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Funny I remember stories about staying away from Nara 15 years ago . They were famous for not being guest friendly. I have stayed at every Marriott, Hilton and Sheraton in Bangkok without any problems . I also stayed at a fair number of smaller non Big Chain Hotels within walking distance ( 15-20 minutes in the old days) also with never a problem. I always make the reservation for 2 and would be willing to fight if they thought they could tell me who the 2nd person could be. My one problem was Holiday Inn Silom. I was able to get around their ridiculous notions by using a side entrance and going right to the elevator . But I never returned. I spent a few minutes on Airbnb the other night and when and if I return I may use them. I have used them all over the world and I recently looked at some of their listings . There are some great apartments for rent and the prices are very reasonable.

There is another possibility why US citizens might choose Hotels. Credit Card companies give away lots of points and sometimes , a Hotel is chosen because it is free and no way AirBnb can beat that price!. A.so people who work for big companies may roll up lots of points on business and silly to let them sit there. When the Luxury is free, it tastes even better>

Really I guess it is because you live there rather than visit. 10 years ago BKK was a disaster for a visitor who wanted to fly back home . I already said it probably won't happen again but who knows in Thailand. I can assure you it was no fun for visitors but then again I would expect you to know anything about that because you are a resident. Who knows when you were last on an airplane?

All that is pretty good advice unless they take over the airport when you are coming or going. That happened to me and it was not any fun.They found out that disturbing air transportation gets a lot of notice. Just look at the recent US Govt shut down. Merrily going on for 5 weeks until it became evident Air Traffic Controllers or TSA agents were about to grind Air Transportation to a halt. Unfortunately Thai Government did not and may not move that fast if something similar occurs . Unlikely to happen because of the damage done previously but then you never know in Thailand.

Does that mean you did not use any of those ways?

Post makes no sense. First you say that the site was taken over by someone who has never run a Forum and then you say it is someone who has years of running a Forum. Which is it?

Amazing how crime seems to increase after a 3rd World country puts on the Olympics. The rich get richer and the poor get much poorer which of course leads to more crime.

I think She who was a He was at my Room outside the Door and you and your minions whisked him away never to be seen by me again. Good Times

You were probably in the Presidential Suite at an unnamed Hotel and she fell in love with you!

Great post Numazu and even better photos!

In much of the world it does matter what the customer thinks , but maybe not at Gay Bars in some countries or generally in Thailand.

Interesting discussion but the Bottom Line is it makes no difference what we think. The Bars will do what is good for them financially and those who don't like women can either not go to those Bars ( Most of the Good Ones) or learn to live with it. It appears the majority have learned to live with it! Just like many complained in BKK when drink prices kept going up and up . But the Bar owners knew they could get away with it because the Chinese etc did not care . So most have learned to pay the prices or change their destination to Pattaya.

I guess if by locals , you mean ex pats then certainly that could be true . Certainly not true from real locals. One of differences between Brazil and Thailand. In Brazil most of the customers are really locals.

Completely useless!

Very Sad. He worked so hard and long to plan this trip and to have this happen , when he was in a strange country with no family is just terrible. RIP Lurker