scroll down on the topic below to the section on thailand. these are two fantastic hotel deals, especially the khao lak one.

i called the hotel first, using skype telephone to establish that rooms were still available for my dates. i then bought the vouchers. i called back again to make the hotel res for which you have to have the voucher numbers.

we saved $280 on a 5 night stay against the res rate i already had for a nov stay. i should point out that my original res which i made on 12/29/11 was for about 1/2 the rate published today, so the savings are fantastic---maybe $1000.

http://www.travelzoo.com/hotels/inte...huket-1301423/


we have stayed many times at this JW Marriott and it is a fantastic hotel and trully 5*.

my 2 phone calls cost about $5 total... remember the time difference, about 12 hours

Bob, I can get this J W at Khao Lak for the New Year holiday, using points. Gotta make a decision fairly soon, before the deal disappears. Did you see that Marriott is now offering, on the site, $ + points deals?

Aloha from the Courtyard Waikiki (moving to the Marriott Resort Waikiki Beach tomorrow). I stayed two nights at Ko Olina J W, which was gorgeous!

C

Anyone stay or know about the Hotel Muse in Bangkok with this deal?

Marriott is not offering the cash and points deal like Starwood does. You have the option of paying cash or points for any particular day of your stay but not cash and points for a particular day. Its a step in the right direction but not quite there yet. I would like to see them do it like Starwood does.

Peter I have eaten at the Muse a few times. I find that the hotel has a small common area (lobby etc) and realistically only one restaurant only. I felt "cramped" when I was there but I did not see any of the rooms.

the pics of muse look fab, but i can see its smallness..
it is located on one of my fav streets---same as marriott mayfair.

this special deal is not good over the holidays of course.

i did see the new marriott "offer"

Thanks guys

I checked out the Muse on Trip Advisor- and I agree its too dark, not very appealing in my opinion. The Marriott on the other hand looks very nice - but there were some problems recently - see the trip advisor posts- Bob make sure this does not happern to you!

I know but it's and upgraded larger corner room with free full breakfast and free internet for $119.00/day.

Have any of you used the travelzoo coupons before?

HT, go for it!!

billT---i know the GM personally... he is a young american and very capable. he previously worked at the jw phuket so knows that operation well.

while over-crowding often happens with large weddings, esp indian weddings, it appears that the hotel acted in good faith in moving people to the meridien an equally nice hotel.

as far as TA reports go, i use them only as a reference and often doubt some extreme things reported there..

bob, have you used the travel zoo coupons before?

i think i used them for two bkk hotels last year..

seems to me the key to this promo is to fist call or e mail the hotel to make sure rooms are available for your dates prior to purchasing vouchers

when i spoke with the jw, the vouchers were well received

this deal ends shortly

Thanks for posting! It does look like a great deal. We would need 2 rooms, though, so I think we will stay with the apartment at the Evergreen.