# Chiang Mai lodging brief

Status: dedicated stay guide
Stay-guide priority: high

## Primary bases

- Old City
- Nimman
- Riverside/Night Bazaar
- Santitham
- Mae Rim for resorts

## Named stay anchors

### Tamarind Village
- Type: hotel
- Area or base: Old City
- Best for: Old City first-timer, heritage boutique
- Avoid if: traveler wanting Nimman nightlife/workation
- Publishing rule: static candidate with live validation

### 137 Pillars House Chiang Mai
- Type: hotel
- Area or base: Wat Ket / Ping River east bank
- Best for: heritage luxury, quiet riverside, design history
- Avoid if: budget or rail/walking-first traveler
- Publishing rule: static candidate with live validation

### Raya Heritage
- Type: hotel
- Area or base: Mae Rim / Ping River north
- Best for: quiet resort/workation, design stay
- Avoid if: traveler wanting walkable old city at the door
- Publishing rule: static candidate with live validation

### U Nimman Chiang Mai
- Type: hotel
- Area or base: Nimman / One Nimman / MAYA
- Best for: Nimman base, workation, shopping/cafes
- Avoid if: heritage/quiet old-city traveler
- Publishing rule: static candidate with live validation

### Airbnb / vacation rental / serviced-apartment pattern
- Type: vacation rental pattern
- Area or base: city-specific; do not hardcode individual listing
- Best for: longer stays, families needing kitchen/laundry, villa-style groups
- Avoid if: short-stay condo rentals without clear legal/building approval
- Publishing rule: live-only inventory; static page may describe safe booking checks

## Static versus live

- Safe to publish statically: base-area role / route role / official hotel identity/source URL / approximate area / stable history/opening notes only when sourced / caveats / stay-guide priority
- Must stay live: room availability / nightly price / user rating score / individual review count / Airbnb listing legality / condo/building rules / host license / cancellation policy / ferry/weather/event disruption / exact shuttle/transfer times
- Rental policy: Do not static-publish individual Airbnb or vacation-rental listings. Keep legality, building rules, host status, and cancellation terms as live checks.
- Suggested widgets: smoke-season lodging warning / old city vs Nimman vs riverside chooser