A private car from Suvarnabhumi or Don Mueang straight to your hotel in Pattaya. The price is per vehicle, tolls are included, and you pay the driver in cash when you get there. This page tells you exactly where to meet the driver at each airport.
01 — Where to meet
At both airports the pickup is one level up, on the departure floor. The arrivals curb is where the metered taxi queue is, and it is the slowest place in the building to be collected from. Both signs are printed below — the other one is your return trip.
Immigration, baggage, customs. Do not go outside.
Signposted inside the terminal as Departures.
Walk out and cross one pedestrian walkway. Your driver is waiting in the pickup lane on the far side.
Why up and not out: Level 4 is where cars dropping passengers off already stop, so a car can wait there. Arrivals on Level 2 is reserved for the taxi rank.
Baggage reclaim is on the ground floor at Don Mueang.
Follow the signs for Departures.
Come outside to the departure curb. The exact door is written in the message we send you the day before — it depends on which terminal your flight uses.
Two terminals: Don Mueang splits international and domestic across Terminal 1 and Terminal 2, so the door is confirmed against your flight number rather than printed here.
Send a photo of where you are on LINE or WhatsApp and you can agree a different spot with the driver — a coffee shop, an information desk, a particular door. The driver's name, photo, car and plate number reach you the day before, or on the morning of an early pickup.
02 — What it costs
Every price below is for the whole car, one way, with motorway tolls already in it. Nothing is metered and nothing is added at the end. You pay the driver in cash on arrival — there is no card machine and no deposit.
| From | To | Sedanup to 3 | SUVup to 5 | Vanup to 7 | Book |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airport(BKK) | BanPhe Pier | ฿1,800 | ฿2,100 | ฿2,600 | Book |
| Airport(BKK) | Pattaya | ฿1,200 | ฿1,500 | ฿1,800 | Book |
| Airport(DMK) | BanPhe Pier | ฿2,000 | ฿2,400 | ฿2,800 | Book |
| Airport(DMK) | Pattaya | ฿1,500 | ฿1,700 | ฿2,300 | Book |
| Airport(UTP) | Pattaya | ฿800 | ฿1,000 | ฿1,200 | Book |
| Phuket(Airport) | Pattaya | ฿13,000 | ฿15,000 | ฿18,000 | Book |
| Ayutthaya | Pattaya | ฿2,600 | ฿2,800 | ฿3,000 | Book |
| Bangkok | BanPhe Pier | ฿2,000 | ฿2,300 | ฿2,800 | Book |
| Bangkok | Pattaya | ฿1,500 | ฿1,700 | ฿2,000 | Book |
| BanPhe Pier | Airport(BKK) | ฿1,800 | ฿2,100 | ฿2,600 | Book |
| BanPhe Pier | Airport(DMK) | ฿2,000 | ฿2,300 | ฿2,800 | Book |
| BanPhe Pier | Bangkok | ฿2,000 | ฿2,300 | ฿2,800 | Book |
| BanPhe Pier | Pattaya | ฿1,200 | ฿1,500 | ฿1,800 | Book |
| Hua Hin | Pattaya | ฿3,200 | ฿3,500 | ฿4,300 | Book |
| Kanchanaburi(City) | Pattaya | ฿3,500 | ฿4,500 | ฿5,500 | Book |
| Koh Chang | Pattaya | ฿3,000 | ฿3,600 | ฿4,000 | Book |
| Pattaya | Airport(BKK) | ฿1,200 | ฿1,500 | ฿1,800 | Book |
| Pattaya | Airport(DMK) | ฿1,500 | ฿1,700 | ฿2,300 | Book |
| Pattaya | Airport(UTP) | ฿800 | ฿1,000 | ฿1,500 | Book |
| Pattaya | Ayutthaya | ฿2,700 | ฿3,000 | ฿3,500 | Book |
| Pattaya | Bangkok | ฿1,500 | ฿1,700 | ฿2,000 | Book |
| Pattaya | BanPhe Pier | ฿1,000 | ฿1,300 | ฿1,700 | Book |
| Pattaya | Hua Hin | ฿3,200 | ฿3,500 | ฿4,300 | Book |
| Pattaya | Kanchanaburi(City) | ฿3,500 | ฿4,500 | ฿5,500 | Book |
| Pattaya | Koh Chang | ฿3,000 | ฿3,600 | ฿4,000 | Book |
| Pattaya | Phuket(Airport) | ฿13,000 | ฿15,000 | ฿18,000 | Book |
The same list covers U-Tapao (UTP) and Ban Phe pier for the Koh Samet boats. Going somewhere that is not on it? Ask and we will quote it.
Ask for a quote03 — If you land late
Nearly every airport pickup that goes wrong goes wrong here, so this is worth reading before you book.
Give us your flight number when you book. Someone on our side looks it up before the driver leaves, so a delayed landing simply moves your pickup. It is a person checking, not an automatic feed — which is why the flight number matters.
Counted from when you actually land, not from your booked time. That covers a slow immigration queue or a bag that takes its time on the belt.
The driver waits in a car park a few minutes away rather than circling the terminal. Send a message on LINE or WhatsApp once you are through, and the car is at the pickup lane in about 5–10 minutes.
04 — The car
Capacity is what fits comfortably with luggage, not the number of seatbelts. Golf clubs, surfboards or a pram: tell us when you book and we will send the right car.
The driver stands at the arrival gate holding a sign with your name and walks you up to the car, instead of meeting you at the pickup lane.
Tell us the child's age when you book so the right size is in the car.
A currency exchange, a 7-Eleven, a restaurant. A short stop is usually free; a long detour is quoted before you book.
Pattaya back to BKK or DMK costs the same as the way in. Book both at once and the same operator handles them.
A 500 MB / 7-day eSIM so you have data the moment you land. Ask for it in the notes when you book — it is not sent automatically.
05 — Once you are there
The same drivers do day trips by the hour with the car kept for you. Prices and durations are on the day-trip page; these are the places people ask for.
Car to Bali Hai pier, then the passenger ferry or a speedboat.
The all-teak temple on the headland north of the beach road.
Several inland from Pattaya; the observation-only ones are a short drive.
Vines below Khao Chi Chan, twenty minutes south.
Out towards Sattahip; a full day rather than an afternoon.
Inland towards Chonburi, with a night safari option.
The Thai weekend beach town on the way back to Bangkok.
Temple complex south of the city, near the Buddha carved into the cliff.
Multi-stop days are arranged by message rather than booked from a list.
See day-trip prices
Airport to Pattaya