If you are planning to come to Thailand and backpack your way around, here are some budgets to assist you in planning:
Basic Backpacker: $20-35USD Per Day
A basic backpacker will comfortably get by on $20-35USD per day in Thailand. This will involve staying in dorms, eating street food, keeping partying to a minimum and travelling everywhere by bus or public transport. If you are planning on doing a lot of tours or doing costly activities like diving, you’ll need to budget extra.
Middle Backpacker: $35-60USD Per Day
If you see yourself as more than a basic kind of backpacker, then $35-60USD per day will be roughly what you can expect to spend. On this budget, you’ll find yourself staying in dorms but you will be able to treat yourself to a private room regularly. Expect to predominantly travel on buses and keep the partying to a few nights a week. This is probably the best range budget to be able to see and do everything, eat well and buy stuff.
High End: $60USD+ Per Day
This budget will suit travelers who want to stay in private rooms, either in hostels or hotels (although hotels are much more costly). Domestic travel will usually be done by flying and there will be a lot of partying and all-round good living! Think swanky restaurants and rooftop bars. This range begs to ask the question why backpack at all? Carrying a backpack around in Thailand’s heat and humidity is not fun!