Thailand Tour Package from UAE: Bangkok, Phuket and Krabi

What moves the price most: the UAE school holidays, Eid and the weeks around Christmas and New Year, when flights to Bangkok and Phuket fill and island hotels charge peak rates. A 5-star hotel or a beach villa in Phuket adds more than an extra night in a 4-star. Private tours cost more than shared ones, but for a family of four the gap per person is often small. If your dates are open, compare the cheapest tour packages this month before you choose.

• Shared or private: the Bangkok and Pattaya route runs on shared coach transfers and tours; island trips use shared big boats unless you ask for a private longtail
• Hotel area: Sukhumvit and Silom suit shopping and the BTS Skytrain; the riverside suits temples and quieter evenings
• Island base: Patong in Phuket is busy and central; Kata, Karon and Kamala are calmer; Ao Nang in Krabi is the base for the Four Islands boats
• Children's prices depend on age, the airline's child fare and each hotel's extra bed policy

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   Day 1: Arrive in Bangkok, transfer to Pattaya

   Our representative meets you at Suvarnabhumi Airport for the road transfer to your Pattaya hotel. The evening is free.

2. 02

   Day 2: Coral Island

   A speedboat to Koh Larn, known as Coral Island, a short ride from Pattaya's pier. Swim, sit on the beach, or pay locally for a glass-bottom boat, parasailing or a banana boat ride. Lunch on the island is at your own cost. Back to Pattaya by late afternoon.

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   Day 3: Pattaya to Bangkok, temple tour

   Check out and drive to Bangkok, stopping at the Gems Gallery. In the city, visit Wat Traimit, home of a solid gold Buddha about three metres tall and over five tonnes, and the Marble Temple, Wat Benchamabophit, built of Italian marble in the Dusit district. Check in to your Bangkok hotel.

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   Day 4: Free day in Bangkok

   Shop at Siam Paragon, CentralWorld or the MBK Centre, or book a half-day at Safari World, the Damnoen Saduak floating market or Madame Tussauds. In the evening, walk Yaowarat Road in Chinatown for street food, or take a Chao Phraya river cruise.

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   Day 5: Fly home

   After breakfast you check out. A driver then runs you out to the airport, and you fly home to Abu Dhabi or Dubai.

With an extra night, we add the Grand Palace and Wat Pho, the temple of the Reclining Buddha, with a longtail boat ride on the river and a stop at Wat Arun. Families often swap the free day for Safari World and Marine Park, which takes most of a day with the drive.

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  Couples and honeymoons

  A pool villa in Phuket or Krabi, a private longtail to the islands and a sunset dinner. Our 10-night couples route adds a blessing ceremony for newly married couples at a royal temple in Bangkok, the Golden Triangle and Chiang Mai. More ideas on our honeymoon packages page.

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  Families

  Bangkok's malls, Safari World and the aquarium at Siam Paragon, then a calm beach on Kata or in Ao Nang. Family rooms book out early in the summer holidays. Kids' and family discounts apply where the hotel and airline allow.

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  Groups of friends and office trips

  One itinerary, shared transfers and group hotel rates, with a WhatsApp group for updates. Pattaya and Phuket suit groups who want evenings out; Krabi suits groups who want boats and beaches.

A few practical points. Temples ask for covered shoulders and knees, for men and women. Tap water is not for drinking; hotels provide bottled water. Grab works well in Bangkok and Phuket for short rides. Mosques with prayer facilities are found across Bangkok and the south.

The UAE summer break falls in the Andaman monsoon. It is still a good trip: rain often comes in short bursts, hotels are cheaper and the islands are quieter. We plan the island day for early in your stay so it can move if the sea is rough. For a long dry-season trip, pair Thailand with our Sri Lanka holiday packages or a temple trip with our cambodia tour package.