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Phuket monthly budget calculator: plan your stay

Change the assumptions, see the whole stay. These sample amounts demonstrate the arithmetic; they are not market prices.

Your editable worksheet

A month, in numbers.

All starting amounts are hypothetical examples, not researched Phuket prices. Replace them with your own quotes. Food and transport cover the whole travel party.

Example expected spending ฿53,000

Example cash including deposit ฿63,000

Based on the starting example. Select Calculate to use your inputs.

Daily costs use the number of nights. Include additional arrival/departure-day expenses in extras. Refreshing clears your changes.

Begin with a complete quote

The worksheet starts with deliberately hypothetical inputs. Replace the accommodation amount with a current quote for your exact dates and guest count. If the quote is for the full stay, divide it by the number of nights before entering the nightly figure. Keep mandatory one-time charges in the extras field unless they are already part of that quote. Check whether your quote already includes any stay discount, cleaning or utilities. Enter each cost once so the worksheet reflects the agreement you are considering.

Estimate a normal day

Enter food and transport for your whole travel party per day, not per person. Think about the kind of week you expect to repeat: meals prepared at home, meals out, grocery trips and journeys to the beach or other plans. Use your own current estimates or quotations. Daily figures are multiplied by the number of nights as a simple planning convention. Add any extra arrival or departure-day spending in the extras field if that convention does not describe your itinerary.

Keep deposits separate

A refundable deposit ties up money even if you expect it back. The worksheet therefore shows both expected spending and cash needed including the deposit. It does not treat the deposit as a guaranteed refund or a final cost. Enter utilities as an allowance for the entire stay and replace it when you receive better information about the charging method and likely use. Flights, insurance, activities, communications, payment fees and other omitted expenses belong in extras if you want them included in this plan.

Test a less optimistic version

After recording your first estimate, try higher transport and utility amounts or add an allowance for plans changing. The difference tells you how dependent the plan is on your assumptions. Compare two accommodations only after using the same dates and household costs for both. A nightly total is useful for comparison, but the full cash requirement matters when payments come due. All amounts here are in Thai baht; no currency conversion or financing advice is provided. Your inputs stay in the current browser page, and refreshing restores the illustrative example.

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