Originally Posted by
pinniped
Right now, I have award rooms booked at the Hyatt. But apparently it's out in the countryside and my wife and I are kind of looking forward to staying in a standard (read: spartan) hotel in Thamel...just for the experience. That said, I don't want to cancel the Hyatt until I see a confirmation.
The Hyatt would be pretty good for a business/official visit, keeping well-pressed, cool and getting ferried to meetings. It could also work well as an R&R stop on the way home from a trek-trip. But for a tourism visit focussed on KTM it's far from the best choice. Same goes for the Crowne Plaza - perfectly nice chain-hotel but way out of where you (probably) want to be as a tourist.
Thamel hotels don't have to be spartan: no doubt some of them are, but others are delightful places to stay. Here Tripadvisor can be you friend: the site has its problems but in general a hotel/guest house with hundreds of reviews doesn't get get into the very top-rated group if it's a flop-house.