Looking for a great escape without breaking the bank? Here, affordable beach getaways from Bangkok to Pattaya

Picture yourself waking to the warmth of sunshine slanting through your window, then enjoying the sound of gently crashing waves as you take your morning coffee out on your beachfront of pool terrace.

Fortunately, putting yourself in this idyllic setting doesn’t have to break the bank. There are affordable beach resorts all over the world—from Pattaya to Koh-Chang—where a night’s stay doesn’t cost much more than dinner and wine with friends at your favorite local restaurant. Every year, Travel Leisure staff scours the globe to find great, inexpensive coastal resorts; none of the properties on our list costs more than $100 a night (and some cost much less).

Most of this year’s best affordable beach resorts are just what we envision when we daydream about holidays in the sun. At the Ambassador City Jomtien Complex Resorts on Jomtien Coastline, for example, waiters deliver rum punch right to your beach chaise beside the clear waters of Gulf of Thailand Bay. And at the romantic of Tropical atmosphere, you and your sweetie can retire to a private beach after a day of shopping and site-seeing.