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17-11-2006, 20:02
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Patong Villa no longer Guest Friendly
Very recently I stayed at the Patong Villa Hotel and I was very disappointed to find out that they are no longer Guest Friendly. If you bring a guest now they'll charge you 400 Baht for the privilege. Are they sure they want to go down this route?? I for one will not want to stay there again.
Also I wasn't very impressed with their service. I did request a double bedroom, only to find out (after checking in) that I had been given a twin bedroom. After I complained, it took them 2 hours to put the two beds together and turn it into a double bedroom. On top of this, I realised that their penny-pinching has reached an unprecedented level. If that was the only issue I had with them, I wouldn't be too bothered about it, however - if you take the joiner fee and the poor service into the equation - it probably is just the last straw for me. Shame because I had some good times there. 
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18-11-2006, 06:11
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I had problems too i booked a double room but only put in 1 person on the latestays website and they wanted 300bht for a guest a night but my friend had booked had put 2 people down so no charge. I said why should i pay more and told them i would not pay the charge but they waved it . This only happened at the end of September
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18-11-2006, 06:29
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It's a shame about PV as they have slowly crept thier prices up and not really invested at least some of it back into the hotel. Starting to charge a joiner fee or at least asking for one when the owners back it turned would be a shame.
I have enjoyed three good stays there, well, apart from that time Nels was there but that's another story. They are onto a good thing with a good location, nice pool and in the main some great staff, shame to spoil it as Tally says with petty penny pinching remembering that those pennies go along way to a Thai. Best to start looking around as Bono suggests.
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18-11-2006, 18:50
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Im with Denver on this too. The guest side of things didn't concern me,but the creeping price,and penny pinching is another thing.
Also,although the location is very good,those traders in the alleyway to the hotel are a damn nuisance after a while. Even after buying something from one of them,the rest seemed to think we owed them a sale as well  Looks like there are better places around for the price now.
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18-11-2006, 20:54
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All I can say is "Summer Breeze" on Soi Sansabai. I would say most BM's would have already read the posts about Summer Breeze and many would know Bill from the Hash, this is a great place, great staff, fun parties and a relaxing environment.
If memory serves me correct, they only put up their prices last year. They hadn't put up their prices in around 4 years I believe.
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18-11-2006, 22:30
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Looks like the PV is going to be crossed off all BM's list in the future.
One more thing I have had for my xmas trip is that Breakfast in no longer included. Im not sure what I put down on my booking ( 1 person or 2) but now I have arranged for my Thai GF to come to phuket for my Xmas visit hope they dont try to charge extra.
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18-11-2006, 23:57
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Summer Breeze is terrible , lots of very nasty people stay there (Drunken Scots and car salesmen !!) , I would advise everyone to look for somewhere else. !!!!!!!  Come on guys , it's hard enough to get a room there as it is , without all the ex-P.V crowd as well. O.K , Dingo's post is true , it's a great place but if too many people turn up I'll never get a booking again and I'll have to find somewhere else to stay. 
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19-11-2006, 03:05
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i somehow think that the majority of guys on this board ,,would not be booking into this hotel with their gf anyway?so now they have shot themselves in the foot!(the hotel that is) you can expect members who stayed there b4 changing the choice of hotel,, there are just too many hotels to choose from now,,give someone else the business,,!
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19-11-2006, 09:19
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Faulty, maybe that's the reason we want everyone else there, so we don't have the usual UK pissheads that snag the good spots over Christmas before the good folks can get em HAHAHAHAHA. Will be good to see you again soon mate!
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19-11-2006, 11:31
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You forgot to mention whingeing poms too.  But on topic, it's a pity that certain hotels charge a joiners fee.....It's nothing short of robbery. 400b or whatever the fees may be, seems an awful lot of money to wash one extra towel. Keep naming & shaming these such places, I say.
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19-11-2006, 11:58
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Whilst I dont agree or disagree with the practise of charging joiner fees, it is a generally accepted business practise in Thailand. Does this make it robbery, I dont think so. Any business anywhere in the world will attempt to increase the bottom line by using whatever ways they can get away with. There are some practises which western companies employ which could also be deemed robbery. Its a common theme that westerners see the different attitudes Thai's have to doing business which is very much different from western ways, as being illegal, cheating or robbery. In this case there is any easy option for anyone to avoid these charges, and that is dont stay in these properties that charge it.
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19-11-2006, 14:28
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I was getting fed up of being put in a big canvas harness everyday on Soi San Sabai, hoisted high into the air and loaded by crane humiliatingly onto a flatbed truck and having hoses aimed at me to prevent my skin from cracking in the blazing sun while being stroked under the belly by several beautiful Greenpeace card-carrying bikini clad blond haired female Ozzie Marine Biology under-graduates. Clicking merrily as I am taken to the sea for a swim and perhaps thrown a few fish scraps for breakfast. I know the pool isn't far from Summer Breeze but many of you have seen me in Thong and Flip-flops, the potential for arrest is high while walking along the street fighting ladyboys off with my patented 'Katoey Stick 2'
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19-11-2006, 15:04
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I too am like Denver (well not totally thank the lord) but a pool in thei climate is just a luxury I really like.. And being able to go room to pool without a schlep down the road in something I will pay extra for..
How the arrangement between TaiLife and Yorkshire inn works out I am unsure, is there a way to exit direct from Yorkshire in through to taiLife or does it require going down around TaiPan ?? If so its as far as the Baan Benjamins pool nearly.. I dont see the appeal of spending double and getting less when theres nicer places back on nanai which I prefer anyway.. Not much of a person for browsing beach rd stalls..
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19-11-2006, 18:31
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I know its been touched on before,but I wouldn't even consider staying in ANY hotel that didn't have a pool.
In the Phuket climate,its a must,and I wouldn't be too keen to have to walk down the road to another swimmning pool either. Going back to PV, if there is a guest charge now, then the owner (I forget his name now) must have weighed up whether putting this charge on and losing potential customers was worth the risk. As Stevem said ,the western hotels use all kind of ploys to extract extra money out of visitors,the worst in my mind being charging per person in a room. And don't forget how much we pay for a room outside of LOS!! £40 for a crappy Travel Lodge room makes the £20/£25 for some of these lovely rooms in LOS that much more of a bargain. At least by posting here Tally has given us the info,and how we act on it is up to us.
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20-11-2006, 01:33
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or $18usd for a bottle of Gel when i went to dallas 2 months agao!!
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20-11-2006, 01:36
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i dont get the outrage, to be honest
a guy has a hotel and has decided he doesnt want guests bringing back prostitutes!! its his right i know alot of good people from this board has stayed there, but for every 4 good experiences, I guaranteee there is 1 bad experience the hotel has to deal with i cant believe people on this board cant look at things at another perspective
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20-11-2006, 01:55
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I don't really see it as an outrage, more than people that have been staying there for a while and now the hotel has a change which is now approximately an additional 25% of the room fee to bring a girl back. We all know this forum is for information and now people know so they won't be pissed off when they book there and find out after the fact that their business practices have now change. Just forum members giving an FYI I guess.... IMHO Everywhere around the world people complain about change, this is just another one of em....
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20-11-2006, 05:51
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I have tired of defending PV on here and have been staying at CSB with Bill lately.....and will again next month.........
PV is geting a bit tired.....overpriced....unpredictable.....and lazy......... however if you book direct....tell them that you don't expect to pay joiner fee as a returning guest before coming...they will agree to it....simple as that!!! and sure the pool is 50 metres walk from CSB to the end of Soi San sabai.....but it is more than that in most resorts......and the beauty of PV is that all of the bungalows basically lead onto the pool or directly face it.....
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20-11-2006, 06:13
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Marc26...Who is to decide whether the guests visitors are pros or not? I recall you having a whinge a while ago when you & your mrs had some issues at a pool in a hotel & it got you hot & bothered at the time. I reckon your figures are wrong too. I haven't heard Bill at SB mention anything negative about his guests bg's.
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20-11-2006, 08:44
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hi Craig......M26 is talking about PV.....not CSB.......
and as you say I am sure that Bill at CSB will have no problem with anyones guests provided they follow the general rules and ettiquite like everyone else......... I have no problem with Hotels charging guest fees (although I would prefer they didn't) provided they make it clear when booking.......It is a reall p!ss off when they do it underhandedly or in an embarrassing way........or at the end of your stay when you were unaware......and I can understand why there ae so many arguments about this at settling time.........
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20-11-2006, 09:20
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Nelse, I know M26 is talking about PV..not SB.
My point was with Bill being a hotel owner....I haven't heard anything negative about bg's from him, in all of the chats I've had with him. I cannot agree with M26 saying that 1/5 bg's cause the hotel/s problems.
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20-11-2006, 09:32
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ah.....gotcha Craig......yeah but ya gotta agree there are no other hotel owners like Bill on the island buddy.....
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