Bangkok hotel price increase 70% in 3 years

rogergarinmichaud · 2025-07-21T01:57:06+02:00

Explore the significant 70% rise in hotel prices in Bangkok over the last three years. Share your experiences and insights on living costs in Thailand.

rogergarinmichaud Active member

Member since 04 July 2024

rogergarinmichaudActive member20 July 2025 23:57:06

In the last few months I saw many reports on the Pattaya mail about the huge increase in cost of living in Thailand that is driving expats away from Thailand mostly towards Vietnam.

So today I checked the price I paid on 20 August 2022 for a room at At Hua Lamphong hotel : it was THB 1008.

Today for.a worse room (next to the noisy lift and with a water leaking AC unit) we paid THB 1728 so a 70 % increase in 3 years.

What is your own experience ?

John Rebell New member

Member since 18 July 2025

John RebellNew member21 July 2025 04:41:11

I can鈥檛 comment on the price of Hotels in TL (They seem about the same to me), but I can comment on 鈥渄riving expats away from Thailand mostly towards Vietnam.鈥� It won鈥檛 take long before the 鈥淓xpats鈥� discover they鈥檇 much rather be back in Thailand. Whatever the hassles in TL, VN is 10 times worse.

Once the newness wears off, Vietnam sucks. It鈥檚 hotter, more humid, the food isn鈥檛 as good, the cops are assholes, and you are being unashamedly scammed 24/7/365 by just about every smiling person you run across. The prices aren鈥檛 that much cheaper; 5 times the hassle isn鈥檛 worth it.

I鈥檝e been going there since 1995 and lived there for two years, from 2005 to 2007, and I absolutely couldn鈥檛 wait to get out. My wife is Vietnamese, and I鈥檓 not even fond of visiting. The expats there had a name for it, 鈥淪aigon Rage.鈥� (Believe me, the name was well earned) Hanoi has better architecture but an even worse attitude. I was even offered citizenship, and I refused it.

Land of smiles, it鈥檚 not.

Sorry for the off-topic rant.

rogergarinmichaud Active member

Member since 04 July 2024

rogergarinmichaudActive member21 July 2025 08:16:32

@John Rebell

Thanks for the insightful comment !

It is really surprising to me that a lot of people are unhappy about the administration in VN but keep returning there year in and out... there still must be something that make them come back...

Malcolmleitrim Serial expat

Member since 18 June 2019

MalcolmleitrimSerial expat21 July 2025 11:27:47

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Contrary to the previous poster, I much prefer Vietnam.聽 Of course it's not as westernised as Thailand but the people are lovely, in my experience it is definitely cheaper, the food is superb and the weather depends very much on your location.

I think many more people would move to Vietnam if there was a retirement visa option. I have spent a lot of winters there since my retirement apart from a break due to the lockdowns. I have explored possibilities in Thailand, Laos and Cambodia, but Vietnam always wins. I think ultimately it is the loveliness of the people that keeps me coming back, I now have many very generous vietnamese friends, and never a hint of a scam.

brerono345 Active member

Member since 15 June 2025

brerono345Active member21 July 2025 20:31:46

that is crazy 70% increase for hotel rooms in Bangkok, and I heard Phuket is the same, obviously this is not from just inflation etc

more restaurant scams coming back now too in Thailand they said... after COVID I don't know what happened but it seems like the attitude of Thailand became "just treat tourists however we want to make up for lost profits and they will still come"

obviously this wasn't true between the police extortion cases, hotel and restaurant scams getting worse, and now TDAC and TDAC taxes announced soon, what is the point?