Differentasia.com is a Bangkok based website
travel agency dedicated to helping discerning,
independent and curious travelers find and
book exciting, adventurous and unusual places
to stay in some of Indo-China’s most beautiful,
unusual, fascinating locations.
The site features a collection of our favorite
small hotels, Boutique resorts and those
with heavy emphasis on design concept, all
of them personally visited by us. Not only
are the hotels carefully selected, we have
very thoroughly scrutinized the featured
locations assessing them on a very extensive
range of criteria to give you the most informative
and comprehensive visions of their local
character and charm. It is with this information
that we present a rich mix of photographs
of both the hotels and their surroundings,
because as we all know, a picture speaks
a thousand words.
We appreciate that there is a diverse range
of travelers, from budget backpackers with
seemingly unlimited time but limited budgets
to adventurous professionals with in comparison,
a very limited vacation time but a desire
to see the trail of the adventurous without
compromising comfort. It is our aim to open
up these destinations, once only a part
of the backpacker trail to other types of
traveler.
With definite improvements in travel networks
in Thailand for example in domestic flight
availability to a range of new destinations,
car rental availability and overall the
improvement of the roads, an opportunity
has now arrived for a more adventurous form
of luxury travel. Some of the most special
and traditional locations in terms of cultural
and historical importance have now been
opened up to independent holiday travelers.
We can assist you with up to date information
on domestic airport location, ticket prices
and frequency of flights (of which there
are many) by putting you directly in contact
with the domestic flight operators who will
quote the most reasonable prices. We can
also put you directly in touch with the
three main car rental companies (hertz,
Avis and Budget), who have offices all around
Thailand in most, if not all of our featured
destinations. From these improvements, Thailand
has rapidly become a perfect destination
for independently arranged multi-itinerary
travel. We merely provide you with the top
locations and the most exclusive places
to stay plus a range of suggested travel
itineraries for you to consider, helping
you escape that traditional package holiday!
The rest of the adventure is up to you.
As a savvy traveler, we expect you to shop
around for your own international flights,
insurance, etc. However, we appreciate this
can take time so, to assist you, we have
already researched the possible options
and provide links and contact details for
the most suitable company assistance.
Each place is unique in some way, whether
it’s in the hotels design features, its
location, its historical and cultural importance
or the activities that are offered. From
dessert island boutique escapes to luxury
lodges built high in the rolling hills of
North eastern Thailand, we have put together
a genuinely charming and eclectic range,
with all our destinations offering a highly
memorable experience. Our site is most certainly
not built around cost, with properties varying
in price from $20 to $850 per night, but
we do try to ensure that they are sensitive
to local nature and culture, so that the
environment does not have to pay. There
certainly won’t be any shocks or surprises
when you arrive at your destination. You
will arrive at the hotel with the same images
and feeling that you experienced when viewing
it on our website. Our utmost aim is to
give you the most realistic and accurate
image of every featured property.
To adhere to this, all the information regarding
the hotels and locations are not simply
reproduced from other research reviews and
the hotels own website information as with
many other websites. They are instead, individually
and personally selected and assessed from
beginning to end by our highly competent
team of researchers. For every destination
featured in this website we have sent very
recently our own photographers and researchers,
in order to achieve an unbiased review,
to asses the properties. We do this by way
of staying as a guest at the hotels for
a couple of days. And we not only provide
you with extensive descriptive information
about the hotels and resorts, we also provide
highly personalized and localized information
from things such as general local orientation,
activities and famous local produce.
You have many directional options when surfing
differentasia.com for your ultimate hideaway.
You can simply use our search drop boxes
to locate immediately your desired hotel,
town, province etc. Or you can simply check
out our suggestions and recommendations
from our monthly suggested travel ideas
on the home page. Alternatively, if you
have an idea of what you want to do but
don’t know where to go, have a browse at
the specific travel options on the right
side of the page.
Happy Surfing!
Differentasia.com team.
