Enpi,

Now it is high season in Thailand, so many hotels are fully booked, or they will ask high walk in rates. There are many websites who provides hotels for discount prices on the internet, you could try Come to Thailand they have many hotels in Phuket and Chiang Mai, and they have good rates you probably will not get when you walk in.

In Phuket I stayed at Patong in Patong Green Mountain hotel, it is a new hotel with a big swimming pool, but far from the beach. Chiang Mai I stayed at Raming Lodge, a very beautiful hotel with great service in the centre of the city. Both value of your money.

Walter