Hire A Minibus For The Day

[p_brownstone]

I occasionally need to hire a Minibus / People Carrier type of vehicle - plus Driver - to take the family out for a day trip, and occasionally for an overnight stay somewhere. There are only 4 of us but the kids like the extra space).

I know the usual rate is Baht 1,500.- per day exclusive of fuel but I find it hard to get a reliable owner / driver.

Does anyone have a good contact they could pass on to me - this would be starting / finishing in the On Nuch / Samrong area.

Patrick

[JohnnyFeelIt]

Pen, Paper, Intersection. You'll have 10 different possibilities within 20 minutes?

[steve187]

Jalern - 0879488647, my family use him when in Thailand, good safe pleasant driver, new well looked after minibus.

[tonititan]

Pen, Paper, Intersection. You'll have 10 different possibilities within 20 minutes?

Being at a random intersection at the right time hardly qualifies a driver as being reliable.

[GrahamF]

Mr. Potter, 085-105-8324, minivans and cars. Rates are good. I have used them to go to Hua Hin (I think they charged 3000 baht round trip BKK-HH) and Pattaya and they have always been on time, the vehicles have always been in good shape and the drivers (at least by Thai standards) are safe.

[JohnnyFeelIt]

Pen, Paper, Intersection. You'll have 10 different possibilities within 20 minutes?

Being at a random intersection at the right time hardly qualifies a driver as being reliable.

No, but it would show that the minivan is roadworthy

[tonititan]

Pen, Paper, Intersection. You'll have 10 different possibilities within 20 minutes?

Being at a random intersection at the right time hardly qualifies a driver as being reliable.

No, but it would show that the minivan is roadworthy

You're right, it would. But the OP isn't have a problem finding a roadworthy van....he's having trouble finding a reliable driver/owner.

[richard_smith237]

I used this company in Feb: [email protected]

I hired two vans for my family who were over visiting for my wedding, the Van had seat belts and was a Toyota D4D.

We paid B1800 per day, in and around Bangkok for a 12 hour day (fuel and express ways were extra)

We paid B1950 per day outside of Bangkok and B450 for drivers accommodation if necessary (i.e. outside of Bangkok for a few days).

My instructions and times were quite convoluted often an early start oen day, followed by a later start the next day. The drivers didn't put a foot wrong and helped a lot with baggage, sisters kids etc... and most of all I found them reliable and trustworthy.

One of the drivers didn't speak English but made up for that with common sense.

Edited September 10, 2010 by richard_smith237