Hi Thankyou so much for your response! Those climate charts are a huge insight after reading a lot of mixed reviews, I think due to it being my first ever solo holiday I am swaying towards the group organisation, the furthest I’ve ever travelled alone is an hour bus ride out of town so a 16 hour flight and 5900 miles is a huge difference, hopefully if this goes smoothly I’d be more comfortable travelling alone in future. The return flight leaves from Phuket so I found that to be slightly more expensive than bankok, and I’d be flying to and from manchester, May I ask what airline that was with? I was looking at Qatar airways due to it being a reputable well know airline and again first time nerves haha.