Bangkok ranks 2nd in Asia and 6th in the world as city with the lowest nightlife expenses

[charmonman]

Realistic price breakdown for the average lowlife like me.

1. 2 star hotel in Hwai Kwang 600 baht

2. MRT to Soi cowboy (and back) 50 baht

3. Random street food 300 baht

4. Overpriced beer on Soi Cowboy 120 baht per bottle

5. Lady drinks 170 baht

6. Lady drinks for her 'sister' 170 baht

so, one round of drinks is around 500 baht with tip.

7. Barfine 600 baht

8. ST for lady 2,000-2,500 for a looker

9. Crappy st room with inevitable drinks, 400 baht

10. dinner and a movie for two 1,000 baht

So, that 5,000 range will get you minimal drinking, but will get you laid, food, sleep, and even a movie. Not bad.

Booze is the wallet breaker here. Far more than the cost of getting a girl.

15,000 seems to be a really fun night out. Partying on a budget gets to be a drag.

your in wrong part of los,3 large tiger,or leo,or chang classic, 155bht, bar fine 300baht, lady drinks 100baht, all nighter, 1200baht,beautiful thai meal or itialian 100baht.pretty hard to spend 2000bht,a night

Please enlighten us as to what part of los you are talking about. Perhaps you have a time machine?

[Ajaan]

all nighter, 1200baht,beautiful thai meal or itialian 100baht.pretty hard to spend 2000bht,a night

hahaha...you've obviously discovered the secret of time travel...those prices (with the exception of the 100 baht THAI meal...maybe) haven't existed for a good 10 years!!!

[ben2203]

all nighter, 1200baht,beautiful thai meal or itialian 100baht.pretty hard to spend 2000bht,a night

hahaha...you've obviously discovered the secret of time travel...those prices (with the exception of the 100 baht THAI meal...maybe) haven't existed for a good 10 years!!!

Realistic price breakdown for the average lowlife like me.

1. 2 star hotel in Hwai Kwang 600 baht

2. MRT to Soi cowboy (and back) 50 baht

3. Random street food 300 baht

4. Overpriced beer on Soi Cowboy 120 baht per bottle

5. Lady drinks 170 baht

6. Lady drinks for her 'sister' 170 baht

so, one round of drinks is around 500 baht with tip.

7. Barfine 600 baht

8. ST for lady 2,000-2,500 for a looker

9. Crappy st room with inevitable drinks, 400 baht

10. dinner and a movie for two 1,000 baht

So, that 5,000 range will get you minimal drinking, but will get you laid, food, sleep, and even a movie. Not bad.

Booze is the wallet breaker here. Far more than the cost of getting a girl.

15,000 seems to be a really fun night out. Partying on a budget gets to be a drag.

your in wrong part of los,3 large tiger,or leo,or chang classic, 155bht, bar fine 300baht, lady drinks 100baht, all nighter, 1200baht,beautiful thai meal or itialian 100baht.pretty hard to spend 2000bht,a night

Please enlighten us as to what part of los you are talking about. Perhaps

You probably could find those prices, karaoke bars are probably about those prices

[chainarong]

I just got back from Singapore, I nearly gave up drinking when I noticed it was 12 SGD per bottle, basically 288 baht, if you want the good stuff that is going to cost you closer to 400 baht per bottle. I went out on a relatively quiet night but it was really good fun. Met a bunch of Singaporean guys there who showed me a little of the town, it was a most welcomed change to the usual nights in Thailand. We actually, paid rounds etc etc.

I really enjoyed myself there, I wasted about 80,000 baht though with not much to show for it to be honest but the experience was great and it's so much more efficient than Thailand. They have a lot of history there so I say it's worth the experience really, I needn't have spent so much money really but I was on holiday so....

I got back to Don Muang and had to queue for the taxi, though the taxi ride was cheaper than in Singapore, Singapore really did beat Thailand in terms of professionalism. The taxi driver who drove me back home I am 99.9% certain was high on Yabba at the time as well, with all the face movements he was making, that was really unnerving.

So yeah Thailand and Vietnam are cheaper but I think the sometimes it pays to pay a little more for a better time in the end.

fully agree, for a better, safer time in the end, similar in HK.

[true blue]

all nighter, 1200baht,beautiful thai meal or itialian 100baht.pretty hard to spend 2000bht,a night

hahaha...you've obviously discovered the secret of time travel...those prices (with the exception of the 100 baht THAI meal...maybe) haven't existed for a good 10 years!!!

obviously,not a traveller,or a beliver,or still got your head stuck in the sand,went to a large resturant good group on last night,ordered three large leos,waited on by some very pretty ladies glass never empty,ordered chicken and cashew nut in a basket,arroy mak,check bin 250bht with tip.drove down to meeting place of many farangs and thais,disco and bar,met a young thai lady who agreed to spend night with me,which ive done many times with different girls,drove her home late morning,1200bht,easy,and if you go to the bars in the red light district,same girl would propaly cost you a extra 500/600 bht with bar fine and drinks.

[true blue]

Realistic price breakdown for the average lowlife like me.

1. 2 star hotel in Hwai Kwang 600 baht

2. MRT to Soi cowboy (and back) 50 baht

3. Random street food 300 baht

4. Overpriced beer on Soi Cowboy 120 baht per bottle

5. Lady drinks 170 baht

6. Lady drinks for her 'sister' 170 baht

so, one round of drinks is around 500 baht with tip.

7. Barfine 600 baht

8. ST for lady 2,000-2,500 for a looker

9. Crappy st room with inevitable drinks, 400 baht

10. dinner and a movie for two 1,000 baht

So, that 5,000 range will get you minimal drinking, but will get you laid, food, sleep, and even a movie. Not bad.

Booze is the wallet breaker here. Far more than the cost of getting a girl.

15,000 seems to be a really fun night out. Partying on a budget gets to be a drag.

your in wrong part of los,3 large tiger,or leo,or chang classic, 155bht, bar fine 300baht, lady drinks 100baht, all nighter, 1200baht,beautiful thai meal or itialian 100baht.pretty hard to spend 2000bht,a night

Please enlighten us as to what part of los you are talking about. Perhaps you have a time machine?

cnx

[Bagwan]

Surely this good news will help attract those high-end tourists PM Yingluck has been looking for :-)

Au contraire, mon brave. The World's cheap charlies are on their way.

[FarangTalk]

Phnom Penh is cheaper and IMO more fun for a night out.

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[Donnie Brasco]

Realistic price breakdown for the average lowlife like me.

1. 2 star hotel in Hwai Kwang 600 baht

2. MRT to Soi cowboy (and back) 50 baht

3. Random street food 300 baht

4. Overpriced beer on Soi Cowboy 120 baht per bottle

5. Lady drinks 170 baht

6. Lady drinks for her 'sister' 170 baht

so, one round of drinks is around 500 baht with tip.

7. Barfine 600 baht

8. ST for lady 2,000-2,500 for a looker

9. Crappy st room with inevitable drinks, 400 baht

10. dinner and a movie for two 1,000 baht

So, that 5,000 range will get you minimal drinking, but will get you laid, food, sleep, and even a movie. Not bad.

Booze is the wallet breaker here. Far more than the cost of getting a girl.

15,000 seems to be a really fun night out. Partying on a budget gets to be a drag.

Right.

And all these prices are for the single traveler. There's no mention of couples rates so I'll stay with the solo traveler.

If you want to blow about $600 to $700 US you can have a good time ***but it's not guaranteed.***

Star or two more gets you clean linens, guest privileges, no grease around the switch plates, toiletries, breakfast, plenty of bowing and scraping and, if you're lucky, a quiet room***** the first time.****

Taxis here are pretty cheap antwhere in Bkk if you know the map and avoid the loogans and their friendly advice in front of the hotel and hail one on he street.

Mixed drinks are a total crap-shoot. (Check out the "real" Jack Daniels thread)

A decent escort that you click with can cost you about 5000 baht for the night back at your hotel. Generally better service than some of these go-go princesses.

You can have a good or a bad outcome in either snack bracket but if either goes sideways you end up feeling less stitched up with the Soi Cowboy option.

Even with the escort, you can end up with an "early riser" who needs to get to her day job (whether she has one or not.)

Cheaper than bringing your own.

[maprao]

Since they didn't include cost of girl hire, this ranking is largely meaningless.

and as for the the price of a girl in Riyadh!!!

[starkey_rich]

Sorry but does anyone believe anything Trip advisor says?

[WhizBang]

80000bht,thats over 3 months spends in los,and includes ALL spends condo,food,car drinks,girls,tips, entertertainment, ect ect.

Seems about right to me. I was in Singapore for 4 nights in April. Took the Thai girlfriend. We didn't do much shopping, but we did a lot of sightseeing, eating and drinking. Including hotel and air, I figure it ran me about 80K baht.

Singapore ain't cheap, but it is very nice.

[bangarang]

They obviously didnt factor in the soapies.

[Emdog]

I don't pay much mind to these sorts of surveys.... their idea of fun is doing the same sort of crap one does "back home". So why leave?

Now, cheap Charlie (which I prefer to "dumb farang"):

4. Overpriced beer on Soi Cowboy 120 baht per bottle

5. Lady drinks 170 baht

6. Lady drinks for her 'sister' 170 baht

so, one round of drinks is around 500 baht with tip.

7. Barfine 600 baht

8. ST for lady 2,000-2,500 for a looker

9. Crappy st room with inevitable drinks, 400 baht

This looks like 3500 for a short time. If I wish to indulge, hit the freelance independent contractors. 1000 for the night, and maybe 70 baht for my coke. What you trying to impress these girls for? So they will like you????

Saudi would be cheaper than others mentioned, as you could cross that bottle of wine off the expense list, I think....

[Tomtomtom69]

all nighter, 1200baht,beautiful thai meal or itialian 100baht.pretty hard to spend 2000bht,a night

hahaha...you've obviously discovered the secret of time travel...those prices (with the exception of the 100 baht THAI meal...maybe) haven't existed for a good 10 years!!!

The 100 Baht "beautiful Italian meal" he is referring to is the tiny plate of Tuna spaghetti for 69 Baht plus a glass of coke on the side from Santa Fe Steakhouse, available in any Central shopping mall both in Bangkok and upcountry.

[johnlandy]

So what they are saying is that the demimondaines are very reasonable in their charge out rates

[Emdog]

Don't know where some of you guys hang, but get away from the malls and chain chow houses. 100 baht is spendy for a Thai meal. Italian I can't speak for. 1000 baht a night is the going rate for companionship. Remember, you can always pay too much for something!

[bri1guy]

My mate in Angeles City tells me the quality of the wildlife there is far superior to Pattaya. Is he lying I wonder?

However, I don't think the Philippines is noted as a gourmet destination. Food, that is.

Nightlife is great in the Philippines as well & I would say cheaper for the most part than even Thailand but Hotels are Higher in price so that's why it doesn't rate as Low in this example.. Pattaya is allot larger & more to offer..

[monkeycountry]

My mate in Angeles City tells me the quality of the wildlife there is far superior to Pattaya. Is he lying I wonder?

However, I don't think the Philippines is noted as a gourmet destination. Food, that is.

Well, if the girls are called wildlife, then your mate may be on to something :-D

[monkeycountry]

I just got back from Singapore, I nearly gave up drinking when I noticed it was 12 SGD per bottle, basically 288 baht, if you want the good stuff that is going to cost you closer to 400 baht per bottle. I went out on a relatively quiet night but it was really good fun. Met a bunch of Singaporean guys there who showed me a little of the town, it was a most welcomed change to the usual nights in Thailand. We actually, paid rounds etc etc.

I really enjoyed myself there, I wasted about 80,000 baht though with not much to show for it to be honest but the experience was great and it's so much more efficient than Thailand. They have a lot of history there so I say it's worth the experience really, I needn't have spent so much money really but I was on holiday so....

I got back to Don Muang and had to queue for the taxi, though the taxi ride was cheaper than in Singapore, Singapore really did beat Thailand in terms of professionalism. The taxi driver who drove me back home I am 99.9% certain was high on Yabba at the time as well, with all the face movements he was making, that was really unnerving.

So yeah Thailand and Vietnam are cheaper but I think the sometimes it pays to pay a little more for a better time in the end.

80000bht,thats over 3 months spends in los,and includes ALL spends condo,food,car drinks,girls,tips, entertertainment, ect ect.

I know a few ppl like that. The girls really love when they service the guys for a week and they pay them with a pair of copy jeans and expect them to wai and say thank you :-)

Edited June 12, 2013 by monkeycountry

[Markaew]

I still can't figure out what is so cheap about Bangkok. Most people complain about the British pub prices throughout.

There are some dam_n good restaurants, with good food and drinks for low prices. Of course not DIRECTLY on Nana or Patpong.

So eat out in a nice (mostly Thai- frequented) place and hopp on to few drinks at the "usual" places...good and not overly expensive fun.

Ok. I'm hooked. Where are they?

Frankly, every time I have heard that and tried the suggestion I paid a pretty good chunk from my wallet.

But, I would like to be proven wrong.

Edited June 12, 2013 by Markaew

[monkeycountry]

Realistic price breakdown for the average lowlife like me.

1. 2 star hotel in Hwai Kwang 600 baht

2. MRT to Soi cowboy (and back) 50 baht

3. Random street food 300 baht

4. Overpriced beer on Soi Cowboy 120 baht per bottle

5. Lady drinks 170 baht

6. Lady drinks for her 'sister' 170 baht

so, one round of drinks is around 500 baht with tip.

7. Barfine 600 baht

8. ST for lady 2,000-2,500 for a looker

9. Crappy st room with inevitable drinks, 400 baht

10. dinner and a movie for two 1,000 baht

So, that 5,000 range will get you minimal drinking, but will get you laid, food, sleep, and even a movie. Not bad.

Booze is the wallet breaker here. Far more than the cost of getting a girl.

15,000 seems to be a really fun night out. Partying on a budget gets to be a drag.

your in wrong part of los,3 large tiger,or leo,or chang classic, 155bht, bar fine 300baht, lady drinks 100baht, all nighter, 1200baht,beautiful thai meal or itialian 100baht.pretty hard to spend 2000bht,a night

Add together your own numbers, and you will notice that you are only buying your all night lady 1 drink. But don't despair, I know people who don't buy any at all :-) The girls have a whole dictionary of words to describe those guys :-)

[monkeycountry]

I don't pay much mind to these sorts of surveys.... their idea of fun is doing the same sort of crap one does "back home". So why leave? Now, cheap Charlie (which I prefer to "dumb farang"): 4. Overpriced beer on Soi Cowboy 120 baht per bottle 5. Lady drinks 170 baht 6. Lady drinks for her 'sister' 170 baht so, one round of drinks is around 500 baht with tip. 7. Barfine 600 baht 8. ST for lady 2,000-2,500 for a looker 9. Crappy st room with inevitable drinks, 400 baht This looks like 3500 for a short time. If I wish to indulge, hit the freelance independent contractors. 1000 for the night, and maybe 70 baht for my coke. What you trying to impress these girls for? So they will like you???? Saudi would be cheaper than others mentioned, as you could cross that bottle of wine off the expense list, I think....

Most guys are really happy if they end up with a girl who really does her best to please him. Likewise, most girls are happy if guys give them drinks, tips or whatever. For some guys making sure everyone has a good experience matters, other guys won't even let her take a coke from the minibar after they are done :-)

[Mrjlh]

Now watch all the prices go up! It all has to do with local salaries. Now workers will demand more money and he economy will really go to the pits! Articles like this often do more damage than good. JMHO.

[Steely Dan]

Can somebody help me with Riyadh being 10th for " nightlife touring " as I'm not at all sure what it means and probably not what I am thinking ?

I don't see Saudi as being a tourist place except for Muslims and on a recent BBC " Fast Track " programme they said tourist visas were not the easiest things to get presumably meaning for non-Muslims. We're not allowed to visit Mecca.

My gran used to go there twice a week for years.

[rametindallas]

Since they didn't include cost of girl hire, this ranking is largely meaningless.

and as for the the price of a girl in Riyadh!!!

I was wondering how much that bottle of wine cost in Riyadh.

[MickGC]

Seriously, Bangkok is an amazing city. Been visiting regularly or the last 25 years. So many choices! Stay at five star hotels or two star hotels. Eat at some of the finest restaurants in the world or eat street food at a fraction of the price. Easy to find cheaper drinking venues in the tourist areas as well. Pay a premium at the tourist traps. Do a bit of research. The choice is all yours. Everyone who visits has a different experience. Is not a nanny state here. As my mates from the US would say, you need a bit of gumption.

FYI http://www.thefreedictionary.com/gumption

[true blue]

Realistic price breakdown for the average lowlife like me.

1. 2 star hotel in Hwai Kwang 600 baht

2. MRT to Soi cowboy (and back) 50 baht

3. Random street food 300 baht

4. Overpriced beer on Soi Cowboy 120 baht per bottle

5. Lady drinks 170 baht

6. Lady drinks for her 'sister' 170 baht

so, one round of drinks is around 500 baht with tip.

7. Barfine 600 baht

8. ST for lady 2,000-2,500 for a looker

9. Crappy st room with inevitable drinks, 400 baht

10. dinner and a movie for two 1,000 baht

So, that 5,000 range will get you minimal drinking, but will get you laid, food, sleep, and even a movie. Not bad.

Booze is the wallet breaker here. Far more than the cost of getting a girl.

15,000 seems to be a really fun night out. Partying on a budget gets to be a drag.

your in wrong part of los,3 large tiger,or leo,or chang classic, 155bht, bar fine 300baht, lady drinks 100baht, all nighter, 1200baht,beautiful thai meal or itialian 100baht.pretty hard to spend 2000bht,a night

Add together your own numbers, and you will notice that you are only buying your all night lady 1 drink. But don't despair, I know people who don't buy any at all :-) The girls have a whole dictionary of words to describe those guys :-)

i dont want a piss up,i want a leg up,and i can assure you i very very rarely in 14 years in los, if ever bought a b/g a drink,i might take them out for a meal and a drink now and agian,but i want to f-ck them not feed and water them.

[true blue]

all nighter, 1200baht,beautiful thai meal or itialian 100baht.pretty hard to spend 2000bht,a night

hahaha...you've obviously discovered the secret of time travel...those prices (with the exception of the 100 baht THAI meal...maybe) haven't existed for a good 10 years!!!

The 100 Baht "beautiful Italian meal" he is referring to is the tiny plate of Tuna spaghetti for 69 Baht plus a glass of coke on the side from Santa Fe Steakhouse, available in any Central shopping mall both in Bangkok and upcountry.

wrong mate go to koh lanta on soi 5 nimman and you will get a beautiful italian meal for less than 100bht, and there pizzas done in there special ovens are very very tasty,there is a lot more to los than bangkok, open your mind,and stop thinking the world ends in the capital

[monkeycountry]

Realistic price breakdown for the average lowlife like me.

1. 2 star hotel in Hwai Kwang 600 baht

2. MRT to Soi cowboy (and back) 50 baht

3. Random street food 300 baht

4. Overpriced beer on Soi Cowboy 120 baht per bottle

5. Lady drinks 170 baht

6. Lady drinks for her 'sister' 170 baht

so, one round of drinks is around 500 baht with tip.

7. Barfine 600 baht

8. ST for lady 2,000-2,500 for a looker

9. Crappy st room with inevitable drinks, 400 baht

10. dinner and a movie for two 1,000 baht

So, that 5,000 range will get you minimal drinking, but will get you laid, food, sleep, and even a movie. Not bad.

Booze is the wallet breaker here. Far more than the cost of getting a girl.

15,000 seems to be a really fun night out. Partying on a budget gets to be a drag.

your in wrong part of los,3 large tiger,or leo,or chang classic, 155bht, bar fine 300baht, lady drinks 100baht, all nighter, 1200baht,beautiful thai meal or itialian 100baht.pretty hard to spend 2000bht,a night

Add together your own numbers, and you will notice that you are only buying your all night lady 1 drink. But don't despair, I know people who don't buy any at all :-) The girls have a whole dictionary of words to describe those guys :-)

i dont want a piss up,i want a leg up,and i can assure you i very very rarely in 14 years in los, if ever bought a b/g a drink,i might take them out for a meal and a drink now and agian,but i want to f-ck them not feed and water them.

Just try to remember, they are human, not cattle!