Home, Sweet Home

For the Summer in Thailand program, you will be living at the Chiang Mai Gate Hotel,  just across the street from the Old City Walls and about 15-30 minutes from the Language Institute of Chiang Mai University by public transportation. The Chiang Mai Gate Hotel is a beautiful, modern facility with a full set of facilities and air conditioning. Rooms are decorated in the traditional Lanna style of Northern Thailand and the hotel resides in the Wua Lai Community, an old silverware manufacturing community.

 

Here are some general rules, tips, and expectations to help you become accustomed to your new home!

Please note that although CISabroad makes every effort to provide your preferred form of housing, we cannot guarantee that all personal preferences are met. We have carefully selected safe and adequate housing for each student and each living arrangement is distinct and special in its own way.

Now is the time to open your mind and get ready to experience something different; this attitude is in the spirit of your decision to study abroad. Please also remember, that when you are abroad, you will be representing your home institution and your home country; behave appropriately.

There are no housing changes allowed during the first 2 weeks of the program. There is a natural adjustment period to life abroad and making any housing change decisions during this time is usually premature.

Cleanliness:
Keep your room and the common areas clean; this is especially important when you are sharing a bedroom.

Noise:
In order to avoid disturbing the neighbors or other hotel guest, please use headphones when listening to music, or keep the volume low, and please keep your voices down.

Utilities and use:

• Always turn off the lights and AC when you leave the apartment and when you are not in the room.

Safety:

• You should lock the hotel bedroom door at all times. Also, when leaving the hotel, make sure the windows are closed and locked. Neither the study abroad company nor the housing company will not be responsible for any stolen items.
• If the keys to the hotel are stolen, lost or misplaced, all locks may have to be replaced at the student’s expense, including key copies for all roommates.
• If the keys are left inside the bedroom and the locksmith has to open the door for the you, you will have to pay for this service.
• It is strictly forbidden to throw any object or substance from windows, balconies, terraces or roofs. This includes keys, cigarette butts or anything else big or small.

Guests and Alcohol Policies:

• Disrespectful behavior related to alcohol consumption may end in dismissal from the housing and you will have to find your own housing at your own expense.
• Smoking is not allowed anywhere inside the housing.
• Absolutely no outside guests are allowed inside the hotel rooms.
• The consumption of drugs, as well as keeping or dealing with them, is absolutely prohibited

Financial Liability:

• You will have to pay for any damage done to the apartment (doors, walls, floors, furniture, kitchen supplies, washing machine, etc.).
• If extra time is needed to clean the apartment, or if items are damaged or missing, you will be charged and those charges will be deducted from your housing deposit. Housing deposits will be returned 8-12 weeks after the program has ended

Helpful tips for living with other people:

• Respect the hotel staff and the other guests in the building.
• Remember that you are not on a college campus and not in your own home. Respect the property and get out of the “college campus” mentality.
• Talk to your roommates if they do something that bothers you. Talking it through is the easiest way to solve a small problem before it gets bigger.
• Talk to the staff if a problem arises and you cannot work it out with your roommates.

Warning process:

• If any of the above rules are broken, you will receive a first verbal warning. This warning will also be written and sent to your sending study abroad program and your home school.
• The second infraction of any of the above rules will result in you being evicted from your apartment. You will need to find a new place to live at your own expense.
• Please read through all of our behavior policies noted in the CISabroad Policy Handbook, linked inside of the attachment to your acceptance email