What a Thailand trip costs

What a group party week costs

The best week I've had in Thailand cost each of us less than a city break at home: twelve friends, one villa, one boat, and a car always waiting. A week like that starts from about ฿300,000 for 12, before flights.

That's the Thailand group trip cost we quote most: one villa, one boat, the cars and the clubs, split twelve ways.

Add our private meet-and-assist service at ฿2,400 each: our host meets the group at the gate, using the priority lane where your ticket or status allows.

Every price is for the whole group unless it says "each", with VAT inside.

How it compares with a normal trip

Split twelve ways, a party week costs about the same each as a normal mid-range trip. You just get a lot more for it.

Those tiers cover a place to sleep, three meals, local transport and one activity a day.

The difference is the split: twelve people sharing one villa, one boat and the cars pay less each than twelve people booking the same things alone.

Your own pool villa

The villa is the base for the whole trip: your own pool, your own party, and no neighbours knocking at midnight.

The Thailand villa cost depends most on the city, and Pattaya is the cheapest; the table below has each one. Villas take an event deposit that comes back after checkout, and each one sets its own music cut-off.

See villa party services and pool villas in Bangkok.

A day on the boat

The boat day is the one everyone talks about on the flight home. Clear water, the music up, and the boys going off the back.

• Your own Pattaya boat, 8 hours: from ฿49,000, up to 16, VAT included. Any other boat is quoted to your plan.
• Motor yacht, Pattaya, 4 hours: quoted to your plan, up to 15, with the DJ and the bar on top.
• Phuket catamaran, full day: quoted on request, up to 25.
• Bangkok river boat, 3 hours: up to 16, quoted to your plan, with the DJ and the bar on top.

Add a DJ from ฿8,000 and an open bar at ฿1,500 a guest; Tanner sends one price for the whole day.

See yacht parties in Thailand and Phuket yacht charter.

Put the boat day mid-week, when everyone's found their feet.

Cars, clubs and security

Cars, clubs and security are the small lines on the bill, and the ones that make every evening easy.

• Luxury van with a driver: from ฿6,500 for 10 hours, for up to 4; party vans for up to 10 and coaches are quoted.
• Bangkok to Pattaya: ฿3,500 each way in a party van for up to 10.
• VIP sections: we get you in, and the club bills the table. A weekend section at a big Bangkok club runs about ฿10,000–30,000 for the group, and Illuzion's prime section from about ฿20,000; Tanner confirms the club's own total before you go.
• Close protection: from ฿9,000 for an 8-hour shift.

See VIP sections and VIP transport.

Flights and the 2026 fees

Flights are the one big line you pay yourself. The 2026 airport charges are already inside the fare.

• Airport charge: TAT announced it rose from ฿730 to ฿1,120 for international departures from 20 June 2026, inside your ticket.
• Visa: the visa-free stay for 60 countries was cut to 30 days on 15 September 2026, TAT News confirms (checked November 2026).
• TDAC arrival card: free and required for every arrival; fill it in online before you land.

A day outside the plan

Outside the plan, Thailand is cheap. A day of street food, trains and a massage costs less than one round of drinks at home.

• Meals: street food, local restaurants and mid-range spots all cost far less than at home.
• Getting around: the BTS and MRT cost a fraction of a taxi, and tuk-tuks and songthaews are cheap for short hops.
• Downtime: an hour of Thai massage and most temple tickets cost little.
• Coffee: café prices close to home, street coffee far less.

Islands and resort areas cost more than these prices.

Ask Tanner for his favourite street food stop.

The small costs people forget

Three small things add up on top of the trip price: tips, cash fees and drinks outside the plan.

• Tips: small and optional, and many restaurants already add a 10% service charge, so check the bill.
• Cash: take out larger amounts less often, because Thai ATMs charge a fee on every foreign withdrawal.
• Buddhist holy days: ordinary bars, restaurants and shops stop selling alcohol, but licensed entertainment venues, hotels and international airport terminals are exempt. Other days, sales run 11:00 to midnight. See the nightlife rules.

Which city costs least?

Pattaya costs least, and Bangkok is two hours away by road. My pick for a first trip is still Bangkok and Pattaya together.

• Pattaya: the lowest villa and boat prices.
• Bangkok: the best clubs and rooftops, with villas on the edge of the city.
• Phuket: the best yacht water, with hotels and food costing more than in Bangkok.
• Koh Samui: island villas; for the Full Moon, base on Samui and take the boat to Haad Rin on Koh Phangan.

Not sure which city? That's Tanner's job. Ask him.

The cheapest time to go

Go in May, June or October and hotel prices drop well below the December and January peak.

• Cheapest: May to June and October.
• Dearest: mid-December to January, New Year's Eve, Songkran (13 to 15 April 2027) and festival weekends.
• The trade-off: more rain on the Phuket side from May to October, so plan fewer boat days.

Four more ways a group spends less:

• Book islands early: walk-in hotel rates in Phuket and Koh Samui run above online prices, so book two weeks or more ahead.
• Use the trains in Bangkok: the BTS and MRT beat a tuk-tuk on price and on time.
• Eat where locals eat: a Thai-language menu means lower prices.
• Split everything: one villa and one boat for the whole group beats twelve separate bookings.

For the dates, see the Thailand party calendar and Thailand in December.

Thailand trip cost in short

• What the week buys: a pool villa, a day on your own boat, cars that wait and your own section at the club.

• The split: twelve sharing one villa and one boat pay less each than twelve booking alone.
• Cheapest city: Pattaya, two hours from Bangkok; Phuket has the best yacht water.
• Flights: the one big line you pay yourself, with the 2026 airport charge inside the fare.
• Cheapest months: May, June and October; dearest mid-December to January.
• Easy to forget: service charges, ATM fees and villa deposits.

Checked October 2026.

One price for the whole trip

Want it all in one price? Tell Tanner your dates, your city and your number, and he sends the villa, the boat, the cars and the evenings as one quote, re-priced the same day if you change anything.

Extras go on the same quote: a private chef is from ฿11,500 a day, and helicopters are quoted by Tanner.

See how all-inclusive Thailand works for a group, then ask Tanner for your one price today.