Pattaya Expenditures Report for one month.
I have just spent 30 days in Pattaya. I kept track of all my expenditures and here are the results. I don't do gogo bars or beer bars, and I rent an economical guesthouse room on a monthly basis. I mostly made my own breakfast and lunch but ate out every night. Flights in and out are not included.
I had 13 sexual encounters which included 2 HJ's. These were from Beach Rd FL's or the Chaiyapoon massage parlor area. I only fuck when horny and so this averaged out to 1 fuck / HJ every 2. 3 days.
While I find this can be annoyingly frustrating during the wait time to regain horniness, it also results in a great fuck when the time comes and is certainly cost-effective, as sex is the most expensive item on the menu in Pattaya.
Sex: 12530 baht in 13 encounters = 964 baht average / encounter. ($392 usd total).
Massage: 400 baht for 1 oilie. (included a 100 baht tip).
Room (w. Elec / water): 6760 baht for 30 days= 225 baht per day av. = $7 usd / day ($211 usd total).
Restaurants: 5060 baht for 35 meals = 145 baht per meal ($4. 5 usd each av.) (total $158 usd).
Groceries 5170 baht = $162 usd total.
Water for drinking: 35 baht for 30 liters at 5 baht per 6 liters= $1.10 usd total.
Songthaews: 320 baht at 10 baht / ride ($10 usd total).
Minivan in (Utapao): 250 baht ($8 usd).
Bus out (Morchit): 117 baht ($3.7 usd).
Taxi Morchit to DMueng: 150 baht ($4. 70 usd).
This all totals 30,792 baht spent in 30 days = 1026 baht per day on average. So in US dollars, at 32 baht exchange rate = $964 usd = $32.12 usd per day on average.
Water and accomodation, food.
For the water, I fill up at the water stations located all around where you get 6 liters for 5 baht or one liter for one baht. You need your own 6 liter container though. Either buy an initial one for around 35 baht I think (in 7/11 etc), or where I stay departing residents leave their containers behind and future guests can grab one and fill it up. I have never had any problems with the quality of the water in these little water stations. It's a great bargain, and certainly beats buying water at the convenience stores every few days.
For the accommodation, I cannot reveal the exact place, but it is in the Soi Buakhao area. The room is quite good as it is old style and measures around 30 m square. There is a double bed, Cable TV (sophon), aircon, medium sized fridge, a small desk and reasonable wifi. The bathroom is largish with an electric hot water heater. There is no cleaning service though. Yes you can bring girls back there, though I prefer to use ST rooms with ST freelancers so that they can make a mess there rather than in my room. There are a lot of these deals around I think. I find that renting by the month halves your accommodation cost compared to renting on a daily basis. The downside of the Soi Buakhao area is the lack of sidewalks for pedestrians until you hit second Road.
For food, sometimes for lunch I would head to Big see on Klang and get a very filling Chicken Curry meal with small ice coffee for 80 baht. That has brought the meal average down. So usually the dinner meal would usually be around 220 baht, but sometimes it would be 150 baht if only spag bol plus iced coffee.