Originally Posted by
roneyc
How was your experience at Conrad Koh Samui Travis SC? I have option of Phuket or Koh Samui this November and only hotel status is spouse's HH gold + 2 weekend night certificates. So naturally we're leaning toward Sat a.m. - Tues a.m. at Conrad, unless there are compelling reasons to head toward Phuket.
A little profile info - mid-50's, enjoy fine dining/wines but not hard partying, moderate physical activities such as snorkeling, walking, and bicycle tours but not mountain hiking - in other words, we're no spring chickens but not ready for walkers yet. This part of vacation is sandwiched between 1 week in Bangkok and 2 weeks in motor home touring New Zealand. Anyone with recent experience with one or the other who can provide advice? TIA.
I can't make a compairson with Phuket since Koh Samui was our only experience with Thailand but I can say that I was blown away with both the actual resort and service at the Conrad Koh Samui. My wife and I were only there for 2 nights but will definetly make a plan to get back there. We were in unit 312 and I have to say that as a 'hardproduct' the villa was phenominal - add to that the level of customer service from the staff and it really was amazing. We made use of the free boat to the 'private' island along with some snorkelling along the way and also did the jetski trip to the 5 islands. From your profile comments, I would think that the resort would suit you two well - there are enough activities around the resort to keep busy but it's also quite secluded from the hustle and bustle of the main beaches. If you're leaving Tues. AM try to make sure it's not too early so you can have breakfast. As HH Gold it's a nice perk but our flight out menat that we left the resort at 6:30 - before they opened
. Another note to keep in mind is that the beach in front of the resort isn't actually that long so walking for hours on it isn't really an option (unless of course you're going at a true snails pace
) but take the free boat over and walk for miles on the secluded beach there if that's your thing. I'm hoping to get a trip report up in the next week which might add more detail and photos but in a nutshell, I'd go back there without question^