Butch Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 A double pronged question in this topic. First, how important is / was a Pool as part of the facilities of a Hotel to you when you book or used to book for a Solo trip to Pattaya?. (Reason I say solo is that some of us have kids who will stay in the pool all day if we let them). Secondly, I know zero about Swimming pools or how they work, so are they relatively Hygienic?. (given that a lot of people won't get out for a piss). For me, a pool is essential and I won't book without one. A big part of my holiday is sitting poolside reading a book or listening to music while getting a bit of sun, or even sitting in the shade with a beer or cup of tea. As for swimming, I use it as a means to cool off rather than for swimming, or maybe just resting on the side in the water and using the time for clearing my head. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roomark Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 Always need a pool if I'm on holiday there I have rented houses without and even rooms without in the old days whilst living there and it drives me mad without. Same as for me it's for cooling down its rare I lay in the sun though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galenkia Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 Not something I need myself. I’m happy sitting by the sea than around a pool. Something about the waves I find really relaxing. 2 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom51red Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 Never been important in pattaya or bkk,if travelling down south of hua hin will try and get a decent pool,like galenkia above beachside over a pool. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richy65 Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 Not bothered at all, I’d rather go out for a walk if I’m not in a bar on Soi 4! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Dangleberries Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 (edited) Whenever I have stayed in a hotel solo it has always been for a reason (mainly work, dentists, doctors, visas, passports, shopping for relevant clothing ..) so a swimming pool was bottom of the priority list behind location, price and room facilities. Any hotel that included a swimming pool is purely coincidence..! As for hygiene, may I refer you to recent comments in the annoyed thread. Any swimming pool that Chinese have access to I would immediately term unhygienic .. Pissing in the pool means pissing in the pool i.e. standing on the side and pissing in the pool.. Edited February 25 by Derek Dangleberries 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Dangleberries Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 16 minutes ago, galenkia said: Not something I need myself. I’m happy sitting by the sea than around a pool. Something about the waves I find really relaxing. Especially with a light breeze and a splattering of rain.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krapow Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 If by myself i do prefer one. I like having a swim. Though i'm certainly not one for going on holiday and sitting round the pool much, i get bored, and like to be doing stuff, trying new things. So wouldn't bother me that way, but i like to cool down and exercise a bit in the pool. With my daughter, it's essential. She loves swimming, and is good at it. We do swimming lessons at our local leisure centre, and she's stage 3, nearly stage 4, where most of the children are older. Can't wait till she's old enough to try kid's scuba, neither can she! 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horizondave Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 If with family, a pool is a must, even if by the sea, as my daughter will walk the beach but doesn't like to swim in it. She is in the pool everyday on holidays. If alone, I really don't care as it is unlikely I will use it. I have often thought I would use the pool if there is one, but my history of experience has shown me that I rarely use a pool. I did stay at the Mercure Soi 15 Pattaya once, and I hated the fact it had a pool. I checked in to the hotel early afternoon after arriving from UK and wanted to sleep. There was a conference of workers from India who decided to play water polo in the pool, the noise was worse than a school full of kids. I was on the 13th floor but the noise was terrible, luckily reception moved me. Not on my top list but, if there is one, I always ask to be housed on the opposite side of the hotel to the pool. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom51red Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 8 minutes ago, Horizondave said: If with family, a pool is a must, even if by the sea, as my daughter will walk the beach but doesn't like to swim in it. She is in the pool everyday on holidays. If alone, I really don't care as it is unlikely I will use it. I have often thought I would use the pool if there is one, but my history of experience has shown me that I rarely use a pool. I did stay at the Mercure Soi 15 Pattaya once, and I hated the fact it had a pool. I checked in to the hotel early afternoon after arriving from UK and wanted to sleep. There was a conference of workers from India who decided to play water polo in the pool, the noise was worse than a school full of kids. I was on the 13th floor but the noise was terrible, luckily reception moved me. Not on my top list but, if there is one, I always ask to be housed on the opposite side of the hotel to the pool. Lol ! ,when i lived with my ex gf in pattaya she worked at the reception there,she would come home telling me tales from the cleaning ladies about how much of a mess the indians and chinese would leave their rooms,as both of these groups liked to cook their own food in the rooms. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Dangleberries Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 15 minutes ago, Phantom51red said: Lol ! ,when i lived with my ex gf in pattaya she worked at the reception there,she would come home telling me tales from the cleaning ladies about how much of a mess the indians and chinese would leave their rooms,as both of these groups liked to cook their own food in the rooms. My best drinking mate back in the slums worked various hotel jobs and he had an insane hatred of Indian food purely for the smell they left in the rooms !! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightcrawler Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 I must admit that I probably have wasted money pm my last few trips. Stayed in a hotel with a pool a gym and it's own restaurant. How many times did I use any of those facilities? None 😁 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freee!! Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 If there is a decent pool, I may (probably will) use it, but if it isn't there, it doesn't bother me. The last couple of trips to LOS were with the family and for the boys it is a must. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siam Addict Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 I must have a pool, I love getting up early and going for a swim, as to cleanliness, every morning I was there on my last trip one of the maintainence guys was up checking the pool water. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillearly Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 In most places I have to have a good pool ( reasonable size , that gets the sun most of the day ) , I like to chill out , listen to my music , swim some lengths, then float for a bit ... and generally recharge the batteries the only place I'm not too concerned about it is in Bangkok as I am usually doing something during the day time , walking or doing some sightseeing ... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freee!! Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 17 minutes ago, Stillearly said: In most places I have to have a good pool ( reasonable size , that gets the sun most of the day ) , I like to chill out , listen to my music , swim some lengths, then float for a bit ... and generally recharge the batteries the only place I'm not too concerned about it is in Bangkok as I am usually doing something during the day time , walking or doing some sightseeing ... Enough to do in and around Pattaya as well. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickrock Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 In pattaya I always book a hotel with a pool often spend the afternoon there reading a book having a beer 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom51red Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 Couldnt edit my post above..in saying that about bkk and pattaya,ruemchitt hotel on suk has a good rooftop pool and i used it everyday while staying there a couple of times during covid pandemic,but there were no bars and very little restaraunts open thats why😁 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yessongs Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 Yeah I find pools relaxing..and like looking at the eye candy on occassion. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glasseye Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 Zilch importance. In Thailand they are potential electrified death pits. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maipenrai Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 I don't bother with pools - I never developed a liking for water considering the natural water in my part of the world is not much above freezing even in mid-summer; and my parents never enrolled me in swimming lessons when I was a child so I still can't swim a stroke. I was never one for lazing around on beaches either, I'd rather be walking. 1 hour ago, Glasseye said: Zilch importance. In Thailand they are potential electrified death pits. How you do go on sometimes.....lol....more chance of getting shocked in your Thai home shower, methinks.... 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coxyhog Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 My missus likes a pool,my priority is a gym. I didn't learn to swim until I went to Saudi aged 27 and all I can do is the breaststroke & tread water.Also I've had a few ear infections from pools so I give them a wide berth.When I was younger I liked going in the sea but my poor old pink skin has seen far too much sun so that is a nono. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glasseye Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 2 hours ago, maipenrai said: I don't bother with pools - I never developed a liking for water considering the natural water in my part of the world is not much above freezing even in mid-summer; and my parents never enrolled me in swimming lessons when I was a child so I still can't swim a stroke. I was never one for lazing around on beaches either, I'd rather be walking. How you do go on sometimes.....lol....more chance of getting shocked in your Thai home shower, methinks.... lol.... I could go on... Having to look at Euro whales in speedos. Baking in a hot sun. Kids screaming their lungs out. I was a fish to water when I was a kid. Had a Aqua center less than a half mile from the home I grew up in. Visits to my Uncles lake house every year. Fishing and swimming in lakes and ponds of all sorts. Loved it. Here... I don't need it. Grew out of it I suppose. and... over the years I have read a least a dozen reports of people being killied in electritied pools over here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roomark Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 18 hours ago, Stillearly said: In most places I have to have a good pool ( reasonable size , that gets the sun most of the day ) , I like to chill out , listen to my music , swim some lengths, then float for a bit ... and generally recharge the batteries the only place I'm not too concerned about it is in Bangkok as I am usually doing something during the day time , walking or doing some sightseeing ... It's good in Bangkok if you get a roof pool always good as the sun's going down at night and you have the insanity of the night in front of you . 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottie Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 Not bothered,but do prefer room with a balconey. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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