Phuket Holidays

Planning your Phuket holidays can be as easy as dropping into your travel agent and going with their suggestions with their Phuket package holidays and their all inclusive deals with a price.

Or you can do a bit of homework and find some incredible deals by researching flights to Phuket and some of the Phuket hotels specials to all inclusive resorts that are available through online booking.

A quick note, we are not a travel agent or a booking service. We are fellow travelers passing on information to make the most of your holidays in phuket.

Travel agents do a great job and can provide you with lots of ideas on where to stay and the best deals they have to offer.

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Longtail Boats at Ao Lo Dalam, Ko Phi-Phi Don, Krabi, Thailand

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If you find a great package you can usually book this at the local agency or over the phone with one of their travel specialists.

This works well if your not confident booking flights or accommodation online.

I suggest you do some looking around our site before going with their recommendation alone, with just a small amount of research you could save yourself some extra spending money, so never be afraid of taking the information back to your travel agent to get them to offer you a better deal.

Tip: There are many options when planning your Phuket holidays, If you just want to party and shop stick to Patong.

If you would like take in all that Phuket has to offer look outside of Patong and maybe do a combination holiday enjoying the busy streets and beach of Patong and the beauty of Ko Phi Phi or Krabi for a few days to relax, it would be well worth the extra effort.

Some ideas to help find the Phuket holidays that suits you best.

As mentioned, there is more to Phuket then Patong Beach, a short Tuk Tuk ride can see you at Surin or Kamala beach to the north or travel south to Karon & Kata beaches or the quiet beach coves of Tri Tra, Paradise or Freedom Beach. You will find these area’s far more relaxing than Patong.

If you go onto any travel forum, the question always comes up,

“Help, where should I stay in Phuket”.

Hopefully this short breakdown may help.

Patong is fun and if you want to party, shop and don’t mind the busy streets and beach, especially in the high season Patong is the place to stay. Some travelers love and cannot get enough of Patong but for some they find a 10 night stay in Patong is to much and say 5 would have been enough, everyone is different.

If you want to party and shop in Patong, but would enjoy a more relaxed atmosphere that also offers great restaurants, local bars, markets and beaches that are more relaxing then head to Kamala and Surin to the North or Karon or Kata beaches as mentioned above.

If you only want to go to Patong once or twice in your stay and just want to relax, enjoy a serene beach massage or just soak up the beach and surrounds of you local Phuket Resort than you can look to the north of the island, we have listed some of the Phuket resorts to the north.

One area to consider if you want to experience what Phuket was like when we first visited 20 years ago is to stay in the Nai Yang area near the Indigo Pearl, awesome.

Once you have sorted out a location of where you would like to stay for you Phuket holidays, its now time to research some of the different hotel or all inclusive resorts options.

As mentioned on our accommodation pages we find some of the best hotel deals using Agoda Specials to decide were we are going to stay, we find their site offer great location maps, photo’s and reviews.

Choose the time of year you want to travel taking into consideration the Phuket weather patterns and the monsoon season and then keep an eye out for those cheap flights to Phuket if you are travelling on a budget.

I have a 14 day holiday, what would you suggest

If you just want to stay in one location go by the above suggestions. If you want to soak up the best Phuket holidays has to offer, then I would suggest the following.

Start in the deep end with 5 nights in Patong Beach, enjoy the nightlife and shopping. Go and see the Phuket Fantasea Show and do a half day island tour or an elephant trek.

Take a ride on the local Phuket Songthaew or Air conditioned taxi into Phuket Town and take in the shopping, movies or bowling in Central festival or the weekend markets for some great bargains.

Next catch the ferry over to Phi Phi and stay for 4 nights to take in this beautiful island.

Take a walk to the island lookout, Pee Pee Viewpoint and take in a magical sunset or catch a local longtail boat to explore the beach at Maya bay before the tours from Phuket arrive or maybe take in that special secret cove that is a favorite of your tour guide.

Woman On Boat, Phi Phi Island, Phuket

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After exploring around Phi Phi take the ferry back to Phuket and either go to Karon beach or Kata Beach if you still want to be close to Patong or take in the last days of your Phuket holidays the way it used to be, by heading up to to Nai Yang Beach to chill out before heading home.

To finish your Phuket holidays you must also include a day trip to the Phang Nga National Park and take in the beauty of the limestone cliffs and visit the famous Jame Bond island. You will usually find these trips associated with a sea kayak adventure as part of the trip.

If you are travelling in the high season around December and January book in early, if you are travelling in the monsoon season you will find bargains galore.

Experienced travelers will usually only book their first 2 or 3 nights in one location and then find some great deals once there.

Secret Tip Never ask a Tuk Tuk or Taxi driver for a recommendation on were to stay! Do you homework or drop back here online to our Phuket Hotel and Resorts Hot Specials page.

Final Note

If you are comfortable booking flights and accommodation online, great.

If your not, grab as much information as you can from websites like ours and others and take this information to your travel agent to compare, and always do a Travel Insurance quote to take with you.

If they don’t match the price you can always come back and purchase through the companies we use.

If you have ideas or comments about our site we would love to hear from you, please visit our Contact us we always appreciate fellow travellers sharing their tips so that we all enjoy our Phuket holidays.

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