Taxi service to Bangkok?

[simon43]

Next week I will drive to Pattaya to drop off a car rental vehicle.  Then I need to take a taxi to my hotel in Bangkok.

 

I don't want to try flagging down passing taxis in the hope that they'll agree to take me to Bangkok.  Does anyone know of a reliable taxi or private car service that I can pre-book to pick me up from the car rental company after I drop off my car?  Thanks.

[CharlieH]

Simon, this may be of interest....

 

 

[PingRoundTheWorld]

14 minutes ago, simon43 said:

Next week I will drive to Pattaya to drop off a car rental vehicle.  Then I need to take a taxi to my hotel in Bangkok.

Can't you drop it off in Bangkok? They don't have a branch there? Seems a pretty long trip just to drop off a car...

[RoadWarrior371]

http://www.namstaxipattaya.com/

[simon43]

29 minutes ago, PingRoundTheWorld said:

Can't you drop it off in Bangkok? They don't have a branch there? Seems a pretty long trip just to drop off a car...

No, it's a car on finance, not really a rental car.  i'm leaving Thailand, so need to return it to the company in Pattaya.

 

CharlieH, thanks for that information - I'll call him.

[Farangwithaplan]

Will you be starting a "this is my last post" thread? It would be good to get your exiting perspective.

 

[simon43]

20 minutes ago, Farangwithaplan said:

Will you be starting a "this is my last post" thread? It would be good to get your exiting perspective.

 

LoL no :), because it won't be my last post.  Been on this forum through thick and thin since 2003.  I'm moving back to live in Luang Prabang (Laos).  Thailand has got a little bit too 'anal' with all the reporting and money in the bank requirements ????

[bbi1]

"I don't want to try flagging down passing taxis in the hope that they'll agree to take me to Bangkok." - lol why not? Are you scared of the taxi mafia? Just flag down a Bangkok taxi, not a Chonburi taxi. All Bangkok taxis would be glad to go back to Bangkok rather than driving or waiting around for the next few hours until the taxi mafia finds them a customer. Just flag down a Bangkok taxi away from where the taxi mafia have their booths on the side of the footpath. Talk to the driver then make a quick entry into his/her taxi with hand luggage so the taxi mafia guys don't run up to the taxi to extort a few hundred baht from the driver. Having a big suitcase probably wouldn't be ideal.

[simon43]

13 hours ago, bbi1 said:

"I don't want to try flagging down passing taxis in the hope that they'll agree to take me to Bangkok." - lol why not? Are you scared of the taxi mafia? .....

And the chances with 2 large boxes of luggage to flag down a taxi on a small side road in the Pattaya suburbs after dark?

 

Sorry but I gave up those type of activities years ago. I'll pre-book a taxi to meet me at the car offices ????

 

[JaiLai]

LoL no :), because it won't be my last post.  Been on this forum through thick and thin since 2003.  I'm moving back to live in Luang Prabang (Laos).  Thailand has got a little bit too 'anal' with all the reporting and money in the bank requirements [emoji846]

Thailand is only ‘anal’ if you’re without money.


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[bendejo]

I would guess that nearly every local in Pattaya would be able to get you a taxi by just pulling out their phone.  This observation is not meant sarcastically.

 

 

[Mike Teavee]

I've used these guys a few times... https://www.thelimopattaya.com/ 1,600 THB 

 

But on my last trip from Pattaya-2-Bangkok, I used the little booth opposite the Whitehouse Condotel on Soi 13, 1,200 THB for a taxi or 1,300 for a car (Toyota Camary) [NB I was sat in the Sportsman having breakfast while the GF went and booked the car so I probably got the Thai Price]

 

 

[Olmate]

2 minutes ago, JaiLai said:

Pls show me where i said you're short of money?

 

You have an elite visa - that's fantastic, i'm happy for you.

But Simon can’t get a cab from pats to bkk without this forum?

[Rimmer]

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