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Oct 12, 2025 | 2:58 pm

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Originally Posted by Davvidd

Thanks and yes it’s great if you travel lightly and I have travelled many a times on the ARL but always without any luggage or even a carry on to Suvarnabhumi and depending on the time, it’s jam packed with people with a lot of luggage and taking up the whole space. Personally I would never travel on the BTS or ARL with a suitcase. I would rather pay the 400 odd baht and take a taxi or grab.
As the previous OP said unless the hotel is right on the station it might be less hassle to take a grab or taxi from the start.

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I see people ..... er, used to see, as I haven't been to Asia since before the pandemic

Mostly Asian (I assume) tourists, sometimes with a couple of good sized pieces of luggage.

I'm a carryon only guy, so easy peasy.

And you can always get a taxi from BTS to a hotel, though I generally just hoof it

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