{
  "name": "Chiang Mai to Koh Samui, hotel to hotel: cost estimate data",
  "page": "https://thejetsettersjournal.com/chiang-mai-to-koh-samui/",
  "publisher": "The Jetsetters Journal",
  "checked": "2026-10-30",
  "currency": "GBP",
  "priceType": "from-rate, not a live price",
  "hotels": {
    "cm": {
      "slug": "th-four-seasons-resort-chiang-mai",
      "name": "Four Seasons Resort Chiang Mai",
      "short": "Chiang Mai",
      "roomType": "Garden Pavilion",
      "shortlistArea": "northern-thailand"
    },
    "ks": {
      "slug": "th-four-seasons-resort-koh-samui",
      "name": "Four Seasons Resort Koh Samui",
      "short": "Koh Samui",
      "roomType": "Serenity Pool Villa",
      "shortlistArea": "koh-samui"
    }
  },
  "rates": {
    "basis": "The lowest price on Booking.com for one night, two adults, one room, in pounds, on a sample night in each month. A from-rate, not a live price.",
    "source": "Booking.com, each hotel's own page",
    "checked": "2026-10-30",
    "months": [
      {
        "month": "dec",
        "name": "December",
        "sampleNight": "2026-12-07",
        "chiangMaiPerNight": 766,
        "kohSamuiPerNight": 1411,
        "checked": "2026-10-30",
        "typical": true
      },
      {
        "month": "jan",
        "name": "January",
        "sampleNight": "2027-01-18",
        "chiangMaiPerNight": 1227,
        "kohSamuiPerNight": 1514,
        "checked": "2026-10-30",
        "typical": true
      },
      {
        "month": "feb",
        "name": "February",
        "sampleNight": "2027-02-15",
        "chiangMaiPerNight": 1038,
        "kohSamuiPerNight": 1514,
        "checked": "2026-10-30",
        "typical": true
      },
      {
        "month": "mar",
        "name": "March",
        "sampleNight": "2027-03-15",
        "chiangMaiPerNight": 827,
        "kohSamuiPerNight": 1229,
        "checked": "2026-10-30",
        "typical": true
      },
      {
        "month": "apr",
        "name": "April",
        "sampleNight": "2027-04-12",
        "chiangMaiPerNight": 816,
        "kohSamuiPerNight": 2177,
        "checked": "2026-10-30",
        "typical": false,
        "note": "Songkran week: only a Family Pool Villa was left at Koh Samui, so this is not a typical April rate."
      },
      {
        "month": "jul",
        "name": "July",
        "sampleNight": "2027-07-12",
        "chiangMaiPerNight": 787,
        "kohSamuiPerNight": 1308,
        "checked": "2026-10-30",
        "typical": true
      },
      {
        "month": "oct",
        "name": "October",
        "sampleNight": "2027-10-11",
        "chiangMaiPerNight": 808,
        "kohSamuiPerNight": 1298,
        "checked": "2026-10-30",
        "typical": true
      }
    ]
  },
  "flight": {
    "airline": "Bangkok Airways",
    "from": "Chiang Mai (CNX)",
    "to": "Samui (USM)",
    "nonStop": true,
    "duration": "about 1 hr 45 min",
    "fareOneWayPerAdult": 213,
    "fareSampleDate": "2027-01-20",
    "fareSource": "Google Flights, CNX to USM on 20 January 2027",
    "routeSource": "https://www.bangkokair.com/eng/flightdeals/view/chiang-mai-samui",
    "checked": "2026-10-30",
    "note": "The sampled January fare is used for every month in the estimate. There is no flight affiliate: this leg is information only."
  },
  "transfers": {
    "chiangMai": "about 30 minutes by car from Chiang Mai airport",
    "kohSamui": "about 28 to 45 minutes by car from Samui airport"
  },
  "adults": 2,
  "defaultSplit": {
    "cm": 4,
    "ks": 5,
    "month": "jan"
  },
  "formula": "estimate = cm x chiangMaiPerNight[month] + ks x kohSamuiPerNight[month] + fareOneWayPerAdult x adults",
  "urlTemplate": "https://thejetsettersjournal.com/chiang-mai-to-koh-samui/?cm={nights}&ks={nights}&month={dec|jan|feb|mar|apr|jul|oct}",
  "params": {
    "cm": {
      "meaning": "nights at Four Seasons Resort Chiang Mai",
      "min": 1,
      "max": 14,
      "default": 4
    },
    "ks": {
      "meaning": "nights at Four Seasons Resort Koh Samui",
      "min": 1,
      "max": 14,
      "default": 5
    },
    "month": {
      "meaning": "month of travel",
      "values": [
        "dec",
        "jan",
        "feb",
        "mar",
        "apr",
        "jul",
        "oct"
      ],
      "default": "jan"
    }
  },
  "defaultEstimate": 12904
}