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Everything
you need to book and plan your trip to Thailand. If you are looking for advice
take a look at our Travel Guides and Tips give you some suggestions. Have a
look at other travel websites and then come back to enjoy the best deals and
customer service on the World Wide Web. There is more visible historical evidence
of past eras in Thailand than in any other South-East Asian country, so if you're
interested in ruins, temples and deserted cities, this is the place to go. For
pure holiday-making magic, Thailand's islands and beaches are working definitions
of heaven (once you get out of the shadows of the Evil Multinational Hotels).
And as for urban delights, the huge metropolis of Bangkok, although it can alarm
with its chaos and its scale, tends to so charm visitors with its energy and
cultural treasures that the steamy soupy diesel mixture which passes for air
in this city is more than forgiven. Thailand is an easy country to travel in,
with efficient transport, cheap accommodation and a delicious national cuisine.
The Thais are renowned for their friendliness and hospitality to strangers.
Although they're often depicted as fun-loving, happy-go-lucky folk (which they
often are), they are also very strong-minded and have struggled for centuries
to preserve their spirit of independence. If you're travelling on a budget,
you should be able to fairly easily get by on around US$15-25 a day anywhere
in Thailand. Visitors staying in comfortable hotels and eating at restaurants
should budget on around US$20-30 a day outside Bangkok and around double this
amount when in the capital. If money is no object, then you can spend to your
heart's content while in Bangkok, since the capital has several of the world's
most sumptuous hotels. Your spending levels will be curtailed by the scarcity
of luxury accommodation and quality restaurants if you get off the beaten track.
The baht lost 20% of its value overnight in mid-1997 so it's worth keeping an
eye on the exchange rates printed in the Bangkok Post every day. Banks or legal
moneychangers offer the best rates. For buying baht, US dollars are the most
readily acceptable currency, though travellers' cheques get a better rate than
cash. Credit cards are becoming increasingly acceptable in quality shops, hotels
and restaurants. Visa is the most useful, followed by MasterCard. ATMs which
accept Visa and other credit cards are easily found in the larger cities, and
many exchange booths will give you a cash advance on your credit card. Tipping
is not customary in Thailand, although Thais are getting used to the idea in
upmarket hotels. Bargaining is common practice in markets and tourist shops,
and when catching non-metered taxis. Treat it as a form of social discourse
rather than a matter of life and death.
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