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[planter]

Hi can anyone give me an email address for the C & N hotel and spa also the Salathai, I am visiting in the end of july early august and would like to get quotes and confirm their guest friendly policy

[andy50]

the c&n is 110%guest friendly so is the expat in the adjacent soi (and the valhalla next doorthere are 2 c&n hotels the one i mentioned is near bangla road where the action is, the c&n hotel and spa is also guest friendly but is further away-- cheers

[planter]

thanks Andy, the c & n hotel and spa looks great, are both c & n's guest friendly, and is the spa hotel within walking distance to the action?

[Captain]

Sala Thai

10/4 Sawatdiruk Road. Patong. Kathu Phuket 83150. THAILAND

Tel: + 66 7629 6631-4

Fax : +66 7629 6635

www.phuketsalathai.com

E-mail : salathai@phuketsalathai.com

If you book, book for 2 persons. Guest friendly.

[andy50]

Originally Posted by planter

thanks Andy, the c & n hotel and spa looks great, are both c & n's guest friendly, and is the spa hotel within walking distance to the action?

both are g/friendly,the c&n spa resort is about half a mile away from bangla, where the nightlife is centred,so you would need to get a tuk tuk which will cost about 100 bht each way
you could walk it but you would be sweating like a *&^%,by the time you got to bangla!

[steve@thaib]

This was their reply to me last week:

Dear Sir/Madam,


Thank you for your mail, the price at C&N Hotel in Oct for double room(big bed) is 800 baht per night. It's free for our guest to bring the guest into the room. Also, we have a free pick up service from the airport to our hotel if you stay more than 3 nights in our hotel

Please reply again if you want to book a room

[steve@thaib]

Same question:

Thank you for your mail to Salathai Resort.
Regarding your mail enquiry one room from 5th until 25th Oct 2005
we have room available for one superior room and we would like to offer our
rate at 1,500 baht per night inclusive of daily american breakfast ,
service, tax and with our complimentary transfer one way to pick you up
at the airport also one oil massage at Salathai Spa.

For our policy if you booked a single room we do not additional charge
for your overnight guest.

[steve@thaib]

These two are quite high on my list of favourites, so I wanted to check with them both.

The hotel question is asked countless times here, and I got shot down for reporting that both these places quoted me a joiner fee in August 2004, which they did.

That was then, and this is now. I will print these e-mails next time I am going to Phuket (if there is a God, please make it soon) and it should end joiner fee conversations.

I actually e-mailed loads of hotels, just to find out. An interesting exercise.

[dawsey]

Answering a joiner fee question about specific hotels can be tricky as they can change their policy from time to time.
Patong Villa for instance I knew did not charge a joiner fee in March 2004,and when asked to recommend a hotel without fee,I had no hesitation in mentioning Patong Villa.
Subsequently,as you can guess,the member turned up and was asked to pay a fee. I felt bad but it can depend who is answering the hotels emails on any given day. I have since seen written here,that it IS guest friendly so my advise would be to email as Steve did and print out the reply and take it when checking in. Also,even if a joiner fee is mentioned in the email,I would still query it when I arrived,if of course I went ahead with the booking.

[steve@thaib]

Good advice from the Junior Section there. The goalposts move from time to time so watch out..