35 minutes from Suvarnabhumi to Hua Hin; New Luxury Service to be Launched

[HD video below] Direct transport options between Suvarnabhumi Airport, which is 20 kms south of Bangkok, and Hua Hin, which is around 180 kms south of Bangkok, are pretty poor. All the hotels offer expensive limo services that tend to cost as much, or more, than a return Bangkok - Phuket airfare, and there are no public transport services available.

If you wanted to take an affordable option such as a mini-bus service, like many living in Thailand do, then you would need to head North into the busy traffic of Bangkok to pick one up from Victory Monument. These mini-bus services depart regularly and cost just THB 180 per person, per way, and take around 2-3 hours. Alternatively, an even cheaper option is to head from the airport to the Southern Bus terminal which is in the North of Bangkok from where you could take an air-conditioned bus that will cost around 80 Baht.

It would be great, and would surely increase tourism to Hua Hin, if travellers arriving at Suvarnabhumi Airport could jump in a mini-bus service as they do at Victory Monument, pay the THB 180, and head straight to the soft powdery sands of Hua Hin. But alas, this is not yet an option.

TravelNewsAsia.com recently interviewed the very eloquent Pattama Yoshimura, General Manager of the recently opened InterContinental Hua Hin Resort. In the interview on 21 March 2010, we asked about the Suvarnabhumi Airport pickup options and what the hotel offers. Her reply gave us a lot more than we had bargained for. Listen to Khun Pattama explain what they are planning to launch, and how you - if you can afford it - may soon be able to travel directly from Suvarnabhumi to Hua Hin in just 35 minutes! It may not solve the lack of direct public transport problem, but it will definitely be the way to arrive in Hua Hin.

The above video is an excerpt from a longer interview which we will feature in full soon. More on this new service to come ... More on the InterContinental Hua Hin

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