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Nate Grant
Nate GrantTraveler·
Bangkok

Is 1,500 baht a day in Thailand realistic?

10 nights. I keep seeing 1,500 as a personality. I need whether the bed is in that number.

1,500 is a split, not a vibe

If 1,500 includesLeanNot
Sleep + food + local transit, no island hopTight-plus. Daily budget already split tight vs mid. 1,500 sits in the gapA Sukhumvit hotel plus Grab plus a bucket as that number
Food and BTS only; bed is already paidEasy in Bangkok if you eat stallsTreating it as “Thailand is cheap” on a beach
Islands, alcohol, a boatYou already left the bandForcing 1,500 because a 2019 blog did
Five 220 ATM hitsYou spent the day on feesThe cash-first-week thread is the wad, not this

1,900 extension is a one-off, not a daily. 10,000 at immigration is a desk question. I am not posting a receipt.

What is already booked, and whether a boat is in the week.

Budget

11 comments

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Dan Okafor
Dan Okafor

1,500 with a hotel is not the same day as 1,500 with a dorm. The guide already split the bands. Say if the bed is inside the number.

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Helen Marsh
Helen Marsh

Kids, two rooms: we are not on 1,500. That number is a solo stall day or a lie. We are Bangkok this stamp.

18d
Ploy
Ploy

BTS cap is 65 including extension. Grab surge is how 1,500 dies before lunch. Rail if the number matters.

18d
Kit Rattana
Kit Rattana

Chiang Mai stalls can hold a tight day. A mountain or a paid wat is the extra. Do not paste an island boat onto Nimman.

18d
Lauren Peck
Lauren Peck

6 Sep. I needed “does the bed count.” I will not screenshot 1,500 as a personality for a west-coast week.

18d
James Collingwood
James Collingwood

1,900 cash at immigration is a different day. 220 on the ATM is a fee. Neither is your noodle budget.

18d
Mint Saelim
Mint Saelim

Alcohol is a fourth band. I say that without a sermon. If the 1,500 includes a bar soi, it does not.

17d
Claire Dunn
Claire Dunn

I would not make 1,500 the origin story of night one. Pin first. Then the stalls. The guide is the band.

17d
Nora Blake
Nora Blake

Cash for the week is the wad thread. This is whether 1,500 is a day. Do not mix them. I would still count the 220s.

17d
Ian Crowe
Ian Crowe

Phuket west-coast sleep is not Bangkok-dorm arithmetic. If the week is a beach, say so. 1,500 is then a hope.

17d
Tess de Vries
Tess de Vries

Kid, a booking. I am not running 1,500 as the family story. Sleep is already paid. Food is a second number.

17d

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