Holiday weekend traffic

[Dagnabbit]

This weekend, the missus decided to slip off for a break, leaving me with the kids.

She spent 11am to 5pm queueing for the boat to get back from Koh Chang until she gave up.

Anothe group if friends took 4 hours to get frim BKK to Pattaya on Friday and a little more to get back on Sunday.

Two years ago, a weeks holiday in Khao Yai coincided with the end of a long weekend and it took me 12 hours to drive back to Bangkok.

Seems to me it's now pointless going away on a holiday weekend. The extra day you get will be chewed up in travelling time. I have officially given up going anywhere at these times.

Still, every holiday people pile into their cars and go through it again.

Anyone still brave enough?

[jeab1980]

Very bad traffic at any holiday but that's it it's a holiday and lots of people go home to patents or weekend by the sea. I remember some years ago being in England on M5 on a holiday weekend Saturday. We sat in car going nowhere for 5 hrs happens everwhere

Edited May 23, 2016 by jeab1980

[Kwasaki]

Anyone still brave enough?

My Mrs goes sometimes, me's always wait and just don't go on any long trips on public hols or school hols.

Bonus of retirement I guess.

[KhunBENQ]

Good reminder!

And it will become worse and worse.

More and more people can afford cars and holidays.

Roads don't grow in a proportional manner (and how far can it go?).

Railway is a joke, domestic flights and airports crammed.

Combined with the cancerous cheapo mass tourism it takes away lot of the fun from traveling in Thailand.

I pedantically update my wall calender and avoid any trips during critical times whenever possible.

This report supports your thread in a perfect manner:

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/919397-tailbacks-and-delays-frustrate-koh-chang-tourists-returning-after-long-weekend/

Edited May 23, 2016 by KhunBENQ

[HelenGreene]

Holiday traffic is so annoying.

[kannot]

I never go anywhere at the weekends or any Thai holiday its the same in the UK mind, being retired has many benefits so i go out when everyone else is at work, its great!

[johnnybgood]

Freedom to choose.

Retirement doesn't necessarily just mean "no longer working".

[smutcakes]

I still go as its the best time to get away from work without using proper holiday.

I tend to leave at very antisocial hour like 2am out of bkk and return late in the evening like this time on a the sunday. Traffic was bad but i had already resigned myself for it and i would be shattered on the Monday.

I dont think you would get me going to KC though. Pattaya, i would just come and go at antisocial hours

Songkran is the nightmare one but every year i say never again, and every year i do the same again.