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Thailand short-term rental revenue management.

How short-term rental demand moved on Koh Phangan and in Bangkok in 2026, and how to price around island seasons and Full Moon weeks. Built from the comp sets of the Thai listings we manage.

Updated 2026-10-18

THE MARKET, MONTH BY MONTH

Thailand short-term rentals, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026.

These are market numbers, not ours: the average across the PriceLabs comp sets of the Thailand listings we price (up to 54 in a month), each month set against the same month a year earlier. A comp set is the group of competing listings a property is priced against, so this is what operators across the market saw.

MonthMarket occupancy (last year → this)Market nightly rate, THB (last year → this)Market RevPAR vs last yearBooking windowAverage stay
Oct 202571% → 62%฿2,862 → ฿3,184−2%8 days5.3 nights
Nov 202574% → 53%฿3,129 → ฿2,815−35%14 days6.5 nights
Dec 202585% → 71%฿4,630 → ฿5,086−8%27 days5.8 nights
Jan 202692% → 88%฿5,296 → ฿5,566−0%31 days6.2 nights
Feb 202694% → 90%฿5,003 → ฿5,228+0%26 days6.2 nights
Mar 202685% → 77%฿4,165 → ฿4,514−2%18 days5.9 nights
Apr 202679% → 67%฿3,420 → ฿3,540−12%13 days6.1 nights
May 202665% → 56%฿2,990 → ฿3,040−12%10 days5.7 nights
Jun 202658% → 50%฿2,660 → ฿2,771−10%10 days5.4 nights
Jul 202666% → 64%฿3,280 → ฿3,463+2%18 days5.4 nights
Aug 202675% → 71%฿3,686 → ฿3,583−9%20 days5.1 nights
Sep 202676% → 74%฿3,168 → ฿3,495+9%14 days5.2 nights

Source: PriceLabs comp-set data for RevOpt-managed Thailand listings, Oct 2025–Sep 2026. Booking window and average stay are this year's market averages. Months still being booked are not shown.

Areas in this data: Koh Phangan, koh phangan, Ko Pha-ngan, ko pha-ngan, Koh Pha-ngan, koh pha-ngan, .

WHAT IT MEANS FOR PRICING

What moves revenue in Thailand.

1. Island seasons don’t follow the rest of Thailand

The Gulf islands have a different rainy season from Phuket and the Andaman coast. Market occupancy in our Thai markets ran from about 50% in Jun to 90% in Feb; pricing should follow that local curve, not a national one.

2. Full Moon weeks are events

On Koh Phangan, party weeks lift demand on predictable dates every month. Premiums and minimum stays for those nights should be set well ahead and held.

3. Villas and city apartments are different businesses

Pool villas sell on experience and book further out; Bangkok apartments sell on location and book late. Each needs its own comp set and booking-window strategy.

A SECOND SOURCE · AIRBTICS

What the wider Thailand market says.

PriceLabs comp sets show the listings ours compete with directly. Airbtics tracks every active short-term rental in each market, so it's a useful cross-check on the whole picture: median occupancy and nightly rate for Sep 2025–Aug 2026 against the twelve months before, and the change in the number of active listings.

MarketMedian occupancy (prior 12 mo → last 12 mo)Median nightly rate, USDActive listings, year on year
Koh Phangan75% → 60%$82 → $87 (+6%)+26%
Bangkok (1–2 bed)75% → 53%$53 → $58 (+8%)+19%

Source: Airbtics market data (Sep 2025–Aug 2026; averages of monthly medians; nightly rates in USD as Airbtics reports them). More supply (red) means more competition.

What it means. Supply grew in Koh Phangan, Bangkok: more listings competing for the same guests is exactly when rate discipline and a hand-picked comp set matter most.
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