Day Use Hotel Bangkok, Scored and Ranked
You want a massage but you have no private room. Maybe you are in a hostel dorm. Maybe you checked out this morning and your flight is at midnight. Maybe you are staying with friends. A day use room fixes it. You book a hotel room for a few hours, you pay a fraction of the nightly rate, and you get a private space with a door that locks.
What is a day use room?
A day use room is a normal hotel room booked for part of a day. You check in in the morning or early afternoon. You check out the same day, usually before 6pm.
Blocks run from three to six hours at most Bangkok hotels, and the price sits well under the nightly rate. Business travellers use them between flights. Families use them on long layovers. Staff handle these bookings every week.
How to pick a day use hotel in Bangkok
Pick on three things: how well the hotel is reviewed, how many guests actually reviewed it, and whether the area suits where you already are. A 4.6 from 3,000 guests tells you far more than a 5.0 from 12.
We scored all 51 on the first two so you do not have to. Every hotel below sells day use rooms through a public booking site, and no hotel paid to be here. The full method is on our scoring page.
Day use hotel Bangkok list, by area
Every day use hotel Bangkok has on the public booking sites, grouped by the area it sits in and ordered by score.
Score is out of 100. It is built from the hotel's Google rating, how many guests left one, its star rating, how well it presents itself and whether it has its own website. Nothing else, and nothing bought. The full method is here.
Sukhumvit
Showing the 10 highest scoring of 25 day use hotels in Sukhumvit.
| Hotel | Score /100 | Reviews | Stars | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 137 Pillars Suites & Residences Bangkok | 87 | 4.6 | 1,674 | 5 |
| Fraser Suites Sukhumvit, Bangkok | 87 | 4.6 | 1,820 | 5 |
| Hilton Sukhumvit Bangkok | 87 | 4.5 | 3,890 | 5 |
| Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel, Bangkok | 85 | 4.4 | 4,354 | 5 |
| The Landmark Bangkok | 85 | 4.4 | 5,104 | 5 |
| Ascott Thonglor Bangkok | 83 | 4.5 | 946 | 5 |
| Paradox Bangkok Sukhumvit | 83 | 4.4 | 2,087 | 5 |
| Blue Hippo Hotel | 83 | 4.6 | 847 | 4 |
| Adelphi Forty-Nine | 83 | 4.6 | 842 | 4 |
| Somerset Sukhumvit 71 Bangkok | 82 | 4.5 | 1,277 | 4 |
Silom and Sathorn
| Hotel | Score /100 | Reviews | Stars | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ibis Styles Bangkok Silom | 87 | 4.7 | 3,706 | 3 |
| Ascott Embassy Sathorn Bangkok | 86 | 4.6 | 1,099 | 5 |
| Crowne Plaza Bangkok Lumpini Park by IHG | 84 | 4.4 | 2,928 | 5 |
| Holiday Inn Bangkok Silom by IHG | 83 | 4.5 | 7,786 | 4 |
| Ascott Sathorn Bangkok | 82 | 4.4 | 1,491 | 5 |
| Holiday Inn Express Bangkok Sathorn by IHG | 78 | 4.4 | 1,718 | 3 |
| Mode Sathorn Hotel Bangkok | 77 | 4.2 | 2,636 | 4 |
Siam and Ratchathewi
| Hotel | Score /100 | Reviews | Stars | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hotel Indigo Bangkok Wireless Road by IHG | 89 | 4.6 | 3,386 | 5 |
| Conrad Bangkok | 89 | 4.6 | 5,265 | 5 |
| Mercure Bangkok Makkasan | 87 | 4.6 | 4,681 | 4 |
| Hotel Tranz | 76 | 4.4 | 760 | 4 |
| White Palace Bangkok | 51 | 3.7 | 681 | 3 |
Ratchada
| Hotel | Score /100 | Reviews | Stars | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avani Ratchada Bangkok Hotel | 82 | 4.4 | 3,726 | 4 |
Khao San and the Old City
| Hotel | Score /100 | Reviews | Stars | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Casa Nithra | 80 | 4.4 | 1,354 | 4 |
Suvarnabhumi Airport
| Hotel | Score /100 | Reviews | Stars | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Park Nine Hotel Suvarnabhumi | 88 | 4.6 | 2,163 | 5 |
| Eastin Thana City Golf Resort Bangkok | 82 | 4.5 | 1,497 | 4 |
Outer Bangkok
| Hotel | Score /100 | Reviews | Stars | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Howard Hotel | 83 | 4.4 | 2,194 | 5 |
| Oakwood Suites Tiwanon Bangkok | 83 | 4.5 | 812 | 5 |
| Koon Hotel Sukhumvit | 83 | 4.5 | 1,034 | 5 |
| Amaranth Suvarnabhumi Hotel | 82 | 4.3 | 2,744 | 5 |
| Modena by Fraser Bangkok | 80 | 4.4 | 1,444 | 4 |
| Divalux Resort & Spa Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport | 80 | 4.2 | 3,389 | 5 |
| Holiday Inn Express Bangkok Soi Soonvijai, an IHG Hotel | 79 | 4.4 | 1,276 | 4 |
| RAMA GARDENS HOTEL BANGKOK | 78 | 4.2 | 4,442 | 4 |
| ibis Bangkok IMPACT | 78 | 4.4 | 3,761 | 3 |
Khao San is the weak spot
Most day use rooms in Bangkok sit in business areas. Sukhumvit has 25 of them. Khao San, where most backpackers stay, has one.
If you are on Khao San, two things work. Ask your hostel for a private room for one night. Or take a taxi or the BTS to Silom or Sukhumvit and book a day use room there. The ride takes 20 to 30 minutes.
Can you get a massage in a day use room?
Yes. A day use room is a private hotel room, so it works the same as any hotel massage booking. The room is the only thing you need to sort out.
- A private room with a door that locks. A hotel room, a serviced apartment, a condo or a hostel private room all work.
- The room number and the name the room is booked under. Reception may ask who the visitor is here for.
- A dorm bed cannot be served. Neither can a lobby, a pool deck or any other shared space.
- Tell us the hotel when you book, so we send a therapist who already knows the area.
How to book a day use room
- Pick a hotel from the list above.
- Search its name on a day use booking site, or call the hotel and ask for a day rate.
- Ask what time you can check in and what time you must check out.
- Say you are a day guest. This is a normal booking.
- Book your massage once you have the room number.