I could use some advice on airport accommodations in Bangkok.

 

I will be catching a very early flight from Bangkok to Bali and believe it might be easier just to stay at a decent hotel near the airport instead of travelling from Pattaya in the wee hours of the morning to make the 06:00 flight. I've done the early morning ride to the airport before and it was a scary ordeal. I could swear the driver was falling asleep behind the wheel at times.

 

It would be great if you could share any experiences you

Have a look on the Agoda website. There are several hotels & you can view them on a map.

 

I recently tried one, but their advertised "24 hour free shuttle" to the airport run at 1 hour intervals, so that can waste a big chunk of the advantage of staying near the hotel.

take one situated on Lard Krabang rd-the others are much further away and may take nearly 30 mins even in a taximeter early morning. That is nearly the same as from central BKK early mornings by expressway.

When asking about HTLs-always state budget or required minimum ''luxury''-so many of you seem so overfussy aboyt that (when I read normal HTL reviews).

There is a neutral site listing these all, impartial. I think it is either somewhere on tripadvisor (FAQ-in forums Thailand) or a site like ''backpackthailand'' (dont be misled too much by that name). Either on this site or another of the few gay sites, someone (latintopxx?? or so??) had a report on a successfull encounter in a place like ''Queens (Garden) resort'' or hotel, about 800/1000 THB with a 10 min free shuttle to swampy.

OR: the NASA-Vegas, as it is now right smack beside the new ARL-cityrail at RamKamHaeng-rooms are 700 or so. However, in the morning, first trains are from 6.00 (to arr airport by 6.28)-so that may not work out for AirAsia early.

When asking about HTLs-always state budget or required minimum ''luxury''

Very good suggestion.

 

This is the useful agoda page. It includes a detailed location map. I have always found agoda's prices extremely good for Thai hotels.

 

http://www.agoda.com/asia/thailand/bangkok/airport/suvarnabhumi_international_airport_hotels.html?type=1&cid=1419127&url=http://www.agoda.com/asia/thailand/bangkok/airport/suvarnabhumi_international_airport_hotels.html&tag=61061a1e-b9ee-4575-8255-cfa1763d4cb6&gclid=CJ3bl5algqYCFUR76wodm0cQoQ

Either on this site or another of the few gay sites, someone (latintopxx?? or so??) had a report on a successfull encounter in a place like ''Queens (Garden) resort'' or hotel, about 800/1000 THB with a 10 min free shuttle to swampy.

OR: the NASA-Vegas, as it is now right smack beside the new ARL-cityrail at RamKamHaeng-rooms are 700 or so. However, in the morning, first trains are from 6.00 (to arr airport by 6.28)-so that may not work out for AirAsia early.

That's the hotel I tried. The 10 minute shuttle bus loses it's appeal when they only run at 1 hour intervals. Obviously a lot of aircraft noise too. OK in other respects.