why airfare to thailand cost almost as much as airfare+hotel?
Okay, I’m going To Thailand in July, Phuket to be exact. I found a site where I can book reservations at Phuket Hotels way cheaper than Orbitz or any of those other online sites. But when I serach for only airfare to Phuket from Columbus, Ohio the airfare cost about the same as airfare+hotel from the same site. Why is this? The hotel can’t be that cheap to where they can offer it for nothing like this can it?
Hey Lil Sammy, I was gonna shoot u an email asking this but don’t allow email. Anyway, I’ve found that flying to and from Bangkok would be atleast $400 cheaper. So, if we did that, how much of a pain would it be to get to Phuket from Bangkok? OR is it too much of a hassle to do that? We want to see Bangkok too so I figured we could maybe stay there for a couple of days then go tp Phuket.
Thanks for Answers!!!
Often the airlines will partner with hotels and put together a package.. usually the hotels in these deals are pretty nice… the airlines are not likely to send you to a $5 a night guesthouse and have you get pissed off at them… but it also tells me you might want to shop around for airfares too.. try and find a “consolidator” – prices are usually cheaper… if you cannot find them in your Sunday paper, travel section, some, not all, travel agents work with them – you have to ask – - have a good trip..!!
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