When travelling in Phuket either rent a car or catch a ride on the trucks that carry lots of people at a time.

Taxis will not use their meters and will try to charge you per person rates.

Also the Jetski rates are overpriced and they won’t negotiate – preferring to sit on the beach day after day with not one jetski actually being used. Sharp business people they are not.

Don’t ask the price of anything you want to buy – offer a price for it. If you are looking at a shirt then offer 1 US dime. It you are buying shoes then offer 1 US dime. If you are buying a house … offer 1 US dime. They will counter with the same opening price for everything – USD$1 million. From there you can negotiate to some sort of middle ground.

Always remember – whatever “great” price you get something for – someone else got it cheaper. Hang in there and negotiate the price right down.