tomwhom

I know I may have better choices if I dine in outside restaurants, but I want to taste new dishes also like to contribute a little bit to the Hotel which provides top notch service and elite benefits to me with such low cancellable corp rate like the free suit upgrade. I think this happy to spend more loyalty is more healthy and sustainable than UA’s captive forced spend more loyalty:-).

CCU_Flyer

Have been recommended this hotel by crazy amount of people, however not sure if it would be in my budget, we are 2 adults and 3 children aged 9, 4, and 3 can we realstically be allowed by the hotel in their grand room. The family room is priced crazy for us at more than $3000 for 4 nights whereas the grand room is more reasonable at $1400 for 4 nights. We can forgo the breakfast and eat outside on some days.Any data points on the same. Tx

Kacee

The family room is a 2 bedroom suite.

$350 US per night for a Grand room would be over $10k THB. That's at least 80% higher than it should be (normally 5-6k). You may wish to consider other properties. You should be able to find a nice room in Bangkok in the 4k THB (or less) range.

I can't speak to whether the hotel would allow 5 in a guest room, but it sounds miserable to me.

Dr. HFH

Are you sure about those rates? They both seem extraordinarily high to me. Family room is normally around USD $500/night; and the grand room is normally around $200/night. Even adding in the 17.7% tax and service, it still doesn't approach the prices you've listed here. What are your dates?

CCU_Flyer

Check in 27th Dec for 4 nights

Dr. HFH

Just checked at Marriott.com. For your dates, Grand Room is available for approximately USD $167/night; Family Suite is $517/night. Even adding in the 17.7% tax and service gives rates of $197 and $609, respectively. Bookable at Marriott.com.

CCU_Flyer

Thanks maybe the site I was looking at was more expensive. Can you please help out we are in total 4 adults and 5 kids aged 9, 9, 4, 4 and 3. What would be the best room solution for us. 4 grand rooms or 2 family rooms.

Dr. HFH

Sounds like you are two families traveling together. Four Grand Rooms will be cheaper than two Family Suites. However, as Kacee pointed out upthread, the Family Suite is a full, two bedroom, 2½ bathroom suite. Here's the floor plan:

Only you and your friends can decide if the extra space is worth it. I have some friends coming in December, we're all staying at SGS, and they've booked a Family Suite (2 adults, 2 kids). I think that the Family Suites also include extras like breakfast, round-trip airport transportation in a hotel car, etc. You'll have to get the details.

Other than suites, nearly all of the rooms are the same size. The difference in room designations (Grand, Premier, Luxury) is based on what else comes with the room, e.g., breakfast, evening cocktails, butler service, etc.

Probably easiest to contact the SGS reservations manager by email at [email protected]. She is very responsive. (Wouldn't it be nice if Marriott still shared the hotel email addresses?)

CCU_Flyer

Thanks

margarita girl

There are also generic email addresses in the wiki.

helvetic

Just checked in for my first stay here. So far, great first impression. Booked day before arrival, applied SNAs with hours to the limit. They cleared, and the app showed me in a Luxury Suite (no suites were available for sale except the Presidential when I booked). Prior to check-in I checked the app, which showed (and still shows) a Family 2br suite. But was assigned a Luxury Suite. Not sure what I'd have done with a 2br suite (except told my friends to ditch their hotel and move in ��).

Great check-in service. Looking forward to trying Rossini breakfast and BarSu HH. Are the other bars worth checking out?

Is Rossini available to all Plat+ elites or is it an Tit/Amb thing only?

EuropeanPete

Pretty sure Rossini is good for all elites. Give it a try - one of my favourite breakfasts anywhere.

La Sala by the pool is one of the happiest places on Earth, and the Library when the jazz is on is a lovely escape from the noise of BKK.

Dr. HFH

For SGS regulars, you will be sad to hear that Randy Cannon died last week. The Living Room won't be the same....

EuropeanPete

RIP Randy It was always great to see his face when walking into the Living Room

BRITINJAPAN4

What a shame, Randy was one of the SGS highlights, always a welcome and always a laugh,

RIP !