How much money will I need for a great Thailand holiday?

I'm an aussie going to Phuket in January and staying for ten days, already have flights, accom, transfers etc just want to know how much spending money I will need! I love shopping but hope not to go overboard and get free breakfast every morning. I also love to party and want to see as much as possible. Also it's my frist time overseas so is it hard to get used to using different money?

Depends on where you're staying and just how much and what kind of partying you're up for.

All approx in AUD$

Beer is $2 a bottle

1 bottle Mekong Whiskey & 2 mixers + ice bucket = $4

local street food about $1 per dish

local restaurant about $4 per dish

comfortable foreigner restaurant with western food about $8-10 per dish

taxi's - bargain hard but 10 minute ride about $3-5

cigarettes local $1 imported $3

boat trips and diving also vary depending on where you buy it but will average $15-30

Good idea is to hire a moped (but always carry your d/licence & wear helmet). They drive same side of road as in Oz - but slightly more erratically! You can then get to see all the beaches on the island. Costs about $8 per day.

The best restaurants in the best hotels will set you back $25-45 per meal - but thats only if you wanna treat yourself!

If you work on $50-60 per day you will probably come back with change - if you dont spend it on shopping.

Not hard to use Thai money but hard to remember what the exchange rate is.

They have the following denominations all Baht (They are printed with Arabic numeral)

1000 (36AUD)

500 (18AUD)

100 (3.6AUD)

50 (1.8AUD)

20 (.72AUD)

10 (.36AUD)coin

They have other but they are unimportant.

The shopping in Phuket is terrible. you'd be better of in Pattaya or Bangkok and there are some really good handicraft prices up north in Chiang Mai.

As for money you can get by on 50 AUD but 100AUD good time to 200AUD great time.

you'll get used to it, dont worry too much about it, about how much money will u need? i am not sure, sometime after the 3 or 4 days in phuket, u felt u seen it all, and u feel its a waste of time beach bumping then u might need to move over to other places. so it depends wat u want, alcohol is quite cheap similar to australia.

It's depend what you want, if you want anything may be more money needed

5000 AUD, shopping, eating great seafoods, flying around, drinking good wine.

Or if you're really pretty, probably none. Boys pay for you.