Travel Guides stay in $14-a-night accommodation, this is what they got: 'Is this a joke?'
Save your pennies, Travel Guides fans, for a budget-busting trip to Thailand!
For the first time in Travel Guides history, the Guides had complete control over their holiday finances but with a catch. What did $100 a day get them?
Find out in the video above.
Teng was up for the challenge. Nine
Flying Scoot airlines via Singapore, the Guides touched down in Thailand's bustling capitol Bangkok.
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They each had a $100 a day to spend on food, fun and accommodation.
"Are we dreading a budget holiday? God yes," said 'travel snob' Kevin.
Joining Kevin on this cheap-as-chips vacay was wife Janetta, hilarious duo Matt and Brett, best mates Kev, Teng and Dorian and besties Karly and Bri who were in a rude shock for their $14 a night accommodation.
"Is this a joke?!" said Bri in disbelief as they checked into their hostel 'dorm room'.
At least the boys were having fun. Nine
The Guides checked into the Prince Theatre Heritage Stay.
The hostel's mixed shared dorm offers "private-ish" capsule accommodation with a mattress, bedding, a few hooks to hang your clothes and a power point.
This is what $14 a night will get you. Nine
Opposite the capsules, were shelves and coat hangers to store your luggage and jackets. But maybe pack light...
"We had four suitcases!" Karly explained. "Maybe this was not a good idea.
The accommodation didn't meet everybody's expectations. Nine
Karly and Bri were rethinking their life choices. Nine
Where they checked in next however made this hostel look like paradise...
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Saving a night's accommodation, the Guides took an overnight sleeper train to the majestic mountain city of Chiang Mai, Bangkok's laid back little sister.
The difference between first class and economy class was a mere $12.
So what does that extra 12 bucks buy you in first class?
Turns out, not a lot...
"There's nothing in here anywhere near first class," Kevin argued.
"It was horrible, I think we've hit a new low," Kevin added, while Janetta said: "Let me get off."
If the video above is anything to go by, second class was the way to go, apparently!
Sleepover! Nine
And if you come to Chiang Mai, you've got to have a massage.
Yam Khang is an ancient massage technique found only in northern Thailand that helps relieve muscle, tendon and bone pain.
But what they walked into was not what they expected:
"I'm worried..." said Bri before she started screaming.
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This unique form of massage required herbal oil, a flamed-grilled foot and the courage not to run away.
Far from a relaxing massage! Nine
"I could feel the tinea, it was an absolute nightmare," Kev recalled.
Catch their hilarious reaction in the video above.
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