The President Palace Hotel Bangkok is a brand new hotel located in Sukhumvit Soi 11. The hotel is a just few minutes’ walk from Nana BTS Skytrain which makes commuting to and from Bangkok’s best shopping spots a breeze.

The hotel has 236 guest rooms spanning its 16 floors. Each room is specifically designed with the guests’ comfort and convenience as primary concerns. Each room is lavishly designed without bordering on tackiness. Each room exudes an ambiance of classy comfort. Furnishings have modern lines but nevertheless are the epitome of coziness.

The hotel rooms are labeled as Superior, Deluxe, Superior Club and Deluxe Club. The Superior Room is 34 square meters in size with a twin or king bed. This room sleeps three and is available for only USD 94 per night. The Deluxe room could either be 38 square meters or 40 square meters with booking pegged at USD 106 per night. A special connecting room (Superior and Deluxe) has a combined area of 76 square meters to 80. This is highly recommended for families who prefer such set-up. The proximity of rooms is advantageous for those with small children. The hotel has 60 such accommodations packaged as Superior and Deluxe Club rooms.

Amenities for each room includes a living room, a work table with a desk lamp, a large LCD flat screen TV, wi-fi connectivity, an electronic safe box, IDD phone and more. A 24-hour room service is available. The swimming pool and fitness center are for the exclusive use of hotel guests. The Splash Bar and Manchester United Restaurant Bar offer great Thai and international food.

Trends, fashions and styles come and go, and the travel industry is not immune to such fluctuations. What’s the newest travel trend on the scene? It’s voluntourism, the bringing together of volunteering with tourism to create an aid-giving, hands-on and feel-good holiday combo.

Voluntourism is a tourist or travelling experience that involves an element of volunteering for a charitable cause. Volunteering trips are nothing new, but whereas they once involved extended periods of community involvement or aid work, voluntourism offers shorter bouts of volunteering opportunities intermixed with sightseeing or other travel or tourism experiences.

Travel companies and charity organisations both jumped on the volunteer bandwagon when in the 1990s when they detected a rising desire from tourists to get more out of – and give more – during their holidays, as well as the increasing popularity of the student ‘gap year’.

Today, these hybrid trips are available in many Third World or underprivileged countries that not only need the time, skills and money of Westerners but also offer beautiful historical and natural attractions. Interested in a trip to Indonesia? Bali holidays are perfect for voluntourism expeditions. Bali flights, accommodation and volunteer opportunities are all readily available for willing travellers.

Interested? Here are some of the benefits of voluntourism

1. Helping people. Voluntourism allows you to do something good for those less fortunate or the environment and travel at the same time. This mixture of purposes has made voluntourism a popular option for the student Gap Year, because students get to take time out while also doing something good for others.
2. Get off the beaten track. Because voluntourism often takes place in local villages, communities and isolated areas, voluntourism takes travellers off the beaten track meaning you’ll see places, communities and areas of the countryside that other tourists don’t get to see. Even better, working and meeting the locals allows voluntourists to get a first hand insight into the local culture and customs.
3. Giving skills as opposed to money. Those participating in voluntourism will be giving their time and their skills as opposed to just money, allowing for a more rewarding and engaging experience.