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Totally agree. Used an agent OK for a few years then covid hit. Had two return trips already booked that were cancelled (for me that's 4 flights). The website basically almost shutdown quickly and all I was able to retrieve from those bookings was shopping vouchers. GRRR...

I've had both good and bad experiences booking through agents, but unfortunately the last issue I had with an agent with regards to dealing with a refund for a flight cancelled by an airline and moved the booking to another totally unsuitable flight left a sour taste.... The agent was of no help in chasing up the refund, so never got the refund. Dealing directly with airlines I've never had a problem that hasn't been sorted, including refunds and flight changes.

I felt similar my last stay 3 weeks ago, there were renovations finishing,still cans and stuff in the hall. Also saw a note on my desk that the lift would be down. Luckily that was for about a week prior.Possibly the time frame your friend stayed? No elevator is a no go for my knees. That leaves out Irovers, The Mansion and a nice hotel just as you enter from Soi Diana.But all these places are under 900 baht so are not Areca quality. A bit funny that when I stayed at the then new LK Residence it was falling down with cheap fixtures. That has been resolved over the years. When I built the

A friend recently stayed in the Pasadena Lodge and he was not impressed - he had booked it as he has mobility problems and wanted to be close to the action, but the room was literally falling apart.

Have you considered View Talay 6? Right next door to Central Festival and between 2nd road and Beach Road. I've stayed there for periods between 2-4 weeks and has good views towards Walking Street side, the other side faces onto the Hilton and Central Festival. https://www.honeyscoffeehouse.com

I'll look, thanks.

This was the danger of Bigd and his rough trade. Anyone who joins and follows this forum knows you can trust advice here. Not with him, if you were new you might book Skyslops to your peril.

As many used to say, Sky Slops was well named. Only ran into him once and he seemed to be one of those people who is impossible to offend. He got bonus points for that. Those points were deducted by anyone taking his word that Sky Tops was quality accommodation and had a crap holiday. Sent from my CPH1941 using Tapatalk

Sad he is gone but this is funny. Someone noted the exposed wiring in the bathroom. He touted the food which turned out was pizza delivery. I come down from Hootersville monthly. The Pasadena lodge and the Zip hotel on Diana are good 800/night. Every one knows about the Areca so is typically booked even 2 months in advance. My May trip im treating myself to a one bedroom at the LK Residence but at 2500/night not ideal for long stay. Air bnb can be useful for a long stay at the Base. But be cautious as less than 30 days are not legal. Some properties ignore this but when i lived at Northpoin

Maybe Sky-Top

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If anything could bring Big DUSA back from the dead, it would be this subject.

I stayed at the Flipper Lodge 2 years and it was nice and clean, there breakfast was okay for me but other's said the breakfast was good

Have you looked at the hotels on Soi 10? There is a good selection and they are newer than the Flippers. Likely to be less bar noise as well. I haven't stayed in any of them but would have a look if I wanted to stay in that area.

Surprising number of YouTube videos 1 year old or newer.Judging by the hotel videos and a breakfast only video,it looks fair value at 199b. I like the location but the newly renovated B building faces the bay but is very loud and the windows aren't soundproofed. I usually stay in a condo or something more a little upscale, but this may work for 2 weeks. It does have a great view from the rooftop pool area.

YouTube was my next step. 83EC6FD1-1EEF-4262-A76C-A5C77CAF50FE.heic

Good question. Like many other I have a dozen or so Lonely Planet books. Since Covid however I think that these are probably useless. Like you, I find so much information on YouTube predates Covid and is also useless. The more reviews here, the better for everyone. Sent from my CPH1941 using Tapatalk

Check the arrival times.the cheapest flight for January 3 on Skyscanner was Saudi.It arrived at 23:20. With 25 hours trip time.The EVA flight looks good if it's direct.

I'd pay that,not to fly them.

What I saw on booking.com was €1100 or about 42,000 baht for 29 nights january 3 till March 1.with breakfast though.flipper house was €1564. They both get a 7.8 rating considered good.not sure I would like to stay a month in them,but if it's for a short stay I would be ok with the lodge.

I searched and there is nothing recent. Many posts go back as far as 2005, which predates my time in Jomtien long ago. Anyone have an opinion or heard anything recently? Are there better options in that price range? Ideally,I'd like to stay between 2nd Rd. and Beach Rd. Thanks

I can only imagine how awful that might be!

Prior to Covid there were agency offices in the airport and I always used an agent who had an office there. This really worked out well when I had a couple of problems that needed immediate sorting. Covid swept that away and since then I have only used on line platforms. Here is the result. Some have been great to deal with and very easy to contact. Some have been total rubbish and I would never use them again. All fares have been substantially cheaper than the present rates direct from agents. This is just another case of prior research and asking the hard questions before committing to th

Still no change on the prices from Amsterdam in January,the cheapest is still Saudi.The out leg is 25 hours to arrive Bangkok 23:40! Agent prices on Skyscanner. My last two trips to Bangkok I have extended the return date, upgraded and payed online,no problem with EVA. I'm only asking,can you do that with a ticket from an agency?

Force I "doubt" very much if this is anyone (on any forum) who has done more London Bangkok round tickets with a fair proportion on staff tickets and a few booked direct with airline down the decades At least of the overall total I'd say a minimum 100 have been "agent" tickets. Never once have I had a problem. Not once. Have they all been booked with one single agent...nope far from it When I have had issues or want changes did the agent deal very effectively with the requests....yep each and every time The problem with what you (and others say) is invariably we always onl