best place to stay in bangkok £50 / night max...

[torqueofthedevil]

...so no mandarin oriental! stayed at vieng thai before. basically want somewhere near khoa san road. going travelling round thailand for 3 weeks and its just for the first night or 2. would like somewhere with some character, or unusual....same aplies for most other places in thailand actually.

cheers.

[therealpigdog]

I'm at hotel de moc at the moment - best bit is the owners collection of classic cars in the car park. Clean and reasonably priced and not far from kho San road. Might be worth a look.

If you are heading north (and you should) go to Chiang Mai. Expedia did me a great deal on the Shangri-La so I got five star luxury for £50 per night. Also, if you fancy doing a trek, go to Buddy Tours in Chiang Mai. I paid £30 for three days all in, some of the others on the same trek went through agents and all paid at least double that, and some nearly £100.

To be honest I can't wait to leave Bangkok - it's Amsterdam on steroids and not my cup of tea. Fortunately am flying out tomorrow - the other thread has loads of good recomendations from people who do like the place though.

[ben_h100]

If you are going to the TAT offices, only book your journeys (bus etc) through them. Went earlier this year and booked accomodation witht them as well. Upon arriving at said places we found that we could have had it for half the price had we just turned up.

Enjoy!

[ben_reza]

we are travelling around with a few nights in Bangkok as a base. Found a place called Refill Now, cheap, clean, a bit unusual, altho maybe more modern than you are looking for? Check it out

[thehawk]

There is a glut of hotels at that price - even some 5 star ones like Lebua can be had for £50 occasionally.

http://www.sawadee.com/hotels/bangkok.html

Used them for years, great service.

[Andy M]

Not hugely close to KS Road (why would you want to be?!!), but instead a lot better placed to see the sights etc: http://www.arunresidence.com/

If that's a bit too quirky for you, check out Trip Advisor, then look for the best deals on: www.wotif.com

[MikeCR]

We stayed 2 mins from KS Road in the Viengtai or something like that was all good in the hood IMO about 45 a night not sure on spelling sure someone will correct it

[torqueofthedevil]

MikeCR said:

We stayed 2 mins from KS Road in the Viengtai or something like that was all good in the hood IMO about 45 a night not sure on spelling sure someone will correct it

i stayed there! - viang thai back in 2006, thats the sort of thing im looking or but more traditionally thai.

[nw28840]

stayed in the Vieng Tai (sp ?) also - back in 1989 !

[koolchris99]

why would you want to stay near the KSR?

why not stay in town? ill ask my brother he works in bangkok and couldnt be bothered to get his own place so lives in hotels, changes each month for something different.

i stay in the banyan but i think thats about 100 a night

[MikeCR]

nw28840 said:

stayed in the Vieng Tai (sp ?) also - back in 1989 !

Thats the one i was in, funny enough I had a dream about being back there last night!

[fieldl]

thehawk said:

There is a glut of hotels at that price - even some 5 star ones like Lebua can be had for £50 occasionally.

http://www.sawadee.com/hotels/bangkok.html

Used them for years, great service.

Sat in my room there now. Its very nice and achievable in budget.