Any recommendations thanks

Take a van from many locations in Pattaya to Victory Monument-around 100 baht and 2-2.5 hour trip-then bus number 29 to DM 18 baht and 35 minutes-this is the cheapest way,maybe not the quickest though but I do it often

can take the bus to the main airport http://www.airportpattayabus.com/ 134b then free shuttle to don meuang, need to show airline ticket for shuttle so may not work returning

Aside from the info given, I recommend searching the sub-forum as there are 3 threads on the same issue with much info.