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Almost every hotel in the SC/Nana area is guest friendly. Personally, I would recommend picking a place as close as possible - ie, walking distance with lady. That way, no need for taxi cheats or tuk tuks or any nonsense.

If you're looking at the higher end of the baht, Majestic Suites ($70us), and Landmark ($100us) are good for Nana. Both are an easy walk. Don't have to worry about tuk tuks and such.

For Soi Cowboy, The Continent and Grande Sukhumvit are both very nice, about $100us. Sukhumvit Suites and Jasmine City are overpriced for what you get, in my opinion.

And in between SC and Nana, of course, you have Sofitel, Sheraton, etc... but that might be a bit of a walk with a lady.

The reviews on Tripadvisor are mostly horrible. I've avoided since there are so many good options in Nana for >$40us per night.

The Skywalk will essentially go from MBK all the way to Ploen Chit / Central Embassy soon.

Chidlom/Ploen Chit... by far the nicest area if you can afford it. Close to the embassies, close to skytrain, lots of nice restaurants/shopping. Check out the Noble condos.

Is it too far from the street where main action takes place? (girls and bars?)

How much on foot?

If you can't be bothered to even look at a map, get a hotel.

Realize that the cheap rooms don't have a window, the tuk tuk service doesn't run after 6pm and you may not have wi-fi. As with too many of the smaller places, there is no one to contact in case you have complaints. Good luck.

It seems to escalate:

 

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/381615/protest-marchers-rally-throughout-bangkok-against-government

 

Should I be concerned about my about upcoming trip? Occupation of the Budget Bureau seems a little bit more serious than just a peaceful protest.

Yes, it is getting a bit dodgy now. If you're only here for mongering and staying close to SC or Nana, no issues yet. But if you want to get out across the city, you may be delayed. Bangkok Post put the crowd number at Democracy Monument around 400,000. There's no way to gather that many people without disruptions. The next few days will probably indicate how this whole thing will play out.

We'll see... thus far, it's just been demonstrations against the amnesty bill that was proposed. I was at the one at Chitlom yesterday, and though they shut down traffic around Central World, it's not been violent or terribly disruptive. But it will depend on what the Senate does now.

It should be no more than 300 baht. Remember, coming FROM the airport when you just arrive, 50 baht surcharge. Going TO the airport when leaving, no surcharge.

I've found there's no problem to get a metered taxi to the airport any time, day or night. It's the stupid 2km trips where the drivers want to demand a set price from you. If some a-hole wants to tell you 500 baht to the airport, just wave him off and get the next one.  Airport trips are the bread and butter for most drivers. They know they aren't gonna waste an hour in traffic for a 45 baht fare and most seem to love getting out onto the highwway and opening that throttle up.

That's the one. I've also heard some fun times at Sacha's Hotel Uno on soi 19 and Dawin on soi 4.  Both those places I've found the clientele rather amusing because there are really only 2 kinds - the single guy and the young couples who apparently didn't know the proximity to the fun zones. The couples all look the same... female has her nose up in the air in perpetual fake "disgust" and the guy has the look of a dog who's been beat too much.

Seriously?  Haha. Pretty much anywhere within a block of Nana or SC.  Last time I was in S Sukhumvit Suites, the floor I was on could've been mistaken for a brothel after 10pm. :lol:

Wow, that far out? I thought maybe there would be someplace around Silom or something.

Okay, thanks!

Where exactly do I go to get my 60-day visa extended for another 30 days?

At On Nut next to the On NUt BTS station there is a market with restaurants, bars and also Thai live music...I think its 7 days a week

Yeah, I was there tonight, actually. The band is OK but plays mostly slow love songs. Not really my thing. Kind of generic really, except for being sung in Thai.

Go to MBK.  Pick up a DTAC 3G sim card for 300 - 600 Baht.  It'll give you unlimited data for a month.

No, they don't. Beware, though, that the hotel and residences are separate facilities. Read Tripadvisor reviews.

Those places are all 6-month or 1-year lease.

Here all month...

On Soi 4, in between Lohas, Solo Sukhumit and Aspen Suites is iCheck Inn. 7,794THB for 7 nights.  No pool, no gym. But rooms are spacious, clean and have full size fridge and microwave.

GF and usually keep ID at front.

You can do a search on Agoda for hotels with fitness centers. I've found that's really the best bet unless you want to be wasting half a day to get to wherever some random gym is and then get back to wherever you're staying.

Apoteka on Soi 11 has some great blues, jazz, and folk oriented stuff.  Mostly blues.

Seems like there's a good few people around the last week of the month. Perhaps we should try to do a big meetup. I know some of the other times have failed, but worth a shot?

If I were to book a room for one person in a GF-friendly hotel, can I still bring a girl back to my room? Or will they charge me?

I've never had a problem with this. No one has ever charged me, most just keep the girl's ID at front until she leaves.

http://www.gfriendlyhotels.com/guest-friendly-hotels-bangkok.html#Nana_/_Soi_Cowboy

That's a pretty extensive list of GF hotels.