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Rob Ellison
Rob EllisonTraveler·
Bangkok

Co-living or a hotel for two weeks in Bangkok?

Laptop, not a 10-day beach. I do not want a “community” that is a dorm with a Slack.

Two weeks is a stay, not a night

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You need a desk and a doorColiving or a serviced apartment with a real addressA hostel calling itself coliving
You need flexibilityHotel with free cancellationA month lock-in you will hate on day four
Address / TM.30Host or building must fileAssuming the brand does it because the website is pretty
The laptop is months, not two weeksThat is a visa product (DTV), not a bedSwitching from a tourist stamp in the lobby

This is not a hotel list. District, budget band, and whether you already have a Thai SIM. Desk photos lie; the soi does not.

Where to stay

11 comments

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Nora Blake
Nora Blake

Desk and a door. A Slack and a bunk is a hostel. I would visit the soi in daylight before I pay two weeks. TM.30 still exists.

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Kit Rattana
Kit Rattana

Two weeks in Bangkok vs Chiang Mai cafe-hopping is a different climate. If the laptop is the point, read the DTV page. This thread is the bed.

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Ploy
Ploy

Address you can type. Building that files. Pretty brands still fail TM.30. Ask before you wire a deposit.

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James Collingwood
James Collingwood

Holiday exemption is a stamp, not a coworking visa. Two weeks on a tourist stay is common. Months is the other conversation.

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Lukas Weber
Lukas Weber

Hotel with cancellation if you have not seen the room. Coliving if you already walked it. Deposit folklore is how people get stuck.

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Helen Marsh
Helen Marsh

Family skip. This is laptop people. I need a pool and a station, not a community manager.

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Ian Crowe
Ian Crowe

Phuket “coliving” in a villa up a hill is a scooter problem. Bangkok at least has Grab. Say the city.

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Mint Saelim
Mint Saelim

Sukhumvit vs Silom still matters. The stay guide is neighbourhoods. Coliving does not cancel traffic.

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Dan Okafor
Dan Okafor

Budget the 220 ATM hits. Two weeks of nibbles is how the “cheap” bed gets expensive.

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Jordan Blake
Jordan Blake

I would not pick a bed that requires a scooter on night one. Licence thread still exists.

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Freya Holm
Freya Holm

Chiang Mai wifi is not Bangkok coliving. If you will sit in Nimman cafes, that is a different stay. Do not paste.

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