Hotels in South East Asia

Quick comment about housing during our trip -- we're generally staying in small hotels in the $45-80 price range (let's call them cheap-tique hotels). We're looking for small, cute, friendly, but with the modern amenities we folks from Silicon Valley would expect. As needed, we're planning to dip above our target range.

We tried a guest house at $30 and well... we're staying at $45 and above. Through March, we're averaging about $60 per day which is LESS than what we pay for our house in Mountain View (including only mortgage interest and county taxes). Thus far, this rate has provided us with clean, pleasant and at times, stylish surroundings with AC and quality bathrooms. And, it's generally bug-free. A step up to beyond $80 would buy us more service, and perhaps more stylish surroundings with fancier bathrooms (more marble) but that hasn't been necessary. Perhaps unexpectedly, this hotel price range is consistent country to country and city to city, so far. That's a bit surprising considering the GDP per capita of countries like Cambodia and Laos is below $300.

Things may change when we enter Bangkok and the beach resorts in Thailand. Let's see what the future holds for us (financially).