Thavisouk Guesthouse
Mr Thavisouk - Owner
Mr Thavisouk is Luang Prabang local who has a big heart and is family focused. After studying finance in Vientiane, Mr Thavisouk returned to Luang Prabang and builtThavisouk guesthouse for his son; for an investment, for his future and a tour company for his sister who speaks French and English.
Mr Thavisouk is only too keen to share his English skills and passion for life with his guests through excellent service.
This rating is an aggregate score for the six parameters we survey (Cleanliness, Check in/Welcome, Service, Charm/Experience, Overall Impression/Value)
The Thavisouk Guesthouse has an average rating of 2.42 (out of a possible 5)
Traveller Comments:The Thavisouk Guesthouse has an average rating of 2.42 (out of a possible 5)
The scores for each parameter are:
| Cleanliness | 2.9 |
| Check in/Welcome | 2.9 |
| Service | 2.8 |
| Charm/Experience | 2.2 |
| Overall Impression/Value | 2.2 |
"I wasn't greatly impressed with the Thavisouk Guesthouse; the rooms were not particularly nice and were in need of makeover. I thought the guest house was not great value for money albeit it in the cheaper bracket of guesthouses in Luang Prabang.
It lacked any atmosphere or charm and the staff were quite in different and didn't really make an effort to speak to you or smile. I often felt in the way there as you have to pass through the living area to get to your room. I found myself spending as little time as possible there, In fact I spent more time at another guesthouse with friends I met and the owners there were nicer to me than at the Tavisouk. I would have stayed there if they had any rooms available over the New Year.
As for Luang Prabang. OK if you like over priced temples, night market & restaurants not much else really. It seems very over priced for Laos and this seemingly justified on the back of its World Heritage City status.
New Year was fantastic there and was the saving grace in my visit."
Mr. matthew b. - United Kingdom on 24/04/2010
It lacked any atmosphere or charm and the staff were quite in different and didn't really make an effort to speak to you or smile. I often felt in the way there as you have to pass through the living area to get to your room. I found myself spending as little time as possible there, In fact I spent more time at another guesthouse with friends I met and the owners there were nicer to me than at the Tavisouk. I would have stayed there if they had any rooms available over the New Year.
As for Luang Prabang. OK if you like over priced temples, night market & restaurants not much else really. It seems very over priced for Laos and this seemingly justified on the back of its World Heritage City status.
New Year was fantastic there and was the saving grace in my visit."
Mr. matthew b. - United Kingdom on 24/04/2010
"We did move after 2 days to another guest house more expensive but closer to the action saving on tuk tuk fares and a much softer bed.
The beds in LuangPrabang are mostly made from concrete.
The bed was also much too big for the room 6" either side a double or queen size instead of the king would have been preferred."
Mr. Bob K. - Australia on 06/04/2010
The beds in LuangPrabang are mostly made from concrete.
The bed was also much too big for the room 6" either side a double or queen size instead of the king would have been preferred."
Mr. Bob K. - Australia on 06/04/2010
"The room was not cleaned once in my whole eight day stay. I had to ask for toilet roll and my bin to be emptied. The place was dirty! Family run meant being woken by screaming children and rip of tuk tuk drivers. The only time they were interested in helping was when we were booking tours. At $15 a night a complete rip off compared to much better guesthouses!"
Ms. Nina J. - United Kingdom on 30/12/2009
Ms. Nina J. - United Kingdom on 30/12/2009
"I stayed in this guesthouse for 3 nights and my overall experience with Thavisouk is very bad.
Compared with other cheap guesthouses that I stayed before, Thavisouk don't clean my room whenever I went outside.
The receptionists know limited English (which I don't discriminate), but I don't feel being welcomed while in Thavisouk because nobody there greets or talks to me whenever I go near the reception area.
What's worst, during my second day of stay, I lost my 6,000 baht Panasonic camera that was left just inside the room (I am 100% sure about this) when I went outside for a dinner. And when I reported to the receptionist about the missing camera in the room, they kept on defending that the hotel have no spare key (which is really impossible!!!). The bad thing is that they did not even tried to help me to look for the camera inside the room and they keep on telling me that I lost the camera while outside (which is really a contradiction since I 100% remembered not carrying my camera that time).
Anyway, I didn't recover the camera...I hope this would serve as a warning to those future Thavisouk guests."
Mr. Philip N. - Philippines on 14/12/2009
Compared with other cheap guesthouses that I stayed before, Thavisouk don't clean my room whenever I went outside.
The receptionists know limited English (which I don't discriminate), but I don't feel being welcomed while in Thavisouk because nobody there greets or talks to me whenever I go near the reception area.
What's worst, during my second day of stay, I lost my 6,000 baht Panasonic camera that was left just inside the room (I am 100% sure about this) when I went outside for a dinner. And when I reported to the receptionist about the missing camera in the room, they kept on defending that the hotel have no spare key (which is really impossible!!!). The bad thing is that they did not even tried to help me to look for the camera inside the room and they keep on telling me that I lost the camera while outside (which is really a contradiction since I 100% remembered not carrying my camera that time).
Anyway, I didn't recover the camera...I hope this would serve as a warning to those future Thavisouk guests."
Mr. Philip N. - Philippines on 14/12/2009
"I found the owners quite rude and unwelcoming. Didn't even acknowledge my "good morning" as I walked past them each day. Apart from that the guesthouse was fine, although located quite a way out of the centre (about 10 - 15 mins walk)."
Ms. Selina M. - United Kingdom on 14/12/2009
Ms. Selina M. - United Kingdom on 14/12/2009
"The room was cleaned one time in a period of 5 days.
Clean towels,sheets the same.
Have to ask for toilet paper.
Wireless internet was not useble."
Mr. Herman ter H. - Netherlands on 07/12/2009
Clean towels,sheets the same.
Have to ask for toilet paper.
Wireless internet was not useble."
Mr. Herman ter H. - Netherlands on 07/12/2009
"10.50 $ /Night Air-conditioned
Toilet, Have no Light, Door can’t lock, No hot water!
The thing I never ask for is an old TV, thank for that but it not working properly, sound from TV is horrible, Like alien versus predator‘s noise! No remote control!
Bed Room window can’t closed, mosquito nest is blocking when I tried to close the window. Window curtain are not really can hide you from you’re the neighbor ‘eyes! , It’s really freezing! The night I suppose to stay, I can’t close the window to erase the cold wheatear from the outside! How can I sleep? Before I sleep, I want to take a hot shower before going to bed, no hot water! I called the staff to check. A boy came up, but still no hot water; they let me sitting in my room fro ten minutes, nothing happened.
I leave my room around 9 pm, looking for new guest house to stay; I get new room at next door guesthouse cost 22 Dollars! I came back to pack my bag and returned the key to the staff with and single complain to them!
Beware of this guesthouse!"
Mr. SURAT S. - Thailand on 22/11/2009
Toilet, Have no Light, Door can’t lock, No hot water!
The thing I never ask for is an old TV, thank for that but it not working properly, sound from TV is horrible, Like alien versus predator‘s noise! No remote control!
Bed Room window can’t closed, mosquito nest is blocking when I tried to close the window. Window curtain are not really can hide you from you’re the neighbor ‘eyes! , It’s really freezing! The night I suppose to stay, I can’t close the window to erase the cold wheatear from the outside! How can I sleep? Before I sleep, I want to take a hot shower before going to bed, no hot water! I called the staff to check. A boy came up, but still no hot water; they let me sitting in my room fro ten minutes, nothing happened.
I leave my room around 9 pm, looking for new guest house to stay; I get new room at next door guesthouse cost 22 Dollars! I came back to pack my bag and returned the key to the staff with and single complain to them!
Beware of this guesthouse!"
Mr. SURAT S. - Thailand on 22/11/2009
