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Majestic Grande was value when it opened but not for some time now. Breakfast at the Aspen is far from shabby as well. If you are ever there for a month, the Aspen often has some cracking deals on, including electric, though not breakfast I think. I've seen them have a month for mid 30ks.

What is on in your area ? NYE is not really a night for bar hopping, at least not late on. It is more a time to park yourself and enjoy the night. I would not be looking to move anywhere after about 10pm at the latest. Fireworks are ok but nothing new. I think it really depends upon your other half. If she want to go out then perhaps she has friends, even if you do not have many. Doing something together with her friends may be possible. Whatever, I'd sort it out beforehand as you don't really want arguments on the day.

Even better value is the Aspen Suites on Soi 2 http://www.aspenbangkok.com/ Farther down the Soi than the Adelphi but a better location and better price. Bumrungrad is just over the road. It is the same as the Adelphi on Soi 8 and as new. The rest in that list are not in the same league.

Make sure you have a visa if you are going on an open ticket.

LHR-BOM ok, BOM to BKK shit, on ground in BOM very shit and long walks between gates but cheap and at a certain lavel of cheapness under the likes of Etihad, they are viable. They cannot compete head to head, except on price.

But if he had booked it at the time the poster you refer to did, he could presumably have chosen any day to fly for around the same money. Leaving it until 2 weeks beforehand when all the news has been that airlines are withdrawing capacity is not the way to get a cheap flight. When booking ahead, one has to consider the potential upside, which is little on a £500 fare being further discounted, against the downside of that £500 fare turning into £850 or £1000 or more.

I would not worry too much. Mileage accrual is not what it was, now that you have to pay for all the taxes and so forth, it hardly qualifies as a free flight. Useful, but the cash saved is far more valuable.

That fat fucker should have been forced to buy 2 tickets or denied check in.

Agreed except that if the OP wants to avoid the rip off fixed pricing at about Bt1600 or so instead of Bt1000/1200 or so, then he could pre book. Out of interest, does anyone know if the official taxi queue just do it for the meter plus Bt50 or do they want to break the law and refuse to go unless they get a higher rate ? The OP also needs to know whether tolls are included as often with the cheaper prices they are not and many many taxi drivers argue that they are not included, even in the Bt1600 fares. Try Max (Thai guy) on 0844 991 453 / 0864 013 372

Yeah, Mininova is RIP

My understanding of the guarantor is multi faceted. Financially, the person paying the loan back has to have about twice the loan amount in free disposable income. Thus, if the loan was 15k a month, then they'd have to show 30k a month. If they had a mortgage of 10k a month, then they'd have to show 40k a month etc. Then you get onto where they are registered. As a foreigner you can't own land and you might not even own your own condo so it connects the loan to someone who is resident. A westerner having a WP is obviously connecting them to Thailand to a degree. If the guarantor owns land then

I guess the reason he is asking people is that the people on this forum are his target audience and prospective customers. I guess that might be thought of as astute in certain quarters, actually listening to what the customer wants.

Pretty much every hotel chain has their lowest prices linked to full prepayment with no changes to the reservation possible. They do have rooms on less strict conditions but with higher rates. I recently booked the Marriott and was able to get some very decent rates but I did have to cede flexibility. I thought it was a very good trade off. Not sure where this business is going though. Maybe prepayment is only possible when you have established your reputation but that guy with the hotel near the airport in Phuket said he was doing the vast majority of his business via prepaid on-line book

That quaint Glasgow greeting of friendship - bottling your customers Stay at the Rockhouse, only 10 minutes from intensive care. I don't think any of the places with only a few rooms will have lifts. Some accept CC, safes are never 100% but their installation is paramount, shower over the bog is one of the classic design gaffs (but doesn't have to be if planned in advance or thought about).

Yet if it went up for sale or was bulldozed because no-one was using it, I guess we'd be saying that it always seemed closed, was grim to look at, had a lot of talk generated a few years ago but nothing recently and was perhaps overpriced. I couldn't tell you if he is full or empty but if full, he must be generating customers from some source which I don't some across. IMHO the prices are way OTT and the rooms are the usual blind guest house owner mish mash of non matching furniture items which are so often used as props in Pattaya accommodation.

Look all the time. Over time you work out the places which come up with the best deals for your preferred carriers and routings and checking the price doesn't take long. Don't forget to check the airline's own website as well. Recently I got someone an Eva 6 month return with full flexibility for Bt22,000 and the same starting in the UK was only marginally worse. No reason to avoid Emirates although my perception is that they are not what they once were. More limited choices from Manchester than London. Flying in mid February can bring Valentines Day into question but that hikes short

http://www.uknova.com/

Well, they had better invest some money in a decent website first. That which they have is shockingly poor o speed and some of the graphics are amateurish. Low number of outlets seems to hamper this type of venture every few years when someone else brings it back to life. No good if only 1 or 2 venues or outlets on your list and no decent and honest discounts available to make you use it elsewhere. Mathematically, if places you went to gave you 10% discount, then you'd have to spend Bt15,000 there to break even and I don't see many tourists doing it for that reason. Golf will be where

OK, here's how it goes. If you rent through a small agency or introducer, then they will commonly ask you for 2 month's deposit and 1 month's rent. This is because they take 1 month's rent as their commission. You don't have to pay that but many will say it is standard. What it means is that your landlord never received 2 month's rent as deposit and so he may well want to find a new tenant, to use their inward money as your deposit return. You have to be on the ball about this. I just didn't pay the last 2 months rent on one place as I knew the guy didn't have the money. That was an absent

Not sure about that one as immigration takes the US Embassy's sword statement that the income is XYZ as proof enough to issue a retirement extension. If that income then went into a Thai bank account, it may work. MM's WP going back some way and bank account would be key. As for guarantors, then the location of the garage is significant, as is the place where your GF is resident on her Tabien Bahn. I remember Isuzu asking me because mine was from Buriram and as that was not Chonburi, nor a province bordering Chonburi, nor Bangkok, she would not have been able to act as my guarantor. Al

Glad to see this guy is not getting slagged off for requesting a deposit because of some guys booking rooms and then not going nor cancelling. It is probably the way forward at peak times or for pick ups etc. and it should just be the implementation and method that needs sorting out.

Well that sure wouldn't be a 6m baht house in Thailand. I thought the Pi was cheaper ?

Is that near Colon's place i Town in Town ? Bit of a faggot alley up there isn't it ?

Some good advice from Gary there. To be honest, you need somewhere you are comfortable with, rather than looking at your home as an investment. Much better to protect your downside. Rent for 6 months minimum and find out where you want to live. I lived in town and View Talay for years and swore blind that I didn't want to live out in the sticks past Sukhumvit but having a kid and moving out there to a detached house really opened my eyes. I am not sure I could go back to a condo lifestyle and if I did, I'd probably stick with View Talay 2 and get another place for a reasonable price per sq

Sure is lower taxed, it is taxed at zero ! Please put key money in a brown bag and leave on table. Leases over 3 years have to be registered and that is why you get all this 3+3+3 stuff. Obviously, any lease registered will have the rent registered and they will have to pay tax on it.