Hi everyone,

We are planning a trip to Thailand this september and early October with our 8 month old.

1. What is the weather like? (is it the rainy season this time of year? Are certain parts of Thailand better than others during this period?)

2. What beaches and luxury hotels/spas would you recommend? (e.g. on Koh Samui or otherwise?)

3. What other advice for travelling with a baby in Thailand? (What to bring, hotels with babysitters or just babysitters, etc)

Thanks.

Hi everyone,

We are planning a trip to Thailand this september and early October with our 8 month old.

1. What is the weather like? (is it the rainy season this time of year? Are certain parts of Thailand better than others during this period?)

2. What beaches and luxury hotels/spas would you recommend? (e.g. on Koh Samui or otherwise?)

3. What other advice for travelling with a baby in Thailand? (What to bring, hotels with babysitters or just babysitters, etc)

Thanks.

It's a rock bottom rainy season. Does not mean it rains all day but showers are ferquent, mainly in afternoon.

Ensure hotel room is big enough and comfortable to be in. I know the Marriott Resort (not JW Marriott) in Bangkok is like that, has own kindergarden staffed with professional child care specialists.

The Marriot in Hua Hin is nothing like that - small rooms (was some Thai hotel before acquisition), no lift, no baby sitters.

Hyatt Hua Hin is excellent.

IMO, if you are after luxury hotels where you spend most of the time using their facilities, no need to complicate your trip with Koh Samui . Any luxury hotel would do, regardless of location.

Suggest you post this again in family and children section, you will get a lot more advice there about travelling with a baby.

In general, Phuket has the best babysitting facilities in most of the luxury hotels, but in pracice you won't have a problem in Samui either if your talking about someone watching the baby while you go out in the evening, in the hotels you ask at reception and there will always be someone available you can make an arrangement with.

One tip. Make sure your mobile phone is unlocked and buy a local Sim card in Thailand, can get from 7-11 for peanuts, then you can relax a little more knowing your contactable and vice versa.

Weather still changeable but you can live with that, just get used to everyone wanting to hold the baby !!!

Enjoy.

PS. Just realised when I said " in the hotels you ask at reception and there will always be someone available you can make an arrangement with." I'm making the most precious thing in your life sound like a suitcase someone is watching for you!! Its not like that, Thai's are brilliant with kids and you'll trust your instincts.

Edited August 3, 200817 yr by roamer

Hi everyone,

We are planning a trip to Thailand this september and early October with our 8 month old.

1. What is the weather like? (is it the rainy season this time of year? Are certain parts of Thailand better than others during this period?)

2. What beaches and luxury hotels/spas would you recommend? (e.g. on Koh Samui or otherwise?)

3. What other advice for travelling with a baby in Thailand? (What to bring, hotels with babysitters or just babysitters, etc)

Thanks.

One piece of advice - postpone the trip until your child gets older.

Hi everyone,

We are planning a trip to Thailand this september and early October with our 8 month old.

1. What is the weather like? (is it the rainy season this time of year? Are certain parts of Thailand better than others during this period?)

2. What beaches and luxury hotels/spas would you recommend? (e.g. on Koh Samui or otherwise?)

3. What other advice for travelling with a baby in Thailand? (What to bring, hotels with babysitters or just babysitters, etc)

Thanks.

One piece of advice - postpone the trip until your child gets older.

And your reasons for this piece of advice are what ??

If you can't provide any I would suggest they ignore it.

Every year thousands of people do this trip with young babies, never heard any negs on it, quite the reverse.

Hi everyone,

We are planning a trip to Thailand this september and early October with our 8 month old.

1. What is the weather like? (is it the rainy season this time of year? Are certain parts of Thailand better than others during this period?)

2. What beaches and luxury hotels/spas would you recommend? (e.g. on Koh Samui or otherwise?)

3. What other advice for travelling with a baby in Thailand? (What to bring, hotels with babysitters or just babysitters, etc)

Thanks.

One piece of advice - postpone the trip until your child gets older.

And your reasons for this piece of advice are what ??

If you can't provide any I would suggest they ignore it.

Every year thousands of people do this trip with young babies, never heard any negs on it, quite the reverse.

Reasons? I was just on my way to bed, but for starters, here's a link to another thread:

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/Thai-Airways...es-t200225.html

I'll provide further reasons tomorrow.

Hi everyone,

We are planning a trip to Thailand this september and early October with our 8 month old.

1. What is the weather like? (is it the rainy season this time of year? Are certain parts of Thailand better than others during this period?)

2. What beaches and luxury hotels/spas would you recommend? (e.g. on Koh Samui or otherwise?)

3. What other advice for travelling with a baby in Thailand? (What to bring, hotels with babysitters or just babysitters, etc)

Thanks.

One piece of advice - postpone the trip until your child gets older.

And your reasons for this piece of advice are what ??

If you can't provide any I would suggest they ignore it.

Every year thousands of people do this trip with young babies, never heard any negs on it, quite the reverse.

Reasons? I was just on my way to bed, but for starters, here's a link to another thread:

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/Thai-Airways...es-t200225.html

I'll provide further reasons tomorrow.

What a reason!

Maybe we should wait until kids graduate from Uni and start paying their trips themselves?

I remember when my baby was 8 months old - we would take her in a capsule whenever we went out, lunch, dinner, anywhere, she would either sleep or dangle mobiles toys, no need for baby sitter. After that age they become more complicated.

Hi everyone,

We are planning a trip to Thailand this september and early October with our 8 month old.

1. What is the weather like? (is it the rainy season this time of year? Are certain parts of Thailand better than others during this period?)

2. What beaches and luxury hotels/spas would you recommend? (e.g. on Koh Samui or otherwise?)

3. What other advice for travelling with a baby in Thailand? (What to bring, hotels with babysitters or just babysitters, etc)

Thanks.

One piece of advice - postpone the trip until your child gets older.

And your reasons for this piece of advice are what ??

If you can't provide any I would suggest they ignore it.

Every year thousands of people do this trip with young babies, never heard any negs on it, quite the reverse.

An eight month old child will gain absolutely nothing from such a trip - better to wait until they are old enough to appreciate it.

Travelling with an eight month old child would surely compromise the parent's enjoyment - I refuse to believe, or accept, otherwise.

Why put the child at risk of illness, trauma etc. purely to satisfy one's selfish desires? If you want to travel around - don't have children, or wait until they are older. If you really must travel, then go closer to home, much less traumatic for the youngster.

I could go on, but I'd rather wait for the responses - fire away!

Hi everyone,

We are planning a trip to Thailand this september and early October with our 8 month old.

1. What is the weather like? (is it the rainy season this time of year? Are certain parts of Thailand better than others during this period?)

2. What beaches and luxury hotels/spas would you recommend? (e.g. on Koh Samui or otherwise?)

3. What other advice for travelling with a baby in Thailand? (What to bring, hotels with babysitters or just babysitters, etc)

Thanks.

Could you not leave the child at home with mom/dad or maybe wait a few years for your trip, make sure of air con if you do come with little one

Hi everyone,

We are planning a trip to Thailand this september and early October with our 8 month old.

1. What is the weather like? (is it the rainy season this time of year? Are certain parts of Thailand better than others during this period?)

2. What beaches and luxury hotels/spas would you recommend? (e.g. on Koh Samui or otherwise?)

3. What other advice for travelling with a baby in Thailand? (What to bring, hotels with babysitters or just babysitters, etc)

Thanks.

One piece of advice - postpone the trip until your child gets older.

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