Taxi to / from Bangkok & Pattaya
I have RTFF and see that you can catch a taxi from Bangkok to Pattaya for around 1, 000 baht, but does anyone have suggestions exactly where to catch taxis in Bangkok near Suk and in Pattaya that will make the drive for you.
Taxi Transportation to/from Pattaya
[QUOTE=Rebel79;1153335]I have RTFF and see that you can catch a taxi from Bangkok to Pattaya for around 1, 000 baht, but does anyone have suggestions exactly where to catch taxis in Bangkok near Suk and in Pattaya that will make the drive for you.[/QUOTE]It is very easy to get a taxi from Pattaya to Bangkok. All the small shacks on the street offering tourist services will offer transportation from Pattaya to the airport or Bangkok.
The price for a meter taxi will be 800 plus 2 tolls (60 or 70 total) to the airport; it was approx 900 something baht to Bangkok (half an hour extra to Sukhumvit). The camry option will be a little more expensive; the camry will be slightly larger.
I would recommend the tourist agency shack in front of the LEK hotel. They haven't screwed me yet; also because that one has high volume, they will sometimes give you a camry when you order a meter taxi. Other ones might say that you have to pay for a camry because all the meter taxis are gone. Probably should arrange for the taxi the previous night.
Getting a taxi from Bangkok Sukhumvit to Pattaya is slightly more trickier. The hotel can get you a taxi, but they probably will add a hefty premium.
I would just negotiate with any meter taxi on the street. Just say,"Pattaya; 1000 baht; you pay the toll" (Wondering how hard it is to get that price; you can get the taxi for 1000 from the airport, but Sukhumvit is about 30 or 40 minutes further away). There will be at least 2 tolls to Pattaya (60 or 70 total) ; from Sukhumvit, you can take 2 extra tolls to save a few minutes, but I would just go south on Sukhumvit to avoid those 2 extra tolls (taxi will definitely do this if you negotiate that he pays for the toll).
Note that the meter taxis has LNG; they won't have much trunk space due to the LNG tank.
Taxi to Pattaya from BKK International
I had good luck finding a taxi by going upstairs, outside at the departures drop-off. Think I paid $1000 back in early December.