Re: Cheap Car/Van BKK Airport to Ptty

[Emil 0]

Cheapest mode of travel besides bus that I'm aware of is the mimi bus run by Thai Limo.  Cost is 200 baht from the airport to the Thai Limo office in Pattaya, where upon arrival they have baht buses waiting to take you to your hotel for an additional 40-60 baht.  Departure times are 0900, 1200, and 1900 hours.

 

Emil

[Wwax 0]

Have you tried it?

I have thought about it but have always been to anxious to get to Ptty as quickly as possible so the limo is the only option for me.

 

BTW going back to BKK you should not have to pay more than 850-950 for a taxi so don't go for some bars/hotel "special" priced fares.

[Emil 0]

Wwax,

 

Every time that I fly Cathay Pacific I use the Thai mimi bus.  By the time I clear immigration and customs, its around 11:40 AM and only about a twenty minute wait.  Trip takes about 2 1/2 hours, so I guess when you compare it to a limo or taxi, the time it takes to get to Pattaya is about an hour longer.  However, if I arrived in Pattaya at 1:30 PM or 2:30, I wouldn't hit the bars until around 7 anyway.  There are taxi stand on 2nd RD that advertise trips to the airport for 800 baht, but I only use these if I have an early flight, otherwise I take the mini vans that you can make reservations with through the travel agencies and cost 300 baht.

 

Emil