Title: How Much Does it Cost to Visit Thailand? | Nomadic Matt
Headings: How Much a Holiday in Thailand Costs
How Much a Holiday in Thailand Costs
How Much Does it Cost to Visit Thailand?
How Much Do You Need to Travel Thailand?
How to Save Money and Lower Your Thailand Costs
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Content: This range will get you your own room (fan only) with a shared bathroom (or a dorm room on the lower end), food from the street stalls, a couple of drinks per day, a few tours here and there, and local transportation. If you’re spending more time on the islands where things tend to be more expensive, budget towards the higher end or even upwards of $40 a day. On a budget of around 1,650 baht ($50 USD) per day, you would be able to fly between some destinations, eat more delicious seafood dinners and international meals, take more tours and activities you wanted, sleep in air-conditioned rooms, and drink more. If you’re looking to stay in Western hotels or expensive resorts, eat mostly Western food or in tourist areas, drink a lot, do a lot of tours, and fly a lot, you should budget 3,300–5,000 baht ($100–150 USD) per day. After that, the sky is the limit. Throw in some extra money for shopping, and a maximum of $55 USD per day would give you a very, very nice budget vacation in Thailand. For that price, you would get: Flights (so you don’t have to spend time on long bus rides)
Meals that include local restaurants and cheap street food, as well as delicious seafood dinners and some delicious international food in Bangkok
Budget guesthouses with a few “splurge” nights thrown in
Some tours and activities
A few drinks
A little extra wiggle room just in case
While all the money-saving tips mentioned on my website can be applied to any style of trip (saving money is universal), how fast you travel on a vacation changes how you spend money. We could have saved a lot if we’d skipped the flights and taken the train, but my friends didn’t have the time to spend 12 hours on a train. We flew, which is expensive during peak season.