MarcelV Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 Is there a list of towns or cities where you can find a Bolt driver? Even in Thailand's fourth biggest city I got the "not available" message. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcelV Posted December 12, 2021 Author Share Posted December 12, 2021 No, mate, the Bolt Taxi App. In Hat Yai, a city of 100k+ people, there is NOTHING. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExpatOilWorker Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 2 minutes ago, MarcelV said: No, mate, the Bolt Taxi App. In Hat Yai, a city of 100k+ people, there is NOTHING. I see. At first I thought it was a golf terminology, I would never have guessed an App. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcelV Posted December 12, 2021 Author Share Posted December 12, 2021 1 minute ago, ExpatOilWorker said: I see. At first I thought it was a golf terminology, I would never have guessed an App. Think of it as a poor man's Grab, which you haven't heard of either I guess. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExpatOilWorker Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 3 minutes ago, MarcelV said: Think of it as a poor man's Grab, which you haven't heard of either I guess. Grab I know, except I still think of it as Uber, except when it is for food delivery. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard_smith237 Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 In Bangkok I’ve found it easier to get a BOLT than it is to get a GRAB recently. Securing a ride with Grab seems to have become more difficult recently, no drivers seem to want the fare, meanwhile taxi’s are everywhere. Getting a ride with BOLT is also not as easy recently. I was staring to wonder if the Taxi drivers have not all got together and decided to boycott Grab in favour of ‘cash only’ BOLT. Either that or a lot of taxi’s and Grab cars have simply ‘left the business’ - Getting a ride is not as simple or as fast as it was 3 months ago... Or, I’ve just been unlucky this past couple of weeks and conformation bias is seeping in..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treetops Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 1 hour ago, MarcelV said: Is there a list of towns or cities where you can find a Bolt driver? Even in Thailand's fourth biggest city I got the "not available" message. There's a list on their website but it's out of date as it doesn't include Pattaya where they've been available for a while. If Chiang Mai is the 4th biggest city then I've used them many times there. https://bolt.eu/en-gb/cities/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcelV Posted December 12, 2021 Author Share Posted December 12, 2021 1 hour ago, treetops said: There's a list on their website but it's out of date as it doesn't include Pattaya where they've been available for a while. If Chiang Mai is the 4th biggest city then I've used them many times there. https://bolt.eu/en-gb/cities/ Hat Yai is apparently the fourth biggest city and it's the closest big city to my residence. Strangely enough, Hat Yai does not have a taxi service of any kind. Here in the Deep South you really are on your own when it comes to transportation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treetops Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 7 minutes ago, MarcelV said: Hat Yai is apparently the fourth biggest city and it's the closest big city to my residence. I'd gone with Chiang Mai based on this, but no idea if it's up to date or not. Sorry, no experience of Hat Yai. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaIrish Sean Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 Does this help? https://bolt.eu/en-gb/cities/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post misterphil Posted December 13, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 13, 2021 19 hours ago, ExpatOilWorker said: I see. At first I thought it was a golf terminology, I would never have guessed an App. I thought he was on about an impact wrench. lol 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DFPhuket Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 In Chiang Mai last week, Bolt's fare was 98 baht from the Le Meridien to the airport. Grab wanted 198. I chose Bolt. Except for paying cash (Grab has my credit card) it was the same experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swissbie Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 18 hours ago, MarcelV said: Hat Yai is apparently the fourth biggest city and it's the closest big city to my residence. Strangely enough, Hat Yai does not have a taxi service of any kind. Here in the Deep South you really are on your own when it comes to transportation. Hat Yai airport does have some taxis. You could try to call one of these. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcelV Posted December 13, 2021 Author Share Posted December 13, 2021 7 minutes ago, swissbie said: Hat Yai airport does have some taxis. You could try to call one of these. True. Good luck just picking up one in the city though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swissbie Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 3 minutes ago, MarcelV said: True. Good luck just picking up one in the city though. In the city you have to relay on tuktuks and songthaeos, minivans for longer distances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcelV Posted December 13, 2021 Author Share Posted December 13, 2021 1 minute ago, swissbie said: In the city you have to relay on tuktuks and songthaeos, minivans for longer distances. Yes. The songthaews are golden for intracity travel. At least they got that there. When you leave the city, you are on your own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paradise Pete Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 14 hours ago, ThaIrish Sean said: Does this help? https://bolt.eu/en-gb/cities/ Pattaya area has Bolt, but it's not on that list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malt25 Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 3 hours ago, kiteman9 said: You just beat me to it ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hammer2021 Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 22 hours ago, ExpatOilWorker said: I see. At first I thought it was a golf terminology, I would never have guessed an App. It's an excellent Taxi Service. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Almer Posted December 14, 2021 Share Posted December 14, 2021 On 12/12/2021 at 7:52 PM, richard_smith237 said: In Bangkok I’ve found it easier to get a BOLT than it is to get a GRAB recently. Securing a ride with Grab seems to have become more difficult recently, no drivers seem to want the fare, meanwhile taxi’s are everywhere. Getting a ride with BOLT is also not as easy recently. I was staring to wonder if the Taxi drivers have not all got together and decided to boycott Grab in favour of ‘cash only’ BOLT. Either that or a lot of taxi’s and Grab cars have simply ‘left the business’ - Getting a ride is not as simple or as fast as it was 3 months ago... Or, I’ve just been unlucky this past couple of weeks and conformation bias is seeping in..... All these gab drivers though out the various lockdownshad finance to oay with little or no work so the cars went back, end of story Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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