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 Traveller's Tales: Advise for travellers in Bangkok, Thailand
Heed our handy tips on safe travel in Bangkok, Thailand. You may read about travel warnings, health, what to wear, travel with kids, travel with pets, local weather, local government, medical information and traffic information in the area.Also, you might want to read our
Bangkok city guide,
Chiang Mai city guide,
Hua Hin city guide,
Koh Samet city guide,
Koh Samui city guide,
Krabi city guide,
Pattaya city guide,
and Phuket city guide.
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| M Ibrahim |
31 May 2005 |
Stayed at Royal President, The - Bangkok, Thailand.
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Highly recommend Suan Lum Night Bazaar as an alternative to Chatuchak - it's well laid out and clean, especially when compared to Chatuchak. Be careful of tuktuk drivers who can fool you with seemingly low fares but who may have ulterior motives. Always take taxis with fare meters if you have to take one. Otherwise, the Skytrain is great if you wish to avoid traffic congestion.
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| P Trotter |
30 May 2005 |
Stayed at Pathumwan Princess - Bangkok, Thailand.
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We were only in Bangkok for two full days so did not do a lot of sightseeing. Visited the Royal Palace which is excellent, but do watch out for touts trying to tell you it is closed and wanting to take you on a tour of their own instead. Ignore them and once inside you can hire a proper guide if you wish.
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| P Schwab |
19 May 2005 |
Stayed at Buddy Lodge - Bangkok, Thailand.
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Spectacular temples and palace, fun city, be careful with people approaching you. Three obvious cons were attempted. "The temple is closed come with me I show you another temple" was standard and also "come buy tickets cheaper at government tourist office TAT, not train or bus station", at entirely different location than where TAT was indicated on map. Keep your wits about you.
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| A Passent khalil |
12 April 2005 |
Stayed at Imperial Queens Park Hotel, The - Bangkok, Thailand.
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Firstly, after a long flight we decided to treat ourselves and take a limo to the hotel from the airport avoiding the hassle of finding a taxi, these are more comfortable than the ordinary taxis but they charge you 5 times the going rate and we wouldnt use them again, taxis are plentiful and easy to negotiate with. The night bazaar was excellent and well worth a visit, my wife is egyptian and used to bartering and we found the first price they give you is normally around 5 times what they will sell things for, when bartering dont be affraid to go low with your opening offer.
We spent 3 days in Bang Kok and 11 in Koh samui and found that over all the cost of things were way cheaper on the island, maybe only to be expected but unless its essential if you are travelling on wait til you get to the less cosmopolitan areas
All in all a great place and we would go back again
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| Y Chong |
03 April 2005 |
Stayed at Asia Bangkok Hotel - Bangkok, Thailand.
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My overall trip was great except for 2 incidents. Incident 1 - Went to Wat Pho and the weather was too hot to walk to Khao San Road so decided to take a tuk-tuk, which ended up as a nightmare ride. The rider told us he will take us somewhere on the way there, some tourist place. Since the ride was only 50 Baht, me and my partner thought why not. Realised it was a scam when we ended up at some duty free jewellery place. After that, he insisted to take us to some tailor nonsense place which we obliged coz the rider promised that right after he will drop us at Khao San. Rider "sort of begged" to do him this favour coz the tailor was giving free gas voucher that day for customers he brings into the shop.
Incident 2- A taxi that i took outside the Asia Hotel, the driver tried to talk me and my partner into diverting to some other tourist place though we insisted we only wanted to go to Chatuchak. He said the market is not opened yet. What nonsense, I'm not a first-timer going there. Though the ride that he offered to divert was cheaper, it's a total waste of time. It's a scam for the drivers to earn some side income for petrol or whatsoever again like the earlier incident. So lesson learned, prefably do not take cabbies or tuk-tuks outside the hotel premises but just right outside the lobby.
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| L Behme |
19 April 2004 |
Stayed at Asia Airport Hotel - Bangkok, Thailand.
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We had already been to Bangkok and stayed downtown so this stop was just on our way back out of the city after having been down to Phuket and Krabi.Previously in Bangkok we had 2 full days and made the most of it, seeing quite a few sights.
A lot of tuk tuk drivers (and their buddies on the street) would have you believe that sights aren't open or aren't open until 2 pm (so they can take you somewhere and get commission). DON'T TRUST STRANGERS. Just say thank you and then continue on with whatever you want to do. We had 2 not so great taxi rides where they tried to scam us. One said the meter was broken when I had just seen it working for the last customer (he was a local). He refused to turn the meter on and wanted to barter a price and was phoning his friend and trying to take us "shopping". After a km of arguing we asked to be let out. A 'bartered' price from a previous cab had turned out to be way too much.
Our cab ride from our down town hotel to the airport was 'set up' for us by that hotel (not Asia Airport Hotel) and they told us 250 B. At the airport, the cab driver wouldn't open the trunk until we had given him 350 B. So ALWAYS confirm with the DRIVER exactly what you are going to pay and if you are unsure, then don't put stuff in the trunk.
The Grand Palace is a must see but please be respectful and obey the dress codes.
In retrospect I think I would have tried to learn the air con bus system as a means of getting around but for just 2 days we didn't bother.
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| L Lau |
17 April 2004 |
Stayed at Grand China Princess - Bangkok, Thailand.
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Bangkok is a crazy place. Spend only a few days there then move on to explore other smaller towns/cities. At least its cheap and the people are relatively friendly. My only gripe is the taxi drivers will gouge you if you are new. Don't spend 600 Baht to get from the airport to your hotel with a "limousine" taxi (not really a limo anyway but a nicer car...) Instead, go directly straight outside the arrivals terminal to the METER taxi booth by the curb. DO NOT listen to the people trying to sell you a taxi for 600 or listen to them tell you the METERED taxis are slow! There may be a line, but it goes fast. You should be able to get a metered taxi to your hotel for 200-300 baht + 40 baht for the expressway fee. Once inside the taxi make sure the METER is running, if not tell the driver to turn it on.
Just like everything in Bangkok, bargain the hell out of the sellers... they jack up the prices up to 10x for tourists anyway. Best of luck! :)
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| S Kwon |
04 April 2004 |
Stayed at Peninsula Bangkok - Bangkok, Thailand.
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Still very cheap. Watch out for the cabbies. We managed to overcome three attempts to rip us off (first one took us to his sponsor shops, second one to his sponsor restaurant and a boat cabbie who would not let us land unles we pay him 4 times what the hotel quoted). The metered cabbies were polite and air-conditioned.
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| B Gong |
24 March 2004 |
Stayed at Asia Airport Hotel - Bangkok, Thailand.
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Ignore any stranger who tries to give you advice or tells you something is closed at any tourist locale--scam!
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| B Worth |
18 March 2004 |
Stayed at Asia Bangkok Hotel - Bangkok, Thailand.
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Bangkok's a great place. But beware meter taxis who won't use the meter. They will overcharge so persist until you find one that does use his meter. And don't believe anyone who tells you the Grand Palace isn't open today! He just wants you to take a ride with his tuk-tuk driver friend.
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