Not only the quality of a Thai Massage course, but surely also the price is important to us. Everybody has a certain budget, and a limited amount of money to spend accordingly. In this post, we look at which Thai Massage schools and trainers in Chiang Mai offer the cheapest Thai Massage Beginner courses.
Mind that we don’t look at the quality of the schools and courses mentioned. Nevertheless, worth to mention is the fact that among the list of fifteen schools we’ve found to be the cheapest, you’ll encounter some of the most renowned Thai Massage schools of Thailand.


A note: Thai Massage Beginner courses carry a variety of other names, like for instance Thai Massage Introduction, Thai Massage Fundamentals, Foundation Course, or Thai Massage Basic course. We remark also that a Thai Massage beginner course from a certain school may be among the cheapest, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that their other courses (like for instance Thai Foot Massage or Thai Herbal Compress Massage, etc) belong to the cheapest in their category also.
So, how did we go about? Well, first of all we’ve observed that there are various lengths (duration) of Thai Massage beginner courses. Some schools offer a 2-day beginner’s course, and others up to 12 days or even more. Secondly, a typical class day can consist out of 4, 5, 6 or more training hours.
Subsequently, we necessarily needed to calculate the Thai Massage course prices to an hourly cost. It means, for instance, that the absolute price for a 10-day beginner course may be higher compared to a 4-day course, but that the hourly rate for the 10-day course may be less (which in fact then, relatively, makes the 10-day course cheaper than the 4-day course).
Our calculations show that, as a rule, the cheapest Thai Massage beginner courses have an hourly cost between 40 and 200 Baht (Baht is the Thai currency). When we average the prices of the Thai Massage beginner courses of the 15 schools we’ve found to be the cheapest, we come to an hourly rate of 142 Baht (3.74 Euros or 4.28 US Dollars). It would mean that a typical cheap 5-day Thai Massage course of 30 hours (5 times 6 effective hours per day) would cost about 4260 Baht ( 112.25 Euros or 128.37 US Dollars). Mind that we took the currency exchange rates of August 19, 2018.
Well, that’s it! Below you’ll find the list of 15 schools and trainers in Chiang Mai that offer the cheapest Basic Thai Massage courses.
Budget Thai Massage Training in Chiang Mai
Baan Tasala Chiangmai


PLACES IN THAILAND
Chiang Mai
Baan Tasala Chiangmai offers a variety of Thai Massage and other Thai bodywork courses, including the rare Thai Fire Therapy (Yam Khang). The massage school additionally offers Spa Swedish and Hot Stone Massage courses.
International Training Massage School Chiang Mai (ITM)




PLACES IN THAILAND
Chiang Mai
ITM is a private vocational Thai Massage school located in Chiang Mai. The training center is a family run business and was founded in 1992 by Chongkol Setthakorn.
ITM is one of the best known Thai Massage schools both in Thailand and across the globe, and offers a wealth of Thai Massage training courses, including Thai Massage Instructor training.
Lanna Thai Massage Traditional Medical School



PLACES IN THAILAND
Chiang Mai
The founder and owner of this Thai Massage school in Chiang Mai is teacher Chaweewan Vitfan. The school offers a broad variety of Traditional Thai Massage and Thai bodywork courses.
Omsala Massage | Education and Therapy


PLACES IN THAILAND
Chiang Mai
Omsala in Chiang Mai is founded and operated by Ohm Rinraya. Ohm is a former Sunshine Massage School teacher. Apart from offering Thai Massage training, she's specialized in Chi Nei Tsang and Karsai Nei Tsang Genital therapeutic massage courses and treatments.
Ong’s Thai Massage School



PLACES IN THAILAND
Chiang Mai
Ong's Thai Massage School offers a broad diversity of massage courses with a duration generally from 1 up to 5 days.
Training modalities range from Thai Massage, Herbal Compress Massage, Reusi Dat Ton (Thai Yoga), Chi Nei Tsang Abdominal Massage, Foot Massage, and so on, to Western Spa training modalities such as Lymphatic Drainage Massage, Nail Painting, and Waxing, and more.
Sunshine Massage School




PLACES IN THAILAND
Chiang Mai
The Sunshine Massage School in Chiang Mai is a reputable Traditional Thai Yoga Massage and Bodywork training center, not only known in Thailand, but also within the global Thai Massage community.
The training center offers solid Thai Yoga Massage beginner courses, applied fieldwork opportunities, a wide variety of advanced Thai Massage courses and special workshops, and tailored (individual) training programs.
Thai Massage School Shivagakomarpaj & Old Medicine Hospital





PLACES IN THAILAND
Chiang Mai
The Fine Art of Thai Massage School




PLACES IN THAILAND
Chiang Mai
The Thai Massage school, located a bit outside of Chiang Mai city, is founded and run by Terdchai Chumphoopong aka Mac. There’s the opportunity to extend your stay at the school or return anytime to repeat the entire program with more depth and precision. The school offers on-site accommodation and daily vegetarian lunches.
Wandee Ancient Thai Massage School



PLACES IN THAILAND
Chiang Mai
Wandee Boonsai worked for more than 10 years as a masseuse and teacher for the Old Medicine Hospital in Chiang Mai. Today, she works already 30 years as a teacher and offers Thai Massage, Thai Oil Massage, Chi Nei Tsang and Thai Foot Massage training courses. She also runs a little guesthouse where students can stay.