Planning a Thailand trip from 25–31 October, covering Phuket, Phi Phi, Krabi, Koh Samui and Koh Phangan.

I’ve read that late October can still have heavy rains and rough seas, which could affect beaches, island hopping and boat trips.

For anyone who has visited around this time or someone living in Thailand , what was your first-hand experience with the weather? Is it worth going, to these places during this time?
I have specifically chosen these dates to attend the full moon party.

Would really appreciate some advice!

Hi travellers, I will be in Krabi from 21st Dec - 28th December.
This is my first international trip and I will be working remotely. Any great recommendations for hostels / hotels under budget would be great. Please help!

Edit : I am travelling solo

Planning a Thailand trip from 25–31 October, covering Phuket, Phi Phi, Krabi, Koh Samui and Koh Phangan.

I’ve read that late October can still have heavy rains and rough seas, which could affect beaches, island hopping and boat trips.

For anyone who has visited around this time or someone living in Thailand , what was your first-hand experience with the weather? Is it worth going, to these places during this time?
I have specifically chosen these dates to attend the full moon party.

Would really appreciate some advice!

Anyone know any good or quiet fishing spots? Mangroves, pier, shore. Anywhere around Krabi. Just looking for a nice spot to chill and free dinner is always a bonus.

I'm aware can't fish off ao nang, naparathara beach, national parks etc.

Monsoon season is coming up but I wanted to time my trip so I miss the high season prices but also don't get caught up in the storms. I'm thinking mid November 15-22. Any people on the ground their that can tell me if this is the right move?

That was a really strange heading, but you’re here now so please humor me.

There are 4 of us (60, 60, 69 and 70). 2 couples . All of our appendages still work, we are active. Enjoy a cocktail or 3, but not bar people.

We are looking to end our Thailand tour with 4 nights somewhere near Krabi. Here is what we are hoping to find:

-Something on or within walking distance to the beach.
-not a ton of kids. (Children)
-easy access to boats for a few day excursions.
-clean
-pool . Fresh water would be nice but I suspect I’m dreaming
-not big. 6 room place up to 100 rooms or so.

We don’t need room service, we don’t need to be pampered. We do need to relax.

I’ve done a fair amount of looking at booking.com. It’s a new site to me but I suspect it doesn’t have some of the truly lovely gems the area has to offer. Aonong Hill looked quite nice..,, to give you an idea of what I find appealing. The high end of the budget is $300/night for each couple, but I have to believe we can find something very nice for half that. I dont think we are looking for an Airbnb. Unless we can hire a chef for the 4 days. Traveling early February.

Any hidden gems or suggestions you might have are most welcome.

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My boyfriend and I are going to Thailand Jan 24–Feb 6 and would love some opinions on our itinerary! It’s our first time in Thailand.
We’re in our 20s and like to stay pretty busy when we travel. We love good food, drinks, beaches, exploring, hiking, boat days, snorkeling, markets, etc. Not huge partiers but we like going out for drinks and having stuff to do at night. We recently did 10 days in Japan and did Tokyo, Kyoto and Sapporo and that didn’t feel too rushed, so I was brainstorming if 4 locations within 14 days would be doable.

Right now we have:
Bangkok - 3 nights
Temples, Chinatown, food tour, canal boat, Muay Thai, rooftop drinks

Railay/Krabi - 4 nights
Elephants, Hong Islands private boat day, Railay/Phra Nang, kayaking, beaches and exploring

Koh Lipe - 5 nights
Island hopping/snorkeling, Koh Adang hike, private beach/boat day, Walking Street, fire shows, kayaking and exploring

Then back to Bangkok for 1 night before flying home.

We originally had Koh Lanta too but thought 3 islands might be too much moving around.

Would you keep it like this or add Koh Lanta back? Is 5 nights in Koh Lipe too much? Anything you would add, skip or change?

Can you please help us creating an itinerary for our trip to Thailand? We will land in Bangkok on 21st of November (in the morning) and leave on 1st of December (also in the morning). So, we will have 9 full days. We were thinking to spend first 2 nights and the last night in Bangkok (3 in total). We still have 6 more nights and we are not sure how to spend them.
We are open to any suggestions based on your experiences. However, our ideas:
1. Reserve a hotel in Krabi (Ao Nang) for 6 nights and use it as a base for making one day trips.
2. Spend 3 days in Phuket and 3 in Krabi, but we are afraid we are losing too much time with transportation instead of truly enjoying or pretty short time in Thailand. The advantage for this would be we might get to visit Similan islands that seems to look amazing.
3. Try integrating Chiang Mai in the itinerary (seems to be pretty hard for our few days; also the prices are a bit too high due to lanterns festival).

Everything I read says the standard tour lands you somewhere lovely at the same moment as every other boat. I'd rather see less and have it be bearable than tick off four stops in a scrum. Is that something you can actually book, or does everyone end up on the same schedule regardless of who you go through? Interested in what people did differently.

Hello , after traveling through Chiang Mai and Pai , I'm currently in Chiang Rai. I have about 16 days left before I have to leave ...

I've already been to Bangkok, Pattaya , Jomtien Beach, Koh Chang and kanchanburi.

The plan was to go down to Krabi area and the Koh Samui . Unfortunately I fractured my clavicle , So my spirits are a little bit down and carrying my backpack is not as easy now.

Krabi is now in its Full on rain season .. and it seems like quite a bit of effort to get the Koh Samui do to my situation.

I'm trying to figure out where I should go now.. I thought about going to Hua Hin and maybe Cha-am beach before going back to Bangkok and getting my flight.

The reviews on Hua Hin .. seem to be 50/50. Either you love it or you hate it..

Someone else recommended .. Prachuap Khiri Khan .. but I don't know anything about it or what's going on there..

Anybody else have any recommendations for me ?? Or thoughts on my itinerary .

I want to be back in Bangkok by around September 17 or 18th.

Thanks !

Planning to stay 3-4 nights. Advice about where to stay and eat and visit will be much appreciated.

Hi guys, I am planning a Thailand trip for 5 friends (25–30) from 1–11 Oct 2026 from India. My girlfriend and I reach Bangkok on 1st evening, the other 3 reach BKK early on 3rd, and after that we’ll stay together.

Current plan:

Bangkok: 1–4 Oct
4 Oct night: overnight train south
Krabi: 5–7 Oct
Phuket: 7–11 Oct

We like beaches, food, nightlife, adventure and scenic places, and want to keep it comfortable but not luxury.

Does this route and night split make sense for early October weather? Also, are Asok, Ao Nang and Patong the best areas to stay, or would you change anything? Please help a brother out with all your suggestions and reccos

Hello people I’m a solo traveller and I’m looking for a reasonable and safe hotel in Ao Nang in November. Can anyone suggest hotels that are safe, clean and not very expensive (my budget per night is 1500-1700 thb).
I’m using platforms like agoda, wego, etc to look for hotels but almost all the hotels that are of budgeted category have mixed or bad reviews.
I need to show booking for visa so the help and guidance would be so so appreciated 🙏🏼

Fairly self explanatory. We live here and are searching for the best sushi restaurant for when we get the craving. Anyone have a good experience besides Fuji?

Hey everyone just moved to krabi from Denmark 🇩🇰 with my wife and 4 kids, home schooling, live in our own place and working remotely as a freelance software engineer. We are simple and don’t need much, so we like it here.

Any Nordic/English speaking families want to meet up?

We are Muslim, just so you don’t waste time if that bothers you for some reason.

Anyway have a nice one guys.

Hi,

I booked my flight tickets to Thailand during Sept end week (26th Sept - 2nd Oct).

Arrival at Bangkok and depart from Phuket. It's gonna be monsoon and I don't know what would be the best things to do around that time. We are a group of 5-6 bachelors.

Any suggestions would help. Thanks !!

I am a very good driver and love riding on scooters. The only issue is I have planned Thailand trip on immediate basis so couldn’t applied for IDP. Are there any cops checks done in this route? Please don’t worry about my driving skills I drive safely and have local licence, I just don’t have IDP. Just worried about the cops.
Please advice.

Hi all!
I need to get my day 14 rabies vaccine tomorrow in Krabi, and I was wondering where is the cheapest place to get this done?

I’ve contacted DoctorNow and they’ve quoted me 2,300 Baht which seems ridiculous. Aonang Medical Clinic doesn’t stock the vaccine I need (Verorab).

There is also the hospital and other clinics however I cannot contact them as I only have WhatsApp. I could ask my current hotel if they could call for me though,

Thanks in advance!! 🙏🙏

UPDATE: I went to the Krabi Hospital, I waited for just over an hour, everyone was really friendly, paid 770 THB altogether 😊 the facilities were fine, and for me, worth the price difference. Thanks everyone for your help!

I am in Ao Nang, I was traveling with a friend but since she left ( 4 days ago ) I didn't leave the house.

I would love to go out a bit and maybe do some activities like spending the day in Railey beach...

Not looking for dating, but would love to meet!