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Advice re hotels in BKK please...
"Tchiowa" schreef in bericht om... Do you really think that posting the name of a hotel on USENET would cause that????? Yes. I once posted the name and address of my favourite Indonesian restaurant here in Amsterdam on rec.travel.europe. Next thing I noticed was that 1) the number of tourists (especially Americans) went up dramatically in that restaurant; 2) prices went up; 3) quality went down. I don't want similar things to happen to "my" hotel. Sjoerd |
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Advice re hotels in BKK please...
"Sjoerd" schreef in bericht ... "Tchiowa" schreef in bericht om... And the only reason you won't post the name of the hotel is that you know it doesn't actually meet that criteria. And you are an arsehole and/or you can't read and/or you have Alzheimer. I ALREADY ****ING TOLD YOU THAT I WON'T WANT THAT HOTEL TO BECOME TOO POPULAR, as it is often fully booked already. Sjoerd is it Manhattan Hotel Sukhumvit Soi 11 ? |
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Advice re hotels in BKK please...
"Sjoerd" schreef in bericht ... "Tchiowa" schreef in bericht om... Do you really think that posting the name of a hotel on USENET would cause that????? Yes. I once posted the name and address of my favourite Indonesian restaurant here in Amsterdam on rec.travel.europe. Next thing I noticed was that 1) the number of tourists (especially Americans) went up dramatically in that restaurant; 2) prices went up; 3) quality went down. I don't want similar things to happen to "my" hotel. Sjoerd by now it's already YOUR hotel well, well,well |
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Advice re hotels in BKK please...
"Sjoerd" wrote in message ...
"Tchiowa" schreef in bericht om... Do you really think that posting the name of a hotel on USENET would cause that????? Yes. I once posted the name and address of my favourite Indonesian restaurant here in Amsterdam on rec.travel.europe. Next thing I noticed was that 1) the number of tourists (especially Americans) went up dramatically in that restaurant; 2) prices went up; 3) quality went down. I don't want similar things to happen to "my" hotel. 555555 Amazing! You really seem to believe that. |
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Advice re hotels in BKK please...
Tchiowa wrote: "Sjoerd" wrote in message ... Yes. I once posted the name and address of my favourite Indonesian restaurant here in Amsterdam on rec.travel.europe. Next thing I noticed was that 1) the number of tourists (especially Americans) went up dramatically in that restaurant; 2) prices went up; 3) quality went down. I don't want similar things to happen to "my" hotel. 555555 Amazing! You really seem to believe that. 4444444 yes! amazing... michael |
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Advice re hotels in BKK please...
Having looked through various postings in this thread, it is obvious that
there's a wide range of views on what constitutes an hotel worthy of recommendation. Also on what a tourist/visitor wants. Perhaps an idea would be to adopt an 'initial response' strategy for future enquiries? If the poster doesn't explain the standard / price range / facilities, etc. in the initial enquiry, someone replies asking for clarification, then everyone sits back and waits . . . . For myself, when I visit, I just want somewhere clean, with a comfortable bed, a good shower, and nice food. So I'm quite happy to stay out of the centre. On the last trip it was in Ramkamhaeng. The hotel was inexpensive (a 'superior' room with 2 double beds, a/c, cable tv, big fridge, breakfast included - 380 B per night). It was very clean, the food was excellent, and the staff were wonderfully friendly and helpful. There were lots of food outlets nearby, a good selection of shops, and a choice of bus services into town (or the klohng 'taxi' for 13 B would get me 5 minutes walk from Siam Square). And it obviously wasn't an area too much used by Europeans - I had stares galore for the first couple of days, but then I noticed that these were replaced by smiles and greetings as my face became recognised. The only drawback was the lack of a bar, but with a 'Big C' just across the road, that wasn't a problem. I guess some people want to go and exploit the price differences so that they can stay in a standard of hotel they couldn't afford anywhere else, but we ought to find out before the arguments start between the rest of us . . . Chok dee, Geoff B |
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