My own private villa on Koh Samui!!!

Don't ever let me say I don't have a good life... ever!!

For the past couple of days a few people and I have been sharing a 5 room (all separate) villa in Koh Samui, right on the water!

The villa has a main bedroom with a massive bathroom to die for and has views to the beach (about 5 metres away!!).  All villas have double beds (but you can get an extra bed put in for 35 USD a night).  Each villa also has a split indoor outdoor bathroom with fancy showers gels, shampoo, conditioner and the like.  The rooms each have safes as well as a small desk and wardrobe and are, get this, cleaned twice a day! Everything! The room and the bathroom!!

The complex itself has a spa and infinity pool, but is literally right on the beach so you can swim in the salt water if you choose!  The lawn is raked daily, as is the beach, ensuring that there is no rubbish or sticks etc that has washed up over night! :).

Not only do you get a room which is cleaned twice a day, the staff leave you treats before bed and draw your curtains, and clean up after you.  They will also make you coffee and breakfast every morning, and by night they will cook you dinner at cost price of food + 15% which turns out to be much cheaper than local restaurants and much better quality.

Oh, did I mention I have staff.  That's right, 2 chef's, a head waitress and a gardener! No dishes, and they even bring me my gin and tonics!! They also remember how you like your breakfast and everything!! Loving it!    Here are some snaps from the villa!! We are dead set loving it here.  I hope I can buy me some servants while on Koh Samui!!

The entrance to our home for one week.

Inside the gate! This is all ours!!!

Master bedroom and view to ocean.

Master bathroom

Check that bath out!!  The bath in the master bathroom!!

Standard room

Indoor lounge/dining room

Dining room table just before dinner

Outdoor lounge area and the ocean! :)

Whatever, this is how we roll... Don't hate the players...

Until next time,

Daniel

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How to save BIG bucks on your hotel booking!!

This is a really quick post, as I sit in a hotel lobby, screwing a hotel over on the price of their rooms.

I am in Patong, visiting my li'l brother for two days before I fly to Bangkok for Christmas.  I rocked up to the reception in the hotel he is booked and asked them how much for a room for a night or two, to which the responded somewhere in the vacinty of 4000 - 4500 Thai Baht (125 to 145USD) for each night.  So, I asked them to hold my luggage while I searched for my brother at the pool, and also bought one hour of internet (I cannot believe I had to buy internet by the way... why is it only the nicer places that charge you for internet?)

Once on the internet, I jumped on both www.agoda.com and www.wotif.com, both which had 50% off deals. Not only that, for a few dollars more, I could get upgraded to a larger delux room!! So I am pretty happy, and looking forward to walking up to the counter and telling the manager I have a booking! :)

There are other sites out and about and they are really worth looking up! It takes a bit of planning (sometimes, but not always, like today) but with the main costs of holidays being flights and accommodation, you may as well save where you can!!

What about you?  Do you have any experience with massive hotel savings??  Please share!

Happy savings all!!

Until next time,

Daniel
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