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Things change. Fares, temple fees, hours and entry rules in Thailand change without much notice. On 2026-10-10 several official sites refused our request or returned pages without prices. Every number we could read is stamped with where and when; every number we could not is labelled. Treat the unstamped as a prompt to check, not as a fact.

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Promise: a seven-day Bangkok plan built around a daily budget table you fill in yourself, so the cap is yours to test rather than ours to promise.
Trip length: 7 days, 6 nights.
Best months: depends on your tolerance for heat, rain and smog; see chapter 6 and chapter 1.
Budget band: "under $60/day" is the frame, not a guarantee. The table in chapter 8 shows what pushes a day over.
Best for: budget travelers, first or repeat visitors, backpackers, and anyone using points for the flight and cash for the ground.
Base guides: /guides/bangkok/ covers the standard first-time itinerary and /guides/solo-bangkok-chiang-mai/ covers the solo angle. This guide covers only what changes when budget leads.
US State Department: Thailand is Level 1, Exercise Normal Precautions. Level 2, Exercise Increased Caution: Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat provinces (unrest) and the Cambodia border region (armed conflict). No Level 3 or Do Not Travel areas on the page [read 2026-10-10 — page dated July 7, 2026, https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/traveladvisories/thailand-travel-advisory.html].

At a glance

Grand Palace: 500 baht, tickets 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM, open daily 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM (checked Oct 10, 2026).
Bangkok Art and Culture Centre: free; Tuesday to Sunday 10:00 to 20:00; closed Mondays (checked Oct 10, 2026).
Chao Phraya Express flag lines: Orange 19 baht flat; Yellow 24 baht flat; Green-Yellow 17 baht Pak Kret to Nonthaburi, 24 baht Nonthaburi to Sathorn, 36 baht Pak Kret to Sathorn; Red 33 baht flat on the page, shown beside "regular price 50 baht" (checked Oct 10, 2026). The page said these services run Monday to Friday, so (We could not confirm this on the official site when we checked — confirm it there before you book.).
Wat Pho: an earlier check showed 300 baht; today's fetch of the official site did not show a fee (We could not confirm this on the official site when we checked — confirm it there before you book.).
Not opened or no price shown today: BTS, MRT, Airport Rail Link, Wat Arun, Jim Thompson House, Chatuchak, Lumphini Park, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs visa page and air4thai.
Plan on cash for street food and boats; plan on card for bigger bills. Check your bank's foreign-fee and ATM-fee terms.