The Cox Beach Resort

Pretty average for the price I recently completed a two-week visit to Bangladesh and stayed at three different hotels. I will review them in detail and give an overview of my experience of budget hotels in Bangladesh as a tourist. Most of my thoughts, comments, and opinions on all three of these properties are the same so there will be some copying and pasting in these reviews. Tourists wishing to arrive in Bangladesh and receive a visa on arrival (VOA) are advised to have hotel bookings and Proof of Onward Travel (POOT). I made hard and digital copies of all my bookings, which were checked at the airline check-in counter and immigration in Dhaka. However, no one was interested in more than a few days of hotel bookings and I only presented hotel reservations for the first four nights. This is important for those of us who are plan-as-you-go travelers and don’t like to make bookings ahead of time. In the future, I will only book the first few nights and see how that goes. I ended up canceling several reservations (bookings) I made through Agoda because I changed my plans, and now, I have no doubt you can get a better price by simply walking in. On with the review of the Cox Beach Resort: I booked through Agoda at a rate of $42.55 USD per night. Not worth the price and I'm certain that you could get a better deal by just walking in. However, December is high season and the hotel was busy so perhaps not. This is a typical Asian-style budget hotel: a bit dated and could use some maintenance and a coat of paint. Having said that, the room and bathroom were reasonably clean, and the air-conditioning was excellent. The toilet did not function correctly. The wi-fi was so-so.