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Originally Posted by frogblogger
No problem, some apartments/condos can be rented by the month. It might be slightly more difficult arriving in November, when things are starting to get 'busy' again, but I doubt you'll have too much difficulty finding somewhere suitable.
Some guesthouses will do a good rate if you press them, I was staying in a 600 baht a night room for a few days the first time I came to Thailand. When I was sure I was going to stay for at least a month, they gave me a price of 10,000 baht which represented almost a 50% discount.
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frogblogger,
For THB600 per night you should have had a nice room in a pretty nice guest house. I know they're primarily geared for short term stays and that there are some very nice guest houses but for THB 10,000 you could find a pretty good furnished apartment too. Now probably even cheaper as I see a lot of vacancies on the Internet. Some guest houses are more per night but many are THB 100-200 per night. I'm sure they're pretty basic and no AC.
I'm a long ways from Chiang Mai right now but it seems the housing market is continuing to soften just like here. What was THB 10,000 is now perhaps THB 8,000 or even cheaper. Now if the dollar will just strengthen a bit....