Bangkok Airport to Khao San Road BUDGET TRAVEL THAILAND 🇹🇭

[@FrugalTravellers]

Thailand is incredible, and we are very excited to share our Thailand playlist with you! 😃🤗 kzbin.info/aero/PLCmNbKU5iMrlcb3BcW6dMAsKFCNZeduVs&si=vSda-CRQuzOr7k2q

[@piriyaphonr.4680]

There are buses from Suvarnabhumi Airport to Khao San Road, Number S1

[@kotcharatumpuch5177]

One thing that Bangkok buses have never changed is if you're waiting for the bus (like you're waiting for the 59), it would take ages. However, the next time if you're waiting for another bus number, you will see many 59 buses pass in front of you.

[@FrugalTravellers]

Haha. That's so funny and so true. I saw so many 59's pass by after that experience. It wasn't our day. 🤣😌

[@asbpo73]

You both are so pleasant, and your videos are so informative. Thanks for passing on a treasure trove of valuable knowledge!

[@FrugalTravellers]

Thank you so much 🙏 it's a pleasure to share. 😁

[@aliceoconnor7191]

Good to see this vid as I'm heading to phuket next Wednesday but we were planning on going to bangkok for couple days but decided against as my friend has bad chest and we've heard the air pollution is heavy... Maybe another time though I'll definitely be watching this part of your travels though... Enjoy guys 🇹🇭

[@FrugalTravellers]

Hope you have a great time in Phuket. Hopefully our Thailand videos will be of use to you for your travels. We do love Bangkok but yes it can be very polluted and hectic at times. 😊

[@Kuwait_641]

I know it was going to be a good video!

[@FrugalTravellers]

Thank you so much for your lovely comment 😁🙏

[@ocshaljufrian6109]

​@@FrugalTravellersYes, you have to try it, bro, the highest fastest train in Southeast Asia... the speed is 350 K kilometers, the newest fast train in Southeast Asia, the first in Indonesia, Jakarta - Bandung, lots of tourist attractions in the city of Bandung which is beautiful and comfortable and cool and cool and beautiful...

[@paoxerox]

FYI....if you're going to stay at Khaosan Rd and vicinity, take the S1 bus on level 1 gate 7. Bus fare is 60 baht. Bus ran every hours from 6:00 am to 8:00 pm.

[@FrugalTravellers]

Hello Pao Dragon! Thank you so much for your excellent comments and advice 🙏🤗 All I can say in regards to this comment is keep watching, as we'll be showing our S1 experience in a few weeks 😀😁

[@ayusharyan145]

Hey man can you tell where exactly that bus will drop. Going to Thailand tomorrow staying at madmonkey khaosan road so would appreciate the help

[@lucchese20]

Wow-3 1/2 hours to get to your hotel! Thanks for your efforts. Hopefully your trip back to the airport will be much smoother. 🤞🏻 BTW-I recall those moving sidewalks at BKK! Very unusual. We also recall seeing a capsule hotel at BKK-similar to those in Tokyo. In my younger days, I thought they’d be an adventure. Now…not so much. Rather have a regular bed. 😅😅 Safe travels.

[@FrugalTravellers]

Hi there 😍 Yes it was an epic journey. The return was a doddle in comparison. We'll show that later. I've never stayed in a capsule but have always been curious. It's on the bucket list at least once. I do like a regular bed too. 😴🛌😁

[@ศิริศักดิ์โชติวิจิตรกุล]

Welcome to Thailand 🇹🇭 the paradise and second home for all visitor!!! 🙏

[@FrugalTravellers]

Thank you so much 🙏 We love Thailand so much we will always keep returning. 😍❤️🇹🇭

[@tavil-k5g]

ท่านทั้งสองดูดีมาก ขอให้ท่านทั้งสองมีแต่ความสุข ไทยแลน

[@FrugalTravellers]

Thank you so much 🙏😍

[@ภานุมาศพินนาศักดิ์]

ยินดีต้อนรับสู่ไทยแลนด์❤.

[@FrugalTravellers]

Thank you so much 🙏🤗 We love Thailand! ❤️

[@PlanetImo]

Fab vlog! I felt sorry for you with that epic wait for the bus, though it's something I'm kinda familiar with myself, here in South Wales!

[@FrugalTravellers]

Haha 😂 I (Lee) was kind of broken by the end of that journey after very little sleep en route. Mandy is made of much tougher stuff and handled it easily. 😁

[@PlanetImo]

@@FrugalTravellers 😆

[@EasternDreamer615]

Welcome to Thailand!

[@FrugalTravellers]

Thank you so much 🙏

[@julieeggleton9743]

Great video, makes me want to go back to Thailand. Off to Ethiopia on Wednesday. Should be good, but can't make it to the north, my bucket list destination. Rerouted to the south instead.

[@FrugalTravellers]

How wonderful. Hope you enjoy Ethiopia. What a wonderful, thrilling place. Don't forget to indulge in the delicious coffee and fruit juices. 😋😋

[@udomkulda]

Welcome back to Thailand ❤

[@FrugalTravellers]

Thank you so much 🙏😍

[@tananonpisarnsongkram3935]

Finally Khao San road. 👏👏👏 Your Thai accent are very good. I found you from the second vdo and back to this one.

[@FrugalTravellers]

Thank you 🙏 We will show more of Thailand in our next videos. Great country, great people 🙏😊😍

[@tananonpisarnsongkram3935]

@@FrugalTravellers 😘

[@christianalexander4680]

Glad 2cu again

[@FrugalTravellers]

Thank you so much 🙏 Always happy to be in Thailand. 😁

[@kantaponsan]

Welcome to Bangkok...😊😊😊

[@FrugalTravellers]

Thank you so much 🙏

[@alizaphanuyasinee3583]

Hi Both, Welcome back, We missed you

[@FrugalTravellers]

Thank you 🙏 We love it here 💖

[@dittasuwan]

If heading towards Khao San Road, there will be a lot of buses running. You don't have to wait long on Line 59 near the BTS point. You can take line 11 / 2 / 60 / 79. ❤❤

[@FrugalTravellers]

That's great to know there are so many options. Thanks for the tips. Really appreciate it. 😍🙏

[@hassanalihusseini1717]

Thanks for the nice video. You can be even a little bit more adventerous if you want to go from Suvarnabhumi airport to Khaosan Road: Take the Airport Rail Link (ARL) to Ramkhamhaeng Station (four stops, I think 30Baht), leave the ARL a d walk to the Khlong Saen Saep (short walk, not more than 100m). From the pier take the Khlong boat westwards (the one going to the left when reaching the pier) to the final stop Panfa Leelard. You have to change the boat at Pratunam, but you use the same ticket (must be around 22Baht from Ramkhamhaeng). From Panfa Leelard Pier it is around 15 to 20min walk to Khaosan Road. But! Don't do it in Rush hour, as the boats inbound become really crowded in the morning. You probably don't want to do that if you have heavy luggage, too.

[@FrugalTravellers]

Thanks for this wonderful information. It sounds like a fun trip. We love to travel on the Khlongs. It would be a nice introduction to Bangkok for a new arrival. We did a video travelling from Panfa pier to Pratunam before. It's a great trip. We'll consider doing this journey you suggest next time we're in town. 👍🙏😊

[@marumaru.1703]

Actually you can take the airportlink to Makkasan station and change to MRT subway to Sanam Chai MRT station (just right behind at Wat Pho temple) and take a taxi just less than 50 THB to Khaosan Road

[@FrugalTravellers]

That sounds like a great solution to travel there comfortably. Thanks 🙏

[@julieeggleton9743]

Maybe not catching this bus but I enjoyed watching.

[@FrugalTravellers]

It was an adventure but we got the right bus back to the airport which was way quicker and we'll feature that on another video. 👍

[@jasenomade]

Enjoy your time in Thailand, I was in Bangkok back in 2015, would love back to go back sometime in the future x

[@FrugalTravellers]

Hope you get to return to this awesome country. 🙏😊

[@K.กล้วย-c8r]

Welcome​ to​ Thailand

[@FrugalTravellers]

Thank you so much! 🤗🙏

[@BeeAttack]

Instead of getting bus at century plaza you may take opposite way walk to Hua chang pier and take boat to wat saket the walk or take tuktuk to khao sarn

[@FrugalTravellers]

This is great advice. Thank you. I like the boat option and a wonderful day to arrive in the city. 😍

[@andrewjones4773]

The money exchange offices near the train station under Bangkok airport have better exchange rates.

[@FrugalTravellers]

That's great to know, thank you! 😀🙏

[@mydogsmells1733]

Good morning!

[@FrugalTravellers]

Hello MyDog 👋😁 Apologies that we missed the Premiere... the alarm didn't go off! We hope this finds you well 🤗😃

[@zhangsitthi2183]

Welcome to Thailand krub, wish u happiness all the time when u stay here 😊

[@FrugalTravellers]

Thank you so much 😀 We 🇹🇭

[@walkwithtimmi2764]

Another way round to add if u stay in khaosarn area, instead of hop off last stop at phayathai , u could get out airportlink from makkasan station and use subway to samyot station and call bolt application would be quicker an cheaper😊

[@FrugalTravellers]

That's another great tip. Thank you so much for sharing. ❤️

[@julieeggleton9743]

Hi Lee, Noticed your grey backpack. I am looking for a good small bag for my trip to South America next year. Would you recommend yours? If so what type is it?

[@FrugalTravellers]

Hi Julie. It's the Osprey Farpoint 40 L and it's perfect for carry on travel. We've been living out of them for almost 4 years now and would definitely recommend them. This is the link to it on our UK Amazon affiliate so you can see it. 👍 amzn.to/43lTKrj

[@julieeggleton9743]

Thanks so much. Might treat myself as I will be with it for a couple of months and I need something decent.

[@FrugalTravellers]

@@julieeggleton9743 They're really well built and long lasting. 👍

[@TheAngelicDemise]

I'll point out that you can exchange as much money as you want in the airport IF you go downstairs. There's 2 kiosks next to each other on the left side next to the Airport Raillink entrance that exchange at similar rates at a superrich

[@FrugalTravellers]

That's great to know. Thank you for sharing with us.🙏👍

[@PattayaMD]

Amazing video

[@FrugalTravellers]

Thanks for the visit 😃🙏

[@orawanjan3442]

take an underground train at makkasan station (train from airport to payathai station) to sanam chai station. this station is quite near khao san road which means take a taxi from sanam chai.

[@chaloemphonhuaihongthong3847]

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[@FrugalTravellers]

Khop khun ma ka 🙏🤗

[@justwe8565]

Traveling to Thailand, I suggest to use Airport Rail Link (City Line) from the airport to downtown. It's a quick under 30 minutes, and the ticket price tops at just 45 baht.

[@Chronos867]

Which stop to select if we want to go to khaosan road

[@justwe8565]

@@Chronos867 From airport, take Airport Rail Link from airport to Makkasan Station. Then, change to Subway (MRT) to MRT Sam Yot Station. From there, it's quite far by walk (2.2km). I recommend using taxi or Tuk Tux to Khaosan.

[@FrugalTravellers]

Thanks for the tip. 🙏

[@greetamakas4309]

Have a good trip.

[@FrugalTravellers]

Thank you! We love Thailand ❤️🤗

[@BrianFairlamb]

You need to go to the food court in the airport..

[@FrugalTravellers]

Funny you should say that... keep watching for our Bangkok airport video 😃😊

[@veradanson5890]

Feb 2023? We were there Jan/23. Didn't know you were already in the area. Bangkok is chaotic and crazy. There are times, that a taxi is the only answer.

[@FrugalTravellers]

Haha... Yes. A taxi would definitely have been the easy option but we do love a challenge. 😍. Hope you had a great time there. 👍

[@marumaru.1703]

I am really missing Thailand

[@FrugalTravellers]

I understand. It's such a wonderful place. 😍

[@att.atthabhum4175]

Welcome.

[@FrugalTravellers]

Thank you 🙏😁

[@monsterm.2514]

Nice day ! for your information from Suvarnabhumi Airport direct to Khao-San Rd. for saving time and too cheap, can take a “bus S1 line ( Expressway )” depart every 1 hours. Can take a bus at Gate no.7 G floor ( Bus orange color with air condition ). Fare only 60 THB/per. Take time around 1 or 1 and half hours. Have a nice experience in Thailand 🥰

[@FrugalTravellers]

Thank you so much. We return to the airport using this bus and will show it soon. It's the best option by far! 👍🙏😁

[@SEDA-lx8og]

เเอพพลิเคชั่น Grab เป็นอีกทางเลือกที่ดีในการเดินทาง

[@FrugalTravellers]

Thank you for sharing this information. We're in the Philippines now and are using Grab here.

[@andrewjones4773]

The cheapest buses in Bangkok are the non air condition Red buses.

[@FrugalTravellers]

Yes, and we show a few bus journeys on those red non-aircon 8 Baht buses 😁😀

[@Stevonthemove]

I prefer rail link then bts then boat to kao san🎉

[@FrugalTravellers]

I agree that is a better option. The S1 bus is another good option too.

[@piriyaphonr.4680]

There are buses from Suvarnabhumi Airport to Khao San Road, Number S1

[@FrugalTravellers]

Thank you. We Take this bus back to the airport and will show it in a video. 😊. Much easier! 👍

[@dinorossi2549]

Bfore get free bus red but they run n free non ac train all over thai during bhumipol time not sure now unless ur monk

[@FrugalTravellers]

That's great to know, thank you 🙏😍

[@TheGregsponge]

I enjoyed your video, but this was definitely NOT how to head into the Khao San area in regards to budget or time. The S1 bus is 60 baht and depending on traffic can certainly be less than two hours. Someone gave you some bad info there. Bad traffic time for the airport bus is also going to be a bad traffic time for a city bus. And from Victory Monument you’d have been better off walking around the circle and finding the big stop and taken the 509. More frequent in my experience.

[@FrugalTravellers]

Thank you so much for your very helpful comment. You are so right... this was a terrible way to get to Khao San Road, and it's completely on me as it turns out the blog I read was actually written in 2018 🤣 We took the far better option when we were leaving: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b6O8kn2ifqyUi9Usi=GQeOYK0wwrbfyBZ2

[@TheGregsponge]

@@FrugalTravellers It didn't take away from my enjoyment of your video. I like the street level travel videos. I'm subscribing now. Going to check out your other videos.

[@gordonkerr2323]

All the trouble... 2 people. I'm on my own... easily pay 500 to 700 baht for a taxi.... look at the price of air tickets... but thanks for post

[@FrugalTravellers]

Thanks for the comment. We love to explore new places so don't mind the longer journeys that get us meeting the locals. You are so right though, a taxi is much faster. 😂

[@colinkay6599]

absolutely horrendous idea...with the airport train and BTS skytrain so cheap vs log jammed traffic one would have to be super desperate to go to KSR via public bus. you could also take a river boat into the area one night it took us 3 hours! from Sathon to KSR, a trip of 20 minutes. definitely NOT a good idea

[@FrugalTravellers]

@@colinkay6599 We completely agree, which is why we were so pleased to find out about the S1 from Phra Ahtit Rd to the airport. kzbin.info/www/bejne/b6O8kn2ifqyUi9U Thank you for sharing this information about your experiences with Bangkok traffic. It took us 2 hours to get from Robinsons Plaza to KSR on the No. 65 (I think), as I foolishly thought it would be a fun way to see more of the city 🤔😕

[@kamolhengkiatisak1527]

Thailand started bus service in Bangkok nearly 100 years ago, it was run by private bus operators at a reasonable price but still making a decent profit. However, about 45 years ago, a certain political party campaigned to make bus in Bangkok free and when this party came to power as a coalition govt, it nationalized bus services, buying the private operators and created Bangkok Mass Transport Authority (BMTA) to run a free bus service for a few years. When the govt could no longer afford the huge annual subsidy, it allowed the BMTA to charge a cheap ticket price for non-aircon buses and then introduced air-con buses at 2-3 times the price of non-aircon buses. The non-aircon buses have been running at a loss since then up to today while the air-con buses run at break-even. The BMTA then granted private bus operators to run non-aircon and air-con buses again about 30 years ago to reduce the BMTA's mounting debts as private operators seem to know how to run buses at a decent profit even though they charge the same ticket fares as BMTA's own buses. To this day, BMTA non-aircon red/orange buses are still relatively cheap at 8 baht, one of the cheapest fare in the world. Every year, the national govt allocates a supplementary budget to shore up BMTA's inefficient operation. It is apparent that the first populist policy of Thai govt does not work as is the case worldwide such as the bankrupted Venezuela and the father of populist policy Argentina which seeks IMF help at least 6 times since WWII. Note: The best way to get around Bangkok by bus is to load Viabus app and you will thank heavy if you do. Since early this year, there is an aircon electric bus service (Thai Smile Bus) running dozens of routes in Bangkok under BMTA's concession. Bus fare depends on distance. You can pay by fill-in Hopper card bought from bus conductor or cash. Right now there is a 40-baht all day promotion if you pay by Hopper card. Even if the fare exceeds 40 baht, you pay only 40 baht. It's great if you plan to tour Bangkok using this promotion. You can also download TSB app to know when a particular bus is coming at your bus stop. The Hopper card can also be used at Thai Smile Boat service at a flat rate of 20 baht for all distance. The promotion also includes 50-baht for bus/boat combined service right now.

[@FrugalTravellers]

Thank you so much for all of this really useful information. 🙏 It's fascinating to hear the history of these cheap fares and explains a lot. The information about the latest bargain will also be really useful to anyone who reads this. Thank you 🙏

[@seenothing]

👌👍💙🇹🇭🙏

[@FrugalTravellers]

Yay 🎉😍🇹🇭❤️🙏

[@davidmcquaid2557]

There's frugal, and there's cheap.

[@FrugalTravellers]

@@davidmcquaid2557 And there's also making a terrible mistake as this definitely isn't the correct option to choose to get from the airport to KSR! We show that in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b6O8kn2ifqyUi9U

[@soniph.563]

สวัสดีครับคุณกับมาประเทศไทยยินดีอีกครั้งหวังว่ามาให้นานขึ้นยินดีขอให้สนุกกับการเดินทาง 🙏😊

[@FrugalTravellers]

Thank you so much, soniph 🙏😁 We love Thailand and appreciate your wonderful and kind comment 🥰😀

[@podoz]

you did it the hard way, there is a bus from the airport to khao san road, just 60 baht and one bus trip. But hey, you had an adventure!

[@FrugalTravellers]

You are spot on there! We followed the suggestion from a blog post we'd read, and it certainly was an adventure, especially after we realised the blog post was written in 2018 😂. We then learned about the easy S1 bus, and made this video about our return trip. Much easier! kzbin.info/www/bejne/b6O8kn2ifqyUi9U

[@p_daddy7409]

more time save, if u take mrt from airport link makasan to khao san road!!

[@FrugalTravellers]

Awesome 👍 Thanks for this information. 🙏