Hi lisa31jane,

I haven't been there myself but I hear real good things about it. It's quite a good location - connected to MBK shopping centre and National Stadium skytrain station.

I booked my trip to Bangkok via the internet myself, I found it cheaper and no hassles and went through www.expedia.com.au which will book your flights and hotel together. I found them friendly and if I had any problems, I could just ring them and they were most helpful.

Hope this helps.

Have been to Bangkok 5 times and stayed there twice. Great location - it was recommended to me and I recommend it to anyone. Very safe, convenient and worth the little extra.

Hi Lisa31jane

We stayed at Pathumwan last April on our first trip and loved it. The pool is an olympic sized pool, not the prettiest I have seen, but refreshing. Very good service around the pool and a good outdoor/indoor restaurant and bar with very reasonable prices.

Its location is perfect for shopping, particularly at MBK with direct access. There is also direct access to the Skytrain allowing you to travel easily and cheaply.

We also enjoyed having a bedtime nightcap in the lounge in the lobby. They had a wonderful female singer while we wee there. It made for a very pleasant end to each day, having coffee and liquers and listening to the music.

We booked directly with the hotel by email. We stayed in a two bedroom suite as we were travelling with two teenagers. I found that they weren't very good and replying to my emails quickly (we found everyone in Thailand to be the same!) but when we arrived everything was exactly as we requested, no problems whatsoever.

I wrote a review while we were there if you are interested:

tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g293916-d301…

Please ask if you have any specific questions.

Deb

We have stayed there 5 or so times. We like it beacuse its a great hotel, excellent people, close to the BTS, next door to MBK. The pool area is fantastic to veg out around

Ive stayed at this Hotel twice in the last 3 years and found it to be fantastic. Service is good,rooms are really comfortable and clean and pool area is great too. It is right next door to the MBK shopping centre which is great if you love shopping and very central. I went with my daughter and when our arms were aching with tooo many purchases we would just go back to our room,offload our bargains and then go back down and start again. Sounds like it would be perfect for you because if your mum got too tired...it is tiring..then you could take her back to the hotel and go off by yourself for a while.

I have been to Thailand many times and always booked for myself with no problems. I am going again in August and have found these sites to have the best rates.

http://www.hotelscombined.com/

and www.asiarooms.com

Hope this helps and have a great time.

Wow - thanks SO much for all your prompt replies!

This is why I love tripadvisor so much!!

Decision made - the Princess it is!

I'll have a look through the recommended websites over the weekend for booking.

Many thanks,

Lisa

Hi Lisa...I'm also going to Pathumwan Princess next year and this time decided to book on-line to save some $$$$. I have heard some great reviews about this hotel as it's very central to everything!!

I booked this week directly on their website

http://www.pprincess.com/ and saved about $70AUD a night compared to my travel agents price. Check out the execuplus suite...very nice and only 5,800bht ($181AUD )a night plus taxes!!!. You must leave your credit details but they do not charge you until you leave. If you cancel you must do so at least 48hrs in advance to not be charged anything!!

I found them very helpful when I had questions to ask via their e-mail mailto:ppmb@dusit.com!!

Good luck and let me know how you go!!

We stayed in this hotel in January of this year and are booked to go back in January of next year.

The cheapest rates I could find online was with Sawadee.We have booked an execuplus suite for three people with breakfast and taxes included.The cost is £121 per night.

MARGARET

HI, I am going in November and booked through Stephen at travel.com.au

The cost for 3 nights including breakfast and transfers for 2 people is $400.

This will be our first time to Thailand.

For anyone interested;

breakfast at Citi Bistro in the Pathumwan Princess is 565 baht per person.

MARGARET