Taxis from the airport to major hotels are about 500 to 600 bht and you dont need to spend 1500 bt on the hotel limo. (In rush hour , which is 70% of the time, its a tedious 90 min drive to the major hotels). As advised above forget Phuket town, the gay action is all in Patong Beach, but the 5 star hotels are 30 - 40 mins away from Patong and you will be ripped off on your nightly excursion into boystown and back. The problem in Phuket is that there are no Baht bus and the min fee (even to go 100m) is about 150 bt. rising in proportion to the perceived quality of your hotel. Westin will be top rate!
August may also be wet, windy and very humid, far less boys there then in dry season and my humble advice would be forget Phuket and if you want to be be pampered book into the Sherarton resort or Royal Cliff at Pattaya which are wonderful 5 star resorts just 5 mins form Boystown with better weather, a much bigger gay scene, better restaurants and every thing else half the price of Phuket. ( but then I am biased). From BKK airport its now a 1 hour expressway drive to Pattaya whereas if you are coming from Europe you can add 5 to 6 hours to your travel time to get to the Westin Phuket.
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