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Tai Pan Hotel

  • October 5, 2007
  • Rated 5 of 5 by SeenThat from Tel Aviv, Israel
Tai Pan Hotel

The Chain

Tai Pan is the name of a hotels' chain operating in East Asia. They have an aggressive marketing and offer discounts for members of their customer's club. However, the membership is expensive and cannot be justified when finding a place in hotels is never a problem in that area, regardless the desired luxury level. I didn't join the club, but checked out their hotel in Vientiane.

The Location

Tai Pan Vientiane is superbly located, despite the fact it doesn't enjoy a direct view of the Mekong River. The promenade and all the other main downtown attractions can be easily accessed by foot.

The Worldwide Traveler Angle

Traveling around is often aimed at reaching new places and discovering new cultures. That's a target achievable even in your own city, as long - of course - as you do not depend on a hotel membership card.

Overplanning

In my first trips I was worried about details; especially about hotels. I booked hotel rooms from across the world. Over time I learned such an approach lead to bad choices and to difficulties in changing them afterwards.

Serendipity

Once I arrived at a new place after midnight with no local money, no hotel reservations and not knowing the local language. Morning found me alive and cured of futile control games.

The Rationale

Refusing such memberships doesn't mean the place shouldn't be checked out. Maybe the travelers there will tell fascinating stories about membership card hotels in Timbuktu.

The Narrative

A usual pitfall for travel writers is the lack of narrative. Under such perspective, following a chain of stores across the world provides a cheap and handy pseudo-narrative whenever you find yourself under pressure of people unable to appreciate travel on its own. Strangely, most of those people would show interest in such quasi-narratives and take them seriously.

The Location

Despite not having a direct sight of the river, the Tai Pan Hotel enjoys a superb location in downtown Vientiane. The promenade can be reached by foot, as most of the other city's attractions.

The Facilities

The hotel features an attractive bar, a business center, Jacuzzi, a swimming pool, and a well-equipped health club. The rooms are spotless and include a good bathroom, satellite television, and internet services. The structure is attractive and overall the hotel provides one of the best luxury deals in Vientiane; few hotels can claim to offer a better arrangement.

The Rates

The hotel rates include all the taxes and are offered per room and not per guest, as in other South East Asian hotels. Prices vary with season, however a single room costs around seventy American dollars per night and a double is below a hundred dollars.

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