Too many hotels to choose from...advice needed please!!

Thanks for reading...

My fiancee and i are spending 3 weeks in Thailand. We%26#39;re doing all sorts of things but 3 places we have decided we really want to go to are Ko Chang, Ko Tao and Phuket.

In one of these destinations we will happily spend a bit extra for 3/4nights in a really good luxurious hotel.

In the other 2 we don%26#39;t mind where we stay really but beach huts will probably be what we go for and we would pay 拢50/$90 max per night for the room, happily less if the location is right.

So...can anyone with Thailand experience recommend which of the above is best for luxury? And then can anyone recommend the following:

1. Which hotel to go to for the luxurious 3/4 days? We would really like a room with an outdoor hottub/jacuzzi but the ones i%26#39;ve seen are sooooo expensive. We also like having a sea view and a good balcony.

2. What beach huts are good on any of the 3 islands. We probably want to be somewhere with a few restaurants but nowhere too busy or full of tourists like us, a few is fine but wall to wall is not what we%26#39;re after.

Can you help???

Thank you

Sam and Hay

Too many hotels to choose from...advice needed please!!

The Sea View Resort in Koh Chang was quite nice, and we also just got back from Nirvana Resort in BangBao in KC, which was also really exclusive but a little quieter. In Phuket we stayed at Kamala beach estate which is actually private houses they rent out, or there is the Andaman which is really nice but pricey. Other suggestions are railay beach in Krabi. There is another small development of private houses which can be rented out. Reply if you want the web address.

The Sea View has rooms with private jacuzzis as does the Andaman. Kamala has outdoor jacuzzis as part of the complex. I guess it depends on when you go but we were the only ones there for the best part of 6 weeks we were there.

Too many hotels to choose from...advice needed please!!

Mate that%26#39;s really helpful, thank you. I will look them all up.

Thanks again

Phuket has a far better choice of luxury resorts than Koh Chang - as it get%26#39;s over 20 times as many visitors per year. Plus the hotels there, on the whole, employ staff with better ability in English. If you%26#39;re in a 2 or 3 star place this isnt really a concern, but if you want to splash out on a bit of luxury you dont want to have any headaches if you need a lightbulb changing or want a recommendation for a good restaurant nearby. So for the real luxury stay I%26#39;d save it for a boutique resort on a quieter Phuket beach.

For a good standard of beach bungalow see www.kbresort.com on Koh Chang. Very nice AC bungalows right on the beach in s small resort run by a lcoal family - their new pool will be completed in the next few weeks. Price well under GBP 30/night.

Thanks Ian, spot on advice