# Hat Yai lodging brief

Status: dedicated stay guide
Stay-guide priority: high

## Primary bases

- downtown/Kim Yong
- Central Festival/airport road
- railway station
- Songkhla old-town add-on

## Named stay anchors

### Centara Hotel Hat Yai
- Type: hotel
- Area or base: Downtown / Central / Kim Yong
- Best for: shopping/food route, first Hat Yai stay
- Avoid if: quiet boutique preference
- Publishing rule: static candidate with live validation

### The Habita Hatyai
- Type: hotel
- Area or base: Downtown / old commercial core
- Best for: couples/design, food-route stay
- Avoid if: large pool/family resort priority
- Publishing rule: static candidate with live validation

### Monkham Village Hat Yai
- Type: hotel
- Area or base: Hat Yai city
- Best for: quiet city stay
- Avoid if: market-at-door traveler
- Publishing rule: static candidate with live validation

### New Season Hotel
- Type: hotel
- Area or base: Downtown
- Best for: budget/practical central stay
- Avoid if: traveler seeking boutique charm
- 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: 30+ day or group stays where listings have strong recent reviews
- Avoid if: short stays requiring hotel-like reception, breakfast, luggage storage
- 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: market-walkability hotel chooser / rain/flood and border/rail check