Thailand Travel Deals – Ideas on How To Get Great Travel Deals when going to Thailand and avoid being ripped off
When traveling to Thailand, here are some ideas for how to get some great travel deals, which we always recommend and include in your holiday bookings with My Thailand Home.
You may wonder why we are suggesting ways to save money when traveling to Thailand, given that we cater for the luxury sector of the market. It’s because we believe that fair value for what you get is important and a good deal is a good deal, and we do as much as we can to ensure that our customers aren’t ripped off when enjoying their next holiday in Thailand.
Travel during low season to Thailand if you’re not fussed about time of year. High season in Thailand tends to be October-February, and traveling through low season will reduce your costs
Hotel prices in Thailand are quite transparent these days, and not hard to find whether or not you aregetting a good deal on the Internet. Use the hotel aggregators to check your prices, the most popular ones are www.AsiaRooms.com and www.Agoda.com
Look for a good exchange rate to get local currency (Thai baht), and carry some money with you in Thai baht if the rate is favorable. You can check currency exchange rates on www.xe.com ATM machines in Thailand often have hidden currency conversion costs, so be careful how frequently you use them, and it almost goes without saying that youcan pay a lot more for your currency exchange at the airport or at the hotel as opposed to going to a local bank.
Share resources when traveling with others, why not stay in a holiday home with friends or share a hotel with a friend you’re travelling with if you desire to save money. Hotel prices canvary a lot depending on location and quality, so if you’re not looking for themost luxurious accommodation you can save a lot of money by picking the rightplace. You’d be surprised how good some less expensive hotels are, but be sureyou know what you’re picking (Trip Advisor can help for those who don’t know anything about the hotels and areas).
Avoid touts on beaches and public places for the most part, who claim to offer you great deals and shove products they want to sell in front of your face, as all the other touts aresure to hassle you as well and often their wares aren’t any cheaper anyway. Once in a while, you can indulge yourself and help them out (as many of them do this line of work out of necessity), but be sure you’re about to leave when you do to avoid being continuously hassled.
Go to the local markets inThailand for your shopping, and don’t spend your hard earned money in the flashiest malls, unless you like to buy at top prices that is.
Thailand often unofficially operates a two-tiered pricing structure for goods and services, one for locals and one for tourists/foreigners. You don’t always have to pay the highest ratesfor what you want if you know someone local and can get them to help you out.This structure doesn’t really apply to hotels in Thailand, and other foreign establishments, and is more applicable for places where both Thais and foreigners frequent.
When in Bangkok, try and use the SkyTrain and Metro services, they are not only cheaper but they are much faster. We recommend private limosfor trips that involve night travel or traveling outside of Bangkok’s city centre. Bangkok is legendary for its traffic jams, so save money and use public transport in the city centre. If you are traveling by car, then use the expressways not so much to save money (although you probably will save in termsof petrol cost), but to get around faster
