First time to Thailand, how much does a taxi cost?

For the taxi to Bangkok Center, count on THB 400-500; but you also have to give money to the taxi driver 1 or 2 times for the toll that has to be paid on the way from Suvarnabhumi Airport to the center. I thought about THB 100-120 what the toll costs. Taxis are widely available at the terminal (ground floor). There is a system to get the taxi because you have to draw a ticket at the taxi stand that shows the number of the parking space where your taxi is waiting for you. This service will also cost you THB 50, payable later to the taxi driver.
Taxi costs Krabi are unknown to me

Dear Elly and Cees,

Taxi ranks all the way down at the airport, in the arrivals hall you walk to the right then take the escalator down. You will soon see the taxi stand in front of you.
The taxis are metered. On average you can go out between 600 and 800 baht, this includes the toll on the express way, which you have to pay separately to the driver outside the taximeter (approx. 500 baht) if he has to pay the toll, so make sure you have some notes from 20,50 and 100 baht. You can also exchange (cash money) downstairs at the superrich office, the best exchange rate!
Depending of course where you need to be in Bangkok, this is just in the heart of Bangkok, about 45 minutes away by taxi.

A taxi from downtown to Don Mueang Airport will be about 400-500 bath.
I would ask the reception the evening before whether the taxi is ready about 2 hours before the flight.
Checking in 1,5 hours in advance is fine, the counters close 45 minutes before the flight.

Everything based on private taxis.

Taxi from Krabi to Ao Nang I unfortunately do not remember, this was 10 years ago, but this is also not expensive at all.

Happy holiday to you.

Really, and although it seems to have eluded many completely, the taxis here in BKK even have TaxiMETER on top. From the airport that is even a piece of cake, because you first have to draw a ticket with your destination at a machine. There is extra besides the meter: 50 bt (no, that's a bit more now) for airport and the toll you have to pay on the expressway along the way, depends entirely on where you want to go. It is also remarkable that when they are free they have a red signal behind the windscreen. Although that meter and red are now being adjusted to more logical expectations. Count on a total of around 300 benefits for HTL in central BKK. And note that Mr. driver with his school-boys shirt in blue with registered number on it actually turns on the meter - it then jumps to 35 on departure, a Km costs a little more than 5 bt and increases in steps of 2 bt.
How early you need to be at DMK: that is different, as with every airport and every airline anywhere in the world something else applies; when you need to be checked in with your airline (another person who thinks they can play travel agent without the details??). It is almost always somewhere on your booking or otherwise on the site. No matter how long that line is - that's no excuse, only the fact of checking in counts. Also varies for domestic or international. Incidentally, AirAsia has machines for checking in outside the hall, with almost never a queue. Never stand behind a line with many Chinese people.

Well,

I live in Lak-Si, which is the residential area right opposite the entrance to the terminal at Don Muang airport.
All planes from Europe land at Suvarnabhumi Airport, from there I go with the "meter" taxi, one floor below, get a receipt from a machine outside and go to the taxi with the number of the ticket.

Mind you, you always have to pay 50 Bhat extra because of the airport (has the driver already paid) then I pay the tolls myself in total 95 Bhat, get the change back neatly, so beware, you must have 100 Bhat in your pocket. (First pin, then buy something at 7-Eleven and you have small money) For the ride itself I pay 380 Bhat + so that 50 Bhat.

Domestic flight or to the region, always from my backyard (10 minutes by scooter) I am always 1,5 to 2 hours in advance. Air Asia has check-in printers in the departure hall, which close 1 hour before departure.

NB; Bangkok is huge, from Suvarnabhumi airport to my house is over 43 kilometers. Everything within Bangkok. The choice of your hotel is certainly important for the time it takes you to get to Don Muang. Due to the construction of many skytrain connections, many important roads are narrowed and there are very long traffic jams. My advice; sleep the last night in Lak-Si or the Airport Hotel in Don Muang.

I always take the airport rail link. Departs from the basement. Well signposted at the airport. Fast and cheap. Until the end point and then the last bit with a taxi.

At Suvarnabhumi Airport indeed walk down and take a ticket. Usually they run on the meter, but the last time the driver didn't want that (he wanted a fixed price), so I got my suitcase out of the car and walked away. He came after me that he agreed to turn on the meter after all. Afterwards it was only about 100 baht.

In all other places I never take a (conspicuous) taxi, but I always use the Grab app. Works perfectly and fast. The price is known in advance (in the app) and is usually slightly lower than a regular taxi (not much difference).

Don Muang is sometimes extremely busy, both departing and arriving. When I went to Cambodia I needed 2 hours and was even taken out of line by staff to catch my flight. Also coming back from Cambodia 1,5 – 2 hours, before I got through immigration at Don Muang.

Back to Thailand on Saturday 🙂

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Dear Bloggers,

Thank you for responding so en masse and coming up with so many useful tips. In Bangkok we stay in hotel Amber Boutique Silom and in Ao Nang in hotel Krabi Tipa Resort.