Phuket

Island hopping: where does the budget die?

AU, still in Phuket. I have not stacked three islands. I need the trap, not a boat brochure.

The second boat is the tax

If	Do	Trap
10 nights, first Thailand	One island after the city, or skip	Phuket + Phi Phi + Lanta + Samui as a personality
The sea is closed that morning	Pier board. Slow ferry or sit	A laminated “we go anyway” as Plan B
A jet-ski deposit / unpriced grill	Walk. Jet-ski is the other thread	Paying twice to feel you hopped
October Andaman	Boats die. A hop is a cancel	Treating the timetable as a receipt

I have not booked a boat. I will not quote a fare. Andaman vs Gulf is which sea. This is how many tickets you stack.

Nights you have, and how many piers you will pay.

One Andaman island. Speedboats die. I would not stack a second pier to feel I hopped. The cancel morning is the product in season.

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Andaman swim week: I would not add Samui to “see both seas.” One coast. The hop is how the week dies.

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Kids, bags: one beach or skip. I am not running three piers as the family story. We are Bangkok this stamp.

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10 nights. I would cut the second island. I cannot ride a timetable I will not pay twice.

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A tout “combo” is how you pay for a bay that is not the one on the ticket. Name the pier. Or sit.

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6 Sep is Bangkok. I will not screenshot four islands. If I hop later I want one name, cancellable.

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The cheap hop is the second ticket plus a day you already paid to sit. Count nights, not Instagram maps.

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October boats cancel. That is weather, not a scam. The scam is stacking non-refundable speedboats as the holiday.

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Wrong north. A Pai van is not an island hop. Do not paste the loop onto a pier.

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Bangkok door first. An island is later. I would not pre-pay a stack as night three of a first trip.

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Kid. I would not put her on a second boat I cannot name. One pin. Then stop.

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