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What's New: The Latest Thailand Nightlife News and Reviews
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A Hua Hin Weekend From Bangkok: Two Nights, Planned Hour by Hour
Two nights, two bar streets, three markets and a rooftop: a Hua Hin weekend from Bangkok, planned so you don't waste a minute of it.
Hua Hin Night Markets: Seafood, Cicada and Tamarind Before the Bars
Hua Hin's best nights start at a market. Which one to pick, when each one opens and how to roll from dinner to the bars.
Soi Bintabaht: Hua Hin's Bar Street, Bar Girls and What a Night Costs
Hua Hin's bar scene fits on one short soi. How Soi Bintabaht works, what a night there costs and where to go when it winds down.
Krabi Hidden Spots: Skip Ao Nang's Tourist Traps
Ao Nang sells the postcard and Krabi Town pours the beer. Where locals drink, eat and flirt, plus a Railay sunset, with honest expectations.
Koh Samui Scams: Taxis, Jet Skis and the Bar Bill Trick
Meterless taxis, jet ski damage claims and padded bar bills: how the Samui hustles work and how to dodge them.
Books7 min
Thailand Crime Novels: Sleaze, Sin and Murder Worth Packing
Neon, corrupt cops, dodgy expats and a body in a back soi. The Thailand crime novels worth packing, the order to read them and what suits a flight.
Books6 min
Books About Thai Bar Girls: Four Non-Fiction Reads Worth Your Time
Four non-fiction books show the bars from the stool, the stage and the street. Here is what each covers and what a punter can learn from it.
Pattaya STI Clinic: Where to Get Checked After Soi 6
Soi 6 is fun, the follow-up is less fun but far cheaper than ignoring it. Where to get tested in Pattaya, what to ask for and what it costs.
Cheap Rooftop Bars Bangkok: Skyline Seats, Not 600-Baht Cocktails
The famous towers charge 350 to 700 baht a cocktail. These smaller rooftops give you the same sunset, and the same sky, for far less.
Swinger Apps Thailand: Feeld, SDC and Kasidie Compared
Feeld, SDC, Kasidie and FetLife compared for couples and unicorns heading to Thailand. What each does well, what it costs and how to spot fakes.
Fetish Parties Bangkok: How to Get an Invite and Stay Invited
Latex, leather and a guest list harder to crack than a Sukhumvit rooftop. How Bangkok play parties work and how to earn an invitation.
Thaniya Road Karaoke: Prices, Rules and the Hostess Line-Up
Soi Thaniya is where Japanese businessmen loosen their ties and sing to a line-up of hostesses. Here is how the lane works and what it costs.
Chiang Mai Pool Bars: Loi Kroh Road After Dark
Loi Kroh Road has beer bars, pool tables and women who sink the black without looking. Slower and cheaper than Pattaya, with more charm.
Sexual Health7 min
PrEP in Thailand: The Little Pills That Save a Wild Night
PrEP stops HIV before a wild night and PEP stops it after a mishap. How both work in Thailand, where to get them and what they cost.
Phuket Gay Bars: Patong's Paradise Complex Gets Steamy
Phuket gay bars cluster in Patong's Paradise Complex, a short walk from Bangla Road. Here is how it works, what it costs and when to go.
Books7 min
Novels About Bangkok Nightlife: The Bar-Girl Books Punters Read
Fall for a gogo dancer on the page, not in your bank account. A cheeky reading list of the novels that get Bangkok's bars most right.
Chiang Mai Lesbian Bars: The Small, Sweet and Flirty Northern Scene
Chiang Mai has few dedicated lesbian bars, but Nimman and the Night Bazaar area are friendly and relaxed. Here is where to go and what it costs.
Rooftop Bars Sukhumvit: Sky-High Pre-Drinks Before Nana
Start the night with a sunset cocktail, then drop down to the neon. Six Sukhumvit rooftops near Nana Plaza and Soi Cowboy, and what to wear.
Where to Eat in Chaweng: Before the Bars, After the Bar Girls
Fuel up before the Chaweng bars and refuel after. Night market stalls, beach-road seafood and late noodle shops, with prices and the traps to skip.
Questions About New Guides
Can I Filter What's New by City or Category?
Yes. Pick a section (bars, massage, dating, travel and so on) from the chips, then narrow it with the category and city menus, and sort by latest or most read. Every filter lives in the page address, so a filtered list can be bookmarked or shared and opens exactly as you left it on any device.
Are Members-Only Guides Listed in What's New?
Yes. Every new or updated guide is listed, whoever it is for. Guides that need VIP carry a Members Only or VIP Preview marker, so you can see what's behind the paywall before you click. Free guides have no marker and open in full for everyone, with or without an account.
Where Do New Guides Appear First?
Here. A new guide is listed in What's New the day it is published, with its category, city and reading time, before it shows up in the category pages, search and the related guides under other posts. An updated guide is marked with the date it was last checked, so you can tell fresh prices from old ones.
Are All the New Articles Free to Read?
No. Around half the archive is members-only, and every locked post is marked in the list, in search and in the RSS feed, so you know before you click. You can read the opening of a members-only post for free; VIP opens the full review, with the prices and the verdict. Public guides, city pages and the glossary stay free for everyone.
How Can I Tell Whether a Guide Is up to Date?
Check the date on the page. Every guide and review shows when it was last reviewed, and a correction we confirm goes in with a new checked date, so an old price never hides behind a fresh headline. Entries that rest on a member's report rather than our own visit are labeled and carry their own date, which lets you judge how recent the information behind them is.
Is There an RSS Feed for New Articles?
Yes. The feed at /feed.xml, also served at /rss.xml, lists the 50 newest guides and reviews, each with a short summary, its category and the publish date. Members-only posts are included and marked as members only, so your feed reader shows everything that's new. Add either address to any RSS reader to follow new articles without checking back here or handing over an email address.
How Do I Report a Closed Bar or a Price Change?
Send it through the help center. Choose the editorial and corrections topic on the support ticket form, paste the page address and say what changed and when, for example the new bar fine and the date you saw it. A photo of a price board helps. We check it, fix the entry and give it a new checked date, and we don't credit names unless you ask us to.
How Does the Most Read View Work?
Most read reorders the archive by popularity, so the guides and reviews readers open most come first, with the newer article ahead when two are level. It works together with the filters, so you can see the most read Pattaya articles or the most read massage guides. It's a quick way to find the pages other punters rely on before a trip; switch back to latest to return to date order.
Does an Updated Guide Move Back to the Top of What's New?
No. The archive is ordered by the date each article was first published, so a guide that has been re-checked or corrected keeps its original place in the list. To see how fresh it is, open the guide and look at the date it was last reviewed, which changes whenever we confirm new prices or a change of status. Only newly published articles appear at the top.
How the Archive Stays Current
What's New lists the latest Thailand nightlife news on Bangkok Punters: every new guide, establishment review and field report, newest first. Use it to catch up before a trip. See which bars have opened or closed in Nana Plaza and Soi Cowboy, what's changed on Walking Street and Bangla Road, and where prices have moved. Filter by section, category or city, or switch to most read to see what other punters are opening right now. Members-only reviews carry a lock, and VIP opens every one with the current prices and our verdict. To follow new articles without checking back, add the RSS feed to a feed reader.
Reviewed by Jimmy, Founder of Bangkok Punters
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