Phuket

sishow · #1 01-06-2004, 22:29

Hi all,

as the title says i need all your good advice for my planned trip to thailand in November.

It is not my first trip to phuket, but it will be my first on my own (anywhere). Therefore i am a little nervous to say the least. Ive got an email back from the stoney monday oasis hotel, and it seems quite alright (Any comments welcome!), but the problem im having is with the flights. I cant seem to get any flights which fit to my plans, which are not over £1000, through any main agents that i know off. So if anyone knows of travel agents or how to directly book with an airline, your advice will be welcome.

Another thing. Is it wise to book now for November (27th -11th) or leave it till later, as i've noticed alot of flights are full?

Swishtz · #2 01-06-2004, 22:40

I assume you are flying from the UK

Try

http://www.westeasttravel.com/

Or www.ebookers.com

Price £ 434 per person
( Subtotal tax inclusive £ 476.00 )
Eva Air : Economy

Depart : 27 Nov 21:30 from London [LHR] - non stop / 11h 25m

Arrival : 28 Nov 15:55 to Bangkok [BKK] +1

Depart : 11 Dec 13:25 from Bangkok [BKK] - non stop / 12h 45m

Arrival : 11 Dec 19:10 to London [LHR]

sishow · #3 01-06-2004, 22:59

Thanks for the quick responce!!

All i need now is to make sure i get the time off work!

Thanks again!

Worked out how to get pics up...........

butterflyblonde · #4 01-06-2004, 23:58

1st of all , Welcome to the forum , there are plenty of cheap deal sites out there for booking flights , personally i use www.airline-network.co.uk
last april i got a return flight from Heathrow to Bangkok and connecting flights to Phuket all inclusive for £450 , however i did look recently after a recent posting here stating the prices have gone up , maybe due to an increase in airline fuel prices , the same flights are currently about £750
but thats cheaper than your £1000 ...good luck with your search

Im back again , i just had a look on this site , if you do a search in say JULY the price is as i quoted but if you are able to go very soon in June they were as little as around the £450 mark , this is on thai air

sarxos · #5 02-06-2004, 01:21

i don't know the price but pearhaps it's convenient phuket air that travel no stop from london and phuket with B747. this is the site http://www.phuketairlines.com/

mikegb · #6 02-06-2004, 02:06

Welcome to the forum!

I noticed you had a bit of trouble putting your photos on.
Your photos are in a format called BITMAP and the photos end with .bmp

They are a high quality photo. You have had to make them very small to get them under the 100kb memory size.

When you are saving photos to put on the site, see if you can SAVE AS and set your photos to a format called JPEG or JPG .This is a lesser quality way of saving photos, but they still show on your computer just as good.

As for travelling on your own, dont worry. Its a piece of piss. Call in to Mai Thai Bar and you will never be lonely.

As for booking your seats, why wait? I would make sure as soon as possible that you are going to be on the flight.

Have fun and look forward to seeing a few more photos and hearing a couple of stories about the nice girlies in your pictures

Dirty Mike

eric-the-viking · #7 02-06-2004, 04:27

going on your own dont even give it a second thought book the flight and get out there ,belive me you will have the time of your life, my last tour was my first solo tour and it WAS the best one i have ever done .
JUST DO IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mac · #8 02-06-2004, 05:39

Just remember, BG's are for Christmas - not forever!

Swishtz · #9 02-06-2004, 06:30

http://www.flightcomparison.co.uk/fl...Bangkokbkk.htm

finneus28 · #10 02-06-2004, 15:47

My trip in April was my first trip alone anywhere and it was easily the best traveling experience I have had in my life. When you are on your own you are forced to interact with strangers more and can't keep to an isolated group, its much better.........and the bar girls seem to find you a more appealing target, so good luck and go for the stunners!!!

butterflyblonde · #11 02-06-2004, 16:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by sishow

Hi all,

as the title says i need all your good advice for my planned trip to thailand in November.

It is not my first trip to phuket, but it will be my first on my own (anywhere). Therefore i am a little nervous to say the least. Ive got an email back from the stoney monday oasis hotel, and it seems quite alright (Any comments welcome!), but the problem im having is with the flights. I cant seem to get any flights which fit to my plans, which are not over £1000, through any main agents that i know off. So if anyone knows of travel agents or how to directly book with an airline, your advice will be welcome.

Another thing. Is it wise to book now for November (27th -11th) or leave it till later, as i've noticed alot of flights are full?

You may have read my original post here advising prices for june & july , ignore that , i just read your post back and realised you dont go till november , i think you are booking WAY to early , i usually book anything from 4 weeks before even in high season (i even booked 3 days before once for november) . dont worry about getting a flight you will get one and you will get it much cheaper than paying now , expect to pay around the £500 mark for both flights inclusive

sishow · #12 02-06-2004, 16:38

Thanks for everyone advice, and if i see anyone over there, ill buy u a beer or two for it!

Just got the ok from work, so as im writing this, im booking the flights.

Just a quick question, does anyone know anything about the Stoney Monday Oasis hotel, as i cant seem to find any info on it, apart from their own website!

Thanks for the advice on the pic's aswell, but cant seem to do it!