how much money for thailand for 3 weeks??

WOGGET

planning on heading to phuket, ko phangan, ko samui and phi phi - drinking most nights and a bit of sightseeing aswell. how much do you think id need to bring for this lus accomadation and transport? would E1200 be enough?

ArmCandyBaby

That works out at 60 a day?! That's plenty, you could travel comfortably on about half that. The big things that are going to eat into your budget are;

Accom - air conditioning vs. a fan room (with can mean in some places esp. on the islands that it's a bit of a shack full of creepy-crawlies, gekkos and f*** all else - how do you feel about that?!) Air con is usually over 2x. Can't remember figures off hand but it varies substantially - have a click around online but don't worry about booking anything before you go. Except maybe for the full moon..

Food - if you're willing to eat thai then it's pennies <2e for a meal. If you're ordering steaks every day it's still cheap ~10e but will add up over time.

Travel - 12hr overnight bus journey ~8e, internal flight ~50e, which if you're going to fly from Bangkok to Phucket, Phucket to Samui & Samui back to Bangkok takes a sizable chunk.

Post back how you feel about you're luxuries & long journeys but personally if I was there for only 3 weeks I'd probably be more willing to spend on flying because of the time it saves & a bad overnighter can knock you out for days.

brendansmith

WOGGET wrote: »

planning on heading to phuket, ko phangan, ko samui and phi phi - drinking most nights and a bit of sightseeing aswell. how much do you think id need to bring for this lus accomadation and transport? would E1200 be enough?

Yep, plenty:)

WOGGET

ok cheers for that. im actually flying into phuket and out of there already so wont be going near bangkok. would a grand strech it even??

crisco10

1000 should be fine! thats almost 50 a day. that should be plenty as long as you don't take the piss and go to fancy pants hotels etc.

To put it into perspective, i got by on €20 a day. granted, i don't drink too much and i was travelling with my g/f so we shared room prices but still, it felt like plenty!

Although, we did fly from phuket to samui. That was a little pricey, think €70 each one way :eek: But did it with the only airline you could (Bangkok Air). So if you were gonna fly factor that it. You can do the boat-bus trip. think thats about €15 - €20....