Your hotel is near Chitlom skytrain station according to the online map. The driver should know wher

ACC Limosine is highly recommended on this board for BKK airport transfers. I am not able to access their website( www.acclimosine.com ) and my email to them was returned as "undeliverable." Does anyone know if they are still in businnes and ,if so, how to contact golf travel bags from spain them? Any other suggestions for airport pickup? golf travel bags from spain We don't want to use a taxi.
Is there aproblem with getting a taxi at the BKK airport? Are there advantages to using a limousine services over a taxi for transfer from BKK airport to hotel? We will be arriving from the US and this is our first time in SEAsia.
As for limo service, I just book a car upon arrival. When I get off the plane and enter the baggage golf travel bags from spain claim section, golf travel bags from spain there's a counter inside the baggage golf travel bags from spain claim area. I think it's AOT. I go to it first, before looking for my luggage on the carousel. I tell the rep that I want the cheapest car and I usually golf travel bags from spain know about how much that will cost. Then I go to the carousel and get my luggage.
After getting my luggage, I meet the rep who pushes the luggage cart out of baggage claim and to another golf travel bags from spain counter where I pay. Then the driver golf travel bags from spain comes and takes my luggage golf travel bags from spain to the car. I have never pre-arranged a car upon arrival. With flight delays and all, I just get the car when I get there.
I had no trouble taking a taxi from the new airport golf travel bags from spain - you do have to pay the airport tax plus the tolls on top of the meter. More likely to have problems going back - just be aware that you don't pay the airport tax in that direction, and insist on the meter.
We usually take AAC limo from the airport because we travel "heavy" and the sedans they use (typically Mercedes or BMW) hold more luggage than the tiny Toyota Corollas. I have, rarely, had the experience of a taxi driver not knowing where my hotel is. While I don't mind dealing with that while I'm in Bangkok, I don't want the hassle when I'm just off a transPacific flight and haven't slept in 24 or more hours. That never happens with AAC. Indeed, we've had the same driver from AAC every time for the past few years.
Simpson510: I just got out my journal where I write down every last expenditure when I'm vacationing overseas. So, I have written in my journal (November 2009 BKK trip), that the one-way 850Baht car (Dec 2007) has gone up to 950Baht (Nov 2009). Therefore I negotiated 1,650Baht for round- trip limo fare.
Sometimes I take the limo service to my serviced apartment building and then sometimes on the way back to the airport, I take a taxi. Of course the taxi driver always wants to give a flat rate back to the airport, but I never agree on it and have the staff, who's putting my luggage into the taxi, tell the driver to TURN ON THE METER. Sometimes, the driver golf travel bags from spain still doesn't want to turn it on and then, while in the taxi, I tell the driver, in Thai, to turn it on or else we're not going anywhere. Then the meter is turned on. Happy travels!
Thursdaysd: The tolls are paid on top of the metered fare and when the driver gets to the toll roads he asks for the money then. I have never experienced golf travel bags from spain it added onto the total fare after one has arrived to the airport.
According to my 2007 journal, toll #1 was 40 baht and toll #2 was 20 baht and the fare from my serviced apartment building, attached to Emporium Mall on Sukhumvit soi 24, was 229 baht to the airport (with the meter on, of course). So the total, with the tolls, was
Kathie: I assume you mean that you pay the full fare to your "AAC" driver when you get to your destination. With AOT, I paid the full fare at the counter. golf travel bags from spain I have always had different drivers to and from my building. Before heading back to the airport, golf travel bags from spain I either have the front desk call AOT or I call them and reconfirm my pick up back to the airport. Happy Travels!
I'm sure you remember, Guenmai, that at the old airport there were a number of limo counters. AAC had one of those counters, and likewise, you paid at the counter at the airport. At the new airport, AOT got a monopoly golf travel bags from spain on limo services. Rebelling against golf travel bags from spain the monopoly, I insist on using AAC. lol.
Kathie: Now that you've mentioned it, I do remember AAC and a lot of other companies at the old airport. I used to take a variety of companies then. But, on the very up side, the advantage of AOT being at the now airport is that when one lands and many times off of a very long, tiring golf travel bags from spain flight, one doesn't get bombarded by the tons of transportation companies.
I remember my first time arriving into BKK, back in the 90s, and arriving from Chiangmai. I had flown non-stop from Singapore to Chiangmai and then days later to Bangkok. I had left Bangkok golf travel bags from spain for the end of my 3-week, golf travel bags from spain solo trip through Southeast Asia.
I got off the plane, at the old airport, and there were all of these transportation agents bombarding me. It took me quite a while to bargain with various ones to get the fare that I was willing to pay. Now, I don't deal with that as I just book the car in the baggage claim area and when I've gotten my luggage, into the car I go. I only bargain with AOT. Happy Travels!
For me a taxi into the city will usually cost under 500 baht, and that includes a tip. On the way back out, I have the doorman at my apartment arrange golf travel bags from spain for a mini van for me, as I am usually travelling with 3 big bags plus purse and carry-on. Too much for the regular sized taxi. It costs me 600b for the mini van. I'm sure the doorman gets a 'tip' back from the mini van driver, but I have no problem with that. The staff at my apartment building golf travel bags from spain are always helpful and hard working. I usually tip the mini van driver above and beyond the 600b price for the service.
Simpson: That's golf travel bags from spain also good to know. Maybe I'll try a taxi, from the now airport, if I arrive in the morning golf travel bags from spain and not at midnight. Are taxis still on the lower level? I think I read that they moved them someplace else. Happy Travels!
for a first timer a limo is the way to go... i have never been in one where the tolls were not included.. i find the drivers much more knowledgeable... if you pre-book and the hotel is unfamiliar to them they would have called ahead for directions for sure... AAC does not have the same privledges in the new airport... AOT has the run of the place..
If you think that the taxi driver might not know your hotel, you can always e-mail your hotel and have them e-mail you the name of it and the directions, in Thai. Then print it and take it with you. With taxi drivers one never knows.
My best Thai friend and I got into a taxi at my apartment building and needed to go to Oriental Place (shopping center) so that I could take my huge load of fabric to Cotton House where I have my clothes made. I told my friend to just tell the driver to drop us on the street that the Oriental golf travel bags from spain Hotel is on. The Oriental Place is directly across from it. Well, the driver ended up taking us to the Royal Orchid Sheraton. We were NOT happy campers. We got out of the cab, schlepped the huge bags of fabric to the pier and took the boat to the Oriental Hotel pier and then walked over to Oriental Place. Happy Travels!
Bob, you must be mis-remembering. Tolls are always extra even for limos. Drivers always ask if you want to take the expressway. The correct answer is yes (you'll get there faster) - you'll pay about 70 baht in tolls, a little over $2.
Only AOT can have a desk at the new airport. If you arrive and decide you need a limo, AOT is the way to go. If you book ahead, it doesn't matter which company you use, as they will be waiting with a sign with your name on it.
A few years ago, I was so busy before we left for Bangkok that I forgot to book with AAC. I sent them an email message from Narita and received an answer within minutes. They were there to pick us up when we got to BKK.
We'll be staying at Adelphi Suites. We only have a carry on each so not alot of luggage. would we likely be ok in a taxi? Although i think a limo may be easier given its our first trip. When I made the reservation at Adelphi Suites there was the possibility of getting a transfer golf travel bags from spain thru them. Might that be the way to go or would I be better off booking a limo myself?
Adelphi's limo costs waaaaay too much. I stay there all of the time (probably a dozen times or more so far) and I never ask for their airport pickup. I do taxis (but I'm tempted to do the limo service sometime, arranging it at the airport, just the way guenmai does).
Tell you driver you want Sukhumvit soi 8. They know where that is, for sure. The AS is down that soi, on the right, past the 7/11. There is a restaurant (Monsoon) on the front side with an outdoor dining terrace golf travel bags from spain and bar. Pretty easy to spot. Across the soi (street) is White Bar/Via Vai Pizza place.
Kathie, the driver golf travel bags from spain of the mini van that takes me back to the airport from AS never asks for tolls. They are included in the 600 baht fee. That's why I feel fine with giving the driver an extra 100 baht tip.
Very informative thread for those of us going to BKK for the first time. Our plane arrives at 11:30 pm; is AOT open all the time? We're staying at the Rennaisance Marriott; will most drivers know where that is?
Another technique, if you think your taxi driver might not find your hotel, is to write down its phone number. It's almost a certainty that the driver will have a cell phone and can call for directions.
Sukhumvit Road is a very long road, but changes names along the way. It drives me crazy as I don't remember the name changes. It's not like Wilshire Blvd., here in L.A., that starts in downtown L.A. and ends at the ocean, probably 25- 30 miles away, but is still called, Wilshire Blvd. So, Ploenchit is like part of Sukhumvit as it's on the east/west golf travel bags from spain Sukhumvit skytrain line.
Your hotel is near Chitlom skytrain station according to the online map. The driver should know where it is. It's in the heart of town. The Sukhumvit skytrain line runs along where your hotel is. There are two skytrain lines; East/West Sukhumvit and North/South Silom. It's quite easy.
You have the huge Central Department Store right at Chitlom skytrain station and the food c