Originally Posted by
veggie_lover
I don't understand why 3-star hotels are averaging $100-$200/ night for late november? In the USA I rarely pay more than $50/night using sites like hotwire.com . But here I am going to a third world country and paying almost triple
Not only that this is the region's high traveling season, Phuket is one of the best islands in the world for "the developed world" vacationers.
http://www.concierge.com/tools/trave...choice/islands
Also, the 2008 Phuket King's Cup Regatta is held between November 29 and December 6, 2008,
http://www.kingscup.com/, and, hence, the "high" rates.
In the US (Vegas), I pay around $300/night at the Venetian which is supposedly a 5-star property. All I get there is a large room (so-called suite) with hardly any service, if any. If you pay that much in Phuket (or any where else in Thailand) you will feel the difference, the luxury, and what a 5-star hotel/resort supposed to be like.