| By KengIsm | | | | shower. Moreover, some hotels provide other |
| During the Thai economic boom of the middle of | | | | facilities such as satellite televisions, WIFI internet |
| 1980s to 1990s, hotels have been over-built in | | | | and more. Tourist hotels are generally around USD |
| Pattaya, Chonburi. As a result, prices are very | | | | 25-40 and offer the basics for a beach vacation: |
| reasonable compared to most other countries | | | | swimming pool, room service and cable television. |
| given the high quality of accommodations and | | | | Business and luxury hotels, more than USD 50, |
| services offered. But if visitors plan to visit | | | | offer every modern amenity you can think of |
| Pattaya, it is highly recommended to make hotel | | | | and are largely indistinguishable from hotels |
| reservations well ahead of time, since most hotels | | | | anywhere else in the world. Some notably |
| there are fully overbooked in these popular | | | | Pattaya's The Hard Rock hotel are the world's |
| tourists destination. Pattaya has an excess of | | | | best hotels which is win the award "Hard Rock |
| accommodation in every price bracket. Yet tourist | | | | Hotel of The Year". The most luxurious resorts |
| are advised to always take a look at the room | | | | also fall in this price category, with some of the |
| (or better still several rooms) before agreeing on | | | | very best and most private. With a projected 15 |
| a price. However, tourist can see hotel review in | | | | millions plus visitors to Thailand predicted in 2006, |
| more internet websites. Pattaya boasts an | | | | it is expected that many of the hotels in Pattaya |
| incredible choice of accommodation to suit for | | | | will have high occupancy rates throughout the |
| every traveler. Facilities range from luxury hotels | | | | year. For those who are not familiar with the |
| with private beaches to bayside hotels and | | | | Pattaya geography. The South and Central |
| bungalows, and inland, economy class hotel and | | | | Pattaya located hotels are the ones to choose if |
| guest houses. For backpackers and adventurous | | | | you are looking to be in the center of the "action". |
| tourists, guesthouses are usually the cheapest | | | | There are lots of restaurants, bars, shopping and |
| option, costing fewer than USD 10 per night (or | | | | etc. For those looking for perhaps a quieter night's |
| less for a dorm bed). This gets you a room with | | | | sleep chose North Pattaya or Naklus, where there |
| a fan, a squat toilet (often shared) and not much | | | | are several quality hotels down by the beach at |
| else. Pattaya hotels start around USD 10 and go | | | | Wongamart. The beach is better than that in |
| up to around USD 300. The upper end of this | | | | Pattaya and the congestion of both people and |
| range will be air-conditioned or more facilities , the | | | | vehicles is a lot less than in Pattaya. It is however, |
| lower with not. The primary difference is that | | | | easier to travel to Pattaya for the evening by |
| with a hotel room, your bathroom should be more | | | | taking one of the many "baht buses" which is Thai |
| private, beautiful, luxurious, bed linen and towels | | | | people called "Song-Thaew". |
| should be provided and there may be a hot | | | | |