Bangkok to Pattaya - right?
If you are in the city and were smart enough to get a hotel near the Skytrain route - hop on the Skytrain and get off at the Ekamai bus station.
At the Ekamai bus station go to the Pattaya ticket window and purchase a bus ticket - price around 115 baht. Price depends on cost of fuel - usually the difference is real small. Only get the VIP Air/Con bus ticket form the Pattaya window (right side of bus station) or you might end up on the "milk run" bus ride. The VIP bus ride to Pattaya will take from 2 to 2.5 hours. When you get to the Pattaya bus station you can take a cheap baht bus ride to the beach area.
If you are closer to the Mochit bus station the price and ride is about the same.
This is the way I have been doing it for years!
Another alternative from the city to Pattaya is a shared van ride. Many travel agents and cheap hotels can set you up with this ride. It is cheaper than a single taxi but you do waste time in Bangkok going from hotel to hotel to pick up passengers until the van is full.
When are you going? I will be passing there on Friday if you want a lift? And cheap only 500 baht
By bus, air-con and normal bus, by train, by taxi, rent a car, hitch a ride (although I'm not recommend this). I've just got back from Sunset beach a little past Pattaya, and the motorway now has been extended to four lanes a side, but not yet all completed; just a tiny fraction that still has workers working on it, plus a fly over some small brook. Otherwise, it's superb. There's another way which called Bangna elevated toll; which I used to speed like 180-220 Kmh, but now they would arrest you and take your license away....
night trains are a good, cheap option too!! At least in a train you get a bed!! I've done both and the train is by far the better option!!! x x
There is the bus, taxi and rented car or sedan.
The bus you would have to take from the northern or eastern terminal of bangkok. Cost is around 90 to 100 baht. I believe it takes about 2 hours or more. And you would have to take a taxi to your hotel.
By taxi it can cost from 1200 baht or more. At least it will take you to your hotel directly and is only a 90 minute to 2 hour trip depending on traffic
by train it is about a 5 hour trip starting around 7 am. And you would still have to take a taxi to your hotel.
http://www.a2zpattaya.com/index.htm
All this is dependent on time of day and weather of course. There are no websites I know of for the buses.
And being that you are a woman, if it is late at night take a taxi, the cost is more and the hassle is less. Pick a new taxi and a driver who speaks some english. Have the doorman make sure the driver knows where he is going.
Good luck
You can get a taxi outside Bangkok airport and you can bid the taxi driver.I was there a few weeks ago and managed to get a fare for 1,200bahts which is about 14 british pounds it is quite a long drive but at least you will be in a comfortable air-conditioned cab.Traffic can be very congested and will take quite a while to get out of Bangkok but once you are you will have a very nice drive. Good - Luck
