jetzie Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 hi guys, does anyone know how can i make an advance booking for a bus ticket up from bangkok to chiangrai? i will be in bangkok on 25 december and i need to be in maesai the next day. I'm worried that if i reach on 25th and head down to the station the tickets might be full, ending up in a wasted trip. is there anyway i can make an advance booking for the bus tickets? please great assistance will be much appreaciated.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2008bangkok Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 m not to sure if you can book that far in advance for a bus ticket but maybe you can do that with a train ticket ehich would be more comfy comfy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GungaDin Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 and safer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkkjames Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 Dont most public buses run on the hour or so to most places, meaning you just show up and get a ticket for the next one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asanee Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 Dont most public buses run on the hour or so to most places, meaning you just show up and get a ticket for the next one? No, not this route-that too far from BKK-and it has no train nearby either-besides-advance booking for trains from foreign sferes also has its own difficulties. The prob is; there is NO major comp. doping all routes-even though many unknowing farang al claim them to be the ''govmt.-bus''-there is an assortment of various prvate companies-some running the best VIP/1st cl. buses, some those and lower graded 2nd cl-and others only 2nd. cl. you MUST know which comp. you want before you can try to book-this tipically means they ''hold'' the seat for 1-2-3 days-in which you should have bought the ticket. Some of the comp-s to Mae Sai are INDRA TOur-yes, office in the Indra Hotel in Pratunam and MAE SAI tour-with its own office somewhere in that moloch of Mochit. and some others too. 25/12 is not a holiday in Thaild-also not yet really in the 1/1 crush out of BKK-so if youre that little bit felxible and can live with maybe a lower grade of bus-then wait till there. Otherwise find aThai friend-you'll have to speak that anyway for the booking to get across as you want it. Also there are many, many more buses to Ch_Rai-you certainly find a seat to there-and then change next morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkkjames Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 Dont most public buses run on the hour or so to most places, meaning you just show up and get a ticket for the next one? No, not this route-that too far from BKK-and it has no train nearby either-besides-advance booking for trains from foreign sferes also has its own difficulties. The prob is; there is NO major comp. doping all routes-even though many unknowing farang al claim them to be the ''govmt.-bus''-there is an assortment of various prvate companies-some running the best VIP/1st cl. buses, some those and lower graded 2nd cl-and others only 2nd. cl. you MUST know which comp. you want before you can try to book-this tipically means they ''hold'' the seat for 1-2-3 days-in which you should have bought the ticket. Some of the comp-s to Mae Sai are INDRA TOur-yes, office in the Indra Hotel in Pratunam and MAE SAI tour-with its own office somewhere in that moloch of Mochit. and some others too. 25/12 is not a holiday in Thaild-also not yet really in the 1/1 crush out of BKK-so if youre that little bit felxible and can live with maybe a lower grade of bus-then wait till there. Otherwise find aThai friend-you'll have to speak that anyway for the booking to get across as you want it. Also there are many, many more buses to Ch_Rai-you certainly find a seat to there-and then change next morning. Hmmm interesting ad ,,, I mean reply. Anyone else confused? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lomatopo Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 (edited) I've never had much luck getting information re: advanced bookings. I end up going to Mor Chit to buy tickets several days before my journey. It's a pain. There was supposed to be some on-line booking/ticketing facility but I can't get it to work. http://203.147.11.41/cgi-bin/tcl_ticketing/TKS101 According to this schedule there is a 24-seat VIP (999) bus departing Bangkok daily for Chiang Rai at 8 PM. Note the contact telephone numbers. Maybe someone could call for you? http://www.transport.co.th/999_timebusnorth48.asp There are of course 32 and 40 seat buses plying this route more often. I'm only referencing Government buses, and not those operated by provate companies. I'd submit, based on the number of train derailments, crashes and flooded-out tracks, Government buses are much safer than rail travel. Edited October 21, 2008 by lomatopo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
my friend I Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 Sombat bus co 2 5159600 They have 1 bus to Mae Sai with some beds underneath. Also 1 to Chiang Rai with beds plus other normal buses . Leave about 7.00 7.30 8.00 pm Plenty other buses. No problem on a Thursday for seats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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