THB1,000 is outrageously expensive. My guess is that you took the airport taxi rather than the normal public taxi.

Alright here's the situation. When you arrive at the airport, you have a few choices to get to your hotel:

1 - Hotel Transfer

If you arrange with the hotel via bookings, they could send someone to pick you up from the airport using the hotel limo. Might be free, but if it isn't, you can expect a heavy bill. Pros: No need to wait for queues

2 - Airport Taxi

When you exit the airport and about to head outside, you're most likely to be approached by well dressed men / women in blazers asking if you like a "taxi". This ain't any normal taxi, but your high class airport limo. Depending on your destination, it would cost anywhere between THB600 - THB1,000. Pros: You get to sit in real comfortable Toyota Camrys

3 - Public Taxi

The cheapest form of taxi to get to your hotel. Head downstairs to the ground floor (not the arrival floor) and head outside. The new Suvarnabhumi airport hasn't properly prepared proper booths for public taxis, so you'll see a bunch of tables by the sidewalk. Walk to anyone of them and tell them your destination. They will give you a receipt and show you to your public taxi. The journey shouldn't cost more than THB400 if you want to get to town center.

There is an extra surcharge of THB50 if you take the public taxi from the airport, in addition to the metered fare. Also, if you decide to take the tollways, you have to pay the toll fare yourself.

Pros: Cheap. Cons: You might end up sitting in a 1990 Toyota Corolla or an old junk rusted relic of Bangkok transportation antiques
Some Tips:

Most public taxi drivers will take the Bang-Na route to get to the city. It's further, which allows them to earn slightly more milleage from you. So, if you are daring enough, tell the taxi driver to take the "Motorway" route. This route is shorter distance, and more direct to the city. "Motorway" is the name the Thai's use for that particular stretch of highway, which leads you to the Rama 9 Rd, and from there you can get to the city with ease.

The Bang-Na route shares the same trunk to and from the port. With this, you will have to bear slow traffic from hundreds of container trailers. If you're unlucky, you might experience some traffic congestion, and that can be really frustrating.



Aditional Taxi Info:

Anyone register new uber account purposely juz to take advantages of free rides and promo ? The free 200baht is for first ride only ? 2years ago ,it was 300baht and can use for plenty of rides,not for 1st ride

Anyone register new uber account purposely juz to take advantages of free rides and promo ? The free 200baht is for first ride only ? 2years ago ,it was 300baht and can use for plenty of rides,not for 1st ride

For first rides only

Guys, grabcar apps in ios why got two? Which ine  an be use in thailand? Grabcar cheaper/safer than using their public taxi right?

For first rides only

well actually its the same price.

Grabcar is just regular taxi, but they join Grabcar. Standard metered and toll charges apply. Standard safety awareness like when you are in Malaysia applies. Lets just say this, most local women will not take taxi alone during the night in Bangkok, unless distant very short and motosai didnt cover that route.

Pro
-can see in the app where is your taxi
-confirm can reach where you wanna go if language is a barrier. but usually u still need to tell the driver where exactly u wanna go or where u wanna
get off. This city is too big with too many tiny soi.

Con
-taxi u request might not turn up or abscond on you. But this rarely rarely happens and only on 2-4am timing and also highly depended if the driver is lazy or not.

i used grabcar last year and it was fixed price only, so they changed the fare system already?

fix price when it was just launch in thailand perhaps. It is based on meter now, like regular taxi.

oh i see, so their app there is like uber?

fix price when it was just launch in thailand perhaps. It is based on meter now, like regular taxi.

Tried Uber in Bangkok, it took a long 40 minutes to get the driver reach me because of the traffic jam there. Pity the driver that the fare ended only 120baht with a 10 minutes ride back hotel.

u should have cancel the ride , if it was 40min waiting time...

Sure about it? 

As far as i know

Grabcar: Fix price, like Malaysia grabcar, price is fixed (depends on traffic, high fare when high demand) (Example: the price stated is Fare: 100baht)
Grabtaxi: Normal taxi by METER, also like Malaysia's grab taxi (Example: Estimated Fare : 100baht to 120baht)

Sure about it? 

As far as i know

Grabcar: Fix price, like Malaysia grabcar, price is fixed (depends on traffic, high fare when high demand) (Example: the price stated is Fare: 100baht)
Grabtaxi: Normal taxi by METER, also like Malaysia's grab taxi (Example: Estimated Fare : 100baht to 120baht)

Hi guys, will be going to bangkok middle of next month and my first time there. will be travelling with another 2 buddy while meeting another one there.

Just a few question,

1) From the airport (don meung) i were to consider taking taxi which should i choose? normal taxi, uber or grab?

2) The only place i think of going for now is the grand palace. would be going to wat arun and maybe wat pho as well. i think we will be taking sky train there then take the boat ride? how much am i expecting for the boat ride? as some ppl say if we go for tour package will be expensive. i prefer the cheaper option as we dont mind exploring stuff ourselves.

3) Any awesome restaurants to recommend?

4) any good place to recommend for us to visit? will not go to the floating market though

Thank you

Hi guys, will be going to bangkok middle of next month and my first time there. will be travelling with another 2 buddy while meeting another one there.

Just a few question,

1) From the airport (don meung) i were to consider taking taxi which should i choose? normal taxi, uber or grab?

2) The only place i think of going for now is the grand palace. would be going to wat arun and maybe wat pho as well. i think we will be taking sky train there then take the boat ride? how much am i expecting for the boat ride? as some ppl say if we go for tour package will be expensive. i prefer the cheaper option as we dont mind exploring stuff ourselves.

3) Any awesome restaurants to recommend?

4) any good place to recommend for us to visit? will not go to the floating market though

Thank you

Hey guys I am going next week and stay at Bangkok for a week. Any good advice for me? I plan to take Uber or LRT mostly cause I scare taxi scam. But I will take taxi from airport to my accommodation.

1. take the bus, its cheap
2. skip grand palace, packed with PRC..but go wat pho and wat arun
there is no sky train going there, you'd have to go saphan taksin to use the chao phraya river express
3. Pee Aor Tom Yum Goong(ratchatewi station)

Hey guys I am going next week and stay at Bangkok for a week. Any good advice for me? I plan to take Uber or LRT mostly cause I scare taxi scam. But I will take taxi from airport to my accommodation.

me too ....lets share uber referral code together .... and make use to get 100baht..im going on 4-9/10... 6days 5 nights ...
1. take uber pls...not that expensive ..300baht+ only
3. Pee Aor Tom Yum Goong(ratchatewi station)
hard to go there ....

Hey guys I am going next week and stay at Bangkok for a week. Any good advice for me? I plan to take Uber or LRT mostly cause I scare taxi scam. But I will take taxi from airport to my accommodation.

Solo? If two people, can interchange uber code, can get 3 discount rides if you do the maths

i got 4 simpack ... 1 bought it at lazada , 2 from CentralWorld , and another 1 free from don mueng airport.

means can get 7 free rides 

me too ....lets share uber referral code together .... and make use to get 100baht..im going on 4-9/10... 6days 5 nights ...
1. take uber pls...not that expensive ..300baht+ only
3. Pee Aor Tom Yum Goong(ratchatewi station)
hard to go there ....

If solo traveler then public transport.
If go in group better take taxi as it's cheaper.

Taking taxi make sure it's metered. Don't ride those "flat rate" taxi.
Use Google Maps to make sure the routes are the fastest and shortest.

Solo? If two people, can interchange uber code, can get 3 discount rides if you do the maths

Travelling with family, 3 persons. Not sure how sharing uber referral code works..I am quite new to Uber. Metered taxi is better/safer?

Travelling with family, 3 persons. Not sure how sharing uber referral code works..I am quite new to Uber. Metered taxi is better/safer?

me too ....lets share uber referral code together .... and make use to get 100baht..im going on 4-9/10... 6days 5 nights ...
1. take uber pls...not that expensive ..300baht+ only
3. Pee Aor Tom Yum Goong(ratchatewi station)
hard to go there ....

pee aor tom yum is good choice because it unlike other typical Tom yum, more sweet less sour, somebody like it and somebody don't, but I like it

If you want to try the lobster noodle, and want to order small lobster, do come earlier, if late all left is big lobster

1. 300 baht?...bus only cost 30 baht
2. how is it hard if its near BTS station or when you're abt to go to siam paragon or platinum fashion mall

i dont mind paying 200baht (after uber discount 100baht) to get to city. take bus with wife isnt a good choice   

Hi guys, I will be going with my family in November.

I have most of my itineraries sorted out, but one issue have been bothering me. We are travelling in a group of 5. Transportation will be an issue as taxi maximum 4 pax right? Any advice?

1) uber . fixed rate 300baht , not include toll . can use new simpack to register uber , and get extra 100baht discount.

2 & 3 no idea

4) u like shopping mall ? Zen and Terminal 21 is a nice place to go . Siam centre and Siam Paragon is high end mall like Pavillion KL

1. take the bus, its cheap
2. skip grand palace, packed with PRC..but go wat pho and wat arun
there is no sky train going there, you'd have to go saphan taksin to use the chao phraya river express
3. Pee Aor Tom Yum Goong(ratchatewi station)

Hi guys, I will be going with my family in November.

I have most of my itineraries sorted out, but one issue have been bothering me. We are travelling in a group of 5. Transportation will be an issue as taxi maximum 4 pax right? Any advice?

if request to use meter taxi they reluctant to take.
mostly we offer them.
eg from pratunam to ratchada: meter reading thb112 with jam. However, no use meter they want 200. Bargain to 150.
need to ask few taxi.
back seat need to squeeze 4 peoples.

Hi guys, I will be going with my family in November.

I have most of my itineraries sorted out, but one issue have been bothering me. We are travelling in a group of 5. Transportation will be an issue as taxi maximum 4 pax right? Any advice?

i search for family theme park in bkk but most only water park. any ideas of good family activities?
planning to go with the family (kids 10~18yo) for short trip like 3 nights. so far in mind is shopping & eating

hi all,

was wondering is there any good and clean and cheap hotel to recommend. going as a family with a 2yo.

thanks

Super Rich rate very good .I exchanged RM100 For 832baht ....about RM0.1198,SAME rate with Midvalley shop..

The Berkeley Pratunam Hotel .

thanks    its 1 of my short listed hotel as well.

convenient and clean?

green colour near chicken rice shop there best price
long queue, lots of local and require passport regardless of amount
they operate it like a bank, 4-5 counters

its 5* hotel , room clean and environment good .... if u book North Tower , got to change lift at level 11 and walk to another tower . about 5mins distance... best hotel so far during  my stay at Rm280. 

convenient ? opposite Platinum Fashion mall .... got night market in front of Palladium Mall , which is beside of the hotel only ... plenty of street food opposite the hotel as well.... 7-11 beside the hotel , go out hotel entrance and turn right and u will see it ....
i go to BTS there to change ... orange color .. RM100 for 832baht .. got few counters and require passport even i exchanged Rm150 only 

Thanks    anyone try Glow pratunam?

Berkeley currently is rm308 with breakfast...hehehehe

i didnt take with breakfast ....RM240. use shopback.my or milkadeal.com to get RM60 cash back , for transaction > RM220

so AA is having sales now and is RM375 two-way ticket considered cheap to travel bkk? or should i wait another free seats? (i think there'll be one in November?)

so AA is having sales now and is RM375 two-way ticket considered cheap to travel bkk? or should i wait another free seats? (i think there'll be one in November?)

Check out Thai Airways.. recently they are having promo of return tix for RM 375 (incl tax). I check for Dec and the price was RM 425 nett. Really cheap for thai airways, never see their price below RM 500 b4.

so AA is having sales now and is RM375 two-way ticket considered cheap to travel bkk? or should i wait another free seats? (i think there'll be one in November?)

If you travel next month then should be good to go I would say

Currently looking for this Year Dec air ticket which is no cheap at all, about RM550-RM650...

I got my tickets on next year May, RM27x.xx during promotion

Depends on when you travel. Many tickets RM 212 only next month but weird traveling days.

Check out Thai Airways.. recently they are having promo of return tix for RM 375 (incl tax). I check for Dec and the price was RM 425 nett. Really cheap for thai airways, never see their price below RM 500 b4.

hi, can share the promo link? thanks.

Check out Thai Airways.. recently they are having promo of return tix for RM 375 (incl tax). I check for Dec and the price was RM 425 nett. Really cheap for thai airways, never see their price below RM 500 b4.

it's listed on the AA website, the "travel low fare from RM39"

i was referring to Thai Airways shared by @junecheah

i'm planning to travel next year april. so should i wait?
thank you! will check it out!
it's listed on the AA website, the "travel low fare from RM39"

Check out Thai Airways.. recently they are having promo of return tix for RM 375 (incl tax). I check for Dec and the price was RM 425 nett. Really cheap for thai airways, never see their price below RM 500 b4.

Travelling date next year early Jan.

Thai airways return RM400.
AA return RM270 if not mistaken but apa pun tarak, value added @ RM58.
Malindo 330 with 30KG baggage (got meal?).

Should I wait for AA sales or just make the booking now? Last minute booking should also cost around RM300+ right?

well it depends on you.. if AA is RM 300+, i would go for Thai Airways, as different is not much, but thai airways is more comfortable. w 30kgs baggage & meal. Not mistaken for AA, as the date gets nearer, i think they will UP the price..

Travelling date next year early Jan.

Thai airways return RM400.
AA return RM270 if not mistaken but apa pun tarak, value added @ RM58.
Malindo 330 with 30KG baggage (got meal?).

Should I wait for AA sales or just make the booking now? Last minute booking should also cost around RM300+ right?

How about Malindo? They have more spacious legroom as compared to AA right? If insurance option is chosen it's additional RM40 per pax so around 370. Do I actually need the insurance?

Hey guys, going BKK this weekend... staying in Pratunam area.

wanna ask, any recommended tailors? they can sew in 1-2 days right? planning to get some pants/maybe suit made.

Reports had suggested that Bangkok and Samut Prakan may be hit by bomb attacks between October 25 and 30.

i am going N of the month.... but now there is a bom threat there. i wonder to continue or cancel the plan....

http://www.thestar.com.my/news/regional/20...mbs-in-bangkok/

How about Malindo? They have more spacious legroom as compared to AA right? If insurance option is chosen it's additional RM40 per pax so around 370. Do I actually need the insurance?

But this round, Thai airways seem to be throwing price and RM 425 to me if acceptable, so will go for thai airways.

I cant say much abt Malindo as I only tried Malindo to Penang. Have not tried their Intl Flights. Not quite sure what is provided.

I go to Bangkok often and normally I do price comparison between AA and MAS. Hardly check Thai Airways pricing as they are always on the higher side. What I normally do is, check AA & MAS, if price different between AA & MAS is very significant, then I take AA. If not much, less than RM 100, i will opt for MAS. Sometimes AA may look cheap in their pricing, but dont forget you got add baggage,meals,seat, etc.. so it may add up to alot. But this round, Thai airways seem to be throwing price and RM 425 to me if acceptable, so will go for thai airways.

as for insurance, i dont normally buy unless im taking long haul flights. But you can consider to buy if you are comfortable with..

I'm goin end of the month too..

With the Thai King passed away , how will it affect the holiday plan in Bangkok ? Going next weekend . Will some place closed ?

With the Thai King passed away , how will it affect the holiday plan in Bangkok ? Going next weekend . Will some place closed ?

mourning period ONE year
"tone down" activities for 30 days.

better not go for holidays for at less 30days.

if u go there got food and shopping, no problem
if ones purpose go there is to club and find chicken, thn dnt go..they will be closed

massage leh?

i think thats not entertainment..so it should proceed as usual

my parent is going there next week, told them some entertainment outlets might be closed or toned down, hopefully there won't be major changes in their itinerary, else will be all shopping only