The rule I tend to apply on cash expenditure while in Thailand is to spend no more than I have been earning (less overheads) in a similar period of time back in Farangland in the months leading up. Also, a night or two home alone recharging the liver and libido helps to bring down that average spend to a level I'm comfortable with.
But in essense, unless my earnings have put me in a position to fly out biz class, live in a reasonable standard of accomodation while having at least 200,000 Baht per month in my bin then I don't bother going.......I'm sure I wouldn't enjoy it, I'd be thinking too much about previous trips










