maiphedmaiaroi Posted May 12, 2012 Share Posted May 12, 2012 Booked a ticket from counter number 37 mo chit last saturday to mukdahan, VIP bus priced at 575 baht. Left mo chit 8pm wednesday arrived in mukdahan at 5.30am thursday. Got a tuktuk to the border, guy said as im alone it would cost me 150 baht, i tried for 100 hundred but to be honest couldnt really be bothered to haggle down a mere 50 baht so paid full price. Got there at 6am, First person and immigration closed. They opened about 7.15am. Got through only to have to wait until 8.30am for the first bus. Noticed 2 mini buses of foreigners pulled up, Spoke to one guy and said he was on a visa package that cost 6500 baht, all inclusive, says the only thing they have to do is que at the embassy in suvannakhet. They had some thai lady filling out all there forms for there laos visa. Bus pulled at 7.45am, tried to get on along with many thais and laos only to be told that the very large bus is reserved for her group. I said there were at least 20 spaces on the bus cant we get on? she ignored and closed the doors. Oh well. Bus arrived at 8.30am. Was a stampede to get on it as you know what asians r like when they wanna get on a bus at a border. I managed to get on of course as i was first to the border and refused to let them push past me. Have a nice bruise on my arm whilst getting crushed while getting in. Arived at the laos border, got my Laos visa, 1500 baht?? is that correct, i thought last time i paid 1000, i have a UK passport by the way. Anyway got through and also managed to get through b4 the group as again the thai lady had to fill out 20 odd forms for there Thai visas. hahhah som num nah!!! Took a tuktuk to the embassy. Me and 2 others, 100 baht each, Told its 200 if travel alone. Paid 40 baht for the ladyboy in the shop opposite to fill out my application form. Highly recommended as she/he can fill the out within 2 mins. Got into the que with about 15 people infront of me applying for visas. Took about 15 mins to get my turn. When i handed over my application the phone rang and the officer guy answered. All he said to me was 2000 baht. No check of passport and no check on application form. Yes he was busy on the phone but it made me think maybe cus the ladyboy filled the form out he recognised the hand writing and accepted. So there you go. Simple as that. All in all cost me about 5000 baht. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edwardandtubs Posted May 12, 2012 Share Posted May 12, 2012 Thanks for this report. It has been reported before that there's no point taking a tuk tuk to the border because you're going to have to board a bus anyway so just wait for that bus. Best for value and convenience seems to be flying to one of the nearby airports then paying for a sava vegas visa run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven100 Posted May 12, 2012 Share Posted May 12, 2012 A word of caution on back to back tourist visas. I was in Savannakhet a couple of weeks ago and a farang was refused a visa due to having numerous visas already. It depends on how many are in your passport. I have seen this happen a couple of times. It can be a real problem traveling so far and not succeeding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ignis Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 All in all cost me about 5000 baht. On these figure you give, Sorry does not add up Bus each way from BKK @ 575 = 1150 baht Tuk Tuk to Boarder @ 150 baht each way = 300 Visa to Laos = 1,500 Tuk Tuk to Embassy 100 baht each way = 200 Thai Visa 2,000 baht So far = 5,150 baht........... did you not have to pay for the bus each way in No mans land ? [over the bridge between boarders] Pay the Lady-boy to fill out the forms ? Pay for a Hotel ? I ask because when I went I checked out the prices there was no difference......... Re you say "Spoke to one guy and said he was on a visa package that cost 6500 baht, all inclusive"..... This included a very nice Hotel + 2 wonderful breakfasts just down the road,+ an evening meal, everything was done and arranged, forms filled out........ The Mini Buses were 9 seater's so lots of leg room. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PattayaParent Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 "Anyway got through and also managed to get through b4 the group as again the thai lady had to fill out 20 odd forms for there Thai visas. hahhah som num nah!!!" You'd think they would have picked up a stack of the forms each trip for the next trip to fill in on the bus to the border. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edwardandtubs Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 Can you remember what the minimum bet for a game of blackjack is? If it's not too high I'd be happy to spend all day playing blackjack and chatting with the dealer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edwardandtubs Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 I just found out the minimum bet is 200 baht for blackjack. That's more than a Vegas casino. You could bring 4000 baht to the table and still get wiped out pretty quickly. Serious gamblers only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maiphedmaiaroi Posted May 13, 2012 Author Share Posted May 13, 2012 All in all cost me about 5000 baht. On these figure you give, Sorry does not add up Bus each way from BKK @ 575 = 1150 baht Tuk Tuk to Boarder @ 150 baht each way = 300 Visa to Laos = 1,500 Tuk Tuk to Embassy 100 baht each way = 200 Thai Visa 2,000 baht So far = 5,150 baht........... did you not have to pay for the bus each way in No mans land ? [over the bridge between boarders] Pay the Lady-boy to fill out the forms ? Pay for a Hotel ? I ask because when I went I checked out the prices there was no difference......... Re you say "Spoke to one guy and said he was on a visa package that cost 6500 baht, all inclusive"..... This included a very nice Hotel + 2 wonderful breakfasts just down the road,+ an evening meal, everything was done and arranged, forms filled out........ The Mini Buses were 9 seater's so lots of leg room. bus to mukdahan 575 tuk tuk to thai border 150 bus to loas border 50 laos visa 1500 tuktuk to embassy 100 ladyboy form 40 baht visa 2000 hotel 400 back to laos border 100 bus to thai border 50 Got a lift to mukdahan bus terminal with a farang and his thai gf bus to bangkok 400 baht, (was just standard a/c) so 5365 baht. As i said about 5k. To be honest id rather go alone even if its the same price, Takes the same amount of time and chances are you meet less freaky farang. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven100 Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 All in all cost me about 5000 baht. On these figure you give, Sorry does not add up Bus each way from BKK @ 575 = 1150 baht Tuk Tuk to Boarder @ 150 baht each way = 300 Visa to Laos = 1,500 Tuk Tuk to Embassy 100 baht each way = 200 Thai Visa 2,000 baht So far = 5,150 baht........... did you not have to pay for the bus each way in No mans land ? [over the bridge between boarders] Pay the Lady-boy to fill out the forms ? Pay for a Hotel ? I ask because when I went I checked out the prices there was no difference......... Re you say "Spoke to one guy and said he was on a visa package that cost 6500 baht, all inclusive"..... This included a very nice Hotel + 2 wonderful breakfasts just down the road,+ an evening meal, everything was done and arranged, forms filled out........ The Mini Buses were 9 seater's so lots of leg room. bus to mukdahan 575 tuk tuk to thai border 150 bus to loas border 50 laos visa 1500 tuktuk to embassy 100 ladyboy form 40 baht visa 2000 hotel 400 back to laos border 100 bus to thai border 50 Got a lift to mukdahan bus terminal with a farang and his thai gf bus to bangkok 400 baht, (was just standard a/c) so 5365 baht. As i said about 5k. To be honest id rather go alone even if its the same price, Takes the same amount of time and chances are you meet less freaky farang. did you tip the thai girl & farang for the lift to the Mukdahan ? say 20 baht ... just kidding. Fly up there ... get the visa done as quickly as possible and get the hell outa there... Fly back and I have the limo waiting for me at the airport ... then proceed to the Marriot for a couple of drinks to close the night. why penny pinch and account for every baht you spend ? I stayed at the Savan Vegas and just got the Visa a quickly as I could.... anyway, good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maiphedmaiaroi Posted May 13, 2012 Author Share Posted May 13, 2012 why penny pinch and account for every baht you spend ? . Was only answering a nit picking question. who really cares? Money is just paper, its time you should be more concerned with Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hullupullo Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 A word of caution on back to back tourist visas. I was in Savannakhet a couple of weeks ago and a farang was refused a visa due to having numerous visas already. It depends on how many are in your passport. I have seen this happen a couple of times. It can be a real problem traveling so far and not succeeding. Like to know more about this: "I have seen this happen a couple of times." Where you have seen this, in Savannakhet? Or someone told you so? In my passport : Jun 2008, triple TR Helsinki + 1 extension Jan 2009, double TR Vientiane + 1 extension Jun 2009, double TR Vientiane Sep 2009, double TR Vientiane, "got Red Stamp" Jan 2010, single TR Phnom Penh + 1 extension Apr 2010, two time land border run, 15 days + 15 days May 2010 ->Europe June 2010, multientry Non-im "O", Hull by post Aug 2011, single TR Phnom Penh, "Used Agent" + 1 extension Nov 2011, double TR Savannakhet +2 extension Today 24/5/2012 , double TR Savannakhet No problem at all in Savannakhet. Wednesday morning there were maybe 20 people on line and just 3 or 4 farang. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hullupullo Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 (edited) Add one more visa to list above 2 extensions for last visa and today 15/11/2012, double TR Savannakhet, no problem Edited November 15, 2012 by hullupullo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangkokburning Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 You way overspent. Tuktuk to border, no. Bus for b45 Visa for 1500, no us35. You should have stayed on the bus and got a samlor at the station for b40. Clean fan room (very cool.at night now) b200 B40 for someone to fill out your app? Madness. And so it goes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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