Thinking of staying at Koh Samui for like 2 months

[parafareno]

What prices do I expect for like bungalow, that has internet. Do you need aircon? I need a small hut and I would book it per month. 

What prices do I expect to pay, and can somebody share a place that is great to stay in?

I was also thinking should I stay in Koh Phangan instead....

 

[thaibeachlovers]

More small huts on Phangan, nicer island, less expensive.

North East has best beaches. Probably all have internet but don't know about wifi.

Don't need aircon.

[parafareno]

Just now, thaibeachlovers said:

More small huts on Phangan, nicer island, less expensive.

North East has best beaches. Probably all have internet but don't know about wifi.

all have internet but dont know about wifi? What is this?

[thaibeachlovers]

1 minute ago, parafareno said:

all have internet but dont know about wifi? What is this?

I said probably, and I don't understand what you mean with What is this?

An explanation might help.

[parafareno]

1 minute ago, thaibeachlovers said:

I said probably, and I don't understand what you mean with What is this?

An explanation might help.

you said they all have internet but no wifi? I dont understand. If they have internet they must have wifi for sure

[thaibeachlovers]

3 minutes ago, parafareno said:

you said they all have internet but no wifi? I dont understand. If they have internet they must have wifi for sure

No, I said probably, and they don't have to have wifi. The ones I stayed at had a computer you could use, but no wifi. You could always ask on line if they have wifi.

Some places I stayed at only had electricity for a few hours in the evening and no internet.

If you want all that, stay on Samui and pay a lot to stay in a flash resort.

Places with small huts are nice, but don't always have hot water, tv, AC or even 24 hour electricity. You get what you pay for- want mod cons...... pay more.

[Mac Mickmanus]

Go there and have a look around and decide which place you want to stay 

[khunPer]

12 hours ago, parafareno said:

What prices do I expect for like bungalow, that has internet. Do you need aircon? I need a small hut and I would book it per month. 

What prices do I expect to pay, and can somebody share a place that is great to stay in?

You can find fan-only bungalows from around 6,000 to 8,000 baht a month – depending on season and personal preferences, fan can be all right, I stayed almost five years in a fan-only bungalow – aircon bungalows comes from around 10,000 baht a month.

 

Be aware of possible higher prices in high- and peak-season, i.e. Xmas-New Year and from January to mid April, plus July-August, when it's not a long term (all year) rent.

 

There are many areas with affordable bungalows close to beach – i.e. relative short walking distance from 100 meters to about 500 meters – cheapest might be Bang Por on the north coast that has both reasonable convenient store shopping and restaurants. Maenam, Bo Phut, Bang Rak, Plai Leam and Choengmon are other possibilities, but with more more tourists, which also means good shopping and restaurant facilities and slightly higher prices. Moving further inland in these areas, you will find lower prices. On the southern and western part of the island you might find little more affordable accommodation, but also fewer shopping and restaurant facilities, and a need to consider transportation.

 

Most bungalow resorts today have WiFi, the island has fiber from 1 Gb down and 200 Mb up. With a 5G WiFi-connection you can have excellent speed.

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[parafareno]

31 minutes ago, khunPer said:

You can find fan-only bungalows from around 6,000 to 8,000 baht a month – depending on season and personal preferences, fan can be all right, I stayed almost five years in a fan-only bungalow – aircon bungalows comes from around 10,000 baht a month.

 

Be aware of possible higher prices in high- and peak-season, i.e. Xmas-New Year and from January to mid April, plus July-August, when it's not a long term (all year) rent.

 

There are many areas with affordable bungalows close to beach – i.e. relative short walking distance from 100 meters to about 500 meters – cheapest might be Bang Por on the north coast that has both reasonable convenient store shopping and restaurants. Maenam, Bo Phut, Bang Rak, Plai Leam and Choengmon are other possibilities, but with more more tourists, which also means good shopping and restaurant facilities and slightly higher prices. Moving further inland in these areas, you will find lower prices. On the southern and western part of the island you might find little more affordable accommodation, but also fewer shopping and restaurant facilities, and a need to consider transportation.

 

Most bungalow resorts today have WiFi, the island has fiber from 1 Gb down and 200 Mb up. With a 5G WiFi-connection you can have excellent speed.

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so i just come there and ask taxi driver where these bungalows are?

[Liverpool Lou]

13 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

13 hours ago, parafareno said:

you said they all have internet but no wifi? I dont understand. If they have internet they must have wifi for sure

No, I said probably, and they don't have to have wifi. The ones I stayed at had a computer you could use, but no wifi.

You can take your own wifi internet on your phone, doesn't matter if the "resort" provides it or not.

[Liverpool Lou]

13 hours ago, parafareno said:

What prices do I expect for like bungalow, that has internet.

What did the internet tell you when you searched for bungalows in Samui?

[khunPer]

4 hours ago, parafareno said:

so i just come there and ask taxi driver where these bungalows are?

Might not work that easy. Book accommodation for one or a few nights ahead and check areas and accommodation out yourself, word of mouth is often an excellent help.

[Sparktrader]

Sites like agoda and booking.com can search for criteria ie free wifi. Proper resorts have it. Aircon is good.

 

Daily price 500 baht would be 7500 baht a month. Typically pay half. You need to bargain with them. Rainy season in gulf til January.

 

 

[Sparktrader]

Thai Terrace Bungalow looks good.

[blackshadow]

17 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

I said probably, and I don't understand what you mean with What is this?

An explanation might help.

if have the net then one would probably have wifi.......!!!!

[Sparktrader]

17 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

No, I said probably, and they don't have to have wifi. The ones I stayed at had a computer you could use, but no wifi. You could always ask on line if they have wifi.

Some places I stayed at only had electricity for a few hours in the evening and no internet.

If you want all that, stay on Samui and pay a lot to stay in a flash resort.

Places with small huts are nice, but don't always have hot water, tv, AC or even 24 hour electricity. You get what you pay for- want mod cons...... pay more.

$28aud for aircon bungalow with free wifi on kpn. Monthly rate be half that.

 

 

[blackshadow]

4 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:

What did the internet tell you when you searched for bungalows in Samui?

good question.....think the poster HAS NOT EVEN DONE any research !!!!

[Liverpool Lou]

34 minutes ago, khunPer said:

4 hours ago, parafareno said:

so i just come there and ask taxi driver where these bungalows are?

Might not work that easy.

I think you missed his sarcasm.

[Sparktrader]

10 minutes ago, blackshadow said:

good question.....think the poster HAS NOT EVEN DONE any research !!!!

Yes. Just download agoda and booking.com aps do a search. Same company owns them but different deals. Takes like 3 minutes to find something good.

[parafareno]

4 hours ago, blackshadow said:

good question.....think the poster HAS NOT EVEN DONE any research !!!!

i have you my friends...I dont trust uncle Google

[parafareno]

4 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:

I think you missed his sarcasm.

no that is how people used to search...10 years ago, when I first arrived to thailand.....when I first came to BKK I met a female taxi girl...who got me a great room at Phrom Phong BTS.....

[khunPer]

On 10/26/2022 at 8:17 PM, thaibeachlovers said:

No, I said probably, and they don't have to have wifi. The ones I stayed at had a computer you could use, but no wifi. You could always ask on line if they have wifi.

Some places I stayed at only had electricity for a few hours in the evening and no internet.

If you want all that, stay on Samui and pay a lot to stay in a flash resort.

Places with small huts are nice, but don't always have hot water, tv, AC or even 24 hour electricity. You get what you pay for- want mod cons...... pay more.

It seems like long ago you stayed on Samui. Today they don't offer shared computers and the almost all email-shops have gone. Most people are constantly 4G or 5G online. There is WiFi almost everywhere, and free WiFi in malls, banks, coffee shops and restaurants. A 1 Gb fiber with 5G WiFi-router costs little less than 600 baht a month pon Samui, it's 20 baht a day, shared with N number of bungalows.

 

Most of the small huts have disappeared and been replaced with larger more luxurious bungalows – only the ones in the back used by Thai workers are still there – however, there are still a few left in places like in Bang Por for 290 baht a night. Not 24 hour electricity is back in the happy hippie era, Samui has changed a lot since then.

[khunPer]

14 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:

I think you missed his sarcasm.

Not at all, serious helpful reply, as this is how you find some of the good cheap bungalows, a number of them are not offered on the Internet, and furthermore you need to check location, airbnb-images can be too beautiful compared with real life...????

[Tropicalevo]

11 hours ago, khunPer said:

Not at all, serious helpful reply, as this is how you find some of the good cheap bungalows, a number of them are not offered on the Internet, and furthermore you need to check location, airbnb-images can be too beautiful compared with real life...????

Totally agree.

A friend was looking for a small bungalow in the area where I live.

Most are only advertised on the 'for rent' sign on the gate.

AirBnb adds $s and costs money.

Difficult to find a 7,000 baht a month bungalow on AirBnb.

Come over, rent a scooter and drive around.

[MrJ2U]

Lanna Samui Hotel.

 

https://lanna-samui.com/

 

They have monthly rates.

Beautiful property with restaurant.

 

https://youtu.be/jVd-IZLT7qQ

 

If you are going to do it, might as well do it right!

 

 

 

[Sparktrader]

22 hours ago, parafareno said:

i have you my friends...I dont trust uncle Google

Use booking.com

[parafareno]

2 hours ago, Sparktrader said:

Use booking.com

I tried booking....for 1 month everything is over 20k bht

https://www.booking.com/searchresults.en-us.html?ss=Koh+Larn&ssne=Koh+Larn&ssne_untouched=Koh+Larn&label=Low_CPA_English_EN_TH_21461894665-_*wrNf_0EmJ2E6HXFRdRXgS217276384241%3Apl%3Ata%3Ap1%3Ap2%3Aac%3Aap%3Aneg%3Afi%3Atidsa-55482331735%3Alp9073376%3Ali%3Adec%3Adm&sid=8c5d640f7d8995bf12ffb94ab108c5c0&aid=318615&lang=en-us&sb=1&src_elem=sb&src=searchresults&dest_id=7541&dest_type=region&checkin=2022-11-01&checkout=2022-11-30&group_adults=1&no_rooms=1&group_children=0&sb_travel_purpose=leisure

so people are saying you can get a bungalow for 10k? WHERE???

[Sparktrader]

Just now, parafareno said:

I tried booking....for 1 month everything is over 20k bht

https://www.booking.com/searchresults.en-us.html?ss=Koh+Larn&ssne=Koh+Larn&ssne_untouched=Koh+Larn&label=Low_CPA_English_EN_TH_21461894665-_*wrNf_0EmJ2E6HXFRdRXgS217276384241%3Apl%3Ata%3Ap1%3Ap2%3Aac%3Aap%3Aneg%3Afi%3Atidsa-55482331735%3Alp9073376%3Ali%3Adec%3Adm&sid=8c5d640f7d8995bf12ffb94ab108c5c0&aid=318615&lang=en-us&sb=1&src_elem=sb&src=searchresults&dest_id=7541&dest_type=region&checkin=2022-11-01&checkout=2022-11-30&group_adults=1&no_rooms=1&group_children=0&sb_travel_purpose=leisure

so people are saying you can get a bungalow for 10k? WHERE???

You have to bargain in person. If 500 baht a night they will most likely offer 8000 baht a month. Pick 1 or 2 places go there then bargain.

 

 

[Sparktrader]

Just pick your fav beach area, go there and bargain. Lamai would have heaps of options. If kpn quiet beach less options but they still bargain.

 

I bargain on 2 nights get 15% off.

[parafareno]

8 minutes ago, Sparktrader said:

Just pick your fav beach area, go there and bargain. Lamai would have heaps of options. If kpn quiet beach less options but they still bargain.

 

I bargain on 2 nights get 15% off.

you stay long time?