Are two weeks enough?

[Impulse]

I'm teetering now if I should go to Thailand this year. My boss will let me take only two weeks off this January. usually it's at least a month.

Since I fly from New York I waste several days from transport, so I'll have about 10 good days in Pattaya. The flight is a drag but I can take a tax deduction for the cost if I want.

I know I sound like Joe who I believe said that he will be going to the Canary Islands instead of Thailand this year, and I adamantly told him he was crazy for not going to Thailand,lol.

it might not take much arm twisting from you guys to convince me, not that anyone cares. Has anyone with a 20 hour flight gone for this short a time and was it worth it?

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[bucknaway]

I have 4 to 5 weeks for vacation but this coming year I plan to only use 2 of those weeks to visit Thailand. I fly out of Philadelphia which is not far from NYC. I also plan to take my 2 weeks when it falls on a holiday so that I can use the added day off for travel time.

Will 2 weeks be enough for me? Yes. I don't want to wait till October to take another vacation so this year I plan to go to Brazil in April for a week. Thailand in July for 2 weeks and someplace else in October for 1 week and the 5th week I will sprinkle the days around.

[francois]

My first visit to Thailand was for two weeks and it was my best trip.

[arsenal]

Yes, I would definately go for ten days, even if the flight is a pain. Also, remember that if you include weekends (assuming you don't usually work them) then it geets up to 16 days. If money was no object I suspect most of us would travel to Thailand for a long weekend.

[Impulse]

Some nice positive responses. Two weeks is a normal vacation for most people I guess. I have been very fortunate in the past with four and six week stays in lOS.

Will have to spend the same amount of money in half the time on the bois. That should be fun!

[anonone]

Rocket.

I take this trip a log (5 or 6 times a year) from the Eastern USA. 2 weeks is plenty of time. No better cure for jet lag then a relaxing massage and some TLC from a gogo boy.

[Nirish guy]

Likewise Rocket - I usually squeeze a two week trip in around Songkran usually and it works fine - actually in a way it's nearly more fun as it almost feels like a weekend break rather than the usual month or 6 week trip and so I end up squeezing just as much fun as I can into that time - and the added bonus always is that I FEEL like I've had a load of fun but DO come home with more money left than my longer trips where I end up spending money in spite of the "actual" fun to baht ratio sometimes. Also I find a two week trip is a great "refresher" in the middle of the working year and sets me up and keeps me ticking over nicely until my main get away to wherever that may be. So yes, I'm with everyone else, if you can afford it and don't really mind the flight then go for it as once you're lying on that massage table or sitting in a bar and hear some cute Thai guy utter those immortal words "Hello, what your name, I lie you" you'll be glad you did and will wonder why you ever even thought twice about it - life's short - so carpe diem !! :-)

PS - Joe - are we corrupting you and your other plans yet ???? lol

[joe552]

I've already booked my trip to the Canaries for June, so can't be corrupted this time NIrish. But if I had the money, then 2 weeks is long enough. I once went for week, but I was madly in love with a bar boy, so it was worth it.

[Nirish guy]

I once went for week, but I was madly in love with a bar boy, so it was worth it.

Oh well, we tried !! :-) And as for being madly in love with a bar boy, I know that feeling as I feel the same - with each and every one of them - until I meet the next one a few hours later and then I fall in love ALL OVER AGAIN he he - see, sometimes having a really bad memory can work in ones favour too it seems !! lol

[Manforallseasons]

If your only plan is to visit Pattaya then two weeks is more than enough.