What will your Thailand trip cost?

An estimate in ten seconds, built from the prices we actually quote. It is a range, not a quote — five variables move it, and we show you all five.

Written by Kanya Pongsak · Guest Experience & Operations Lead Fact-checked by Tom Whitfield · Updated October 2026

Days in Thailand 12 Travellers Hotels Where When Style

Estimated cost per person $0

Estimates from our own 2026 quotes for two sharing, including hotels with breakfast, private transport and guiding, entrance fees and boats. They exclude international flights, travel insurance and most meals. Nothing here is a booking commitment.

What the number does not include

International flights. Typically $600–1,100 return from Europe, $700–1,300 from North America.
Travel insurance. About $40–90 per person for two weeks, and a condition of booking for trekking or diving.
Most meals. Breakfast is included; lunch and dinner usually run $10–20 a day eating locally.
Alcohol. Not included anywhere, and the single easiest way to double a daily budget.
Spa, diving courses and internal flights on some routes — quoted separately at cost.

Why the range is wide

The same twelve days in Thailand can cost $1,200 or $6,000 per person, and neither is a mistake. Six things move the number: hotel tier, the season you travel, how many people share the vehicle, how much guiding you want, whether you move between regions, and whether you eat at hotels or at the market.

The biggest single lever is not hotels — it is the number of people sharing a car and guide. A private guide and vehicle costs about $80–120 a day regardless of whether two or six people are in it, so a family of four pays roughly half per person what a couple pays for the same guiding.

How to spend the money well

Put the budget into a driver before a room category. A car and driver in Thailand costs $80–120 a day and removes the two things that make travel days tiring; a higher room tier mostly buys a better bathroom.

Second, travel in the green season if your dates are flexible. May to October is 20–30% cheaper on the same itinerary, with rain that usually lasts ninety minutes in the afternoon rather than all day.

Third, spend on one thing properly. A private longtail at 6:30am, a guide who can explain a temple, or a cooking class with a market visit — these are what people remember, and none of them is expensive by international standards.