Hotels In Pattaya

[clubman]

Can any ex pat tell me if they know what the following hotels are like in Pattaya

Woodlands Hotel / Resort

And

Loma Hotel

I intend to stay in Pattaya for a month in Oct/Nov 2004

to see i I want to retire here.

Thanks

Clubman

[DJ Pat]

Try this site

Everyone I know who knows of this place says good things about it though never stayed there myself.

[clubman]

Thank's Pat

Which one Woodlands or Loma

Clubman

[britmaveric]

Woodlands is a bit far out in my opinion, but guess depends if you want to be closer to the hustle/bustle.

Personally I recommend the Welcome Plaza- central and can walk to most anything! Great staff and prices are spot on!

[clubman]

Thank's Britmaveric will check it out

Clubman (Blackpool UK)

[DJ Pat]

Personally I recommend the Welcome Plaza- central and can walk to most anything! Great staff and prices are spot on!

I stayed there when I first went to Pattaya five years back, 600 a night then.

I still recommend it to people and their Jomtiem Beach location is great too, 1000 Baht for large seaview room.

[DJ Pat]

Loma Hotel

Try that!

[britmaveric]

DJPat- happy to know prices are pretty much the same! 600THB standard, 900THB jr suite.

Welcome Plaza

[DJ Pat]

It goes up to 750 Baht high season!!

[britmaveric]

Raised their prices cheeky buggers.. oh well shant complain!

Standard

750

High 850

Deluxe

850

high 950

Junior Suite

950

high 1050

Honey Suite

1850

high 2000

Royal Suite

12000

high 12000

[Harry Palmer]

I intend to stay in Pattaya for a month in Oct/Nov 2004

to see i I want to retire here.

pattaya does have an extraordinary reputation for farang murders & suicide... have you looked into those aspects whilst planning your retirement?

there are some naive ppl. who seem to think that pattaya is nothing more than a pleasant seaside town/city... when in truth it's more like Sodom & Gomorrah on sea...

anyway.. enjoy your visit & watch out for the roaming packs of katoeys

[DJ Pat]

Harry, some people like the place and there's nothing wrong with that.

As much as I hate the place now, I have had some great memories of it.

[Nemesis]

Why go to the armpit of Thailand in the first place?

[DJ Pat]

Many people have many reasons for going, can't ask them all!

[valentinoxxx]

Can any ex pat tell me if they know what the following hotels are like in Pattaya

Woodlands Hotel / Resort

And

Loma Hotel

I intend to stay in Pattaya for a month in Oct/Nov 2004

to see i I want to retire here.

Thanks

Clubman

In answer to your question... The Loma.

I would avoid Woodlands as there are too many buldings and you won't be sure were you are staying.

Another option you can consider is; http://www.greenparkpattaya.com/

Same group.

[Nemesis]

Many people have many reasons for going, can't ask them all!

People who like Pattaya, the armpit of Thailand, like it because they are armpit people.

It's that simple.

[clubman]

If as you say Pataya is the armpit of Thailand I would feel at home there

I am from the armpit of the UK Manchester and live in Blackpool

Clubman

[andy50]

go to phuket instead clubman ,pattayas a toilet ,cant even go for a swim as the seas full of shit,ive been 7x in the past ,i go to phuket now though

[britmaveric]

Agree with Andy wouldn´t swim at the beach in Pattaya. Best bet is to rent a boat for the day and run out to Coral Island.

Pattaya is a great place - see for yourself!

[Totster]

Pattaya is a great place - see for yourself!

I agree.... it's not everyones cup of tea ..but it's got to be seen.... I don't go there myself anymore, but had some great times there..

totster

[Padkapow Guy]

Personally I recommend the Welcome Plaza- central and can walk to most anything! Great staff and prices are spot on!

The only thing that I did not like about the welcome plaza was the mattress were worn out. I changed rooms 3 times and each room had a worn out mattress.I know this is pattaya and the bouncing bg's have worn out just about every mattress in town. I had better luck at the pattaya centre hotel on soi 12.

Agree with the great staff at the welcome plaza. They saved me 500 baht per nite by telling me to cancel my room reservation through a hotel booking company that I used, and recheck in at the walk in rates.

I learned a valuable lesson on that trip. Only make reservations with the hotels themselves not through booking agencies. A lot of times the prices are double of what the hotels charge.

PKG

[andy50]

i havnt been to pattaya for a few years as i said,but i might take a trip back there whilst on my xmas stay in phuket, its got to be worth a few days mongering i spose!

[zaiko2000]

I lived three years in pattaya and never had a problem (and I didn't stay in my appartment during the nights)

Jomtien beach is very nice to stay , a lot calmer than the city.

It's not because you read that one farang is killed the place suddenly becomes dangerous.

And Nemesis what's the matter you have been robbed by a katoy or something? You better smell your own armpit.

[markt]

Clubman has never been to Ptty before, my guess is that he will love it. / /

[britmaveric]

Padkapow Guy - dunno Welcome Plaza redone everything or were the midst of it. Looked like a brand new or fairly new mattress in my jr suite. I slept so did my gf, so guess no problem.

[Up2U]

Reasons for retiring to the Pattaya area :

Half the price of Phuket, as far as real estate is concerned.

Many expat-geared compounds - detached houses wihtin a walled community, complete with clubhouse, swimming pool, mini-mart for rainy days.

The entire area is also geared to tourism, so the things you thought you mmight miss from back home are freely available (bad as well as good )

Possibility of living a Thai life-style if you wish, or an expatriate life-style, or combining both.

Golf courses abound, if you're in to that sort of thing, as well as many other organised activities that suit expats.

At least one place with good music (Tahitian Queen - sorry DaveT ).

Retsaurants serving food from all over the world - cooked Thai-style.

A local population that accepts you for what you are - a moderate income farang. I am obviously not talking about the bar-scene, but all the other services that make up most of your daily life. The people are friendly and speak a moderate amount of English, so, the language barrier is just a minor problem. Not the way it is up-country.

Quite frankly, I wouldn't live anywhere else.