Bangkok help...

[flowerpalms]

Spenza had a more basic room feel for solo traveller as compared to glow. 3 star vs 4 star literally.

 

[hwaa]

there's a family mart and 7-11 just downstairs, and its walking distance to pratunam market.

not much difference between metered cab vs bargained price due to heavy traffic in most part of bangkok.

very easy to flag down cabs and just negotiate with them on fixed price. if unsure just use grab price as a gudie.


sometimes grab will be abit ex due to surge so alternative is tuktuk/cab. forget abt bts cos pratunam is far off bts stations. still walkable if u know how to walk. just walk to central via skywalk then from central there's chit lom bts.

 

[turtlezhu]

Incidental deposit could be place using Their local currency / foreign currency / credit card. End of the day you still gonna get the money back. How much to place would depends on the policy of the hotel. Etc in sg some $50 some $100 per day.

It will be easier for first time solo traveler like you to take grab.

1. Mine was immediate payment as the rate is cheaper.

2. Regarding the deposit fee, i have to pay upon check in. Many years ago when i went to beijing with my parents, the hotel charge us a very high sum for the deposit and if we paid it, we wont have any RNB left! As it was the first time i know about this deposit, all along i thought the charges only pay when check out. Luckily, they allowed us to pay in SGD and we had a few hundred dollars to pay. I was so worried. Thats why when i went to HK after that, i personally emailed the hotel to aak abt the deposit so i can prepare in advance.

3. How are the grab charges like? If we flag down taxi instead of calling grab, there is metered taxi right and we wont get scam by touts

 

[turtlezhu]

Would never advice tuktuk personally as sure they end up getting chop carrot head.

there's a family mart and 7-11 just downstairs, and its walking distance to pratunam market.

not much difference between metered cab vs bargained price due to heavy traffic in most part of bangkok.

very easy to flag down cabs and just negotiate with them on fixed price. if unsure just use grab price as a gudie.


sometimes grab will be abit ex due to surge so alternative is tuktuk/cab. forget abt bts cos pratunam is far off bts stations. still walkable if u know how to walk. just walk to central via skywalk then from central there's chit lom bts.

 

[flowerpalms]

Hopefully spenza no hantu lah hor like the beiyoke hotel the 3 men.

I one person stay in hk the ymca salisbury hotel for 7 nights and the genting first world hotel tower 3 for 2 nights also bo taiji

 

[turtlezhu]

This kind of things hard to say. See Heng suay one.

Sometimes hotel not haunted also can bump into it one.

Hopefully spenza no hantu lah hor like the beiyoke hotel the 3 men.

I one person stay in hk the ymca salisbury hotel for 7 nights and the genting first world hotel tower 3 for 2 nights also bo taiji

 

[hwaa]

Would never advice tuktuk personally as sure they end up getting chop carrot head.

yah but then still an alternative option, as the price still can be bargained...

but for first timers might be abit daunting lah, just need to try a few more times to get used to it.

 

[hwaa]

Hopefully spenza no hantu lah hor like the beiyoke hotel the 3 men.

I one person stay in hk the ymca salisbury hotel for 7 nights and the genting first world hotel tower 3 for 2 nights also bo taiji

like turtlezhu advised... heng suay one.

but there human traffic flow is high, so far reviews still very solid. even 1-2am family mart also alot of pple.

 

[flowerpalms]

This kind of things hard to say. See Heng suay one.

Sometimes hotel not haunted also can bump into it one.

You dun make me scared

 

[hwaa]

i just came back and i stayed just next to spenza, i stayed at lemontea.

 

[flowerpalms]

i just came back and i stayed just next to spenza, i stayed at lemontea.

How is it? Ok? They make you drink lemontea everyday?

 

[hwaa]

How is it? Ok? They make you drink lemontea everyday?

only during check in.

how ah? tbh this is the first time i stayed so into the alley one.

pros -- cheap, room is big, ok quite clean, no ah tiongs, no cecas, counter is friendly, service is good. got family mart downstairs, got massage downstairs, can get food easily.

cons -- abit inside alley. feels abit nua to walk out sometimes, always wanna call grab in (convenient) and when wanna go out by either cab/grab, traffic is heywire, need to get out of pratunam inside alley.

but u saved alot compared to staying at glow, for that little bit of inconvenience, inside the alley.

 

[dede1217]

Hopefully spenza no hantu lah hor like the beiyoke hotel the 3 men.

I one person stay in hk the ymca salisbury hotel for 7 nights and the genting first world hotel tower 3 for 2 nights also bo taiji

Depending on luck.
Stayed before those hotels that are supposedly haunted such as first world many times.
Stay was great.
Stayed before hotels that are supposedly not haunted but not very pleasant took place.

 

[flowerpalms]

only during check in.

how ah? tbh this is the first time i stayed so into the alley one.

pros -- cheap, room is big, ok quite clean, no ah tiongs, no cecas, counter is friendly, service is good. got family mart downstairs, got massage downstairs, can get food easily.

cons -- abit inside alley. feels abit nua to walk out sometimes, always wanna call grab in (convenient) and when wanna go out by either cab/grab, traffic is heywire, need to get out of pratunam inside alley.

but u saved alot compared to staying at glow, for that little bit of inconvenience, inside the alley.

How are the grab charges like? Im sgd

 

[flowerpalms]

only during check in.

how ah? tbh this is the first time i stayed so into the alley one.

pros -- cheap, room is big, ok quite clean, no ah tiongs, no cecas, counter is friendly, service is good. got family mart downstairs, got massage downstairs, can get food easily.

cons -- abit inside alley. feels abit nua to walk out sometimes, always wanna call grab in (convenient) and when wanna go out by either cab/grab, traffic is heywire, need to get out of pratunam inside alley.

but u saved alot compared to staying at glow, for that little bit of inconvenience, inside the alley.

Hmm can i ask why this time you book the hotel instead of bigger hotel like glow

 

[dede1217]

1. Mine was immediate payment as the rate is cheaper.

2. Regarding the deposit fee, i have to pay upon check in. Many years ago when i went to beijing with my parents, the hotel charge us a very high sum for the deposit and if we paid it, we wont have any RNB left! As it was the first time i know about this deposit, all along i thought the charges only pay when check out. Luckily, they allowed us to pay in SGD and we had a few hundred dollars to pay. I was so worried. Thats why when i went to HK after that, i personally emailed the hotel to aak abt the deposit so i can prepare in advance.

3. How are the grab charges like? If we flag down taxi instead of calling grab, there is metered taxi right and we wont get scam by touts

If taxi go by meter, usually is cheaper than taking grab.
can be as low as 50% of grab price ...

However, some of the taxi would not go by meter.
they would usually quote u 200b onwards ...
however, grab prices might be around 120 to 180+ on average ...

 

[Andrew833]

If taxi go by meter, usually is cheaper than taking grab.
can be as low as 50% of grab price ...

However, some of the taxi would not go by meter.
they would usually quote u 200b onwards ...
however, grab prices might be around 120 to 180+ on average ...

And you save bargaining with the taxi driver.

 

[hwaa]

Hmm can i ask why this time you book the hotel instead of bigger hotel like glow

cos its not booked by me.

if its booked by me, i will prefer not so into the alley. its the traffic inside that's heywire.

i will consider amari, intercon, pathuwan etc.

 

[BlackCube]

Ts got say ts is a lady?

Yeah. Tuk tuk not advisable cause sure get chopped carrot. Unless take once for experience.



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[hwaa]

if only bkk tuktuk works like hatyai.

hatyai tuktuk no need bargain one, standard fixed 20 or 25b per head, within the town itself.