Originally Posted by
scoobybpc
My wife and I are travelling to phuket in a few hours. We will be staying at holiday Inn Mai khao for the first few nights, and then travelling all the way to the westin siray Bay for several nights.
I keep reading mixed this on the best methods of transport in phuket. I downloaded the grabtaxi app, is the the most reliable method? What should I expect?
Just wanted to update on this, tried it a couple times but it was unable to locate a driver. I ended up going to the meter taxi stand and using that. All was good until the driver took us way past the hotel and tried to drop us at the Marriott. He then said he didn't know where the holiday inn was. Frustrated at this point,i brought it up on my opine and told him how to get there, and that I wasn't paying more than the meter was at at that time, he was okay with that.
So far between Bangkok and phuket I haven't had a single good taxi experience! I'm already fretting getting a ride all the way to the westin in a few days. The irony is if they were honest I'd be tipping them for good service.
Even with the scamming the metered taxi still seems to be the cheapest