Imagine you are on your honeymoon to a beautiful tropical country. You are looking forward to pristine beaches, peaceful jungles, luxury hotels in Bangkok and most of all, efficient travel that does not unduly inconvenience you. If you were heading out of Bangkok at the end of November 2008, you found a travelers' nightmare.
In December 2008, Suvarnabhumi Airport in Thailand was taken over for eight days by anti-government protesters. This article will not examine what is behind this takeover but the effect on travelers. And the airport seizure in Thailand had travelers darn mad.
Americans fumed as they missed getting home for Thanksgiving, a holiday second only to Christmas in the U.S. One clearly miffed man railed at a Thai woman for their "cockamamie protest" as the reason he would not get his turkey dinner. Others on their honeymoon said they needed to take a break from their hectic life but needed to get back to the U.S. for job interviews they were missing and to work towards saving for their next vacation.
Now that there are so many travelers stranded, there very well may be no cheap hotels in Bangkok as a lot of travelers need places to stay in the capital city. Looking to the future, however, even businessmen in Thailand are livid at the effect of the protests with some analysts saying the country's tourist arrivals could fall from an average of around 15 million to just 6-7 million in 2009. If that's true, luxury hotels in Bangkok could soon turn in to cheap hotels in Bangkok just to get occupants away from other hotels.
While time will quickly date this article, the main idea will not. Remember, nothing is for certain and when you are in a foreign country your travel plans can go bad fast. Forget planning ahead, life is how you react. Those travelers who always look on the bright side of their travel circumstances cherish the memories even a bad travel experience can bring.
Jeremiah Iverson is a world traveler and has made it his passion to find cheap accommodation for any budget. Search http://asianahotels.net/ for the best deals and widest inventory for hotels in Asia and beyond.
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