Estimated cost to go Thailand?
Im planning to go to Thailand for about 2 weeks, probably next year only but thinking about it now because ill have to start saving. (im a student) Im wanting to go to Bangkok and Phuket, accomodation mid range, food for the days etc, transport (also from bangkok to phuket flying), attractions and entertainment, stuff like clubs, restaurants, ride on an elephant? and anything else i might need to do.
I know its ages away and things will change but at the moment about how much will the entire trip cost? (in Baht or AUSD)
Also feel free to give me your own experiences etc…
Oh the trip probably wont be between nov – feb
Do you need the price of a flight from somewhere in your country to Bangkok or will you take care of that? Different cities different prices. A year from now the price of oil may be high or low and that will influence the price of your plane ticket. Try to narrow down the time period that you want to travel to Thailand. You can get some prices for flights using the airlines websites. What city will you fly out of? Perhaps someone can recommend an airline.
Accommodation mid range doesn’t mean anything because my midrange might be different than your mid range – how much per night do you want to spend on a hotel room in baht?
At the worse Bangkok will cost no more than what you spend in your own country in your capital city (Australia??) Figure on that amount of money for hotels and you will be ahead.
Where you eat in Thailand will determine how much money you need. If you plan to eat in the best places and party away in the expensive nightclubs you will need more money.
Here are some travel forum websites that you can look over. Be specific when you need information, such as how much per night for a hotel, how much is in your budget for meals. Thailand can be as cheap as you want and as expensive as you want. Up to you!
http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowForum-g293916-i3687-o20-Bangkok.html
http://forum.virtualtourist.com/forum-1943-1-Travel-Thailand-1-forum.html
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntree/forum.jspa?forumID=51
For food you can probably subsist on a couple hundred baht a day but that is eating a lot of food off of street vendors and buying your water in Seven Elevens. You have to have some idea on how much money you will have available come trip time. Plan on at least 500 baht a day and if you spend less so be it! You can get hotels with air from down around 700 baht on up to over 4000 baht a night – all with air. Smaller cities hotels may be cheaper.
Spend a few days in Bangkok, while you are there you can purchase a plane ticket to Phuket if you want. Maybe you can also fit in a trip to Chiang Mai. Get a hotel near the Skytrain in Bangkok so you can use that overhead rail service. Spend the last night in Bangkok so you can get some last minute shopping in and be close enough to take a taxi in to the airport.
Good luck.
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