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Thanks for the input gents. I rec'd a reply from the hotel this morning:
"About joiner Normal no free but we can talk after if you here". Kind of vague, so I plan to push back and see if they can be a bit more specific. If it's only a few hundred Bht, I'd probably go for it as I'd really like a hotel on one of the more quiet beaches like Kalim, Karon or Kata (I plan to rent a bike).