Transport from/to the islands Phangan, Tao and Samui

[Tropicalevo]

Big crowds heading to the FMP tonight.

The ferries are overbooked and some people with bookings are being turned away.

 

[Tropicalevo]

3 hours ago, Tropicalevo said:

Big crowds heading to the FMP tonight.

The ferries are overbooked and some people with bookings are being turned away.

 

Apologies - speedboats are overbooked. Not sure about ferries.

[Tropicalevo]

With Songkhran and Easter being part of the same holiday week, it has been very busy here on Samui.

25 - 27 flights a day during the week and 31 flights today.

Almost like pre-Covid?

FMP was pretty jammed last night.

Hopefully all arriving home safe and sound.

 

[PoorSucker]

On 4/17/2022 at 10:29 AM, Tropicalevo said:

25 - 27 flights a day during the week and 31 flights today.

Flew to Bangkok today, all flights full. 

[khunPer]

Present entry rules to Samui...

 

[khunPer]

Cruise ship terminal or not..?

 

The Transport Commissioner Says The Koh Samui Cruise Ship Terminal Is Not Worth It

 

 

Google translate...

On April 26, 20, in the Petch Samui conference room Municipality on Koh Samui Koh Samui District Surat Thani Province The Transport Committee was led by General Yodyuth Bunyathikan, Chairman of the Transport Committee. along with the committee to visit the area of Koh Samui to listen to the problems of the local fishermen's waterways and to monitor the readiness of the cruise terminal at Laem Hin Kom, Taling Ngam Sub-district, Koh Samui District with Mr. Prawet Thaiprayoon, Deputy Governor of Surat Thani Province, Mr. Chayapol Inthasupha, Koh Samui Sheriff, Mr. Ramnet Jai Kwang, Mayor of Koh Samui City Along with relevant agencies in the area have confirmed and clarified information on the construction of the cruise port.

 

For the preparation of the cruise terminal construction, the area of Laem Hin Kom, Taling Ngam Sub-district, Koh Samui District, has been determined. Will need a budget of 16 billion baht, which will have the capacity to support cruise ships of 160,000 gross tons, the length of the berth 340 meters, depth 10 meters, capable of receiving up to 500,000 tourists per year, can generate income giving the country more than 2,000 million baht per year, which is in accordance with the government's policy that tourism generates income into the country...

 

Read the full story in the source article in Thai language "กรรมาธิการคมนาคมชี้สร้างท่าเทียบเรือสำราญเกาะสมุยไม่คุ้ม".

[Tropicalevo]

2 hours ago, khunPer said:

The Transport Commissioner Says The Koh Samui Cruise Ship Terminal Is Not Worth It

Excellent news thank you.

When the cruise ships used to come pre-Covid, the convoys of tour buses and safari jeeps were a real pain.

[Tropicalevo]

Direct flights with Cambodia Airways - Koh Samui/Phnom Penh started this month.

Let's hope that it is a success. Useful for a short break away now and again.

[steelerian]

8 hours ago, Tropicalevo said:

Direct flights with Cambodia Airways - Koh Samui/Phnom Penh started this month.

Let's hope that it is a success. Useful for a short break away now and again.

5500+ each way, so I cant see it being that successful.

[khunPer]

Samui Resident Card, all applications shall be made online from June 1st...

 

 

Link, click on the above image or click HERE.

 

Edited May 20, 2022 by khunPer

[Tropicalevo]

7 hours ago, steelerian said:

5500+ each way, so I cant see it being that successful.

Cheaper than flying to Singapore and a lot less expensive once you are there.

Good for a break for a few days. (Once they kill the Thailand Pass.)

Mind you, the Singapore flight price may come down with the Resident card but I still prefer Phnom Penh for a short break.

(We had our first guests from PP on the inaugural flight today.)

Edited May 20, 2022 by Tropicalevo

[khunPer]

Bangkok Airways announces the opening of a new flight route.

Samui-Hatyai route.

(-)Starting service from 16th July onward

(-) Serving 3 flights per week

Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday only as follows

PG 411 USM-HDY 10.30-11.40

PG 412 HDY-USM 12.10-13.20

Further flight schedules can be checked HERE.

 

Source; Tourism Association of Koh Samui.

 

[simon43]

What's the procedure for bringing my car to Samui?  Do I need to pre-book the car-ferry? (Which one?)  What times are the car ferries?  Thanks

[Tropicalevo]

47 minutes ago, simon43 said:

What's the procedure for bringing my car to Samui?  Do I need to pre-book the car-ferry? (Which one?)  What times are the car ferries?  Thanks

Definitely book your ticket.

Friends returning to Samui yesterday had a booking and tried to catch an earlier ferry.

They were told that all ferries were full. Cannot change.

 

Two ferry companies. Both from Donsak but different piers. Most Seatran ferries are newer.

 

Seatran

https://www.seatranferry.com/

 

Raja

https://www.rajaferryport.com/?act=p&title=sailing-schedule

[khunPer]

4 hours ago, simon43 said:

What's the procedure for bringing my car to Samui?  Do I need to pre-book the car-ferry? (Which one?)  What times are the car ferries?  Thanks

If you come without reservation, come about one hour to 45 minutes before departure - I did a return trip yesterday Samui-Donsak-Samui by Seatran without bookings, no problems when arriving about 45 minutes before scheduled departure - ferries are full at the moment, also with many pedestrian passengers, last ferry from the mainland departs at 5 pm...????

[Tropicalevo]

2 minutes ago, khunPer said:

I did a return trip yesterday Samui-Donsak-Samui by Seatran without bookings,

What time was the ferry on your return trip khunPer?

[khunPer]

1 hour ago, Tropicalevo said:

What time was the ferry on your return trip khunPer?

3 pm. Lots of pedestrian travellers and full to the edge of cars. Most of them must have been without pre-booking. I didn't have any, I came 45 minutes early, was number four in the non-reservation row and among the first third of cars driving onboard...????

[Tropicalevo]

7 hours ago, khunPer said:

3 pm. Lots of pedestrian travellers and full to the edge of cars. Most of them must have been without pre-booking. I didn't have any, I came 45 minutes early, was number four in the non-reservation row and among the first third of cars driving onboard...????

That is the ferry that my friends were booked on. They were trying to catch an earlier one.

Unusual to be that busy coming to Samui on a Monday.

[khunPer]

Seatran starts sailing from Donsak to Koh Phangan from July 14th...

 

[Tropicalevo]

Apparently, due to high seas, ferries to and from Samui were stopped at 14.00 today. The situation will be reviewed again tomorrow morning.

[khunPer]

Due to keeping the old ferry-fares by decree, Seatran Ferry need to reduce fuel-cost by changing schedules to fewer departures from July 14th, suspend membership cards and discounts, and suspend advanced ticket sales, including fares for all vehicles...

 

 

Announcement in Thai Language:

ประกาศ จาก ซีทรานเฟอร์รี่  เรื่องมาตรการหลังมีคำสั่งชะลอค่าโดยสาร จากผู้ว่าสุราษฏร์ นายวิชวุทย์ จินโต
บริษัทซีทรานได้รับผลกระทบจากการชะลอการใช้ค่าโดยสารอัตราใหม่ ส่งผลให้ต้องรับภาระขาดทุนต่อเรื่อง จึงมีความจำเป็นต้องปรับลดขบวนการทำงาน ลดต้นทุน และลดค่าใช้จ่ายน้ำมัน (ซึ่งเป็นต้นทุนหลักของการดำเนินงาน) จึงของแจ้งดังนี้
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2.ระงับการใช้บัตรสมาชิกทุกประเภทชั่วคราว
3.ระงับการจำหน่ายตั๋วล่วงหน้าทุกช่องทาง รวมถึงตั๋วโดยสารสำหรับยานพาหนะทุกชนิด
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[gearbox]

Mu GF tells me Seatran is cancelling the cards for the time being, so not possible to book a car in advance for specific date/time...really inconvenient. Many times we go and come back the same day,  if we have to wait in the queue it would shrink the time we can spend in the mainland as sometimes the wait times are 2-3 hours.

[Tropicalevo]

2 hours ago, gearbox said:

Mu GF tells me Seatran is cancelling the cards for the time being, so not possible to book a car in advance for specific date/time...really inconvenient. Many times we go and come back the same day,  if we have to wait in the queue it would shrink the time we can spend in the mainland as sometimes the wait times are 2-3 hours.

And they are reducing the number of Sailings.

I am told that this is in response to the governor telling them NOT to increase prices.

[steelerian]

14 hours ago, Tropicalevo said:

And they are reducing the number of Sailings.

I am told that this is in response to the governor telling them NOT to increase prices.

it sounds like a bit of a mexican standoff to me

[churchill]

you can book with Raja , they still seem to have a full schedule .

[Tropicalevo]

Bangkok Airways are back up to 30 flights arriving today.

The roads on Samui are busy again with wobbling tourists on scooters and minivans everywhere.

Villa bookings are almost up to pre-Covid levels this month (92% of July 2019).

Should be good news for the local economy.

[Tropicalevo]

I have just been told that Seatran have started allowing bookings and more sailings from tomorrow.

Please can anyone confirm?

[Neilly]

On 7/28/2022 at 9:21 PM, Tropicalevo said:

Please can anyone confirm?

Off their FB page...

 

 

[khunPer]

5 hours ago, Neilly said:

Off their FB page...

Looks right, they started Phangan route and extended the Don Sak to Samui service again.

[khunPer]

New car-ferry route from Sattahip Pier in Chonburi-province to Nathon Pier on Samui...