Phuket Travel Tips

Phuket Travel Tips can make life much more easy and save a lot of time.

Information on trips is almost essential because as you can easily find out it is very difficult to get any reasonable information from anyone on the island. Nine out of ten people will give you a wrong answer if you ask for anything. 

That often has a simple reason they dont understand you but they always say yes, yes and many people take that serious but it definitely is not and other just dont want to be bothered and tell you anything just to get rid of you. 

A other version is they say yes but only having in mind to use you somehow for selling you anything and try to take commission which actually you will finally pay for bu wont know it.

The main idea behind our suggestions are to keep trouble away 

and your money in your pocket.

Travel tip one: When you use a taxi or tuk-tuk make sure the driver will not follow you because he will tell the shop or wherever you go that he brought you there and command commission. The shop owner or similar will give it to him and you pay for it without knowing it. That is the same at hotels etc. read more.

A example, jewelry shops or other expensive stores will give 30 to 50 % commission to the person who bring you there and they take it from you if you buy anything.

This is the same if you visit a restaurant or whatever, the one who delivered you there wait or come back later to get his commission. All this people look at you virtually as a walking ATM machine where they think they press the button and you spit money to them. Result? Be very careful they try hard to pull money from you.


Travel tip two: Assuming you rented a car or bike and you have an accident dont do anything and dont speak anything unless the company who rented you the vehicle come and let them handle it. Do it that way otherwise your chance is very high that they will cheat you badly. Be aware that whoever caused the accident doesn't matter you are the foreigner and you are guilty. Some time ago a motorbike crashed into the left side of my car when he tried to pass me where there was no space read more.

He finally told the police I hit him on a other place and the police guy told me bluntly I dont believe foreigners I only believe Thai and he was not yoking. Result? Shut up, dont talk let the rent car guy talk also if it takes a while until he or she come.

Travel tip three: Be aware that if you book a hotel at the airport they will always use the highest rate and the hotel will add a commission of 10 to 20% for the airport counter, thats the same at any travel agent, read more.

Travel tip four: When renting anything such a car, bike, jet ski or whatever picture the objects from any possible angle and take someone with you as a witness. Since it is very common that when you come back they will tell you damaged this or that, read more.

Travel tip four: When you have any dispute with anyone especially with the above mentioned get the police because the people are afraid of the police and the uniformed guys mostly really try to help, read more.

Travel tip five: If there is anything really serious and you should pay something negotiate with the uniformed one what and how to pay, bargaining is normal, in general leave the stuff to the local guy who rented you the car or whatever. Stay away from lawyers, for them you are only the cow who gives milk, just keep cool and use your common sense,  read more.