Comments on: Finally at ‘The Beach’ http://www.ubertramp.com/blog/finally-at-%e2%80%98the-beach%e2%80%99/ Backpacking tips to help backpackers travel cheaply Mon, 25 Jul 2011 13:30:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Kassie http://www.ubertramp.com/blog/finally-at-%e2%80%98the-beach%e2%80%99/comment-page-1/#comment-17614 Kassie Mon, 25 Jul 2011 13:30:56 +0000 http://www.ubertramp.com/blog/finally-at-%e2%80%98the-beach%e2%80%99/#comment-17614 Full of salient points. Don't stop beleinvig or writing! Full of salient points. Don’t stop beleinvig or writing!

]]> By: Ubertramp http://www.ubertramp.com/blog/finally-at-%e2%80%98the-beach%e2%80%99/comment-page-1/#comment-5751 Ubertramp Sat, 21 Mar 2009 23:12:05 +0000 http://www.ubertramp.com/blog/finally-at-%e2%80%98the-beach%e2%80%99/#comment-5751 ...sometimes you just have to know when to bail out ;-) Thanks Angela …sometimes you just have to know when to bail out ;-)

Thanks Angela

]]> By: Angela http://www.ubertramp.com/blog/finally-at-%e2%80%98the-beach%e2%80%99/comment-page-1/#comment-5746 Angela Sat, 21 Mar 2009 18:57:58 +0000 http://www.ubertramp.com/blog/finally-at-%e2%80%98the-beach%e2%80%99/#comment-5746 Lol, yes some agencies are helpful and honest but these people were clearly being paid by these 5 star hotels in Phuket, I think they said there would be no vacancy at on on at one point too, so they were clearly making things up and doing everything they could to try and convince us these ridiculously expensive hotels were our only option. To get out of there the 6 foot tall tattoo covered American guy we had with us (our group included 2 Canadian girls, an Aussie girl, and him) had to pretty much yell at the women there just to be able to walk out without being chased :-p Lol, yes some agencies are helpful and honest but these people were clearly being paid by these 5 star hotels in Phuket, I think they said there would be no vacancy at on on at one point too, so they were clearly making things up and doing everything they could to try and convince us these ridiculously expensive hotels were our only option. To get out of there the 6 foot tall tattoo covered American guy we had with us (our group included 2 Canadian girls, an Aussie girl, and him) had to pretty much yell at the women there just to be able to walk out without being chased :-p

]]> By: Ubertramp http://www.ubertramp.com/blog/finally-at-%e2%80%98the-beach%e2%80%99/comment-page-1/#comment-5741 Ubertramp Sat, 21 Mar 2009 09:55:52 +0000 http://www.ubertramp.com/blog/finally-at-%e2%80%98the-beach%e2%80%99/#comment-5741 Those travel agencies can be a real nightmare - some are really good and helpful, but others can really turn up the pressure in order to clinch a sale. Its good if we can remember to take everything they say with a pinch of salt and be prepared to just walk out. I'm glad they didnt worry you into paying an extortionate price for a room! Those travel agencies can be a real nightmare – some are really good and helpful, but others can really turn up the pressure in order to clinch a sale.

Its good if we can remember to take everything they say with a pinch of salt and be prepared to just walk out. I’m glad they didnt worry you into paying an extortionate price for a room!

]]> By: Angela http://www.ubertramp.com/blog/finally-at-%e2%80%98the-beach%e2%80%99/comment-page-1/#comment-5736 Angela Fri, 20 Mar 2009 22:19:52 +0000 http://www.ubertramp.com/blog/finally-at-%e2%80%98the-beach%e2%80%99/#comment-5736 I stayed there in Nov. or Dec. 2007 basically because we were being bussed - well like 11 seat cramped overheated van that hadn't stopped in like 6 hours - into Phuket somewhat late at night and I happen to have my Fodor's See It Thailand on me and decided we might want to start looking for somewhere to stay for the night - this one looked cheap which was pretty much our sole criteria, I only learned the Beach was filmed there just now, almost 2 years later - so clearly it's not the only reason people stay there, Although the reason we did go with this one was because when we arrived we discovered we were being taken to one of those travel agency places that pay the drivers and try to take every penny from you, they repeatedly said no no no don't go there and forced us to look at really expensive brochures - and eventually resorted to insisting we were going and saying we'd made reservations there and the 4 of us walked out, didn't turn back, and got a cab to take us there. It was quite a fight to escape those people though so we were happy we had the name of a place so we could get out, they also tried telling us we like had to tell them where we were staying and couldn't just leave kinda thing. I stayed there in Nov. or Dec. 2007 basically because we were being bussed – well like 11 seat cramped overheated van that hadn’t stopped in like 6 hours – into Phuket somewhat late at night and I happen to have my Fodor’s See It Thailand on me and decided we might want to start looking for somewhere to stay for the night – this one looked cheap which was pretty much our sole criteria, I only learned the Beach was filmed there just now, almost 2 years later – so clearly it’s not the only reason people stay there, Although the reason we did go with this one was because when we arrived we discovered we were being taken to one of those travel agency places that pay the drivers and try to take every penny from you, they repeatedly said no no no don’t go there and forced us to look at really expensive brochures – and eventually resorted to insisting we were going and saying we’d made reservations there and the 4 of us walked out, didn’t turn back, and got a cab to take us there. It was quite a fight to escape those people though so we were happy we had the name of a place so we could get out, they also tried telling us we like had to tell them where we were staying and couldn’t just leave kinda thing.

]]> By: Dan B. http://www.ubertramp.com/blog/finally-at-%e2%80%98the-beach%e2%80%99/comment-page-1/#comment-5054 Dan B. Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:42:49 +0000 http://www.ubertramp.com/blog/finally-at-%e2%80%98the-beach%e2%80%99/#comment-5054 It's funny how a simple scene in a movie can generate curiousity. Sometimes, it seems like people travel just to impress people with stories about where they've been and what they've seen. It’s funny how a simple scene in a movie can generate curiousity. Sometimes, it seems like people travel just to impress people with stories about where they’ve been and what they’ve seen.

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