Great subject roamer
...I think about this stuff often...especially with the down turn in the schekel....
Budget...for me...depends on the length of stay......sometimes.
Songkran was a 12 night trip 4 me and I tried to get the most out of it....with a short timez most days...soi 6 700b to 1000b (incredible service)...s/t room and beers not included...add additional 400b.....Welcome Inn...well they want 1000b..."Welcome girls are best in Pattaya"...bullshit.... but I had a good time anyway.
Beach Road s/t 500b with ROLAND'z and yusa'z girlfriend.
L/t'z....most I paid was 1500b...great service again....least I paid was 500b to a lesbian couple I picked up at a beer bar that weren't lesbianz....but most of us have been conned on this one b/4....sent them on their way in the morn with 500b and no complaints....they knew they didn't live up to their end of the deal.
Stayed at the Sandy and had a standard at 1300b...it was a big room with a sofa....
Drinking?....spent most afternoons and evenings drinking...probably need 2-2.5k for this.
In total....spent on average of 6-8k a day not including room.
Bell Travel Bus for 150b, including shuttle to hotel.
Over a 2 week stay....the only thing I change is the hotel for a better daily rate....everything else usually stays about the same.
it's the little things that add up...laundry, meals, ApCialis, glow in the dark hoop thingees, shoe shines, nazi helmets... etc.....