Budgeting for my trip to Thailand!

[stogie bear]

Here's the golden rule of budgeting for Thailand.... (and it's really simple!)

Bring TWICE as much money as you think you'll neeed and half as many clothes!

That's IT, brothers - that's ALL you need to know!

Sure - writing down the expenses and hotel costs and food costs and short time rates might make you feel good about coming, but chuck all that crap out the window when you are on your way to the airport.

When you get here you'll be glad you did. Sticking to a budget is a surefire way to kill any holiday. You may as well not come.

So - how good are you at managing your money on holiday?

[SamplerDoc]

      I thought I would write a witty reply but that Picture is so frickin  

[SamplerDoc]

Ok now a Reply.......

I just go to the ATM Weekly or more as needed and I am spending about 120,000 a month not including my rent or electric.  Its mostly spent on food and booze and a few Girls here and there but nothing excessive.

[seanbeag7]

That's 2,445 euro = 606 weekly i don't think i have ever spent that amount anywhere in europe

[kahuna]

But remember gold is expensive in LOS...

[Onebadindan]

I chose option 1. I buget monies and stay within my buget. I end up spending average 6000 baht a day.

[bigmick22]

I don't explicitly budget, per se, (I'm such a two week millionaire ) but having been over so many times I have a good idea of what I will spend per day in either Pattaya or BKK and rarely spend much more than these typical amounts

[bbb2k2]

I do not budget when I'm on holiday. In advance I have an idea about hotel costs and plane ticket, but day to day spendings all depends on my mood.

I spent 100k Baht on hookers and booze on my 24 day March 2008 trip. Hotel was 45k Baht and plane ticket was 80k Baht. Total 225k bath for 24 days, or about 9k a day all inclusive.

[Looker]

I'm not a big spender, so I hardly will overspend.

[daveduke007]

Here is what I've done on my coming trip in May

ALL hotels in Pattaya (3 nights), Samui (6), Phuket (7) and Bangkok (2 including late check out) "Paid" in Advance

Domestic Flights (x2) from Pattaya-Samui-Phuket-BKK including Taxi tranfers to and from the Airports ALL "Paid" in Advance.

The JEEP in Samui and Phuket is also "accounted" for should I decide to "hire" one

Also I have purchased on E-bay "ALL" the Clothing ( Jeans, Shirts, Shorts, Trainers, Boxers, Socks, Shaving gear etc ) I will require even to the extent of buying plenty of "knobsocks" and 3 Tubes of KY    

Also 2 Big jars of Coffee and a Bottle of Champagne ( for "romantic" Barbacue dinner on Lamai Beach lol )

As I will be with my "Teerak" I do not need to "Shell out" money for Ladydrinks, Barfines, S/T's or L/T's etc but I have an Ample "Separate Stash" of money  for "Gifts" and "Shopping" that I will no doubt "Bestow" on her

After all this I will have at least £100+ per day to Spend.
I know my Food and Drinks Bill will be x2 but it should be more than enough even though she does "Eat like a Horse" but fortunately only Drinks in "small doses", so enough money to spend on Trips, Cinema  and going out etc if we should decide to give the "Inserts" a rest for a while

I dont like to Budget as I'm on "Holiday" after all and want to "Enjoy it", it would certainly put a "Damper" on it for me if I was "worried" about how much I'm able to spend each Day    and whatever's left at the end  will end up in her pocket anyway    

[limpdick]

I have planned on spend a 100 us a day so I guess that is like 3200 baht

[kahuna]

I personally couldn't get a whole lot of quality action on budget of 3000 bht a day...maybe some pattaya street girls and street food and a very a cheap room and no booze...but if it was doubled (or tripled in my case)...I could have some memories...albeit a bit more expensive memories...

At any rate whatever your budget give us all a great trip report...with photos...I hope you are able to stay within your budget...

Good luck limpdick...Have a great trip....

[Foggy]

Making the effort to come all the way to LOS for 10 days or more I certainly dont want to miss out on any thing that takes my fancy, wether it be food, cloths, lady drinks( to the ones that dont normally get any attention) LT, ST, Lb's or GG's.... but it usually pan's out to be about 6000 baht a day.... not including flights as I get a special deal there.
Im in the envyable position of being on staff travel with BA and only pay 10% of ticket cost from a best mate, usually about £140 return

[seamus]

Stogie, sounds like a convo We had in Guess bar LOL.
Well guys My first 4 nights in the Hotel were pre paid,the rest I put on My card & I did 6000 Baht a day, way more then i could afford, as I "was" on a budget,but it was well worth it.But in October I want have lost £900 on flights to Indonesia, so more to spend

[EyeMahk]

(kahuna @ Mar. 29 2008,00:04) I personally couldn't get a whole lot of quality action on budget of 3000 bht a day...maybe some pattaya street girls and street food and a very a cheap room and no booze...but if it was doubled (or tripled in my case)...I could have some memories...albeit a bit more expensive memories...

Nice aircon room with free wifi - 600 baht
good food - 300 baht (subtract 100 if you eat Thai)
6 beers - 500 baht
3 LDs - 300 baht
ST, all in, on Soi 6 - 900 baht
transport - 100 baht (this is high for rounding purposes)
LT with LaBamba or Stringfellows girl - 1500 (subtract 300 if you know her well)

4200 baht and that is going out mongering, buying a few drinks and getting laid 3 times/day and having an overnight companion. Spending 6000/day or 9000/day in Pattaya is unnecessary to have a great time, however up to you.

Seriously, 9000 baht per day? What is your breakdown of how 9000 baht per day is spent in Pattaya?