Koh samui is quiet expensive , but a very pretty island ,
Beaches are on a completely different level than say Pattaya for example .
And I guess that is why they charge more , they know the beach loving crowd will keep going regardless .
The diehard mongers don’t go there so much now ,
Still plenty of girls but they tend to prey on the drunk tourist guys who are inexperienced with the scene , and they pay the overinflated prices .
A word of warning , upper market girls in patong dont like to travel far , many will not go on lengthy tuk tuk rides , and are far more interested in hotels just around the corner , FLs shouldnt be a problem though
Depending on girl , but better quality will probably set you back 3000 ST 5000 LT after a 2000 BF
Phuket is expensive , but its not all bad,
there are half decent FLs around that will set you back a lot less , the discos at night are full of them
A mate of mine brought an apartment on soi 4 and lived there ,
Thought he had hit the jackpot in the beginning ,
Ended up becoming too much for him so he rented it out and moved somewhere quieter , ended up selling it