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how much money for thailand for 3 weeks??

  • 30-10-2008 1:43am
    #1
    WOGGET
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33 ✭


    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?


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  • #2
    ArmCandyBaby
    Closed Accounts Posts: 201 ✭✭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.


  • #3
    brendansmith
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,526 ✭✭✭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:)


  • #4
    WOGGET
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33 ✭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??


  • #5
    crisco10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,225 ✭✭✭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....


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