Getting Started and Finding Guides
What the site is, searching, members-only guides, the glossary, the trip planner and what to read before a first trip.
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- What Is Bangkok Punters?An independent, reader-funded guide to Thailand's nightlife and travel for adult men: city guides, establishment reviews, prices, safety and the practicalities, written from visits on the ground.
- How Do I Find a Specific Bar, Area or Guide?Open search from the magnifier in the header, or press Ctrl+K (⌘K on a Mac), and type an establishment, an area such as Nana or Soi 6, or a term such as bar fine.
- Why Are Some Guides Locked?Guides marked with a crown are members-only: you can read the opening, then a panel offers membership. VIP opens all of them, including the real prices and verdicts.
- What Should I Read Before My First Trip?Read your city guide, then Scams, the Glossary, a guest-friendly hotel list and Sexual Health. Those five head off most first-night mistakes and overcharges.
- How Do I Find a Guest-Friendly Hotel?Pick an area on Where to Stay, then check Guest-Friendly Hotels for hotels that let you bring a visitor back and whether they charge a joiner fee.
- How Do I Keep Up with New Guides?What's New lists every article, newest first, and the RSS feed carries the 50 newest to any feed reader.
- How Do the Weekly Travel Deals Work?The Offers page lists this week's Thailand travel deals, checked by Jimmy and sorted by what you need; a new edition goes up every Monday and expired deals drop off.
- How Do I Look Up a Thai or Nightlife Term?Open the Glossary and type the word, the slang or the Thai into its search box; every term shows its meaning and, where useful, the Thai and an example.
- How Does the Trip Planner Work?Answer a few quick questions (dates, cities, who's coming, budget, what you're into) and the Trip Planner builds a day-by-day plan with transfers and hotel searches. Change it by asking the Planner, then save it, export it or email it to yourself. It's free for every member: all it needs is an account.
- Is There an App? Can I Add the Site to My Home Screen?There's no app to download yet, but you can add Bangkok Punters to your phone's home screen from the browser, and it then opens full screen like an app.
- What Is Migo, and When Can I Use It?Migo is our upcoming phone app for meeting other punters nearby for dinner, drinks or a night out. It isn't released yet, and we'll announce access and pricing when it launches.
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