Title: Thailand Costs and Prices
Headings: Thailand Costs and Prices
Thailand Costs and Prices
Food and Drink
Accommodation
Shopping
General
Is Thailand expensive ?
How should I bring money to  Thailand ? Which currency is best to bring ? Should I get some baht  before  I enter Thailand ?
What type of credit card is most widely accepted  in Thailand ?
I need to make a money transfer to a Thai bank account. What is the  cheapest way to do this?
What's the exchange rate like at Bangkok  airport ?
How easy is it to get a casual job in Thailand ?
Should I tip ? How much ?
How much can I bargain a price down ?

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Thailand Costs and Prices
A summary of the price of everyday items in Thailand
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A survey by the Economist newspaper ranked Bangkok's cost of living at only 57% of that of New York, and  certainly it's true that is possible to live very cheaply. How much you adapt to  Thai lifestyle habits makes a big difference to your costs though - having johk or khao dtom (both types of rice soup) for breakfast everyday will cost  you almost nothing, while a bowl of cornflakes may well cost considerably more than  you would expect. SEE ALSO: What's the Best Way to  Send Money to Southeast Asia? Wine, cheese, chocolate and other everyday items in the west will similarly set you  back more in Bangkok than back in New York. Most other goods luxury goods are taxed  extremely heavily in Thailand, meaning purchasing a new Mercedes will cost more  here than almost anywhere else in the world. Some example costs that you may encounter day-to-day are: ( approx 1US$=35B,  1EUR=38B, 1GBP=50B)
Food and Drink
Plate of Thai food, some rice and a soft drink at an average  small restaurant
40B to 70B
Plate of Thai food and a soft drink on Bangkok's Khao San road. 100B
Plate of western style food and a soft drink in  tourist-orientated restaurant. 150B - 300B
Meal for 2 at a high quality Thai restaurant
300B to 500B
Macdonald's BigMac Meal - Small/Large
85B/92B
Grilled chicken and sticky rice from a street vendor
20B
Large (630ml) 'Singha' beer from a 7-11 store
50B
Small (330ml) 'Singha' beer in an average bar
60B to 150B
1 litre of bottled water from a store
7B to 12B
Low-end bottle of wine from a supermarket
450B
Packet of Thai kanom (snacks/sweets)
10B
Small Mars Bar
27B
20 cigarettes (Western brand)
45B
20 cigarettes (Thai brand)
20B
Accommodation
Typical guesthouse room on Khao San Road (small, fan-cooled,  shared cold-water bathroom)
150B
Typical 3* hotel room
800B to 1200B
Typical 5* hotel room
3000B +
Discounted room at the Oriental Hotel (arguably the world's  best hotel)
US$250 / 10000B
Luxury apartment (per month)
20000B +
Central Bangkok apartment with good facilities (per month)
8000B to 20000B
Non-central cheap apartment with few/no facilities (per month)
2000B to 4000B
Travel
Average taxi or tuk-tuk fare round central Bangkok
70B
Ordinary / Aircon bus fare
3.5B / 8B - 16B
Average fare on the express boats and canal boats
5 to 10B
Chartering a longtail boat for one hour
400B
Average Skytrain fare
25B
Shopping

Original Western music CD from a department store
450B to 500B
Original Thai music CD from a department store
120B
Copied Western music CD from Khao San Road
180B
Pirate software from Panthip Plaza
150B
Fake Rolex watch
500B


Cheap T-Shirt
100B
Fake pair of Levi's
400B
General
Cinema ticket
80B to 120B
Entrance fee to some of the most popular discos/nightclubs  (This usually entitles you to 2 or 3 'free' drinks)
300B to 500B
Copy of 'The Nation' or 'Bangkok Post' newspaper
20B
Cheap haircut
60B
Internet access on a 56K modem, per hour.