After I posted a report on our trip with the group, I was asked how much the trip to Thailand cost to the participants, they say, it is interesting to know in order to estimate the budget for their own independent travel. Yes, when I just announced our future route with the group, I wrote approximate prices and costs, but now I myself wondered what happened in reality. And since I keep a budget and write everything into it, it was not difficult to calculate the cost of a trip to Thailand. Since such information may be useful to someone else who is going to go on their own, so I decided not just to answer this question in the comments, but to post it in a separate post.
The content of the article
Trip format
So that I don't have to grovel for too long about what we had for the trip with the group, just take a look my report. From it you will get a complete impression of how we drove, but nevertheless, I will explain something..
The format of our trip was initially budgetary and, one might say, a backpacker. In total, we spent 10 days together, of which 2 days were in Bangkok, 2 days in Pai, 3 days in Chiang Mai, and 3 days in Koh Chang, including travel. Since we with the participants of the trip turned out to be quite close in interests, then from morning to evening we were together, and we had the same leisure time. We also ate roughly the same Thai food and lived in the same inexpensive hotels. I say this to the fact that I can only count my spending (I don’t know who spent how much), but I’m sure that my expenses are slightly different from how much the guys spent.
All calculations are based on the fact that we started from Bangkok and returned to it. Although in fact we parted on Koh Chang, I counted here as if we had left for the capital together. However, this is not too much difference in cost, just one transfer.
What is the cost of travel to Thailand if you are a traveler
The cost of travel to Thailand
- Food: 2205 baht. We ate, as far as I remember, mostly Thai food in small cafes, food courts and makashniki. There was no alcohol, restaurants or lobsters.
- Transport: 6770 baht. 3 times went by intercity bus, 3 times by minibus, once by tuk-tuk and taxi, several times by minibus, twice by ferry. It also includes a car rental for two days with gasoline and a bike rental for 3 days. Accordingly, if you take a car for several people, as we did, then the amount per each will be much less.
- Accommodation: 4100 THB. I calculate the cost for doubles, that is, for a pair, this amount can be divided in half. Basically, these were inexpensive guesthouses and bungalows, in half of the places there was air conditioning, in half there was no.
- Sightseeing: 2,415 baht. Naturally, there are only paid places here: an observation deck, two temples, elephant trekking, a national park, a waterfall, kayaking, a rope park.
Massages and other purchases, ala mosquito spray and Thai T-shirts, did not consider it too individual.
Total
It turned out 15500 baht for 10 days of independent travel.
If you add 25-30 thousand rubles to this flight from Moscow (I advise you to search through Aviasales.ru or Skyscanner.ru), then we will get the final amount for everything per person. It's okay for me, even compared to cheap tours to Thailand, considering how many places we've been and how many we've seen. In the announcement of the route, I laid just about the same amount, it's great that I was not mistaken in my calculations.
If you are not traveling on a budget, staying at more expensive hotels, ordering more delicious food and making a couple of domestic flights around the country, then it makes sense to multiply the amount by two. In case you need not an independent travel with constant movements, but a vacation at sea and excursions, restaurants and bars, then here approximate alignment for the money.
Or vice versa, if you go for the winter or just for a few months, then this is how much you could spend (a budget option, and off-budget).
P.S. Please note that you may end up with a completely different amount, since everyone's needs and ideas about travel are different. If you have any questions, welcome to the comments 🙂
