Tarntawan Hotel

[arsenal]

Scottish wrote:
"I don't get 178 replies - an Hotel has changed hands - big fucking deal."
Lots of people stay there I guess. It's 181 now.

[a447]

Arsenal, you've hit the nail on the head.

I've stayed a number of times at the Tarntawan and I want it to be exactly the same when I check in again tomorrow. I don't want to have to get acquainted with new staff, new ways of doing things,etc.

It's my base when I'm in Bangkok and I don't want any surprises.

[scottish-guy]

Clearly we have different expectations of a hotel - for me its a place to sleep, shag, and eat breakfast.

I require it to be centrally located, clean, free of cockroaches, all the lights working (a pet peeve), and to welcome joiners with minimum hassle

I really have no need to be on first name terms with the staff as I come and go - they're actually not my friends and I'm not theirs. If I dropped dead tomorrow and never returned they wouldn't notice.

But each to his own I guess.

I look forward to when the replies reach 500

Enjoy

[arsenal]

Well Scottish, in November the hotel manager where I stay in Pattaya described his hotel as my second home and I liked his comment a lot because it is but each to his own.

[Oliver]

It took a number of visits and stays at various hotels before I settled on Tarntawan and Ambiance. I feel at home there; the staff know me and I know them. And for the last fourteen years, my boyfriend has been with me and he feels the same .Is there anything surprising in wanting to continue?
The same goes for our choice in Chiang Mai; we stayed at five or six places before finding the one that suits us. I don't wish to experiment. This seems reasonable to me.
At the same time, we were reasonably happy with our choice in Bali three years ago but decided a change may be better in June this year. We were wrong. The holiday wasn't ruined but we were disappointed and wished we hadn't changed.

[Smiles]

Certainly NOT a good day for hotel cockroaches. What do you have against them anyway?

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Green Piece

[latintopxxx]

...i actually enjoy trying new hotels...makes the experience kinda new again...same city but different location...I certainly do not see the staff as friends...or the hotel as some sort of 2nd home...how silly.

[arsenal]

Smiles mentions cockroaches and Sexual Deviant Latin responds immediately. Irony.

[a447]

Well, I've just checked in and nothing's changed as far as I can see. I was given a very nice welcome when I walked into the lobby. The chubby guy came rushing over and took my luggage and I got a waifrom the short guy with the crew cut and the ear to ear grin.

Only difference is that Lukas has gone and breakfast and bar times have changed, but none of those things affect me. Oh, and the internet is crap. That does affect me.

BTW, I was charged 200 baht to use the Siam Commercial Bank atm at the airport!

[francois]

BTW, I was charged 200 baht to use the Siam Commercial Bank atm at the airport!

All the ATMS charge 200 Baht/withdrawal transaction. Has been that way for a couple of years.