Good news about the Bahtbus in Pattaya/Jomtien
There have already been several articles on this blog about the system of public transport by means of the Bahtbus in Pattaya/Jomtien. In this context I would like to refer once again to an article from 2011, which the editors recently repeated again in July, see: www.thailandblog.nl/transport-traffic/bahtbus-pattaya-jomtien
The first of 46 reactions from blog readers to that article was mine and was about the lack of clarity of the routes that the Baht vans follow. I ended the response with “a good indication on the buses themselves is the least that could be done”
I really don't imagine that my opinion from then (and now) has had any influence, but now, more than 5 years later, it seems that the route indication will indeed be there. Walking on Second Road I now saw Baht vans with a large sticker on the roof above the cabin, indicating the route. So far I have “discovered” 3 different routes:
- Route 5 Naklua – After Jomtien
- Route 6 South Pattaya – Naklua
- Route 7 North Pattaya – Jomtien
Perhaps there are blog readers who have seen other routes on the Bahtbus, any addition is welcome.
It is a good progress, now just an overview on paper of the entire route network with numerical indication. Please also include the routes of differently colored Baht buses on that map, which often go to the Darkside of Pattaya or to Sri Racha and Sattahip.
The price per ride will be increased to 1 baht for tourists from January 20. For the Thai, the price remains just 10 baht..
This is not a price increase but just a doubling…what do they want?… Farang outside?!…OK!
Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam will be happy to see us come…
So what? It will be a bit, a doubling...... Still the fact that you are transported for kilometers for next to nothing........Although I can imagine that the category "cheap charlies" will protest.
One question where did you read that???
I have read it on a pattaya forum, on youtube and it has also been on the facebook page of thaivisa.com. But nowadays a lot of fake news is also put on the internet.
So maybe wait and see if that's actually the case.
There is nothing to find, if there really is a change, please wait until something is officially announced. So there is no talk of expired! So much reaction for what?
I can AND live with the increase AND with the fact that the Thai continues to pay the old price of 10 Baht.
The average income of a Westerner is at least 10 times higher, if they asked 100 Baht I wouldn't complain.
Average Japanese, Hong Kong Chinese, Singaporean, South Korean often also have more to spend than poor Europeans, such as those from countries of the former Eastern bloc. But the relatively poor Europeans look “Western” so they can pay more.
The vast majority of tourists in Thailand consist of people from Asia and as long as they do not open their mouths, they will receive the Thai price as standard.
I just heard that the price has also gone up.
Is it true that the price will go from 10 to 20 baht from January?
Cheers Gringo,
You certainly deserve the necessary credits.
As fellow farang you are most welcome.
In contrast to the Thai who is alleged
success always pat themselves on the back.
Cheerio, Pedro
The route guide on the bathtaxi is of course not free
I really don't understand why a Westerner gets angry when the price of the Baht bus goes from 10 to 20 Baht.
The Bahtbus is a great public transport service (fast, very frequent, pleasant) that many Western cities can follow as an example.
20 Baht is 0,5 €, what are we talking about??
The threat to go to Cambodia indicates a lack of knowledge about some prices in Cambodia.
You often pay in dollars there and the prices are certainly not lower for everything, while the facilities are much less.
I also don't understand why the two-price system in Thailand always makes such a fuss!
We speak of the distinction made between the good and the non-Thai.
Maybe open the following link and study the content?
https://nl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discriminatie
Then try the two-price system in Europe or in the US …..
The result will of course be that from 20 it will quickly go to 30 etc… once the Thais feel that the farangs don't make much of a difference after all….
They're not so naive after all, dear people. In the eyes of Thais, we are only here to be milked.
Since many foreigners who stay in Thailand for a long time also have their financial obligations and may not have much to spend, is it not fair to pay the same as others? If you have more money in the baht, then you will prefer a taxi or your own car. The point is that you adapt to your spending options and then it is only reasonable to pay the same as another user in a baht bus. If you were to carry through your reasoning, the taxis in Bangkok would also, for example, have a double rate for foreigners; after all, the taxi fare is cheap compared to the Netherlands.
Always those double prices bah it's not about the 10 baht but about the principle.
Land of smiles to land of scams, as a farang you keep paying more
I think the 'own people' principle that Thailand pursues is a right policy that every country should pursue.
You see how far we have come in the West by almost setting aside our own values and rules to let foreign values and norms be pushed down our throats.
So I really don't care how much I pay more than the Thai for a Baht bus.
Exactly Simon Borgers, it's about the principle, I completely agree with you. Take a look at motorbikes in Pattaya, as a Thai you can just ride next to the police without a helmet. But if you are a foreigner, you will be stopped immediately ( 500 bath ) no international driving license. And the Thai pays half for something similar. Farang have big money, they can pay easy.
The Thais pay twice as much for everything here, or am I mistaken? It's not about rich or poor, because rich Thais really don't pay more than poor ones. Well, those vans never stop if you want to go between Pattaya and Jomtien, so it doesn't really matter.
Too bad Gringo, no one has seen another route or knows more about it. You sure believe in fairytales…
Of course, it comes too late for many Dutch people. The announced price increase goes against the integrity of the Dutch. This form of financial discrimination is unpalatable for such a tolerant people who, through the King himself, attach great importance to reasonableness. Moving companies are inundated with requests for quotations for transports to Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Myanmar and Malaysia.
Thailand will suffer greatly from the mass exodus of the Dutch who kept the country afloat, a self-proclaimed crisis will set the country back decades economically, entire condominium neighborhoods will impoverish, become deserted suburbs, until, sometime in the year 2525 , the Thai will also have to pay 20 Baht, after which everyone lived happily ever after.
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Merry christmas.
There is also a line 7.
Here clarification and maps with the routes …
http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/960043-baht-bus-route-signs-new/
In 1993 and I assume much earlier, as a farang you paid much more than a Thai for the same. The current astonishment therefore seems to me rather a lack of historical awareness
We are Zthai chickens with golden eggs and always will be.
Too bad about those route indications on the baht buses. It is always a sport for me to get back to my condo in Jomtien with as few transfers as possible from the market in naklua.
If the baht bus becomes 100 baht, I'd rather take a meter taxi, I'll be there faster
@ Bjorn, yes. I went in 1976 or was it '77 to the Samut Prakan Crocodile Farm where I had to pay Baht 300- and my Thai girlfriend Baht 80-. Already then.
Thailand is really not the only country where the Farang pay more than the local population.
16 years ago we in Egypt also paid considerably more than the local population for some attractions. And officially. just separate tickets, same as in Thailand. There will probably be more countries that follow this policy
Take a look at this site regarding bahtbus:
http://pattayaguide.org/baht-bus-songtal
If I look closely at those maps, there are no longer any buses driving on Soi Buakhao, and I also doubt whether there is still driving on Second Road.
If you leave somewhere on 2nd Road or Soi Buakhao and you want to go north you have to go to 3rd Road, and then to go south again you have to go via Beach Road.
If so, you might as well do away with the whole system.
I predict a very happy New Year for the motorcycle taxi boys and girls.