The Thai Flying Club has very basic rooms with a bed called "The Turn and Slip Inn" for pilots and guests who want to visit the club (200 Baht per night). Please click the above link for more information or email Thai Flying Club. Visitors are also very welcome to pitch their tents or lay out their sleeping backs on the Bushpilot Clubhouse deck and sleep under the stars. It is a fun place for camping and having a cook out. Rent a motorcycle in Bang Phra to get from your hotel to the flying club. (200 Baht per day) Hire a Taxi from Bangkok to the flying club. (1,500 Baht) Other hotels near the Flying Club and in Bangkok and Pattaya are listed below.

BANG PHRA - Bang Phra Golf Hotel (2 km. South of Thai Flying Club)
Tel: 66 38341149 // 38341150 // 38341405 // 
Fax: 66 38 341151 (alternate: 66 2 2850669)
Cost: 1,500 Baht for TFC pilots (Tell them "snambin Bang Phra"). Info: www.bangpragolf.co.th Golf: Wednesday Green Fee 440 Baht // 180 Baht (caddy) // 600 Baht (golf cart) // 500 - 1,000 Baht (rent clubs). Restaurant Hours: 6am - 9pm (updated Feb 2010)


BANG PHRA - Jogrand Hill (right across the road from Bang Phra University - where the airport is) www.jograndhill.com - This little condo guesthouse is open 24 hours a day. Cost is 590 Baht. It is right next to Bang Phra Golf Course and you can walk to the Thai Flying Club from here. Tel: Khun Goi 0817617923. Tel: Khun Kea (daughter). Tel: 0819395751. Can rent rooms for a day or a month. Address: 50/9 Moo 6. Na Pu 10. Bang Phra, Sriracha, Chonburi. (updated Feb 2010 - Thanks to Curt and Nguyet from Vietnam for helping us find this place).

BANG PHRA - Crystal Bay Golf Club (4 km. North of Thai Flying Club)
We don't have current information on this place -- if you do, please email us.
New email -- chibuuya@yahoo.com
Please email first... They change the rates of their hotel. We do not know.
Golf Tel: Khun Jirapol: 01 8581248 (Golf Manager) // Email Khun Jirapol -- jpksince62@yahoo.com
Manager: Khun Jirapol (Golf Course) // Khun Sing (Big Boss)
Post address: Crystal Bay Golf Club, 502 Moo 10, Sukhumvit Road, Bang Phra, Chonburi 20210
* this is a beautiful modern resort with two golf courses and it is almost empty. You get free use of the swimming pool and fitness center (08AM to 8PM) during your stay.
** free American breakfast for 2 also included. We strongly recommend this place, but make sure you call and reserve your keys before they close. The front office is open from 06AM - 11PM. We also suggest you hire a motorcycle from Khun Yut so you can get to the airfield and back easily. Yut Motorcycle in Bang Phra (information not updated for several years)

SRIRACHA - Seaview Hotel (5 km. South of Thai Flying Club in Sriracha Town, near Robinson Store, on the waterfront)
Tel: 038+319000
Fax: 038+327407 - w_noppakao@hotmail.com - www.seaview.co.th - Cost: 890 Baht for standard room with breakfast. Free internet connection in each room. Address: Jermjompol Road, A.SriRacha, Chonburi, Thailand 20110. (updated Feb 2010).

SRIRACHA - Sriracha Lodge (near samitvej hospital, Sriracha)
Tel: 38 311609
Fax: 38 321421
Cost: 660 Baht (for Thai Flying Club visitors) / 460 Baht for Bungalo.

SRIRACHA - The City Hotel (opposite Pacific Park, Sriracha)
Tel: 66 38 322700
Fax: 66 38 322739
Info: www.citysriracha.com
Email: sales@citysriracha.com (address to Khun Kesara 09-6070084 or Khun Rungarun 06-3417975)
Cost: 1,200 Baht (includes breakfast) special for TFC members and guests.

PATTAYA - The Park Hotel (right on Sukhumvit and Central Pattaya Road) The Park Hotel. This hotel has rooms for 600 Baht per night up to 2,500 Baht per night for the Oriental Suite. It is very quiet and private at a central location in Pattaya with easy access to get a bus to Bang Phra or to rent a car. Tel: 66 38 374355. Fax: 038 374360. Email Park Hotel

BANGKOK - 24 Inn (right next to Emporium Shopping Center and Prom Phong BTS Skytrain stop). Twenty-Four Inn Hotel on the corner of Sukhumvit and Soi 24.
Tel: 02 2586815
Email: twentyfourinn@hotmail.com 
Manager: Khun Prachya.
Cost: 800 Baht for pilots and friends of Thai Flying Club.

BANGKOK - Buri Bed and Breakfast - Bangkok (right next to Thong Lor Skytrain station). Buri Bed and Breakfast is a very clean and efficient dormitory type accommodation for young travellers with an excellent internet cafe and bookshop. Location: 30 meters from Sukhumvit road as you walk down Soi 55 (Thong Lor) on the Right. It is upstairs above the bookshop. Turn right down down the little soi and it will be immediately on your left. Tel: 02-7141508. Web: www.BuriBandB.in.th - Cost: 350-500 Baht

BANGKOK - Golden House (near Chidlom BTS station)
Cost 1,400 Baht (1,500 with breakfast). This hotel is 50 meters from Chidlom BTS Skytrain Station on Sukhumvit road. 1025/5-9 Ploenchit Road, Lumpini, Pathumwan, Bangkok 10330. Tel: 02-2529535. ghouse_g@hotmail.com - www.goldenhouses.net - Low Season (Feb-Oct) Double 1,400. High Season (Nov-Jan) Double 1,650 Baht. (updated Feb 2010)

BANGKOK - The City Lodge (part of Amari) - Bangkok (137/1-3 Soi Sukhumvit 9, Kukhumvit Road, Klong Toey Nua, Wattana, Bangkok 10110) and also at (8/1-7 sou Sukhumvit 19 (soi Wattana), Sukhumvit road, Klong Toey Nua, Wattana, Bangkok 10110).
Tel: 02 2537705 (soi 9)
Tel: 02-2544783 (soi 19)
Cost: 1,000 Baht per night for single or twin room (discount for Thai Flying Club members and guests)
Email: Khun Poowanai - Sales sales@boulevard.amari.com It is necessary to book in advanced to obtain this discount.

KOH SICHANG (island near Bang Phra) - TAM PANG BEACH RESORT  (**)
If you have some spare time, there is a great small island to visit near Bang Phra. A beautiful beach with little bungalos and miles of empty virgin natural coast with a clear view to the sunset. You take the ferry from Sri Racha to Koh Sichang (island) which is about 45 minutes and 40 Baht. Then you go by "tuk-tuk" to Tam Pang Beach Resort on the West side of the island. The cost is about 450 Baht per night for a bungalo. There is a beach and a kitchen where you can order whatever food you wish. This is a very basic camping and bungalo setup on a beach, but not as nice as Koh Samet. Call to make a reservation to be sure - Tam Pang Beach Resort:
Khun Ben: 081 8607360 / 02 3162292
Khun Noi: 038 216182
info: www.ko-sichang.com // www.kohsichang.com
Map of Koh Sichang

KOH SAMET (island near Rayong) - SAMETVILLE RESORT - Ao Wai Beach (***)
This is a really beautiful and very private beach on the South end of Koh Samet (near Rayong). If you are looking for a place to get away from the world, then this is the place. Basic, simple, relaxing. Restaurant on the beach. Big trees on a white beach.
Tel: 081949394
Info: www.sametvilleresort.com

BANGKOK (Ladprao Soi 60) Apartment for rent
If you will stay for a long time, you can rent an apartment (1 bedroom, 1 livingroom, 1 bathroom) with TV, Refrigerator, Air Conditioning, Fan and furnishings for 15,000 Baht per month. Email for availability

HIRE YOUR OWN MOTORCYCLE IN BANG PHRA (click here for more info)
Motorcycles available from Yut Motorcycle in Bang Phra. His shop is located 50 meters East of Sukhumvit down street #7 from the only traffic light in Bang Phra.
Cost: 200 Baht per day 

HIRE CAR AND DRIVER in Bang Phra (Khun Pakdee)
Tel: 081 4947879
Cost: 1,500 Baht per day (not include fuel)

HIRE YOUR OWN CAR
Try Premier Inter Leasing Co. They have offices in Bangkok and Chonburi (town north of Bang Phra).
Tel: 02+301-1900
Tel: 038+241161
Cost: 1,800 Baht (day)/10,800 Baht (week) - approximate price!

HIRE CAR FROM PATTAYA TO SUVARNABHUMI AIRPORT (800 Baht)
Thom - 0820018345.
Ya - 0814072565.
Suwan - 0816369969.
(updated Feb 2010)