How to decide on where to stay? Bangkok Edition.
A step to step guide on how I decided to stay... where we stayed. I'll make an example from my most recent girls trip to Bangkok.
So...I bought the ticket. Now what? Don't fret! I'll walk you through my thinking process.
First things first,
Find out what intrigued you. Here are the list of things I wanted to experience *the most* for our 5-day trip to Bangkok.
* FOOD!*
*TEMPLES!* - Wat Arun to be exact and we wanted to take photos of us wearing traditional Thai clothes - Chakkri here.
*FOOD!* ( in case you don't know by now, I love food!)
*SHOPPING!* - Siam area for ALL the shops, big and small. We easily spent a whole day here (also getting lost here).
Sunday Market - This is the place to hunt for basically... everything, from stones, sunglasses (we scored some really nice ones for $1USD a pair!) to stones? You get the gist!
Since it's our first trip, we also found this official Bangkok Funpass! For a set price, you can choose 1 transportation ticket + 3 free activities out of the 10 + some discounts for malls. For reference, we chose the BTS Rabbit transport card, Mahanakhon Sky Walk (definitely choose this because the ticket is VERY expensive!), foot massage and Hotel Indigo Afternoon tea for 2 people (super valuable in our opinion because the portion was huge!). Definitely save us a lot of money here.
Second,
consider transport. Even though GRAB (something like UBER) is pretty easy and affordable, We wanted to use as much public transport as possible, like BTS (Green Line) and the metro (Blue Line). So the second consideration would be to find a place (<10 mins) within any stop. Since we chose to get the BTS Rabbit Card ( green line) from the Bangkok Funpass. We tried to find a hotel on the green line.
Lastly,
we started searching for a hotel that satisfies all of our requirements.
We managed to narrow down our moving area along this area, but mainly along the BTS line, which is along Sathorn or Siam. Keep in mind, there are loads of hotels and hostels around. We found this one to suit us best and since it's a really new hotel, we decided to give it a try.
We enjoyed our stay and it works for our itinerary!
I hope this little guide give you a sense of direction on how to figure out where to stay when exploring a new country.
Onto our itinerary!
D1 Arriving at BKK airport - Other Cafe - Mahanakhon Skywalk (Bangkok FunPass) - Lon Lon Local Dinner - Walk around our Neighborhood
D2
Brave coffee - Wat Arun Temple - Chakkri photo session - Lunch and shopping in Iconsiam - Foot Massage @ Let's Relax Spa (Bangkok FunPass)
D3
Ground Coffee - Chula 50 Kitcher for Crab rice - Hotel Indigo Wireless for afternoon tea (Bangkok FunPass) - Siam shopping - Massage @ One More Thai Massage
D4
One more Thai massage - Chatuchak Market - Rocket Coffee Bar - Mamma Mia Bangkok - Vesper Cocktail Bar (we planned this but didn't go because there was a storm)
D5
Going home!I'll link all the places below!
That's it for now! If you have any questions, you can always drop me an ask! Take care and have fun!
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