Originally Posted by
SK AAR
Skip the overpriced Novotel at the airport and find a nice/reasonable hotel downtown/Sukhumvit Rd.
Or often mentioned hotels with shuttle around BKK.
Inexpensive on Agoda and other sites.
I've always stayed in town, but a friend has done the shuttle to airport several time and swears by it.
Might make for a long day if one is to ARL it back to airport and then shuttle to hotel.