On 8th October you'll fly from Birmingham to Bangkok with KLM, arriving on the 10th October as these flights have a full day and night in Amsterdam which is a bonus in my eyes! You'll overnight in Amsterdam at the Park Inn which is at the airport but it's easy to get into the centre. You'll then fly on 9th October to Bangkok, arriving on 10th where you'll spend just two nights in Bangkok at the River View Guest House which is highly rated and near the riverbank and Chinatown area of Bangkok ideal for getting around but in a quiet area.
On the evening of 12th April you'll take the sleeper train to Chiang Mai. You'll arrive in Chiang Mai on the 13th October and spend 4 nights in Chiang Mai at the highly rated Romyen Garden Resort. There should be plenty of time to enjoy an elephant trek or even head up to the hippie town of Pai, do some hiking or hire a moped.
On 17th you will fly from Chiang Mai to Phuket with Air Asia. You'll spend just 1 night in Phuket at the highly rated Little Moon Residence as you'll be catching the ferry on 18th, the next day to Phi Phi. On 18th you'll catch the ferry to Phi Phi and spend 5 nights chilling out at the Viking Nature's Resort which again comes highly rated. I've based you there for 5 nights but if you wanted you could also head to Krabi and split your time but I think Phi Phi is nicer in terms of accommodation available.
On 23rd you'll catch the ferry back to Phuket where you will stay for another night at the Little Moon. If you left your main luggage there you can also collect it. On 24th you will fly back to Bangkok for a final night at the River View Guest House before your flight back home.
This is just as example and you could adjust this to suit. There are cheaper options in terms of accommodation but I've picked ones that are highly rated. You could also take bus journeys which may be cheaper, although longer than flying.
*Breakdown*
Flights £290.63pp book direct at KLM
1 night at Park Inn in Amsterdam £53 book at booking.com
2 nights in Bangkok at the River View Guest House £38 book at booking.com
Overnight sleeper train for 2 to Chaing Mai £24.
4 nights in Chaing Mai at Romyen Garden Resort £74.36 book at Expedia
Flights from Bangkok to Phuket £50.71pp book at Air Asia
1 night in Phuket at Little Moon Residence £9 book at booking.com
Ferry from Phuket to Phi Phi $9.62/£6.81pp
5 nights at Phi Phi at Viking Nature's Resort £100.90 book at Agoda
Ferry from Phi Phi to Phuket $9.62/£6.81pp
1 night again in Phuket at Little Moon £9 book at booking.com
Flight for 2 Phuket to Bangkok with Thai Airlines 3110THB/£62.71
1 night in Bangkok at River View Guest House £36 book on booking.com
Total for 2 £1078.90/£539.45pp
5 pics to a box so updated to accommodate.....
- bikerjodie
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bikerjodie
10 Apr 1618#4
You've gone to alot of work to put all htis together and it's a great deal.
Hot from me :sunglasses:
You've gone to alot of work to put all htis together and it's a great deal.
Hot from me :sunglasses:
rachelandgromit to bikerjodie
10 Apr 161#5
Thank you for sorting those screen shots out too!
oddballjamie
10 Apr 161#6
The flight details look like a smuggler's run.
rachelandgromit to oddballjamie
10 Apr 16#7
:confused::p
Oh yeah, they do look a bit dodgy!!
beckysdaddy1
10 Apr 162#8
I'll be F*****d if I go :wink:
Northzest
10 Apr 16#9
Great found thanks for the hard work
chutuk
10 Apr 16#11
Great find, the trip itself maybe isn't for me but it's a cracking deal for the flights. Heat added.
technokeenan
10 Apr 162#12
FYI: Quoting what was already a massive comment makes browsing the comments section a little confusing.
parsimony
10 Apr 16#13
Heat for the effort alone :smiley:
rept0n
10 Apr 16#14
Amazing price for the flights!
Did you (or I) miss the cost of the overnight in Park Inn, or is that included with KLM?
rachelandgromit to rept0n
10 Apr 16#17
It's actually included I just forgot to add it onto the breakdown but it is included in the price.
sarangkpop
10 Apr 16#15
Always wanted to go round Thailand properly, if I could I would be right on this! HOT
koolflame
10 Apr 162#16
me_uncle_jamal
10 Apr 16#18
Maximum respect for the effort and its a good deal too
gooner786
10 Apr 16#19
Loved Thailand!! If you can do a similar one for Malaysia would be something I'd be really interested in. Miss it so much :'(
rachelandgromit to gooner786
10 Apr 16#20
I'll put that next on my list!
lauz32
10 Apr 161#21
This is excellent work. We did something very much the same last year. If anyone's interested, if you wait till November thomson flights drop in price and they fly direct from London we paid £280 for return flights on the dreamliner to phuket, I would recommend not staying in phuket and doing something like this person has put together. The only thing I would change here is the hotel in patong, it's the most aweful place I've ever been to in my life! And get a hotel in phuket town which is a lot nearer to the port where you pick up your ferry, we took a bus to patong and lasted 2 hours! Thailand is absolutly lovely and so are the people.
imnicebuttdim to lauz32
10 Apr 16#31
We have two weeks off and looking to somewhere to relax so will be keeping an eye out for these
bargaindeals
10 Apr 16#22
I'm sorry that it was felt that my comment, and the two replies to it, were deleted. I take it that freedom of speech no longer applies here.
If you're going to moderate postings perhaps you should start by making sure that things that are posted are in fact actual deals and not a figment of someone's imagination.
rachelandgromit to bargaindeals
10 Apr 16#23
I haven't deleted any comments and I haven't been watching the thread all day so I've no idea what you posted but someone else must have deleted the comments not me. At the time of posting all parts of this deal were available, I don't know if since posting this morning any part of this has changed but if you let me or a mod know if it has expired and I'll update.
Infiltrator
10 Apr 16#24
Chaing mai was amazing when we were there in 1999, chaing rai was too far off the tourist track for us back then, might be better now, also did a day trip into Burma back then - beautiful country, but back then the locals didn't have much to smile about.
Dogeared
10 Apr 16#25
Thanks for all your effort posting this excellent deal for an interesting trip. You've obviously made a miraculous recovery and hopefully you're fighting fit again. :smile:
rachelandgromit to Dogeared
10 Apr 161#26
I'm still ill. I have a husky voice and I'm sure some people would probably pay good money to hear me say rude words over the phone :stuck_out_tongue:
Last day of antibiotics :innocent:
elbs
10 Apr 16#27
not a big traveller myself, but heat for the obvious effort OP has put in.
johnraggett
10 Apr 16#28
Nice trip, love Phi Phi and like said before don't spend to long in Patong!
naughtybunnies
10 Apr 16#29
Heat for the effort. No mention of the Ping Pong Ball Show though?
GentleTouch
10 Apr 16#30
great effort
fo_sho_yo
10 Apr 16#32
This holiday would be rubbish. You'd need a holiday to get over it. From my experience it takes two weeks to adjust to the jet lag. Better idea would be just go to one of the islands and chill there for two weeks in a fancy resort. If you're going to travel like that you need to do it over at least a month or more.
Elysium to fo_sho_yo
11 Apr 162#39
It's rubbish because of jet lag?
You are such an idiot.
N1AK to fo_sho_yo
11 Apr 162#43
Fortunately everyone isn't like you.
cafenervosa
10 Apr 16#33
Just to let everyone know from someone who has been there at this time of year that October and September are the worst times for the rain, especially September. Great deal but I would have to agree with the post above that 2 weeks would not really be ideal, 3-4 weeks is far better.
kiwiflash
11 Apr 161#34
I disagree that this would be a rubbish holiday, it depends on what type of traveller you are.
I just spent 2 weeks travelling around Sri Lanka and didn't stay in one place for more than a few days (even with kids in tow), I want to see stuff and get bored easily if I chill for too long (more than a day).
Am planning to head to Thailand around Oct/Nov and this trip sounds very similar to what I'm planning.
In saying that, if you do want to just chill for a couple of weeks then you can still take the cheap flights as they are the main deal here.
bojangles to kiwiflash
11 Apr 16#36
I agree.. if you want to lay on a beach, you can do that cheaper, i f you want to see the world, then you need to get out & about.
bojangles
11 Apr 16#35
Overnight train - is that first class?
on a seperate note
Brother went to Thailand a good few years ago & took a bus with a bunch of backpackers.
Somewhere on the route, all their luggage got done over through a hidden trapdoor under the bus luggage compartment. One or two was stupid enough to lose all their money. Luckily my brother was aware about these type of things & had a steel PacSafe baggage net over his backpack.
mcbain to bojangles
11 Apr 161#37
I don't think they should be allowed to apply the term "first class" to their trains over there.... Skip the train and book a cheap flight with AirAsia instead... or if you're trying to save money, take a bus with a reputable company like "nakhon chai air" (yes air bit is confusing). Their buses are amazing, huge seats. Pretty sure your hotel could sort that out for you. Does mean getting to their terminal in north Bangkok though.
shadowfall
11 Apr 16#38
Great deal!!!!
sparklehedgehog
11 Apr 16#40
Go there intending to bang pussy and instead you Bangkok! No thanks
sparklehedgehog
11 Apr 16#41
Don't need to buy a bride just yet but thanks for the offer
fo_sho_yo
11 Apr 16#42
Amongst other reasons, yes. Unless you know me personally, how do you know I'm an idiot? More than likely you are just an a*hole shouting off your mouth with personal insults..
rachelandgromit
11 Apr 16#44
Unfortunately not alot of people have the ability to take at least a month off work in one go. I have previously managed to take all my leave off work in one go, combining with lieu time and days I'd carried over and managed almost 2 months but going the rest of the year without any leave drove me insane.
n217970
11 Apr 161#45
That is one slow train.
fo_sho_yo
11 Apr 16#46
I think you will find jet lag affects everyone.
mcbain
11 Apr 16#47
Yes and had a poor safety record... lots of derailments in the two years I lived in Bangkok 2012 - 2014.
Elysium
11 Apr 16#48
I don't know you personally and I'm glad I don't.
More than likely you are the idiot aswell as the a**hole for shouting your mouth and calling this deal "rubbish" just because of the jet lag.
I like to hear your other reasons as to why this deal (in your opinion) is "rubbish"...
.
Youngy
11 Apr 16#49
Quite the fake avatar there buddy.
fo_sho_yo
11 Apr 16#50
This deal is not rubbish it's actually very good and I voted hot. The holiday would be rubbish. You're getting two things confused however you wouldn't realise that as you are more than likely an idiot.
Elysium
11 Apr 16#51
Lol, you're just going back on your own words now. Pathetic you are.
Still haven't gave me the reason why you think the holiday is rubbish... still waiting.
fo_sho_yo
11 Apr 16#52
I know you're likely thicker than 4x2 but let me reiterate a couple of reasons that were in my original post that you would have picked up on if you had basic comprehension. First, this holiday (not deal) would be rubbish because jet lag takes 2 weeks to get over and it is only a 2 week break. Secondly, the itinerary would likely need a month or more to do realistically. Other reasons are that Thailand is a bit unpredictable with the weather, food poisoning or even transport easily postponing plans for a day or more and impacting the tight schedule.
Sam_The_Red
11 Apr 161#53
Two wks to get over let lag?? Are you for real?? So all of the 4 million that visit the US every year, land, then take 2wks to adjust?? I flew to Sau Paulo 2yrs ago, then flew up to the Amazon the next day, then flew to Rio 4 days later, then onto Belo 4 days after that, and back to Rio 5 days later-was fantastic! This is an EXCELLENT trip! I presume you're over 60 and thinks Hoeseasons is an adventure!!
Nanajane
12 Apr 16#54
there is no reason to insult the over 60s many of us are quite adventurous, just don't have the funds to fulfill all our desires
Elysium
12 Apr 16#55
Yes, thank you!
This is exactly what I wanted to hear. This holiday is meant for exploring and for someone to complain about jet lagged is absolutely ridiculous.
If you're going to travel outside your country and outside your time zone, of course you're going to get jet lag! It's freaking common sense.
thompa123
12 Apr 16#56
Fantastic work once again :man:
GastonGrimsdyke
13 Apr 161#57
I really don't understand why, when someone has clearly gone to a lot of trouble to put a deal together and share it amongst us do people have to snipe? If you don't like the deal can't you just appreciate the effort someone has gone to and move on? There will be - or possibly have been - deals that the very people who are bitching would probably have liked that probably never made it to the site, as those such as rachelandgromit have probably become fed up and discouraged. The prognosis for this fine site is that eventually it could, in all probability end up being pointless and then defunct as those who really care about bringing deals to our attention say "F*ck it - I can't be arsed any more."
Can you just let go of the ego for a bit and just not respond if you don't like it?
I just want to say, for what it's worth, thank you so much rachelandgromit and those others who work hard bringing us amazing deals for the effort you have clearly put in to putting this together - and don't be discouraged by those miserable bell-ends who can't afford to compensate for the size of their manhoods (-or womanhoods for that matter) by buying high performance sports cars.
I suppose, if they could they wouldn't be looking at hotdealsuk anyway.
Cheers.
GG
fo_sho_yo to GastonGrimsdyke
14 Apr 16#58
As this was likely aimed at me for my earlier comments I'll voice my opinion otherwise there is little point in the comments:
Basically, you don't understand this website.
Indeed, you post deals - for example an iPhone for £400. RRP may be £500 so therefore it's a deal however the debate about whether the product is good value is mostly the content of the discussion on EVERY deal.
tuckezokensai
14 Apr 16#59
Good artinerary that is. Id check travelbot.net for hotels as well just in case and then book direct from the provider instead. Save a couple more pounds here and there and get urself a nice drink. :smile:
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Opening post
On the evening of 12th April you'll take the sleeper train to Chiang Mai. You'll arrive in Chiang Mai on the 13th October and spend 4 nights in Chiang Mai at the highly rated Romyen Garden Resort. There should be plenty of time to enjoy an elephant trek or even head up to the hippie town of Pai, do some hiking or hire a moped.
On 17th you will fly from Chiang Mai to Phuket with Air Asia. You'll spend just 1 night in Phuket at the highly rated Little Moon Residence as you'll be catching the ferry on 18th, the next day to Phi Phi. On 18th you'll catch the ferry to Phi Phi and spend 5 nights chilling out at the Viking Nature's Resort which again comes highly rated. I've based you there for 5 nights but if you wanted you could also head to Krabi and split your time but I think Phi Phi is nicer in terms of accommodation available.
On 23rd you'll catch the ferry back to Phuket where you will stay for another night at the Little Moon. If you left your main luggage there you can also collect it. On 24th you will fly back to Bangkok for a final night at the River View Guest House before your flight back home.
This is just as example and you could adjust this to suit. There are cheaper options in terms of accommodation but I've picked ones that are highly rated. You could also take bus journeys which may be cheaper, although longer than flying.
*Breakdown*
Flights £290.63pp book direct at KLM
1 night at Park Inn in Amsterdam £53 book at booking.com
2 nights in Bangkok at the River View Guest House £38 book at booking.com
Overnight sleeper train for 2 to Chaing Mai £24.
4 nights in Chaing Mai at Romyen Garden Resort £74.36 book at Expedia
Flights from Bangkok to Phuket £50.71pp book at Air Asia
1 night in Phuket at Little Moon Residence £9 book at booking.com
Ferry from Phuket to Phi Phi $9.62/£6.81pp
5 nights at Phi Phi at Viking Nature's Resort £100.90 book at Agoda
Ferry from Phi Phi to Phuket $9.62/£6.81pp
1 night again in Phuket at Little Moon £9 book at booking.com
Flight for 2 Phuket to Bangkok with Thai Airlines 3110THB/£62.71
1 night in Bangkok at River View Guest House £36 book on booking.com
Total for 2 £1078.90/£539.45pp
5 pics to a box so updated to accommodate.....
- bikerjodie
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Oh yeah, they do look a bit dodgy!!
Did you (or I) miss the cost of the overnight in Park Inn, or is that included with KLM?
If you're going to moderate postings perhaps you should start by making sure that things that are posted are in fact actual deals and not a figment of someone's imagination.
Last day of antibiotics :innocent:
You are such an idiot.
I just spent 2 weeks travelling around Sri Lanka and didn't stay in one place for more than a few days (even with kids in tow), I want to see stuff and get bored easily if I chill for too long (more than a day).
Am planning to head to Thailand around Oct/Nov and this trip sounds very similar to what I'm planning.
In saying that, if you do want to just chill for a couple of weeks then you can still take the cheap flights as they are the main deal here.
on a seperate note
Brother went to Thailand a good few years ago & took a bus with a bunch of backpackers.
Somewhere on the route, all their luggage got done over through a hidden trapdoor under the bus luggage compartment. One or two was stupid enough to lose all their money. Luckily my brother was aware about these type of things & had a steel PacSafe baggage net over his backpack.
More than likely you are the idiot aswell as the a**hole for shouting your mouth and calling this deal "rubbish" just because of the jet lag.
I like to hear your other reasons as to why this deal (in your opinion) is "rubbish"...
.
Still haven't gave me the reason why you think the holiday is rubbish... still waiting.
This is exactly what I wanted to hear. This holiday is meant for exploring and for someone to complain about jet lagged is absolutely ridiculous.
If you're going to travel outside your country and outside your time zone, of course you're going to get jet lag! It's freaking common sense.
Can you just let go of the ego for a bit and just not respond if you don't like it?
I just want to say, for what it's worth, thank you so much rachelandgromit and those others who work hard bringing us amazing deals for the effort you have clearly put in to putting this together - and don't be discouraged by those miserable bell-ends who can't afford to compensate for the size of their manhoods (-or womanhoods for that matter) by buying high performance sports cars.
I suppose, if they could they wouldn't be looking at hotdealsuk anyway.
Cheers.
GG
Basically, you don't understand this website.
Indeed, you post deals - for example an iPhone for £400. RRP may be £500 so therefore it's a deal however the debate about whether the product is good value is mostly the content of the discussion on EVERY deal.