Bangkok airport pickup and transfers

How does a Bangkok airport pickup work?

A Bangkok airport pickup starts at the gate. We run a private meet-and-assist service at Suvarnabhumi or Don Mueang, ฿2,400 a person: our host meets you at the gate, using the priority lane where your ticket or status allows.

Then your driver is waiting with the van to take you to your hotel or villa. Tanner's pick: if you land as a group with festival bags, book our host and the van together.

Send Tanner your flight number and landing time, and it's set up before you fly. Our partner holds written authorisation from Airports of Thailand for this service.

Ask Tanner to meet your flight at the gate.

Do you need the host, the car or both?

Our host on their own is the lighter choice: met at the gate, then the priority lane where your ticket or status allows. The van adds a driver who takes your bags and your group straight to the door.

Pick the host alone if you travel light and have your own ride. Pick both if you land as a group with festival bags and want to walk straight to the car.

Ask Tanner which one fits your flight.

Which airports does it cover?

Our host meets flights at Bangkok's two airports: Suvarnabhumi (BKK) and Don Mueang (DMK). Check which one is on your ticket, so the host waits at the right airport.

Flying into U-Tapao, the airport nearest Pattaya? Our meet-and-assist doesn't run there, so ask Tanner to quote a car to meet you instead.

How do you get from Bangkok to Pattaya?

A Bangkok to Pattaya transfer takes about 2 hours by road, so the ride becomes part of the trip: music on, drinks on ice, the group together.

The party van is ฿3,500 each way for up to 10 guests, door to door. A luxury van with a driver is from ฿6,500 for 10 hours, for up to 4. Tanner's pick: for 10 of you heading to a Pattaya villa, take the party van. Planning the whole trip? A party week for 12 starts from about ฿300,000.

Bigger group? Cars are matched to your plan. For buses, trains and every other route, read getting around Thailand.

Ask Tanner to match the car to your group and your bags.

How do you get to the festival and back?

The easy way to a festival and back is a van with a driver, who drops you at the gate and is there when the night ends.

Tomorrowland Thailand runs at Wisdom Valley near Pattaya from 11 to 13 December 2026. For Songkran, 13 to 15 April 2027 on the Bank of Thailand's holiday list, a driver gets your group between water fights and dry clothes.

Set the pickup for closing time each festival night, so you walk out to a waiting van instead of a taxi queue.

Ask Tanner to book your driver for every festival night.

Where does the driver take you after you land?

After you land, the driver takes you straight to your hotel or your villa, with your bags already in the van. Most festival groups head to a pool villa in Pattaya or Bangkok.

Want a day on the water too? Add a private yacht day from Pattaya.

Ask Tanner to plan the drive from the airport to your villa.

Why book the pickup before you fly?

Booking the pickup before you fly means your driver is already waiting when you walk out, and the price is agreed before you land.

Your group skips the taxi line and walks straight to the car. The van is picked for your group size and your festival bags. Festival weeks like Tomorrowland and Songkran are busy, and a booked car is already yours.

Ask Tanner to lock in your car for festival week.

How do you book your airport pickup?

To book your airport pickup, send Tanner four things, and he sets up our host, the car and the ride to the festival in one plan.

1. Your flight: the flight number, the date and the airport, Suvarnabhumi or Don Mueang.

2. Your group: how many people, and how many big bags.

3. Where you are going: your hotel or villa, and the festival nights you need a car for.

4. Your confirmation: Tanner confirms the plan and the price in writing before you fly.

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Your airport pickup in short

Our host meets flights at Suvarnabhumi and Don Mueang.

Met at the gate, then the priority lane where your ticket or status allows.

Bangkok to Pattaya is about 2 hours by road, and the party van takes up to 10.

For festival nights, a van with a driver waits at the gate.

At Suvarnabhumi, Grab picks up 24 hours a day at Level 1, Entrance 4, Airports of Thailand says.

Plan it with Tanner.

Checked November 2026.