| Quote: | | | Originally Posted by smudged | | | |
| Hey,
Im planning to go to Bangkok with my bf early nex year.. Was just wondering, is it safe at all with all that is happening there..?
Any decent hotel which is not so expensive(clean toilet and room is a must)
or near to the chatuchak market or cheap shopping....budget hotels are also fine.
And is it best to go on weekend or weekdays?
Roughly around how much do u actually spend there including flight and hotel.
Are those budget airlines like air asia or tiger airways be a better option for flight.
Thanks! | |
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Rachaida City hotel is near to central BKK. The MRT station (Hui Kway) is 10 mins walk away. You can take a MRT to Suhuvmit or Patpong. Not adviseable to take Taxi as the journey could take much longer than MRT.
As for shopping, I would recommend you CenCom Centre. It is a huge shopping centre with individual floors specialising in woman's clothing, electronic, etc.
It cost about 900 baht a night which is less than SG$40 per day.
Don't read too much about the coup, demostrations, bombings, etc. You will hardly noticed them at all.
Be prepared to pay about 300 baht for a taxi from the A'port to town area.
My advise is for you to take TG or SQ as should you decide to extend your holidays here, these 2 airlines are able to do so without you incurring extra costs. As for the budget airlines, if you missed or change your flight or extend your stay, you will have to fork out for a new ticket. As for Finair, Air Iltalia, Quatas, they only have a twice weekly flight.
Do drop me a PM if you are in BKK. Would not mind showing you and your BF around in Bangkok.
Do remember to bargain for everything. :biggrin4:
