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Nate Grant
Nate GrantTraveler·
Bangkok

What should I cut on a 10-day Thailand trip?

I already asked 10 nights vs three places. I hate buses. I need the cut, not a 14-day mill.

Two names, or you mainly see airports

CutWhyKeep
Third airport / third base10 days already kills BKK + CM + a coast as one tripTwo names. I would not add a third
Second island / a hop stackThe hop-trap post is how the week diesOne beach if I even leave the city
Mae Hong Son loop, Pai + Rai + InthanonThose are extra bases I will not rideOne north town in a clear-air month, or skip north
“See both seas” in OctoberBoats and rainOne coast, or sit

I will not paste a day-by-day. March north is smoke, not this cut. Month, and whether a bus is even on the table.

First trip

11 comments

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Sophie Bataille
Sophie Bataille

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

16d
Jordan Blake
Jordan Blake

I have not stacked hops. I would cut the second island. Phuket + Phi Phi + Lanta + Samui is the personality to kill.

16d
Helen Marsh
Helen Marsh

Kids, bags: Bangkok plus one beach or skip. I am not running three airports as the family story. We are this stamp, not a 14-day mill.

16d
Kit Rattana
Kit Rattana

Pai van is two nights. The loop is not a 10-day add-on. If nobody rides, skip the ring. Dress is cloth, not a third city.

16d
Ian Crowe
Ian Crowe

One Andaman island. Speedboats die. I would not stack a second pier to feel the map is full.

16d
Tess de Vries
Tess de Vries

Kid. I would cut a third city. I have a Bangkok pin. I would not add a dawn van after a late landing in the same week.

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Ploy
Ploy

BTS is not a longtail. Do not compare them. Cut the boat if the number matters. Sleep on a line you can pronounce.

16d
Lauren Peck
Lauren Peck

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

16d
Mint Saelim
Mint Saelim

Count nights, not Instagram maps. A third airport day is not a personality. Quote this week’s listing, not a 2019 loop.

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Claire Dunn
Claire Dunn

I prebooked Bangkok. I would not add CM and a coast as night two. Pin first. Then one region.

16d
Yuki Mori
Yuki Mori

I have a seater north. That is already one extra base. I would not add Phuket on top of a wrecked arrival.

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