Thailand/Phuket or... villa rental
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4 out of the last 6 winters we have spent 2 n a bit months in the Canaries. We have now bought a motorhome so want to travel around the EU on the shoulder months which of course.....schengen rules.....puts a bit of a blocker on the Jan-mar bit. SO we thought where else can we go.
Warm/hot....Carb £££ nope, SA...nah, Oz or NZ maybe but could be pricey as well. So we thought maybe rent a villa for 2/3 months in SEA...
Anyone been there, done that. What and where, thru who....
TY
Mike
Warm/hot....Carb £££ nope, SA...nah, Oz or NZ maybe but could be pricey as well. So we thought maybe rent a villa for 2/3 months in SEA...
Anyone been there, done that. What and where, thru who....
TY
Mike
DSMSMR said:
Prisoner 24601 said:
errrrrrrr PHILLIPINES!
I suppose it depends on your appetite for adventure. Phuket expensive and not very adventurous. How about Hua Hin then??? That'd be a great place to base yourselves for a few months - if it must be Thailand. Ever so slightly more adventurous is Vietnam, and then after that for the full Asian adventure i'd head to Visayas region of Philippines.
Prisoner 24601 said:
DSMSMR said:
Prisoner 24601 said:
errrrrrrr PHILLIPINES!I suppose it depends on your appetite for adventure. Phuket expensive and not very adventurous. How about Hua Hin then??? That'd be a great place to base yourselves for a few months - if it must be Thailand. Ever so slightly more adventurous is Vietnam, and then after that for the full Asian adventure i'd head to Visayas region of Philippines.
mart 63 said:
If we didn't have a dog, we would do Goa from January to March. Have friends who spend the winters there, £11 a night b&b.
We stayed in goa twice this year, Once at the start of our 2 month trip around India and once after cheetoman in the USA bombed Iran and we couldnt fly back We go to Thailand every year now for circa 2 months stay in a couple of destinations in bungalows in nice areas and the whole cost for everything from flights to food etc never costs more than £6.5k or £3.25k each so I wouldn t say it s expensive.
I would avoid Phuket there are better places to spend the winter.
We go to a place in Khao Lak a small resort of 20 bungalows where we are going in 2027 for 6 weeks of our trip and hopefully 2 months in 2028 where many international tourists can spend up to 3 months but like many of these type of places they can book up months in advance or even like where we go a year in advance.
Chang Rai not Chang Mai would be a nice place to spend some time great food and a few temples to visit ie White Temple is fantastic as temples go
I would avoid Phuket there are better places to spend the winter.
We go to a place in Khao Lak a small resort of 20 bungalows where we are going in 2027 for 6 weeks of our trip and hopefully 2 months in 2028 where many international tourists can spend up to 3 months but like many of these type of places they can book up months in advance or even like where we go a year in advance.
Chang Rai not Chang Mai would be a nice place to spend some time great food and a few temples to visit ie White Temple is fantastic as temples go
GT4P said:
We go to Thailand every year now for circa 2 months stay in a couple of destinations in bungalows in nice areas and the whole cost for everything from flights to food etc never costs more than £6.5k or £3.25k each so I wouldn t say it s expensive.
I would avoid Phuket there are better places to spend the winter.
We go to a place in Khao Lak a small resort of 20 bungalows where we are going in 2027 for 6 weeks of our trip and hopefully 2 months in 2028 where many international tourists can spend up to 3 months but like many of these type of places they can book up months in advance or even like where we go a year in advance.
Chang Rai not Chang Mai would be a nice place to spend some time great food and a few temples to visit ie White Temple is fantastic as temples go
We have travelled all arounf Thailand as well as all the surroiunding countries ......Just looking for a nice little villa to chill, travel locally, probably rent something for the 2 months.I would avoid Phuket there are better places to spend the winter.
We go to a place in Khao Lak a small resort of 20 bungalows where we are going in 2027 for 6 weeks of our trip and hopefully 2 months in 2028 where many international tourists can spend up to 3 months but like many of these type of places they can book up months in advance or even like where we go a year in advance.
Chang Rai not Chang Mai would be a nice place to spend some time great food and a few temples to visit ie White Temple is fantastic as temples go
care to share about your place??
I have posted this before, we stay in the Blue Lagoon Khaolak, the ability to ride a scooter is key although an elderly German couple who go every year hire a car for a couple of months, this enables you to get out and about ie up to Takua Pa which is a lovely ride out through countryside or to various restaurants nearby although the resort has its own restaurant and a few nearby which are ok but venture out and go where the locals go.
I think Khaolak is a nice place to spend time especially out side the main town area either in the hills or near a beach.
The sea is lovely but as pointed in previous posts not as nice as Koh Lipe but imo a lot better than Goa to which I spent a month there in the late 80s and subsequently had 2 holidays there in the 90s but I wouldn’t go back
I think Khaolak is a nice place to spend time especially out side the main town area either in the hills or near a beach.
The sea is lovely but as pointed in previous posts not as nice as Koh Lipe but imo a lot better than Goa to which I spent a month there in the late 80s and subsequently had 2 holidays there in the 90s but I wouldn’t go back
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