Thread: Possible vacation to Tahiti or Oceania region

Get a good map of the city before you start looking at airbnb--BKK is HUGE!
Recommend staying near BTS (or river for ferries)--taxis and traffic should be avoided (but taxis are cheap) I'd avoid tuktuks unless you can bargain and know where you're going.
The deals at luxurylink are great for upscale digs.
If you stay Silom /Sathorn Rds, great clean spa--Mulberry and she takes CCs.

We love Hua Hin--quirky but beaches are better south. Great vineyard and good elephants nearby. Very fond of Ruen Kanok hotel--email owner Mark and he might give discount. The honeymoon suite was special at $130. Very close to local beach. Just 8 rooms I think and nice pool. Ate at night market every night. Also stayed at Asara Resort (LL) and it had the BEST pool. Lots of fun places in town. We had Mr. Roong bring us straight from BKK at 2am. It's 3 hour drive. If you go, contact this tuktuk driver in HH: TAK_3WDS@hotmail.com. Phone 086-1675429. He has a disco tuktuk (lights and music) to boogie down the road. He was friendly and cheap. So much fun. Hotel can call him.

If you limit to BKK, 1 nt side trip to Amphawa on wkends is unusual, and River Kwai is fascinatiing. There's also the old capitol, Ayutthaya but planned stay at BaanThaiHouse but canceled last minute for HH.
There are good recs on tripadvisor for riverside hotels--I've seen many of them from the ferries. The Ibis looks fine but pretty basic. Not sure about the Novotels but they have some good locations.
Please feel free to ask more--I probably have the answer somewhere in my grey matter (no, not my hair!)

EDIT: Chatrium - Riverside or Sathon (5 days with Family). - Bangkok Forum - TripAdvisor
Chatrium Riverside is extremely popular and might have everything you need--has ferry to Taksim pier and that gets you to BTS. Highly recommend the Loy Nava dinner cruise--real rice junk, small occupancy and nice Thai food. Split between reg and seafood menus and share. Book online--instant romance. Request aft table for two--it's a bit more interesting when you pass everything and can see it for quite a while.
You can also book the Apsara but only if it's menu, not buffet. It's more expensive but you can buy drink pkg (alcohol is fairly $ on boats) The food is highly rated, tho. Every time we booked it turned into buffet (due to # of res) so we canceled.