Olddaddy Posted August 4 Posted August 4 I have a 7 day break from work next month Im thinking taking a break ,fly from Sydney to Bangkok Im not strapped for cash but I don't like to waste it either Do any of you ever fly to BKK for 7 days/nights? Is that sound ridiculous? Quote
floridarob Posted August 4 Posted August 4 I've told my story of going for a weekend from Dallas......That's in Texas, in the southern-middle part of the US...thought I'd save you from looking it up 😉 Better to have gone for a weekend or a week than not at all.... khaolakguy, Londoner and reader 1 2 Quote
Olddaddy Posted August 4 Author Posted August 4 1 minute ago, floridarob said: I've told my story of going for a weekend from Dallas......That's in Texas, in the southern-middle part of the US...thought I'd save you from looking it up 😉 Better to have gone for a weekend or a week than not at all.... I had a rough idea where Texas is 😄 I saw it on television,it's near the Mexican border apparently. If I was going to the USA for a holiday,which I probably never will, I would definitely go to Texas to see the guys wearing the cowboy 🤠hats and be bent over by a Cowboy  Riobard 1 Quote
ggobkk Posted August 4 Posted August 4 While not a weekend, I’ve done a week which includes more than 24 hours of travel time from San Francisco. Quote
Shonen Posted August 4 Posted August 4 Yes, too short. I go for five months. Save your money for the next trip, Olddaddy 1 Quote
Members sydneyboy1 Posted August 4 Members Posted August 4 2 hours ago, Olddaddy said: I have a 7 day break from work next month Im thinking taking a break ,fly from Sydney to Bangkok Im not strapped for cash but I don't like to waste it either Do any of you ever fly to BKK for 7 days/nights? Is that sound ridiculous? I haven’t personally but I know people in Sydney who have stayed for less. A week is fine. floridarob 1 Quote
silverwolf76 Posted August 4 Posted August 4 2 hours ago, Olddaddy said: I have a 7 day break from work next month Im thinking taking a break ,fly from Sydney to Bangkok Im not strapped for cash but I don't like to waste it either Do any of you ever fly to BKK for 7 days/nights? Is that sound ridiculous? i did stay in bkk for 10 to 13 days few times.can go to far anywhere ,pattaya or phuket and chiangmai Quote
macaroni21 Posted August 4 Posted August 4 I think a week is plenty. I guess the flight time is 9-10 hours? That's quite easy to do, espeically if one leg is an overnighter (so you don't lose a day). Moreover, there's only a few hours time zone difference so there's no jet lag to worry about. If you do something like what @vinapu does, you can squeeze in 18 encounters (6 days x 3 encounters a day). That should leave you happy enough. One cost consideration would be if you absolutely must fly business class. Honestly, I don't see what's so difficult about economy class, but yeah, if that is a non-negotiable requirement for making a trip then it can make a difference to your calculations. As for my own thinking, a week is about the maximum I can withstand in Bangkok. More than that, I'd be getting bored and restless. floridarob, jamiebee, Riobard and 1 other 3 1 Quote
Members Riobard Posted August 4 Members Posted August 4 10 hours ago, Olddaddy said: I would definitely go to Texas to see the guys wearing the cowboy 🤠hats and be bent over by a Cowboy  floridarob 1 Quote
vinapu Posted August 4 Posted August 4 14 hours ago, Olddaddy said: I have a 7 day break from work next month Im thinking taking a break ,fly from Sydney to Bangkok Im not strapped for cash but I don't like to waste it either Do any of you ever fly to BKK for 7 days/nights? Is that sound ridiculous? It does not. Go for it. I did it twice, both in Octobers of 2018 and 2019 and for me it rarely takes less than 26 hours door to door plus jet lag resulting from being on opposite side of the world. Tiring but still it was fruitful and worth of the effort and expense, My last trip in May was only 8 days but I was not coming from home so less of jet lag issue and much shorter flight although surprisingly not cheaper at all. Quote
vinapu Posted August 4 Posted August 4 5 hours ago, macaroni21 said:  If you do something like what @vinapu does, you can squeeze in 18 encounters (6 days x 3 encounters a day). he does from time to time but not day after day in row. ( Jan , 27 days , only once, May 8 days, only 3 times ) Every hat trick so to speak includes 2 massages and as we know there's nothing sinister going in Thai massage places khaolakguy 1 Quote
vaughn Posted August 4 Posted August 4 If you find some good flights why not, 7 days is better than none. If you can get a directs flight after work overnight, and arrive back the day before work I would do it. Olddaddy 1 Quote
Olddaddy Posted August 4 Author Posted August 4 33 minutes ago, vinapu said: It does not. Go for it. I did it twice, both in Octobers of 2018 and 2019 and for me it rarely takes less than 26 hours door to door plus jet lag resulting from being on opposite side of the world. Tiring but still it was fruitful and worth of the effort and expense, My last trip in May was only 8 days but I was not coming from home so less of jet lag issue and much shorter flight although surprisingly not cheaper at all. 26 hours ? 😱 And here I am complaining about a 9 hour flight ! jamiebee 1 Quote
vinapu Posted August 4 Posted August 4 Just now, Olddaddy said: 26 hours ? 😱 And here I am complaining about a 9 hour flight ! now you know why I told you ' just go" jamiebee 1 Quote
10tazione Posted August 4 Posted August 4 34 minutes ago, vinapu said: Tiring but still it was fruitful Be careful, pregnancy above age of 40 a bit risky! Quote
Olddaddy Posted August 4 Author Posted August 4 1 minute ago, vinapu said: now you know why I told you ' just go" Good morning 🌅 Vinapu !!  vinapu 1 Quote
vinapu Posted August 4 Posted August 4 7 minutes ago, Olddaddy said: Good morning 🌅 Vinapu !!  I'd not call 5 pm morning Quote
Olddaddy Posted August 4 Author Posted August 4 36 minutes ago, vinapu said: I'd not call 5 pm morning That was yesterday Stop living in the past 😅😂  Quote
Keithambrose Posted August 4 Posted August 4 My next visit is 3 nights Pattaya, 6 days Bangkok, 6 nights Siem Reap, then 4 days Bangkok, so different venues to break up the time. On the business class issue. I have a 12 hour flight, and I am lucky enough to be able to fly business class. As you get older, I am 70, I reckon it saves you a couple of days of exhaustion. My flight takes off at 10pm, meal, drink, sleep 7 hours, arrive BKK 3pm, hotel, shower, ready for night out! vinapu and floridarob 1 1 Quote
Olddaddy Posted August 5 Author Posted August 5 Only 3 nights in Pattaya??😱 As for Business class,it's ok if they don't wake you up...I found 1 hours into the flight they wake me for snack service , then another 2 hours a meal service etc etc I know ...I know...I'm complaining 🥴I should just be grateful I could afford Business class 😀 Quote
vinapu Posted August 5 Posted August 5 2 minutes ago, Olddaddy said: As for Business class,it's ok if they don't wake you up...I found 1 hours into the flight they wake me for snack service , then another 2 hours a meal service etc etc I know ...I know...I'm complaining 🥴I should just be grateful I could afford Business class 😀 exactly, rich people's problems, don't expect any compassion from cattle class users Olddaddy 1 Quote
Londoner Posted August 5 Posted August 5 Twice, as a forty-eight year-old youngster in the first flush of my love -affair with Thailand, I travelled from London for a five day stay. And loved every minute of it. I have no memory of how I coped back at work the day after my return, though perhaps my colleagues have! floridarob and Olddaddy 1 1 Quote
spoon Posted August 5 Posted August 5 2 hours ago, Olddaddy said: Only 3 nights in Pattaya??😱 As for Business class,it's ok if they don't wake you up...I found 1 hours into the flight they wake me for snack service , then another 2 hours a meal service etc etc I know ...I know...I'm complaining 🥴I should just be grateful I could afford Business class 😀 U know u could very well tell them to not wake you up for meals. Or tell them to wake u up for meals at certain times, like 1 hour before descend Quote
