Reader question: What should I pay attention to when booking a hotel in Bangkok?

Don't be afraid, enjoy it, see it like Amsterdam/Rotterdam (FF larger 17.000.000 inhabitants) large hotels are very luxurious and well affordable. Criminals are everywhere, including in BKK, stay on the continuous/lit road, not in the alleys. You can pick up taxis everywhere and not pay too much for 100 baht and then you are a lot further (pay attention) Yes, and what do you want to do, to the north (1000 km) or south (2000 km), by train or domestic flight, it is beautiful and enjoyable everywhere, you can eat on every street corner for 30 baht and more expensive if you want. I can tell you so much about it, and you can read that here on this site, all Thailand visitors and residents, good luck and have a nice holiday in Thailand.

I myself have very good experience with Greenwood Travel, who offer you the Prince Palace Hotel with a hefty discount.
If you still want to look elsewhere, take a look at the room before booking to avoid disappointment, because appearances can often be deceiving.
Happy Holidays

First, have a look around on latestays.com
Enter which part of Bangkok, eg Sukhumvit or Riverside or Chinatown and you will get a lot of info.
If you click on a hotel, you will be redirected to the hotel and you will receive all details and a map of where the hotel is located.
Also check out newsiam.net they have rooms in Banglampoo near the river from 400 to 3000 THB in different buildings, clean and efficient, I've been coming there for years.
You can get on the boats there for a trip on the Chao Praya.
You will also meet many fellow travelers of all nationalities with whom you can exchange information.

Two years ago we stayed with 3 people in the Novotel Bangkok Silom. This for a real bargain price (in this chain): €36 per night, including breakfast, for a 2-3 person room.
Obviously that price is now quite a lot higher, but still I found the location quite convenient.
In 5 minutes walk there was a BTS station (Surasak), but also a dock for the Chao Phraya river boats (Oriental pier). The latter means of transport is very useful if you want to see the 'older' monuments, such as Wat Pho, Wat Phra Kaew, Wat Arun, since no other form of public transport goes there. We used those boats quite a lot, and for 15 baht they are also very cheap.
There was also a free shuttle bus from the hotel to Saladaeng BTS station and Silom MRT station. So you could actually use all means of transport from this hotel without transferring.

In other respects the hotel was rather standard. Nothing special really. From the window on the 15th floor we had a very nice view and the breakfast was also above average.

Hi Margreet, depending on what is your budget and standard, you can find good and clean places to spend the night all over Thailand.
For example, KT guesthouse has a swimming pool and is a 10-minute walk from the Metro and costs around 600 bath for two people (with air conditioning). The metro stops under the train station.
As Marcel already indicated, Khao san is also an option, the prices are around 600 to 1000 for an overnight stay.
I have been going to Thailand for around 20 years but I never book a hotel in advance.
There are so many places to sleep that you really don't have to worry that everything is full.
If you need info on hotels in Thailand Bangkok, Changmai, Changrai, etc and bus and train tables or restaurants I have all of these for you. I have often given this to friends and acquaintances who go to Thailand for the first time.

Dear Margreet, I've been to Bangkok 7 times already, I can definitely recommend the centrepoint hotel, nice and close to the center, nice hotel, nice rooms, price is around 75 euros with breakfast gr