Originally Posted by
ajca
Thanks Sean.
I've checked Thai Airways (both Y and J), as well as flights to Phuket, Krabi and everywhere else I could find. All booked out. The only option available was via Singapore which would have been well over $1k which is just ridiculous.
The ferry, bus and flight combo on Nok Air looks like it would be 9 hours (!), plus an hour's drive from our hotel to the ferry. Doesn't sound like much fun but would be an ok last resort.
In the end I just booked a Bangkok Air flight direct from Samui to Utapoa (Pattaya airport) and will get a limo from there to the hotel in Bangkok.
Anyone got any recommendations for a very comfortable limo service from Pattaya to Bangkok?
Use
http://www.thelimopattaya.com/ 085-739-4949
they are great. Cost will be around Bt1500-2000 in a sedan. Just as a warning if there are two of you and 4 suitcases, book the minivan as their sedans are converted to LNG and trunk space is limited to one large suitcase, a handkerchief and some sand.
Actually, you made a good decision. The Utapao airport is 2 hours from BKK.