Monday, December 12, 2011

trouble booking from UK

Sorry all, im having trouble booking 9 nights in Ngapali 30 dec-8 jan. Tried phoning from London and language barrier a bit difficult. The Amata, which is where we had our heart set on is saying fully booked for those dates in the cabana style rooms and we might have to change rooms 3 times!!! Tried all the agencies by email you have all suggested but no response.......any ideas? Also need to book the domestic flight Yangon-Ngapali-Yangon from UK asap. None of them will let you book online - even our 3 nights in Yangon booked through a UK agent with our international flights are unconfirmed and on waiting lists? We dont want to leave it to chance until we get there in peak season and our honeymoon - p,s help!

trouble booking from UK

Have you tried Diethelm Travel in Bangkok? I have used them for 25 years traveling in SE Asia including Burma/Myanmar.

trouble booking from UK

Not sure if you are more likely to be successful with the larger or with smaller travel outfits.

Diethelm Travel is part of the Swiss ';Keller group';.. who also operate hoteltravel.com, very active with tours in Southeast Asia in general and in Myanmar in particular.

Another large group is the Myanmar:

http://www.myanmartourex.com/index.html

I think the problem that you are facing is, you are trying to book individual hotel rooms during the peak season, while the agents are wanting to sell full tour packages. The upmarket hotels have commited most of their rooms to these groups or are in fact owned by these groups. So they don%26#39;t really like to cater for individual travellers.... that%26#39;s my theory... for what it%26#39;s worth.

If I were in your shoes, I would not risk a honey-moon trip on the hope that they will look after you.... Book your 9 days of beach time in Thailand instead.


Leaving anything to chance in Myanmar is tricky particularly if your time is limited - and on your honeymoon! Since what you want is beach life I would also say Thailand instead. There is only one Bagan and one Inle Lake but plenty of beach choices throughout SE Asia without sweating out the travel arrangements.


would suggest you book your internal flights via a local travel agent. i have have just booked the same flights as you require via exotissimo (far east travel agent with offices in Rangoon) . they have website and you can e-mail them . they sorted me with minimum fuss at good prices. alos got them to book Amata (which was virtually booked upthen ) last month for january dates. they will be able to arrange alternatives to Amata quite easily. i have been impressed.

our hotel in yangon is also on a waiting list however i think it just means its a little early for the hotel to confirm as yet.


You%26#39;re all right - the only hotel which there seems to be some possibility at is the bayview and it will be extortionate no doubt...we are going to try and head onto thailand now for beach but we cant change our international flights so will still go to myanmar first for sightseeing and then onto Thailand...next question is can yuo fly direct from Yangon to any of the thai resorts direct rather than via Bangkok?


Don%26#39;t worry to much about internal flights - I have travelled both sides of New Year many times and never been on a full plane yet.

V.surprised at your experience with hotel confirmations-even our stays at The Savoy and Dusit Inya Lake over the busy period were confirmed by e.mail/fax within 48 hours.

Sandoway at peak season is v.v.expensive but if you want to try , they will respond very quickly to an e.mail request.

Incidentally we have had our flights to / from Thandwe already confirmed for 3rd/9th Jan.

Hope you get it all sorted.


Reply to question about flights from Myanmar to Thailand. There are only flights from Yangon to Bangkok and Chiang Mai. No flights directly to the beach areas in the South of Thailand. Only via Bangkok.


Dear Mazzaroo,

If you do not get the rooms in Ngapali, why don%26#39;t you try another beach, called ';Ngwe Saung'; newly developed and it about 5 hrs drive away from Yangon . There are numbers of deluxe hotels , including Aurum Palace Resort, Palm beach, Sunny Paradise and Bay of Bangle , numbers of choice there. You can fly to Yangon to Pathain by Air Bagan which is about 45 minutes drive away from beach too if you don%26#39;t want to drive from Yangon to Ngwe Saung.


graciousmyanmartravel.com/ex-ngwesaung.htm


Hi Mazzaroo,

I%26#39;ve been away in Bonnie Scotland! Looks like others have been very helpful. I suspect the current new is causing some interruptions. Just been speaking to a friend of mine who is going in about 4 week%26#39;s time. They are following the news closely. They told me they%26#39;ll be booking their hotels and flights when they get there. They%26#39;re also going to Ngapali. There are other good hotels I can suggest like the Thande Ngapali, The Ngapali Beach Hotel and the Aureum Ngapali. The Ngapali Beach , being older than the other two; but the beach for the three is the best part of the whole Ngapali Beach! Being newer, the Thande and the Aureum would be more luxurious I guess.

Khayeethe

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