We are not a gay hotel anymore

[goji]

Who needs a gay hotel in Thailand ?

I've stayed in gay hotels e.g. Ambiance or Two Guys (the latter was a dump)
I've stayed in gay friendly hotels.
I've stayed in regular hotels.
I've stayed in a hotel run by people who run the girly gogo bar downstairs in the same building.

As for the Tarntawan, for my first ever visit, I showed up there at about 10 am after being released from 15 nights quarantine in December 2020.
I wasn't expecting to check in that early, although I was aware that occupancy was low, so why not ?
My expectation was to quickly dump my bag and check in later.
But, NO, they processed my payment. Having handed over the cash, I expected the room key. Then they told me to come back and check in later !
When I did come back, I had to wave the receipt to expedite the process.
This does not create goodwill.

[vnman]

Then they told me to come back and check in later !
When I did come back, I had to wave the receipt to expedite the process.
This does not create goodwill.

I guess that was a lesson learned. :-) But that place is good value for money, is it not?

My flight home is around 06:00 PM so I will need a late checkout. I'll make sure to arrange that before the payment becomes final.

[goji]

I guess that was a lesson learned. :-) But that place is good value for money, is it not?

In the covid era, there are plenty of good hotels with large discounts. When I returned to Bangkok later in that trip, I stayed at The Quarter Silom which was discounted all the way down to 500 baht (at the time).
New rooms, comfy bed, superb shower, large Android LCD TV, swimming pool and gym.
Only downside was compact rooms.
Guests can enter without going past reception, however I sent the first one through reception just to test & confirm policy.
Vastly superior to The Tarntawan.

Whilst The Quarter might not be discounted so far at present, there are other good deals around.
Also, when getting up the room options, for some hotels, the better rooms are currently offered at the same price as the basic ones. So do scroll down the page before selecting one.

[Gaybutton]

But, NO, they processed my payment. Having handed over the cash, I expected the room key. Then they told me to come back and check in later !

I'm curious. If occupancy was low, did they at least explain why they wouldn't let you into your room right away, especially since they had already take your money? And 10:00am is certainly not an unreasonable check-in time.

[christianpfc]

I'm curious. If occupancy was low, did they at least explain why they wouldn't let you into your room right away, especially since they had already take your money? And 10:00am is certainly not an unreasonable check-in time.

It might be that the room was occupied the night before and room service hasn't cleaned it yet. I experienced or heard such thing once.

In my vast experience (I must have stayed at over 100 hotels all over Thailand), early check in (as early as 7 or 8 am coming by night train or bus) has never been a problem. But late check-out, be it just 1 or 2 pm, has always been like pulling teeth.

The smaller the hotel (low or middle class in my case), the easier the dealings. Record is 3 seconds for handing over the money and receiving the key, no name or other information exchanged. Whereas as the bigger or upscale hotels can take minutes to fill out forms and copy passport.