Bafoons organising your conference.
Mongering aside who's bright idea was it to have a conference there?
I'm assuming there will be quite a few long haul travellers to this conference and the last thing you want to put them through is another 80km gruelling taxi ride of at least 1.5 hours north of Phuket airport. A ride to Patong of 40mins south is bad enough after a 10+ hour flight. Also I am guessing there will be various delegates arriving at different times all adding to the cost of "airport to hotel" transfers.
There are many 4 - 5 star accomodation with excellent conference facilites in Phuket for a lower rate than Le Meridien Khao Lak.
It might be fine if the conference are for regional attendees.
I don't think the person who organised this thought logistics or maybe it did not go through a proper due process of selection.
Anyway there is no go-go bars, massage parlours, girlie bars or any such action in Khao Lak. The whole area is too goody goody even for Mother Theresa.
Don't drive, parking is a pain once you hit Patong. Also traffic sucks particularly in the evenings/night when the place comes to life.
Stump the taxi fare or save it for another day.
[QUOTE=Pulse0101]Hey all!
Newbie to LOS here.
Going to be in the Le Meredien Khao Lak - and I just realized that the place is too goody goody for me! Need pointers from you guys on best way of enjoying my trip given the distance to the sights (Patong).
Should I be looking at renting a car in order to drive to Patong or is there any other cost effective way. From what I have gathered, a taxi ride (one way) to Patong from Khao Lak is THB 2500+ and the ride is 2 hours?? Don't believe it makes sense to spend 5000THB just to get to mongering areas.
I really don't want to drive (considering DUI implications).
Final point - I have no chance of changing hotels (there for a convention).
Will appreciate any inputs.
Cheers,
Pulse[/QUOTE]