Thailand tourism situation

[JimmyGreaves]

Airport Bus was full yesterday at 8.00am could not get a seat till 4.30pm

[pdm3547]

Interesting about the airport bus. Two bar owners have told me independently that this is the quietest they have seen HH at this time of year for 8-10 years.

[richard]

I know 3 beers for B99 in one bar at the moment takes some beating :-)

Ii that in 'concrete bar'?

[pdm3547]

I know 3 beers for B99 in one bar at the moment takes some beating :-)

Ii that in 'concrete bar'?

Nice place actually. Much more airy and roomy than the containers on the other side of the road.

Nice behind the scenes as well

[NOKYAI]

Yes Richard and agree with pdm, it's growing on me!

[usual suspect]

Airport bus was full when it arrived on Sunday evening also..
I've a feeling the bars will start to fill now we're into December..

[richard]

US, that's the first non grumpy post I've seen you make for years

[usual suspect]

Richard you old trout..I'm not grumpy..I just enjoy grumblin'
Out of all the 'services' I use whilst here in the LoS, the HH-airport bus is wonderful..
It does it's best to be on time, the price is right, they care about your safety, it's comfortable, & I'm happy when I see the bus full..kinda makes me feel the service will keep running...

...right Richard, must go..find another thread to biatch-about.. 5-5-5!

[Terry]

.......Out of all the 'services' I use whilst here in the LoS, the HH-airport bus is wonderful..
It does it's best to be on time, the price is right, they care about your safety, it's comfortable, & I'm happy when I see the bus full..kinda makes me feel the service will keep running.......

totally.

I do wonder how they make a profit though. 20 passengers x THB 305 = THB 6,100. If they charge a few customers with extra baggage then they max at about THB 7,000 each way. WHEN IT IS FULL - which it ain't in low season.

I know that they are running around 6 each way each day, but when you think that they have to pay their salaries of drivers, conductors and booking clerks - and we haven't talked of the capital investment of the buses and their maintenance.

Anyways - long may they continue - I'm a confirmed fan.

[STEVE G]

Interesting about the airport bus. Two bar owners have told me independently that this is the quietest they have seen HH at this time of year for 8-10 years.

I've just booked online for Sunday morning and there were only a few seats left already so your chances of getting on without a booking must be pretty slight. I think the reason could be Russian tour groups as mentioned in a post above, I used the bus last month and I noticed several young Russian tour guides hanging around the bus waiting area at the airport with clipboards sending people on their way.

[PeteC]

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[Korkenzieher]

Soi 88 food plaza and the restaurants in 94 appear to be much busier the last 10 days or so. Certainly the snow-bird numbers are up, but I share the opinions above about 'tourists' as such, in that most of the traditional tourist market from Europe seems light to non-existent.

[Big Boy]

I'm starting to notice the influx of seasonal visitors driving motorcycles who don't have a clue what they are doing.

OK, I'm not a fan of regular motorcyclists (I doubt many truck drivers are), but you get to used to their crazy antics, and their outrageous manouvres are usually consistently predictable. Many of the December to February crowd are not at all predictable, and scare the hell out of me. They try to follow the example of the locals, but the locals have years of experience doing what they do, and are quite good at it.

[Korkenzieher]

Definitely a lot more 'exposed' heads on 94 - you can spot them a mile off. The BiB have actually been fairly successful at getting the longer term residents to use some kind of a helmet through their constant harassment efforts.

[Ralfredo]

I'm starting to notice the influx of seasonal visitors driving motorcycles who don't have a clue what they are doing.

I think me and my wife might be that kind of persons... Can you give some specific examples what "our kind of bikers" do most wrong. We of course always wear a helmet and try to drive safely and always sober. The traffic is however quite different from in Sweden, so I'm pretty sure we do stupid things. Any help to avoid such stupidity is appreciated.