Full Moon Party Hangover? Pre-Book Your Recovery IV Drip

A Full Moon Party hangover is its own kind of rough. You have danced on the sand at Haad Rin until sunrise, sweated through a humid night and probably shared a bucket or two. By mid-morning the heat is building, your head is pounding and water keeps coming back up.

We are a mobile service. A licensed nurse comes to your bungalow, hotel or villa anywhere on Koh Phangan and gives you a recovery IV drip while you rest in bed. This page explains how to plan it, what the drip can and can’t do, and when you need a hospital instead.

Pre-book your drip for the morning after

The morning after a Full Moon Party is the busiest time of the month for us. Thousands of people wake up feeling the same way at the same time, mostly in and around Haad Rin. If you message us at noon on the day, you may wait longer than usual.

Our typical arrival time is about 45 minutes, anywhere from 30 to 60 depending on where you are and how busy we are. On party mornings we recommend booking the day before. Tell us where you are staying, roughly what time you want the nurse, and how many people are in your group. You can move the time if your night runs later than planned.

We work every day from 8:00 to 22:00. If you are staying near the beach, see our page on getting an IV drip in Haad Rin for local tips on finding your bungalow and the hill road in.

Next Full Moon Party dates

The Full Moon Party is held on Haad Rin Sunrise Beach. These are the next confirmed dates from published schedules. The party starts in the evening and runs through the night, so the recovery morning is the day after.

Party night	Recovery morning
Monday 26 October 2026	Tuesday 27 October
Tuesday 24 November 2026	Wednesday 25 November
Thursday 24 December 2026	Friday 25 December
Thursday 31 December 2026 (New Year party)	Friday 1 January 2027

Dates can move around Buddhist holidays, so check locally once you arrive on the island. Planning further ahead? See our Full Moon Party dates 2027 page. The Christmas Eve and New Year parties are usually the busiest, so book early for those mornings.

Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve: your Full Moon Party hangover cure plan

December has two big nights at Haad Rin. The Full Moon Party falls on Christmas Eve, Thursday 24 December 2026, so the recovery morning is Christmas Day. A week later, the New Year countdown party on Thursday 31 December means a very busy 1 January.

These are the busiest recovery mornings of the year for us, and most bookings come from groups sharing a villa. There is no real hangover cure, but a little planning makes the morning after much easier:

• Book a few days ahead rather than the day before. Holiday-morning slots fill up first.
• Tell us how many people and which drips, so we can plan how many nurses to send. Groups of 3 or more get group prices.
• Choose a time that leaves room for sleep. Most people book mid-morning rather than straight after the party.
• Drink water and eat before and during the night, and plan a safe way home. Our Full Moon Party safety guide has more tips.

What’s in a Full Moon Party recovery drip

Most people book our hangover IV drip on Koh Phangan, the Hangover Recovery drip. It costs from ฿3,500, takes 45–60 minutes, and the price includes the nurse’s visit and all equipment. It contains:

• 1L electrolyte fluids to replace the water and salts lost through sweat, alcohol and vomiting
• B-complex and vitamin C, vitamins that heavy drinking can run low
• Anti-nausea medicine and pain relief, given only if the nurse’s health check shows they suit you

Before anything starts, the nurse asks a few health questions, checks your blood pressure and heart rate, then places a small cannula. They stay with you the whole time and take all waste away when they leave.

Full Moon Party hangover cure? What a drip can and can’t do

People search for a “full moon party hangover cure”, but there is no real cure for a hangover. Your body still has to clear the alcohol and recover from a night without sleep. What a drip can do is help you rehydrate much faster than sipping water, especially when you can’t keep fluids down.

Many people feel better within a few hours, and anti-nausea medicine and pain relief may ease sickness and headache. The evidence for vitamins in drips is limited, so treat them as a small extra rather than the main reason to book. A drip won’t sober you up, won’t replace sleep and won’t make the next night’s drinking safer. Our Full Moon Party safety guide covers how to look after yourself on the night itself. For a fuller look at the evidence, read do hangover IV drips work?

Half Moon Party hangover

The Half Moon and Jungle Experience parties take place in the Ban Tai area, in the jungle rather than on the beach. Their dates vary, so check posters and your hostel for the current schedule.

A Half Moon Party hangover is treated just the same way. The nurse can come to you in Ban Tai or anywhere else on the island, with the same recovery drip and the same health check first. Demand is usually lower than after a Full Moon Party, but booking ahead still helps.

Full Moon Party recovery for groups

Most people come to the party with friends, and most wake up feeling the same. If several of you want a drip, we can arrange them together at your accommodation, and we offer discounts of up to 15% for groups. See group IV drip deals for how it works, then send us the number of people when you book.

Who should check with a doctor first

Tell us when you book if you are pregnant or breastfeeding, have heart or kidney disease, or are under 18. The nurse may refer you to a doctor. If you are still very drunk or high when the nurse arrives, they will wait or refer you rather than start a drip.

Plan the night, plan the morning after, and let a nurse come to you. Message us the day before the party with your location, and we will fit you in as early as we can.