You may be a tourist, who has come to enjoy your holiday in Thailand, but it is inevitable that you will get tired at the end of a hectic day of sightseeing. So, you need a comfortable place to rest and regain your energy for the next day. However, not everyone can afford five star accommodation. Many people are looking for budget hotels as accommodation is one of the biggest expenses a person has during a vacation.

The Old Bangkok Inn is on Rattanakosin Island. This budget hotel will make you experience the real Thai culture. The ambiance and the furniture are created with great care. The rates of the inn start from 3,190 Bahts for one room. There are 10 rooms in the hotel and every room is decorated uniquely. The rooms have a satellite television, broadband facility for Internet connectivity, and a DVD player. If you stay at this hotel, you will also be doing some community service as the hotel is active in the Support the Community Initiative program.

The Buddy Lodge on Khao San Road of Bangkok is for the people who are crazy enough to enjoy the night parties which are noisy and go on the whole night. It is an average hotel with no proper ventilation and cleanliness. TheBuddy Lodge with its boutique style is the best place on Khao San Road though. It is close to all the tourist places like Golden Mount, Chao Phraya River and the Grand Palace. It is also situated near all the shopping centers. It has seventy-six rooms with furniture of high standard, a swimming pool with a rooftop, a snack bar beside the pool and also a fitness center. If you have a really low budget, then go for The Oakwood Residence or The Fraser Suites which are both situated at Sukhamvit. These hotels are good, and room tariffs are reasonable. You can also get rooms to accommodate more than three people per room.

Generally, Bangkok is considered to be one of the leading shopping destinations in the world. There are so many outstanding Bangkok shopping venues where shoppers can shop until they drop. You can certainly find for sale whatever you are looking for. People from all over the world travel to Bangkok simply so that they can visit the wonderful shops, boutiques, markets and shopping malls. Bangkok is well known for its pirated DVD movies and software as well as all the fake brand name clothing which is for sale in many of the street side vendors however there are also a large number of modern shopping malls in the Thai capital city.

The Central World Shopping Mall in Bangkok is in fact the largest mall in all of South East Asia. This Bangkok shopping mall is home to over five hundred stores, various entertainment centers and over fifty restaurants. The largest supermarket found anywhere in Asia is also located at the Central World Shopping Mall.

If you would like to buy some games, software or some IT products then the best place to visit in Bangkok is definitely Pantip Plaza. This large IT shopping mall consists off hundreds of both small and large computer stores and Pantip Plaza is popular with both local residents as well as tourists. Pantip Plaza is located along Petchaburi road nearby to the Amari Watergate hotel.

During your stay in the Thai capital, if you are a hard core shopper then you should definitely visit the MBK Shopping Center. This well known Bangkok shopping mall has eight floors and over two thousand small stores. Opening hours at the MBK Shopping Center are daily from 11:00 until 22:00 and it is located right next to the National Stadium Bangkok Sky Train station.

In Bangkok, the most famous weekend market is the Chatuchak weekend market. This popular Bangkok market attracts close to a quarter of a million shoppers every weekend. Prices for many products found at the fifteen thousand market stalls are the cheapest found anywhere in Bangkok which is why both tourists and Bangkok residents enjoy shopping at the Chatuchak weekend market. Opening hours during the weekend are from 08:00 until 19:00.