thaiflyer1 Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 (edited) Thinking about overnighting in Koh Samed.............anybody know of a decent tour company i.e mini bus, ferry and overnight accomodation?..............must be 20 years since i was last there so looking for recomendations i am based in Pattaya cheers Edited February 21, 2021 by thaiflyer1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HashBrownHarry Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 Bolt taxi from Pattaya for transport. Agoda / booking dot com for digs. I'd go for more than one night, it'll be perfect down there just now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaiflyer1 Posted February 21, 2021 Author Share Posted February 21, 2021 14 minutes ago, HashBrownHarry said: Bolt taxi from Pattaya for transport. Agoda / booking dot com for digs. I'd go for more than one night, it'll be perfect down there just now. Thanks for quick reply.............26th is a buddah day............no beer so was just thinking about escaping for the day 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaaSaparot Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 3 hours ago, thaiflyer1 said: Thanks for quick reply.............26th is a buddah day............no beer so was just thinking about escaping for the day So, it will be very busy being a long weekend. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard_smith237 Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 Loads of places: Look on Booking.com / Agoda.com etc. Price depends on where you want to stay... from Sai Keaw Beach resort (relatively expensive end) to 1000 baht a night fan rooms. Sai Keaw beach is the busiest with most restaurants etc Transport - find out the ferry times and time out your arrival with one of those. Lots of info on the Websites - the difficulty is finding out whats running and whats not given Covid-19 downturn. Weekends and long weekends are generally busy with lots of ppl from Bangkok. Weekdays are pretty quiet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leaver Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 I haven't been for a while, but be sure to check the boat times, I gather they run less frequent than pre covid. Nothing much in Ban Phe, if you are stuck there until tomorrow's boat. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoupeo Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 (edited) 7 hours ago, richard_smith237 said: Loads of places: Look on Booking.com / Agoda.com etc. Price depends on where you want to stay... from Sai Keaw Beach resort (relatively expensive end) to 1000 baht a night fan rooms. Sai Keaw beach is the busiest with most restaurants etc Transport - find out the ferry times and time out your arrival with one of those. Lots of info on the Websites - the difficulty is finding out whats running and whats not given Covid-19 downturn. Weekends and long weekends are generally busy with lots of ppl from Bangkok. Weekdays are pretty quiet. You are talking precovid. now even on week end it's super quiet. and before covid there was no quiet day anymore, even week days were full of russian and chinese. sorry but all your informations are outdated. Edited February 21, 2021 by scoupeo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaiflyer1 Posted February 21, 2021 Author Share Posted February 21, 2021 Thanks all..............will check things out Last time i went i used Malibu travel on soi yamoto, long since gone.............they did the lot....minibus, ferry and hotel all in one package...........stayed at Vondeun resort if memory serves me right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrJack54 Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 Hopefully can add this question here rather than start new thread. So today Thursday 20 Jan. The gf is telling me that ATK test is from today required to enter Koh Samet. Can anyone confirm this. Ta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaibeachlovers Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 On 2/22/2021 at 12:01 PM, thaiflyer1 said: Thanks all..............will check things out Last time i went i used Malibu travel on soi yamoto, long since gone.............they did the lot....minibus, ferry and hotel all in one package...........stayed at Vondeun resort if memory serves me right I went on a day trip with Malibu Travel from Pattaya. Boat took us direct to their own resort on the island. Happier days back then. Sorry to hear the travel company has ended. Seems everything with Malibu in title has ended. I loved the Malibu show when it wasn't just ladyboys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mran66 Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 On 1/20/2022 at 12:18 PM, DrJack54 said: Hopefully can add this question here rather than start new thread. So today Thursday 20 Jan. The gf is telling me that ATK test is from today required to enter Koh Samet. Can anyone confirm this. Ta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrJack54 Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 @mran66 thanks for that update. We became aware of that recently. We live in Bangkok and have extended periods on Koh Samet. We are putting off next trip. It's not the 330baht.. Just can't be bothered with all that rubbish. Our Thai friends on Samet are telling up that many living on Samet are testing positive. Omicron ..it's inevitable. Bit funny to test folk going to Samet. Good chance of becoming positive once on island. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mran66 Posted January 27, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 27, 2022 49 minutes ago, DrJack54 said: @mran66 thanks for that update. We became aware of that recently. We live in Bangkok and have extended periods on Koh Samet. We are putting off next trip. It's not the 330baht.. Just can't be bothered with all that rubbish. Our Thai friends on Samet are telling up that many living on Samet are testing positive. Omicron ..it's inevitable. Bit funny to test folk going to Samet. Good chance of becoming positive once on island. ...smart move...I personally try avoid any place requiring the mandatory test like avoiding plague - not because of the the price but the consequences; likelyhood of getting tested positive is not low these days. Was also considering to go to Samet for few days, but will need to wait. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrJack54 Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 2 minutes ago, mran66 said: Was also considering to go to Samet for few days, but will need to wait We do extended stays on Samet and of course the gf is in almost daily contact. Koh Samet currently is extremely quiet. Should almost close it as they did 2020. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SidJames Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 Look out for the oil slick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 (edited) 13 hours ago, SidJames said: Look out for the oil slick Isn't that somewhat further South? Oh I see, it is another oil spill. Edited January 27, 2022 by jacko45k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SidJames Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 6 hours ago, jacko45k said: Isn't that somewhat further South? Oh I see, it is another oil spill. Nothing to see here, move along folks as it's all cleaned up & the waters are as pristine as ever ???? I remember being down in a Ban Phe a year or so after the last publically admitted spill and my little ones where making sand castles as the beach looked spotless but once they dug down a few inches it was soaked with crude. We couldn't get the stains out the the swimming togs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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