Tigerman1 Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 Hi Does anyone know how much a taxi will cost from/to Siam Sq from /to Swamp Airport? Taxi meter is fine? Any 'guestimates'? I reckon 300bt. My wife reckons 800bt! Also, might as well ask, how long will teh ride be at 0500hrs weekdays morning from Siam Sq to teh airport (swampy)? Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyh Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 HiDoes anyone know how much a taxi will cost from/to Siam Sq from /to Swamp Airport? Taxi meter is fine? Any 'guestimates'? I reckon 300bt. My wife reckons 800bt! Also, might as well ask, how long will teh ride be at 0500hrs weekdays morning from Siam Sq to teh airport (swampy)? Cheers. Not sure of price but had taxi drivers before want to charge say 200 baht but the same trip previously was under 100 using the meter, no I always tell them put the meter on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GungaDin Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 350 tops incl tolls, and get a cruiser, not one of the scallywags parked up outside a hotel. Insist on "Meter" when you get in, otherwise, stop & bail out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
singhadrinker Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 I paid 250 baht the other day from silom to swampy (one way) on a meter - so not much difference from Siam, I would have thought. Price depends upon the amount of traffic - not too much around at 10am when I left. I think it took about 30-40 minutes via expressway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F4UCorsair Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 (edited) Is "Swamp Airport" Suvarnabhumi Airport?? If so, I paid B220 + tolls of B70 (50 + 20 I think) recently, and Siam Square would be similar I'm guessing. Insist on meter, then there's no dispute. A driver outside my hotel in Sukhumvit Soi Nana quoted B600 because it was "quite far"!! And I thought the meter took care of "quite far" destinations?? How silly of me. Edited June 28, 2009 by F4UCorsair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubik101 Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 BKK is indeed Swamp or Swampy on account of it being built in a swamp, no less, apart from the impossibility of pronouncing the correct word in full. Cool, windless mornings have a habit of forming mist, just as the airport reaches its busiest time. Brilliant location planning! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatinBKk Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 220-280....insist on meter........!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jitenshaman Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 HiDoes anyone know how much a taxi will cost from/to Siam Sq from /to Swamp Airport? Taxi meter is fine? Any 'guestimates'? I reckon 300bt. My wife reckons 800bt! Also, might as well ask, how long will teh ride be at 0500hrs weekdays morning from Siam Sq to teh airport (swampy)? Cheers. Upon arrival, go immediately up to the 4th floor (Departures)..walk out and get a taxi there that is dropping someone off. You will be far less likely to get any grief...i've been using this method for years. No meter=no fare. At that time of the morning, I'd say around 200 baht tops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GungaDin Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 Don't forget to add on the Toll charges. I make sure I have small notes to give to the driver at the Toll booths. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigerman1 Posted June 30, 2009 Author Share Posted June 30, 2009 Thanks for all the replies. The taxi in the early morning will be from BKK to airport as my wife needs to go 'home' for a day so I will look for a taxi that night and get a number to collect her. I may even ask whoever takes us from the airport to the hotel if they are good to save a headache. The hotel wants 2000baht to make the trip! I think not. I don't mind paying over teh odds at that time of the morning fro a decent driver but 2000bht is a tad expensive for a 20/30 min trip. maybe - I might treat her - thinking about it - no! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GungaDin Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 Call 1681, press 9 for English, and 1 for immediate booking...... and book the taxi from yr mobile, they will ask you for yr mob number and call you back with the taxi's number so that a pirate listening to the radio doesn't appear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeMock Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 Don't forget to add on the Toll charges.I make sure I have small notes to give to the driver at the Toll booths. Why? I use the tollways to crack my 1,000 baht notes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeMock Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 Thanks for all the replies.The taxi in the early morning will be from BKK to airport as my wife needs to go 'home' for a day so I will look for a taxi that night and get a number to collect her. I may even ask whoever takes us from the airport to the hotel if they are good to save a headache. The hotel wants 2000baht to make the trip! I think not. I don't mind paying over teh odds at that time of the morning fro a decent driver but 2000bht is a tad expensive for a 20/30 min trip. maybe - I might treat her - thinking about it - no! I take it that your wife is Thai right? If so, why can't she just walk out on the street and catch one by herself like every other Thai and 90% of westerners do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GungaDin Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 Don't forget to add on the Toll charges.I make sure I have small notes to give to the driver at the Toll booths. Why? I use the tollways to crack my 1,000 baht notes. Is your name Harry Enfield? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeMock Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 Better then using a 7/11 to buy cigarette lighters when you don;t smoke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billp Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 200, not more than 220 baht from siam, plus 70 baht tolls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozzieovaseas Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 Don't forget to add on the Toll charges.I make sure I have small notes to give to the driver at the Toll booths. Why? I use the tollways to crack my 1,000 baht notes. Thats a lot of trouble for all concerned...I prefer to cash my 1000 bahts at a foodcourt , buy a 100 baht card,collect the change...then hand it back in after 15 minutes of not finding anything nice to eat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeMock Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 Don't forget to add on the Toll charges.I make sure I have small notes to give to the driver at the Toll booths. Why? I use the tollways to crack my 1,000 baht notes. Thats a lot of trouble for all concerned...I prefer to cash my 1000 bahts at a foodcourt , buy a 100 baht card,collect the change...then hand it back in after 15 minutes of not finding anything nice to eat. Yep, that sounds so much easier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GungaDin Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 So.... Tiger, what was the cost? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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