season! As we all know these days, LOS is no longer a cheap place. Mind you, compared to Aussie it still is as far as hotels go. Stayed at a couple here the other day and their rates make your eyes water!

  12. Posted

    1 hour ago, SAGuy said:

    Same-same but different...

    SAG

    Last time I stayed at the Grand Business Inn, I was in my usual spotters position on a bar stool overlooking the footpath. A position which has produced two contacts over the past couple of years. (Yes I know, not a good strike rate, but ok for not really trying). 

    I was approached by one of the waiters and asked if I wanted to buy something. Food or a drink. I said no, I had just finished dinner. He replied that if I was sitting there I had to buy something. I left as i was heading to CIB anyway. I enquired in the morning as to the need to buy something. Was told that the restaurant area was owned by a brother or brother in law of the hotel manager. A different lease.

    You learn something every day!

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  15. Posted

    My trip in Sept last year had a return flight BKK to Melb by Thai Air.

    Turned up at 9.30 pm for a 12.05 am flight. Seareched the board. Nothing there. Went to their ticketing office and asked what what was going on.

    Oh no, that flight has been changed to 8.00am

    I had to rebook for the following day. Cost me taxi fares, another night in the hotel etc etc. Total of about $250.00 with all the screwing around. Would have found out if they had the courtesy to notify me of the flight change, but no. Did not do it.

    I had booked about 3 months prior so they had time.

    Sent them an email asking for compensation but you can guess what happened about that!

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  18. Posted

    Have you ever had the feeling that you are getting ripped off?.

    Last night I booked 2 rooms in Pattaya for myself and my customer.

    I booked through Booking.com. I am a Genius member and get 10% off. . I paid 3060 baht per room for 2 nights. In the meantime not knowing that I had booked, my customer booked through an online agent in China. He paid 2090b !!!!!

    He showed me his invoice. Same room, with breakfast. I cancelled mine as it was a pay on arrival deal, which did explain some of the difference as they are more expensive to book that way.

    Now I know that it is not an expensive room but how the hell can they explain the price difference?.

    It is the same with airline ticket prices. From Aussie to BKK is about 8.5 hours depending on where you leave from. The cost these days is about $1300.00 AUD if you want to fly in a plane that does not issue parachutes as you board. This is roughly 660 pounds or 840 Euros. What do you guys pay for a flight from Europe to BKK?. A much longer flight.

  19. Posted

    11 hours ago, Rodrigo said:

    I have seen The Grand Business Inn from the outside. Always wondered how the rooms and the bathroom is and how is the front desk and lobby? 

    Suits me fine.

    In the Premiere suite the bathroom is quite big as are the other rooms.

    Restaurant is good. Has the benefit of an outside area which looks down on passing foot traffic. This paid dividends for me as I met a very nice LB who happened to walk past and I caught her eye. Bingo. A match made. Going to catch up with her during my upcoming trip. (photo attached). Have seen a couple of CIB girls in there with their "clientele".  I get on well with the reception staff and the concierge. A nice guy. Always smiling. The one thing it hasn't got, and I would like, is a pool. Neither has it a gym. Mind you with my physique I dont need to visit one of those.

    The only downer I can recall is the reception staff stopping me taking 2 CIB girls to my room. Only one at a time!

    So for my trip in March, due to it being a warm time of year I am trying a couple of others. Hopeland, (Denbosch think it is ok but sometimes I doubt his opinion!):D. Also going to give Promenade a go.

     

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  20. Posted

    4 hours ago, Bwana_LB said:

    I have invited afternoon treats to the pool. About 25% have taken me up on the offer.

    But...

    CanadaVisitor's first two points are on target. The girls have mainly stayed in the shade, under a pool umbrella. And most will get in the pool but not get their hair wet. Some just sit with their feet dangling in the water.  At least half tell me they don't know how to swim. But a few have jumped in and taken full advantage of the pool. Mostly we just sit, talk, and have something to drink.

    These are some of the thoughts I had. A lot of lb's come from the Isaan area and obviously  not near the sea. Their only areas to swim would be rivers etc. so in the main no need for swimming.

    One of my very early lb gfs was from the Philippines and she loved swimming. Said that when they were growing up and even in transition to being a lb, they would go skinny dipping as a group.

  21. Posted

    13 hours ago, CanadaVisitor said:

    extra curricular

    CV, please dont use those big words. I stumble over them and have great difficulty understanding their meaning in the context of the complex, multifaceted, duality, and often erroneus usage!:Bonkers:

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  22. Posted

    On 12/22/2023 at 6:46 PM, CanadaVisitor said:

    …the Mercure pool area is a lot bigger,

    I know it is an old post but do any of you guys take your dates to the pool area?. Do they want to visit the pool, swim etc?. Or maybe they just lay around showing off their bodies.

    On my next visit I will be staying at hotels which have a pool for the most part.

  23. Posted

    On 1/7/2024 at 10:42 PM, CanadaVisitor said:

    (I think I got that right...Indian

    As far as Indian food goes, one very popular place is a restaurant right next to Grand Business Inn on the right hand side. About 50 meters from Sukhimvit.

    Always a lot of Indians going in there. 

    I do eat Indian at home but not when in Thailand. Why would you?.

    As an aside, a bit closer to Suk, is one of my favorite girls in BKK. The girl that makes the hamburgers in a very small stall outside the marijuana shop. I do hope she is there when I am back in March. A real stunner and good to chat with. She is a gg and comes from Myanmar.

  24. Posted

    2 hours ago, errickssonje said:

    @Long John perhaps we have different tastes (and/or just different budgets), but I have now stayed at the Night Hotel twice during this trip and been very happy with the experience both times. The quality of the room and other facilities is very good. Especially to my American sensibilities, where a comparable hotel in a major city would cost probably 4x as much. I enjoy a little bit of luxury when vacationing, especially when my money goes so far here. I don't know what you're getting for 1000 THB, but I suspect it's not the kind of place I'd want to stay.

    I also suspect you are not finding the best deals. For my two stays, my average nightly right has been 53 USD (about 1850 THB). That's about a third less than the amount you quoted above. 

    Of course we have different tastes. The price I quoted for the Night Hotel was what I got off Booking .com and I am a level 3 member so get good prices from them. There was only 1 type of room available. Maybe it was better than the one you book?.

    I stay at the Grand Business Inn in Soi 11and a Premier suite suits me fine. Very large room with dressing area and large bathroom. Good restaurant and the only thing it lacks is a pool.

    I did cock up on the pricing of Grand Business Inn. It is 1800b a night with breakfast for 2 for the Premier Room. For that hotel I book direct and get a slightly cheaper rate and breakfast thrown in. Nothing like taking a sleepy eyed lb into the restaurant in the morning. It stirs the other patrons up!.:hubbahubba:

    Very friendly staff especially the main man in the lobby. He knows me well now and we always have a good chat. It is in a great position, handy to everything.

    I do get frustrated when people compare rates in other countries/cities. You are booking a hotel in BKK, not LA or New York. I have stayed in some less than quality places in the US and paid good money.

    The 34000b a night hotel I stayed in was The Burj Al Arab in Dubai. Cant imagine taking a lb to that one!.

    By the way I am thinking of booking a condo for a few nights. I did it last trip and booked through airbnb of which I am a member.

    Also what does the term American sensibilities mean?. Is that North or South America?. Or maybe the US or Argentinia?.:lol:

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