Taxi from Airport to Hotel

Can anybody tel me how much a taxi from the new airport to Tarntawan Place hotel in Bangkok may cost please?
The hotel has offered to pick me up for 1000 BAHT. Im sure getting a taxi on my own will be cheper?

[thanatorn-old]

The taxi is a way cheaper option. When there a few weeks ago i paid about THB 280 plus 60 odd for toll fees and 50 for airport surcharge. They are easy to find now as they are on arrivals floor. About 45 minutes to the Tarntawan hotel.

Can anybody tel me how much a taxi from the new airport to Tarntawan Place hotel in Bangkok may cost please?
The hotel has offered to pick me up for 1000 BAHT. Im sure getting a taxi on my own will be cheper?Cheaper - yes. Safer? If you like traveling the way Bangkok taxi drivers do on the freeway, and without seat belts. How much are you saving, by the way? $10? You value your life so cheaply?

Taxis are fine, but I prefer to pay extra and have the hotel driver waiting for me.

He then takes charge of my bags, conducts me to the car, offers a cool drink and takes me to the hotel in a safe and professional manner. The hotel staff are alerted to my arrival, check in to the room is coordinated, efficient and hassle free. Holiday is a time for being papered.

Thanks for the info and advice. I will use the hotel's airport transfer service. At least when I get to Bangkok, I dont
have to worry about looking for a taxi, or having to argue with the driver to put the meter on etc?

At least when I get to Bangkok, I dont
have to worry about looking for a taxi

Bangkok new airport ! :flower: There will be a host of taxi drivers offering you transfers from the new airport to BKK. The prices will vary, depending on your familiarity , :clown: with Thailand, and the ability to speak Thai language. :geek:

[atri1666]

When i stay in bangkok my transfer is mostly with taxi ( and in 20 years always safe ) for about 300-350 baht incl. tip or staying in silom/surawong for 150 baht with airport expres. I dont need to be pampered like a baby. Drivers also care about my bags and check in in tarntawan was same like using their overcharged limousine-service.

... to the day that BTS Skytrain will travel to the international airport so we can do it for the cost of passing once through the toll plazas on the Expressway :idea:

[Captain Swing]

I might as well muddy the waters a little. I like the Tantawan and will happily stay there again, but I'll never use their car service again. Two years ago, too lazy to bother looking for another way, I used them for transfer from the Tarntawan to Pattaya. The driver had me halfway to Don Muang before I questioned his route and he belatedly realized he was supposed to be going to Pattaya instead. Once in Pattaya he had no clue how to find my hotel--the Flamingo. While we were stopped at a toll booth he was flagged and then ticketed by a policeman--apparently a sticker on the windshield (registration? insurance?) was expired. But by far worst of all, the car--a tired Mercedes--had such a worn transmission that it sent an unbearable whine through my skull for the entire trip. I happened to have earplugs with me, but using them made it worse--they filtered out all other sounds but could do nothing about the high-pitched whine. When I'm on vacation I try not to let things like that bother me, and I'm actually fairly easy-to-please, but it truly was nearly impossible to bear. I considered asking the driver to let me off at the rest stop on the highway in hopes that I could find an empty taxi there, but I didn't, and managed to survive the trip--by far the worst taxi ride I've ever had anywhere. And for this I was paying top price--the same price Image Limo was charging for the trip (WHY didn't I call them???) There's a lot to be said for having a pre-booked driver meeting you at the airport, but I'd rather hitchhike than repeat that particular ride. To be fair, the driver didn't speed and drove safely, and chances are that particular car is long-gone, but I'd opt for a regular taxi.

[TrongpaiExpat]

I can't believe those who need the security of a hotel taxi for 1000B vrs. the regular taxi stand for 200B plus 60 B tolls. My last few visits to the airport there was no wait at the taxi line. They now have them lined up at an angle to the walkway ready to board. Well marked, easy to find.

The TOA official taxi people were not in the arrival area a few days ago but there were rogue taxi touts just outside the door with 3x5 palm cards with 500B Bangkok and 1,500 Pattaya on the other side. The police were standing with in ear shot of him, so there has to be a pay-off.

Just walk past them and get over to all the meter taxis.

Someone sooner or latter here will recommend going upstairs to departures and catch a taxi dropping some one off. The police try to keep them moving and it's possible to catch one and save the 50B surcharge but once I took one and he refused to turn on the meter and it was too late to get out. I have now heard the same story from two others and one was a Thai. They take off fast and by the time you see the meter off, your on a road where you can't get off.

[Shuee]

how about going from pattaya to airport, i was told by 2 travel agents that they could not book me taxi meter for 8am as it was too early & hard to find taxi meter then!?
but every taxi meter i see has a 24hr telephone number on it! if only i could speak thai.

so how can you book taxi meter from where & how?? to go pty to airport?
taxi meter is 800bt, & limo is 1200bt

thanks

[gumblebee]

so how can you book taxi meter from where & how?? to go pty to airport?
taxi meter is 800bt, & limo is 1200bt

Taxi's for Bangkok very often queue on second road, in front of the VC hotel (i.e. at the entrance to soi VC). You could inquire there. I have no clue about booking them. I guess there are more chances for hickups when you take a taxi to go from Pattaya to Bangkok. As I understand it, taxi's have a lower price to avoid having to return to Bangkok empty, but there's no way to plan in advance which taxi you'll get, as this depends on taxi's arriving from Bangkok or the airport.

Taxis are fine, but I prefer to pay extra and have the hotel driver waiting for me.

He then takes charge of my bags, conducts me to the car, offers a cool drink and takes me to the hotel in a safe and professional manner. The hotel staff are alerted to my arrival, check in to the room is coordinated, efficient and hassle free. Holiday is a time for being papered.

For an extra charge they will encase you in a plastic bubble as you leave the plane, and only remove it when you have entered your germ free hotel room.

[TrongpaiExpat]

I met a friend at the airport this week and it was packed at 1700 hrs. It took him over an hour in line at immigrations. Last month I got from the plane to the exit in 5 min.

There are three new taxi desks, at exit A, B and C. Everyone was coming out of B and the line for taxis at B were around the bend with a long wait yet the two other exits with taxis had no one in line.

You can not see the other loading areas from any of the exits. You also have to walk outside to get around the security zones on the second floor. The doors to the sidewalk between exits were locked.

At exit C (international) you exit right and your forced out the door for that zone. Exit B(international) you can exit left or right. Exit A(domestic) you can exit only left.

Funny, I looked at the board and they had 8 international arrivlas all assigned to area B from 1615 to 1700 and only two assigned to C.

I stood there for over an hour watching people. One persons goes left and everyone follows. One goes to the ground floor and everyone follows. Sometimes a person gets really turned around, exits and then reenters the other immigration exit and everyone follows him back in.

I remember when the Tarntawan had there own cars and drivers, now they use a sub-contract service. Unfortunately the service provided by the sub-contractors is NO WHERE near as good as when they had their own cars. I have mentioned this to Lukas and the late, sadly missed Mike, on a couple of occasions. I would still not use airport taxi's though. Their reputation precedes them!

[TrongpaiExpat]

Taxis are fine, but I prefer to pay extra and have the hotel driver waiting for me.

He then takes charge of my bags, conducts me to the car, offers a cool drink and takes me to the hotel in a safe and professional manner. The hotel staff are alerted to my arrival, check in to the room is coordinated, efficient and hassle free. Holiday is a time for being papered.

For an extra charge they will encase you in a plastic bubble as you leave the plane, and only remove it when you have entered your germ free hotel room.

Or just stay home, safe and sound rent a Thai porno and chuck-wow.

TOA gives you the name of the driver and an address to mail in a complaint when you get in a taxi from the stand at the airport. That has pretty much taken care of the few rogue crooks

I take Bangkok taxis almost every day and I would guess that 1 in about 50 are crooks or not nice. I only use correct change so I don't even give them the opportunity to try a no have change routine. Unfortunately, I would also say that 9 out of 10 went to the Kamikaze School of Driving.

I remember when the Tarntawan had there own cars and drivers, now they use a sub-contract service. Unfortunately the service provided by the sub-contractors is NO WHERE near as good as when they had their own cars. I have mentioned this to Lukas and the late, sadly missed Mike, on a couple of occasions.I could not agree more. When I stayed with them in September the driver turned around from the front seat to face me and asked for his tip before I'd even got out of the car. At no point did he do a thing except drive. The fat meet-and-greet girl at the airport put my suitcase in the trunk, and the porter at Tarntawan took it out at the hotel.

I remember when the Tarntawan had there own cars and drivers, now they use a sub-contract service. Unfortunately the service provided by the sub-contractors is NO WHERE near as good as when they had their own cars. I have mentioned this to Lukas and the late, sadly missed Mike, on a couple of occasions.I could not agree more. When I stayed with them in September the driver turned around from the front seat to face me and asked for his tip before I'd even got out of the car. At no point did he do a thing except drive. The fat meet-and-greet girl at the airport put my suitcase in the trunk, and the porter at Tarntawan took it out at the hotel.\

I can only sincerely hope you did NOT TIP this urchin! I would also have brought it to Tarntawan's management attention.
But then, the Tarntawan seems hell bent on pricing itself out of the market at the moment. Bht3000 per night for a standard room...........that's almost some 5 star hotel prices in BKK!

[blazer]

how about going from pattaya to airport, i was told by 2 travel agents that they could not book me taxi meter for 8am as it was too early & hard to find taxi meter then!?
but every taxi meter i see has a 24hr telephone number on it! if only i could speak thai.

so how can you book taxi meter from where & how?? to go pty to airport?
taxi meter is 800bt, & limo is 1200bt

thanks

I booked from the yellow booth on the street outside the front door of the Poseidon in Jomtien. 800 baht plus 60 baht tolls to airport, meter taxi rate, but they provided a private car with courteous and safe driver.

You can schedule any day at any hour, mine at 1 AM no problem.

[blazer]

I always use the metered taxis from the airport to the hotel in Bangkok. I always tell the agent there the name of the hotel and location, and they write that in Thai to assist the driver. Last month, I got in, gave the driver the yellow slip that said a 50 baht airport fee was due. He then asked for the white complaint form.

I gave it to him thinking he needed to write it something down. Out of my view, he changed the 50 baht to 500 baht, then show me the altered yellow slip and told me the airport fee was 500 baht and I should pay him now.

I told him in a loud voice, no it is 50 baht and I want my white form returned. He fumbled around and finally came up with it. It took some time to find the Unico Grand Sathorn, further than the Tarntawan, and first time there for me. I paid the metered rate 280 baht, and he never said another word.

[Shuee]

hi blazer yes thats what happened to me twice, ( but they provided a private car with courteous and safe driver)), after booking a taxi meter at 800bt from Lek travel in pty,

it just comes back to what they keep telling me, 'taxi meter hard to find early in morning' yet everyone i see has an operating sign of 24hrs on the side!!! TIT!!

[Shuee]

hi blazer yes thats what happened to me twice, ( but they provided a private car with courteous and safe driver)), after booking a taxi meter at 800bt from Lek travel in pty,

it just comes back to what they keep telling me, 'taxi meter hard to find early in morning' yet everyone i see has an operating sign of 24hrs on the side!!! TIT!!

[jinks]

operating sign of 24hrs on the side!!! TIT!!

Same same here...... 24hours IF the job is worth it :clown:

Personally I enjoy the Image Limo (http://www.imagelimo.com/) service.

Just arrived and it was close to 0100 so very slow. The meter taxi line where the girl determines the price after you tell her which hotel was very short and quite accomodating. The price was 450 b which included all toll fees and going to a hotel on Surawong.

[ned kelly-old]

Bangkok taxi's returning to bangkok are subject to a local "mafia" charge of roughly 200baht....the same crowd that organizes the many booths advertising this service. If they try to avoid this they are routinely stopped by motorbike riders while in central Pattaya and coerced to pay up....I'm not sure what happens if they don't, but one can speculate.
They are easy prey when traffic is light, particularly late night and early morning, so many will just sleep off a few hours until they can move around more anonymously. The unmarked cars are of course more difficult to detect, and this is usually why you are more likely to get them in the quiet times.