Thailand Travel Tips

Planning advice for the decisions that come before booking: when to travel, how long to give each stop, and how to structure a route that does not waste half its days in transit. High season runs November to February with the best weather and the highest prices; the hot months to May bring Songkran in mid-April, and the rains from June to October mean afternoon downpours rather than washed-out weeks.

Several guides here are written for a particular kind of trip — families with kids, honeymooners, digital nomads staying months rather than weeks, and anyone weighing a longer move like retirement. The considerations differ enough that generic advice tends to fail all of them.

There are also route guides for getting beyond the obvious stops: weekend trips out of Bangkok, and the quieter islands that people reach for once Phuket and Samui have lost their appeal. Read these alongside the essential information pages, which cover the paperwork and logistics side.