Thailand in recent years has seen a sharp increase in the number of private villas for the holidays. Here we examine the villa market, and our recommendations on how to find and book a villa, where he was on holiday on your next stay.
These provide alternative accommodation to hotels or resorts often exceptional quality and high standards, but a series of very second rate characteristics are also largely to the Internet and advertisingsome cases, no more than a room in an apartment in a state of tired arms is to know for the holiday, how to find a suitable home, and understand the pricing structures in general, important place to make sure you provide an enjoyable , Villa kept clean and tidy at the right price.
It is quite possible to leave their rented house in Thailand for your services and not only enjoy a better location, but also plenty of,Rates that in fact this holiday, the sensible alternative to book a room - or even for those with friends and relatives, a number of rooms - in one location.
Why Thailand?
Thailand is a perfect destination for those who want or the reasons to rent their homes for a range of:
- Thai people are widely recognized as a welcoming, smiling people
- The realm of cuisine is famous worldwide, but most visitors are familiar with thefamous dishes like Tom Yam Kung, the variety of regional cuisine and is great, and even a wolverine would have great difficulty trying to get the final selection of Thai dishes in a unique stay experience.
- Thailand is a paradise for shoppers and offers unique silk, hand-crafted furniture and a wide variety of exotic products at a fraction of the cost of such goods in the West. Clothing, leather goods and decorative items are often at the top of the visitor's cartList.
- Thailand, offering exceptional value for money: up to five stars, a fraction of what they are not only in the West but also in other Asian cities like Hong Kong or Singapore.
- Thailand welcomes millions of visitors annually to its shores, and the security staff is generally very good. Each reported crime fell, in general, smaller, with decorative, fraud and the like, but the experienced traveler is unlikely for them. Most visitors areFeel infinitely safer in Thailand than they ever in comparable cities like London, Paris, New York, etc.
Which region should see Thai?
Visitors to Thailand are now spoiled for choice, with the villas around kingdom.For shorter stays, we recommend a single objective to stay in order to avoid traveling to the anger and fully explore the place of your choice. For longer stays, why not combine a stay in two differentLocal, so that the burden of a country and its diversity, while the networks by exploiting its advantageous domestic flights? (See below)
Thailand is generally divided into four main regions.
Bangkok and Central Plains
Bangkok is a teeming metropolis despite their famous frozen transport and roads, offers a variety of things to do and discover, to explore those with the patience and will. The restaurants in Bangkokare second to none, if you are looking for Thai or foreign courts, and earn their weekend and found other markets, like many of his lesser-known temples. A cruise on the Chao Phraya river - perhaps by private chartered boat long tail - is an excellent way to see most of the city's reduced to tears by the market.
The North
The north is home to cities such as Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai and Mae Hong Son with tropical jungle and mountains, the northattracts those looking for trekking and places of natural beauty. You try to avoid the big cities, given that tourism is at risk simply for "processed" through a series of popular elephant camp and trekking hill tribes fought running ...
The Northeast
The Northeast is the largest region of the Empire, still largely untouched by tourism. The north-east (or ISAN) is the rice bowl of the country, and is predominantly agricultural, manufacturingRice, sugarcane, cassava, eucalyptus, and more and more rubber. Important centers and Khon Kaen, Udon Thani, and the mighty Mekong River along the wind outside the region. The people here are perhaps the most open and happy in the country, perhaps because their lives are based in the village where the traditions of consumers open much slower progress than other parts of the nation's booming. Travel in the Northeast is recommended for those who have a unique experienceaway from the crowds, and dive into something new.
The South
The south of Thailand is known for its famous beaches and resorts Samui, Phuket, Krabi and Koh. Some of the most expensive apartments can be found here. Travellers should be aware of security issues in the south and to avoid travel in the provinces to the south: Your local government Web site has been updated with post travel advisoriesRecommendations and warnings.
The villa market
Holiday homes in Thailand rather than fall into one of two categories. They are either privately owned, independent, apartments, villas or units that are part of a tourist complex. These groups are very different!
Resort Villas
The Villa Resort centered mainly an inventory of top resort room and will be priced accordingly. In many cases, these villas have beenprofessionally designed by the designer hotel and then to a third party buyer, which in turn became part of the rental pool managed by the developer to provide a return on investment in the buyer's acquisition of the Villa sold.
The advantage is that the detainees Villa will normally be eligible for the facilities or services provided by the property, even if the prices of the resort. The disadvantage is that for those seeking a more authentic, there areOnly one guest at a resort, and as a further - if well-paid "key".
Private villas stand-alone
Private houses are usually second homes by people on land, individually owned.
These can be rented "as is" with guests get the key to start the trip and then again at the end, with or without cleaning or security deposit. Alternatively, the villa have its own staff, general live on the property, but to take care available during your stay visits, cleaning, laundry, kitchen or on site, etc.
Whether you are a resort villa or privately run hotel, you should expect that a partial payment to be paid at time of booking by credit card or guarantee transmitted through a wire.
Tested
We tried a number of holiday villa in Thailand, and score a resort villa and a private villa - each with a unique> Holiday, but totally different experience.
Green Gecko, Northeast Thailand
Green Gecko is a privately owned home in a country estate, surrounded by forests Thani, plantations and rice fields in the heart of rural north-east of Thailand, near a town called Udon. Free transfer from airport to airport were arranged on the Internet through a 50 minutes flight from Bangkok with Thai Airways and budget airlines Nok Air and Air Asia.
InUnlike traditional sites, our stay here allows us to discover and experience the real Thailand, off the beaten track.
The villa has been traditional Thai architecture, a grand wooden staircase to the wooden bridge raised and closed-led, where our beautiful private swimming pool, was with a magnificent view over the surrounding countryside and the sunset in the evening. The roofs of terracotta tiles gave the home almost like a templeAppearance. And covered a greater "room" offered protection from the midday sun and stronger became our favorite spot, overlooking the pool.
From the bridge in two separate buildings, two bedrooms (air conditioned), and the living room and dining room and kitchen. The bedroom had a solid teak four-poster bed, king-size bed, out with a cotton cloth, blankets and pillows, a large adjoining bathroom and toilet and shower in the garden. The second bedroomhad a queen size canopy bed, again with a large adjoining bathroom.
The main air-conditioned room with a table and chairs for six people, a living room with comfortable sofas and views of the indoor pool and an underground area with futon to relax before the big LCD television (with a separate high-end home theater, and international channels ). Leading out from this area (behind sliding wood panels) wasan additional bathroom and a kitchen fully equipped Western (with built-in microwave, oven, etc.) which are of a Thai kitchen in stainless steel.
We must confess that all this seemed very easy to use, but we never Kitchens - help with the exception of ourselves, a couple of beers from the refrigerator, covered with ice! While the owner is a former chef, prepares all its meals the guests during their stay, the change in the composition of the wort or tastes of its guests. We wereis pleased to be demonstrated in the gardens of a number of herbs and spices, then collect, how they were mind wonderfully fresh and sparkling North Eastern dishes shown. We tried the classics: Thai food is definitely mouth watering, and staying in a house like this, where all meals are prepared for you by a chef who is willing to share its secrets, has been a blessing!
We spent a lot of time just lazing by the pool in complete privacy, but also enjoy a series of trips with ourexperience that is home to some of the sights and sounds of the northeast. This spectacular journey were in a small wooden boat on a lake, which was essentially a vast expanse of pink lotus flowers, which only the occasional fisherman or water buffalo wallowing (Propositions marriage, take note!) We also visited a local museum, which has disrupted markets seem to call Thailand the home of the Bronze Age, and a series of noisy, colorful festivals and wet, and silkcobra and farms. But our lasting impression of rural simplicity and friendly people was always sure to be, we enjoyed our stay and sample an endless variety of local food and drink!
Green Gecko can be used for stays of two nights or more through the website, where you availability and price controls will be published on line (about U.S. $ 280 including all transfers of service and food).
Green Gecko
134 Moo 13
Baan To Jaan
Catabolic Jaan
A. PrajakSinlapakhom
Udon Thani
41 110 Thailand www.thaivillarent.com
Green Hotel sister Gecko, Gecko Villa (www.geckovilla.com) offers a more economical three bedrooms, with those who have a limited budget (about 160 U.S. dollars).
The Villas at Napasai, Southern Thailand
The villas at Samui Napasai waterfront tourist complex on the north coast of Koh luxury in Thailand 's southern province of Surat Thani.Koh Samui is on the web by Bangkok Airways from Bangkok, with flights in about an hour (depending on the airplane or waiting).
The resort is part of Orient-Express Hotels, Trains & Cruises: as such, both the villa and the resort was managed professionally, and we were able to choose between our own cooking Thai food after a visit to the markets local, or just use the Thai restaurant in the evening walk.
The villas were in ablocked end of the property, behind incredibly steep slope between the house and the sea front. Each villa is graded down the hill to the coast. We lived in a villa with two bedrooms, but with three bedroom properties were available. Besides the two well-appointed bedrooms, our property has had a large living room and dining room with its own kitchen, living room by a maid, and the ground floor, a private pool and "chill out". The living room was well appointed andhas a DVD player, satellite TV, balcony and lovely sea view, where we have almost every night.
The island of Koh Samui is an important hub for international tourism, and many activities such as guest, to explore the falls, elephant riding, paintball, water sports, diving, fishing, golf, etc. The hotel also offers boat tours, Thai cooking classes, tennis courts, a fitness center and spa.
We booked online on our website atAdvantage of a special offer. Prices for a villa with two bedrooms are seasonal and start at around U.S. $ 850 per night including American breakfast.
Napasai
65/10 Baan Tai
Maenam
Koh Samui
Surat Thani 84330
Thailand Tel: (66-77) 42 92 00
Fax: (66-77) 42 92 01
www.napasai.com [http://www.napasai.com]
Find your Thai villa on the internet
Selecting a suitable villa in the Internet is easy withGoogle, Yahoo, MSN, etc. Remember:
- Play with the search terms: the use of specific words to get to drill down to a property "targeted". "Villa with pool in Thailand" or "Sea Samui Private Villa" is a certain set of results that the generic Thailand Villa "and is less likely to return local listings.
- If possible, directly with the owner is not a dating website - in all likelihood such Browse the site is charging a fee on the standard rate.
- Do not be afraid to ask for references.
- Book travel during low season, and late. Book early, as if a stand-alone chalet booked - is complete!
- Ensure the sale property comprises a phone number and address.
- Travel anywhere else! What makes a stay in a private villa is unforgettable, as you can get from the tourist centers to enjoy a more authentic> Holiday.
Thailand Airlines
'S flag carrier of Thailand offers many domestic flights, but travelers in the know "will become the local discount airlines. They offer frequent flights at a fraction of the price and relative comfort. Try Nok Air or Air Asia. Koh Samui served by the "boutique airline" Bangkok Air.
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