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Old 8 Jun 18, 06:27 PM  
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I am off to Bangkok in about 9 days and I got flights via Amsterdam for €420!

I will be doing a live report so it may help those going soon!
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Originally Posted by Melbatb View Post
I am off to Bangkok in about 9 days and I got flights via Amsterdam for €420!

I will be doing a live report so it may help those going soon!
Thats fab, hope you have an amazing trip and thank you for taking the time out to do a trippie
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Old 8 Jun 18, 07:31 PM  
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A question for all you experts, is this a good price from Heyes and Jarvis
Flight Heathrow to Bangkok
3 nights bed and breakfast at Amari Watergate Hotel
Flight Bangkok to Koh Samui
11 nights at Bo Phut resort and spa bed and breakfast
Flights Koh Samui to Bangkok
Flight Bangkok to Heathrow
Includes all transfers to and from airport to hotels and visa versa

£4532
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I'm just waiting on flights coming out for August. Not sure what to expect for a flight from Glasgow to Bangkok
Bangkok to Koh Samui
Koh Samui to Dubai
Dubai - Glasgow

Eeeeek when I see the prices I'll probably change my mind!

Chiang Mai does sound amazing. The only reason I chose Koh Samui is on various forums everyone said August was a bad time to visit and October was even worse but i'm stuck with dates either flying on 15 August or 24 October for 2 weeks. Dont want to put it off another year.

Once I've been once I would love to visit yearly visiting different islands.

I think its the fear of the unknown/language barrier etc thats been putting me off.

Accommodation seems really cheap so i'm hoping flight prices are reasonable.
I can offer some info re flights. we looked at a through ticket Edin-Bangkok- Ko Samu and it was expensive! We then looked at booking separately and discovered flight to Bangkok were really cheap for school holidays! We are flying with Qatar Edin- Bangkok in July. I was delighted to secure flights at £430 pp, good flight times good reviews. We are then flying on to Ko Samui. So... after loads of research I discovered that you cannot for love nor money get a cheap flight to Samui. I believe its because Bangkok Air own the airport and do not allow low cost carriers. You basically can fly with Bangkok Air or Thai Airways and the going rate is roughly £200 per person!
Alternatively to keep costs down you can fly down the mainland and get the ferry. Much cheaper but takes practically a day. I decided to swallow it and pay for the 1 hr flight. Because the Bangkok flight was cheap I could justify it...So...we are £620 pp for all flights.

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That price is great. You must be really excited. What hotels are you staying at in Bangkok and koh samui. I hope you do a trip report or when you're back let us know your thoughts.
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Like you, I am a little apprehensive! We are staying at Grand Eastin Sathorn, chosen as it is attached to a BTS so nice and easy to get around. In Koh Samui I had booked the Imperial Boathouse, then they notified me they were closing for re-furb! I have now booked PS Thana in the same resort Choeng Mon.

Been doing loads of planning this week and looking forward to experiencing new things
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Originally Posted by simbamad View Post
A question for all you experts, is this a good price from Heyes and Jarvis
Flight Heathrow to Bangkok
3 nights bed and breakfast at Amari Watergate Hotel
Flight Bangkok to Koh Samui
11 nights at Bo Phut resort and spa bed and breakfast
Flights Koh Samui to Bangkok
Flight Bangkok to Heathrow
Includes all transfers to and from airport to hotels and visa versa

£4532
I personally think that’s really expensive. Just as an example we booked ours DIY but we flew Gatwick to Bangkok (with emirates). I booked internal flights from Bangkok to Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai to Koh Samui, Koh Samui to Bangkok and then Obviously our return flights home. All of the flights and accommodation have come in at less than £2000 for two of us. It is a lot cheaper to book direct / DIY and you can get some really good deals. Transfers / taxis when you are in bangkok (or Thailand) are really cheap especially if they use the meter. So if you don’t mind booking DIY i’d Really recommend having a look at pricing it up yourself
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Oh and christybell re: flights direct to Koh Samui you are totally right that Bangkok Air have a monopoly on that, we booked ours with Bangkok Air but via Budget Air (found them via Skyscanner) and saved about £100 for each person doing this and the flight was exactly the same, so if you want to fly direct to the island i’d Really suggest looking at budget air

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Wow, I had never realised how expensive the routing BKK to Koh Samui was. Just done a search for August - £224 return. Return flights to Phuket were £24 (a longer journey)!
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