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One city, five roads out

A private car with a driver, priced per vehicle and settled before you get in. Expressway tolls are in the figure, and you pay the driver in cash at the other end. Suvarnabhumi or Don Mueang into town is ฿600 for a sedan. Past the city limits the price is set by which highway you take and how far down it you go.

The five highways out of Bangkok Bangkok at the centre with five roads radiating outward: Highway 32 north to Ayutthaya and Chiang Mai, Mittraphap Road northeast to Khao Yai, Motorway 7 southeast to Pattaya and the eastern seaboard, Highway 4 southwest to Hua Hin and the far south, and Highway 323 west to Kanchanaburi. Suvarnabhumi airport sits east of the centre, Don Mueang to the north. 32 2 7 4 323 Ayutthaya · Chiang Mai 90 KM · 700 KM Khao Yai 200 KM Pattaya · Ban Phe · Trat 150 · 200 · 320 KM Hua Hin · Phuket · Hat Yai 200 · 850 · 1,000 KM Kanchanaburi 175 KM BKK DMK BANGKOK
Sheet 1 — the roads this desk sends cars down, at true bearing

What the price includes

Expressway tolls In the figure. No meter, no luggage charge, no night rate.

Payment Cash to the driver on arrival. No deposit, no card machine.

Waiting at the airport 60 minutes free, counted from when you land.

The one addition A stop on the west bank of the river, +฿100–200. Why it exists.

Highway32

North, up the river plain

ทางหลวงแผ่นดินหมายเลข 32 · สายเอเชีย

The old road to the north, running beside the Chao Phraya through the rice country. Ayutthaya is a comfortable morning and back. Chiang Mai is at the far end of the same road and we will say plainly that the flight is cheaper and eight hours shorter — people book the car anyway, for luggage, for a dog, or to stop at Sukhothai on the way.

90 KM Ayutthaya 1 h 30 ฿1,200 sedan, from BKK
700 KM Chiang Mai 8–9 h ฿7,500 airport only — no city fare

Don Mueang sits on this road, which is why the fare to Ayutthaya from DMK is lower than from Suvarnabhumi. Both are in the fare book.

Highway2

Northeast, to the edge of the plateau

ถนนมิตรภาพ · Mittraphap Road

The road to Isaan. Two and a half hours out, it climbs into the hills at Pak Chong, which is the gate to Khao Yai and the vineyards along the 2090. This is the only road on this sheet with a single stop on it, because everything further up it belongs to another desk.

200 KM Khao Yai 2 h 30 ฿2,000 airport only — no city fare

Once you are up there, the park runs and the winery days are handled by Khao Yai Taxis, the same company’s desk for that valley.

Motorway7

Southeast, down the seaboard

ทางหลวงพิเศษหมายเลข 7 · กรุงเทพฯ–ชลบุรี

A toll motorway that starts a few minutes from Suvarnabhumi and does not stop until Chonburi, then ordinary highway down the coast. It is the fastest road out of Bangkok and it carries three quite different trips: a beach town, a pier for Koh Samet, and the long run to the Koh Chang ferry at Trat.

150 KM Pattaya 1 h 30 – 2 h ฿1,200 sedan, from BKK
200 KM Ban Phe pier 2 h 30 – 3 h ฿1,800 the boat to Koh Samet
320 KM Koh Chang ferry 4 h 30 ฿3,700 airport only — no city fare

The Koh Chang fare ends at the pier in Trat. The crossing and the leg on the island are yours to arrange, or ask Koh Chang Taxis to meet the boat.

Highway4

Southwest, along the gulf and beyond

ถนนเพชรเกษม · Phetkasem Road

Out on Rama II and then onto Phetkasem, which runs from Bangkok to the Malaysian border and is the longest highway in the country. Hua Hin is a morning’s drive. The two figures past it are on the list because people ask for them, not because we recommend them.

200 KM Hua Hin 2 h 30 – 3 h ฿2,000 sedan, from BKK
850 KM Phuket 10–12 h ฿10,500 airport only — no city fare
1,000 KM Hat Yai 12–14 h ฿14,000 airport only — no city fare

A twelve-hour drive needs a second driver or a night stop, and both change the figure. Message us before you book either of the last two.

Highway323

West, to the river Kwai

ทางหลวงแผ่นดินหมายเลข 323

Through Nakhon Pathom and then west on the 323. Kanchanaburi is close enough to do in a day and far enough that most people stay the night. The bridge, the war cemetery and Erawan Falls are all off this one road.

175 KM Kanchanaburi 2 h 30 ฿2,000 sedan, from BKK

Erawan Falls is another 65 km past the town. If the falls are the point of the day, book it as a day trip rather than a transfer — Kanchanaburi Taxis holds those.

Inside the city, the river changes the price

The Chao Phraya splits Bangkok in two and there are only a handful of bridges. A trip that ends on the Thonburi side takes longer than the map suggests, and the car comes back across empty. That is the one surcharge on this site, and it is quoted to you before you book rather than added afterwards.

The Chao Phraya through Bangkok The river runs down the middle of the drawing. The east bank, on the right, holds Sukhumvit, Silom, Siam, Khao San and Chatuchak and is charged at the listed price. The west bank, Thonburi, on the left, holds Pinklao, Bang Phlat and Wongwian Yai and adds 100 to 200 baht. BRIDGES EAST BANK LISTED PRICE Sukhumvit · Asoke · Thonglor Silom · Sathorn · Siam Khao San · Grand Palace Chatuchak · Ari · Ladprao WEST BANK — THONBURI +฿100–200 Pinklao Bang Phlat Wongwian Yai Wat Arun · Khlong San
Sheet 2 — both airports feed the east bank, which is where nearly every hotel a visitor books sits. If your address is on the Thonburi side, say so when you book and the addition is +฿100–200, told to you first.

Your driver is upstairs, on the departure floor

At both airports the car waits one level above where you land. The arrivals curb belongs to the metered taxi rank and is the slowest place in the building to be collected from. Read down the column for the airport you are in.

  Suvarnabhumi BKK Don Mueang DMK
You land on Level 2 — immigration, bags, customs. Do not walk outside. Level 1 — baggage reclaim is on the ground floor.
Go up to Level 4, Departures Level 3, Departures
Then Out through the doors at Gate 4 and across one pedestrian walkway. The car is in the pickup lane on the far side. Out to the departure curb. The exact door is named in the message you get the day before, because it depends on which terminal your flight uses.
Why up there Level 4 is where cars dropping passengers off already stop, so one can legally wait for you. Two terminals split international and domestic, so the door is confirmed against your flight number rather than printed here.
To the city 30 km, 45–60 min 24 km, 30–45 min
Sedan fare in ฿600 ฿600
Van fare in ฿1,100 ฿1,000 — DMK is closer, so the van is cheaper
Free waiting 60 minutes, counted from when you actually land. The driver waits in a nearby car park rather than circling; message on LINE or WhatsApp once you have your bags and the car comes round in 5–10 minutes.
If you land late Give us your flight number when you book. Someone here looks it up before the driver sets off, so a delayed landing moves the pickup. It is a person checking, not an automatic feed — which is exactly why the flight number matters.
Meeting elsewhere Send a photo of where you are standing and agree a different spot with the driver. The driver’s name, photo, car and plate reach you the day before, or on the morning of an early pickup.

The car, and what you can ask for

Three sizes. The passenger count is what fits comfortably once the luggage is in, not the number of seatbelts.

  Sedan SUV Van
Passengers357
Large bags245
SuitsA couple with two casesA family with a pushchairSeven people, or golf clubs

Two house rules, so the next passenger gets a clean car: no eating in the vehicle, drinks are fine; and no smoking, including vapes.

Ask when you book

A driver holding a name sign at the arrival gate, who walks you up to the car instead of meeting you in the pickup lane, is +฿100. A child car seat is +฿100 — tell us the child’s age so the right size is already fitted. A pickup or drop-off on the west bank of the river is +฿100–200, quoted before you commit.

A stop on the way — a currency exchange, a 7-Eleven, a meal — is usually free if it is short; a real detour gets quoted first, so ask. A Thai eSIM, 500 MB over seven days, is free but only if you ask for it in the booking notes. It is not sent automatically and we would rather say so than let you find out at the airport.

Somewhere that is not on any of the five roads, or several stops in one day? Send us the itinerary and we will quote it.