9 Budget Hotels in Samut Songkhram
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The best-value stay in this set starts at just ฿700 yet has the most reviews in the guide at 480, scoring 8.4 — Baan Benjathip is a garden guesthouse in the Ban Hua Laem area whose selling point is a location about a 200-metre walk from Amphawa Floating Market, while the house itself sits in a quiet, private garden · Real reviews praise the owner and team who look after guests attentively and help with everything, with free bikes to borrow, free parking, free coffee/tea/Ovaltine all day, and clean, colourful rooms · The honest caveats: breakfast is light (bread and fruit), some rooms have small windows that don't open and feel closed-in, and the entrance is a narrow lane that's tricky for big cars · Best for budget travellers who want to be within walking distance of the floating market but still have the quiet.

The highest score among the truly affordable stays belongs to a small canalside boutique — Oh Amphawa Boutique Resort is a 14-room house set in a leafy garden by the canal in Bang Chang, family-run, scoring 8.6 from 150 reviews, from ฿1,100/night · What guests praise most is the owner and staff who look after you exceptionally well — helping with laundry and hailing tuk-tuks — a fresh breakfast eaten by the water, and rooms cleaner and roomier than you'd expect at this price · The honest caveats: in-house facilities are limited, there's no pool, and it's not right on the floating market, so you'll take a tuk-tuk or a short walk · Best for people who genuinely want a quiet canalside rest and value warm service over on-site activities.

Another ฿700 stay, this one giving you a whole house to yourself — Baan Ku Pu is a budget resort of standalone houses set in a fruit orchard by the Amphawa canal, scoring 8.3 from 90 reviews · What guests like is that each house is detached and independent, quiet and private, good for light sleepers, with big shady trees keeping the orchard cool, a canalside sitting corner and a seafood BBQ deck you can use yourself · The honest caveats: in-room fittings are simple for the price and nothing fancy, there's no pool, and it's a small place that books mainly direct on Agoda (Booking/Trip have no detail page yet) · Best for budget groups or families who want a private canalside house near the floating market.

A high-scoring canalside boutique you can walk to the market from — Chababaancham Resort is a small, 12-room, family-run place on the Amphawa canal, scoring 8.8 from 120 reviews, near King Rama II Park, from ฿1,500/night · What guests like is the cute design — especially the semi-outdoor bathroom of the VIP rooms — an owner and staff who are friendly and full of food-and-sight tips, a fresh breakfast, and bikes to borrow for a ride along the canal · The honest caveats: the walls aren't very sound-proof so you may hear the next room, and there's no on-site parking (you park at a nearby lot for around 60 baht/night) · Best for people who want a cute boutique right by the floating market, within walking distance, at a price that still makes sense.

The highest score in this set, 9.0, belongs to a vintage canalside boutique — House of Passion Amphawa is styled in a vintage-Eastern look with old collectibles throughout, photogenic in every corner, scoring 9.0 from 125 reviews, from ฿1,500/night · It sits on the Daowadueng canal, quieter than the market itself but still close to Amphawa Floating Market, with a swimming pool, a romantic feel for couples, and friendly, helpful staff · The honest caveats: it's an old house that doesn't hold sound well between rooms, and some rooms are small with few windows · Best for couples and photographers who want a boutique with character at a price that's still within reach.

The cheapest modern in-town room in the hotel group — The Bedrooms Maeklong Hotel is a modern-style hotel / serviced apartment in the town of Mae Klong, scoring 8.0 from 40 reviews, from ฿900/night · What guests like is the clean, new-looking modern rooms with a balcony and convenient free parking, good for self-drivers, plus friendly, helpful staff and an in-town location near the Rom Hup market · The honest caveats: the beds are firm for some, and the building doesn't hold sound well, so road-facing rooms may hear traffic · Best for people here mainly for the Rom Hup railway market and Mae Klong who want a clean, new room as a budget base.

An in-town hotel with a pool in the low thousands — Coco View Hotel is a canalside hotel in the town of Mae Klong, scoring 8.0 from 60 reviews, from ฿1,200/night, near the Rom Hup market and Mae Klong market, with free parking · What guests like is the clean salt-water pool, a gym better than you'd expect at this size, roomy rooms with comfy beds, and a varied breakfast · The honest caveats: the walls aren't thick so you may hear the next room or the corridor, and some rooms near the road/flyover hear traffic · Best for people who want a convenient in-town base near the food and a pool on a budget, rather than a canalside floating-market feel.

The only seafront stay in this guide, at Don Hoi Lot — Baan Talay See Cream Resort is a seafront resort in Bang Chakreng, scoring 8.0 from 70 reviews, from ฿1,400/night · Its strengths are a pretty waterfront restaurant and cafe where you sit looking out to sea, a hot, made-to-order breakfast, a swimming pool, strong Wi-Fi, clean rooms, a spacious resort and free parking · The honest caveats: this is muddy inner-Gulf coast, not a white-sand beach; nights are quiet with outside restaurants closing early (around 8:30 pm); and being by the water, evenings bring mosquitoes · Best for people who want to fall asleep to the waves and eat seafood near town on a budget, rather than those here mainly for Amphawa Floating Market.

We close the set with a guesthouse that gives you the traditional Amphawa waterside feel — At Casa Guesthouse Amphawa is a 12-room old-wood house on the Amphawa canal in Soi Rong Che Somphao, a few minutes' walk along the canal to the floating market, scoring 7.6 from 72 reviews, from ฿1,000/night · What guests like is the wooden canalside deck where you can watch boats all day, a friendly owner and staff who arrange firefly boat tours, a homemade Thai breakfast, and a rare highlight — giving alms to monks who paddle up to the canal at dawn · The honest caveats: it's an old-wood building where some rooms show their age, sound carries between rooms, and there can be ants or mosquitoes at times (we placed it last as the lowest score with the oldest building) · Best for people who value the canalside location and traditional wooden feel over newness and full facilities.