BB, if you have the chance, please check price for MV to inland on soi 6 by 3km. I would be genuinely interested to compare with what I currently pay. The result, will not change what I pay because of the excellent service I receive .... but nice to know.Big Boy wrote:There has always been one at the front of Market Village (hopes its still there )
Hua Hin Tuk Tuk minimum prices
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In my case, it is normally what alternative there is for Mrs BB - nowhere is very far in Hua Hin, and I love walking. If it's pouring down, I will normally agree. Often, if you say no, his mate who is next in the queue will gladly take the job at the right fare anyway - it pushes him up the queue, while is mate is still sat there..centermid7 wrote:^ 555
And when the driver tells you to FO, shakes his head and tells you that he is not going any where for that posted 100 Bt ??
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BB do you fit in a tuk tuk? You're taller than me and I have had issues!Big Boy wrote:In my case, it is normally what alternative there is for Mrs BB - nowhere is very far in Hua Hin, and I love walking. If it's pouring down, I will normally agree. Often, if you say no, his mate who is next in the queue will gladly take the job at the right fare anyway - it pushes him up the queue, while is mate is still sat there..centermid7 wrote:^ 555
And when the driver tells you to FO, shakes his head and tells you that he is not going any where for that posted 100 Bt ??
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Hua Hin Tuk Tuks are surprisingly large. I can just about squeeze into Bangkok sized Tuk Tuks. I've always managed in Isaan Tuk Tuks, which are a completely different configuration.
In Chiang Mai last year, we asked our hotel to call a taxi, but they wouldn't because there were Tuk Tuks outside. I tried, but if I'd squeezed in, they'd have needed a tip opener to get me out again.
In Chiang Mai last year, we asked our hotel to call a taxi, but they wouldn't because there were Tuk Tuks outside. I tried, but if I'd squeezed in, they'd have needed a tip opener to get me out again.
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Hopefully the photo below will clarify why some of you consider me a cheap charlie, and why I use the term 'rip off'.
It was taken at the Tuk Tuk rank outside Market Village (where the Chang Party is currently residing) earlier this morning. I actually live closer than Hua Hin Station, so I consider my correct fare to be 60 Baht, although I never flinch when asked for 100 Baht.
The wording is quite clear:
If the majority of you are correct, then why is the city displaying these notices?
It was taken at the Tuk Tuk rank outside Market Village (where the Chang Party is currently residing) earlier this morning. I actually live closer than Hua Hin Station, so I consider my correct fare to be 60 Baht, although I never flinch when asked for 100 Baht.
The wording is quite clear:
These notices are there, but generally ignored because people like to throw their money away. Personally, I prefer to pay the correct fare, and tip for good service, but I'm a cheap charlie.Rate of fare start 2 km limite no more 50 B. after that one km about 8 B. if the way more than 5 km. The passenger and driver discus together but no more than 10 B/km
If the majority of you are correct, then why is the city displaying these notices?
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^ How strange!
You consider the correct fare to be 60 Bt but think nothing of giving them 100 Bt when asked (60% more than the correct fare) AND give them a tip yet call yourself a "CC".
It's hard to be "ripped off" by the taxi drivers when you are doing it to yourself. Go ahead on though - Fill your boots!
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You consider the correct fare to be 60 Bt but think nothing of giving them 100 Bt when asked (60% more than the correct fare) AND give them a tip yet call yourself a "CC".
It's hard to be "ripped off" by the taxi drivers when you are doing it to yourself. Go ahead on though - Fill your boots!
Cheers!
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I love the bit where it says "1km about 8bt".
I rarely get a tuk tuk from Market Village but on the times I have, I've never seen that sign before.
Either way, I'll probably still keep paying what I feel to be reasonable enough fares - if I'm leaving in a tuk-tuk from Market Village then I'm probably with some kind of load, or in a rush, anyway - so it's not like I have a great deal of choice.
BB Have you ever tried calling one of the numbers listed to lodge a complaint about being overcharged?
I rarely get a tuk tuk from Market Village but on the times I have, I've never seen that sign before.
Either way, I'll probably still keep paying what I feel to be reasonable enough fares - if I'm leaving in a tuk-tuk from Market Village then I'm probably with some kind of load, or in a rush, anyway - so it's not like I have a great deal of choice.
BB Have you ever tried calling one of the numbers listed to lodge a complaint about being overcharged?
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Nevermind.Big Boy wrote:I've tried to enlarge the important bits:
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No, others are calling me a cheap charlie - I am simply playing along. I knew before I moved to live in Hua Hin, Thailand that as a Farang, I would invariably be paying over the odds for many things. All of this was taken into consideration, accepted and budgeted for - I did not come here blind. This is invariably confirmed when I travel outside of Hua Hin. Living here we are paying over the odds for many things compared with the rest of Thailand. However, if a product has a price sticker, I don't expect to pay 2.5 the marked price.
If I want a Tuk Tuk to take me, for example to the bus station, I will pay over the odds, else I know I will get the reaction you suggested earlier 'when the driver tells you to FO, shakes his head and tells you that he is not going any where for that posted 100 Bt'. However, the amount I will be ripped off for has an upper limit. The alternative is to walk, which is not something I choose to do with luggage.
As a general rule, I do not use Tuk Tuks because of their excessive rates - as I have said, it is my choice.
If I want a Tuk Tuk to take me, for example to the bus station, I will pay over the odds, else I know I will get the reaction you suggested earlier 'when the driver tells you to FO, shakes his head and tells you that he is not going any where for that posted 100 Bt'. However, the amount I will be ripped off for has an upper limit. The alternative is to walk, which is not something I choose to do with luggage.
As a general rule, I do not use Tuk Tuks because of their excessive rates - as I have said, it is my choice.
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I was asked to post the information.Name Taken wrote:Cool, One more thing a foreigner has to remember/memorize.Big Boy wrote:I've tried to enlarge the important bits:
Why remember/memorize it? There's a big sign you can read at the taxi rank - just open your eyes
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with you BB.Big Boy wrote:No, others are calling me a cheap charlie - I am simply playing along. I knew before I moved to live in Hua Hin, Thailand that as a Farang, I would invariably be paying over the odds for many things. All of this was taken into consideration, accepted and budgeted for - I did not come here blind. This is invariably confirmed when I travel outside of Hua Hin. Living here we are paying over the odds for many things compared with the rest of Thailand. However, if a product has a price sticker, I don't expect to pay 2.5 the marked price.
If I want a Tuk Tuk to take me, for example to the bus station, I will pay over the odds, else I know I will get the reaction you suggested earlier 'when the driver tells you to FO, shakes his head and tells you that he is not going any where for that posted 100 Bt'. However, the amount I will be ripped off for has an upper limit. The alternative is to walk, which is not something I choose to do with luggage.
As a general rule, I do not use Tuk Tuks because of their excessive rates - as I have said, it is my choice.
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I have threatened a call on a couple of occasions and the fare is immediately dropped.Pleng wrote:
BB Have you ever tried calling one of the numbers listed to lodge a complaint about being overcharged?
These prices were agreed with the local authorities a while ago and was advertised at the time with a request to report any overcharging!
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Sorry Pleng, I missed your question until HHTel quoted it .Pleng wrote:I love the bit where it says "1km about 8bt".
I rarely get a tuk tuk from Market Village but on the times I have, I've never seen that sign before.
Either way, I'll probably still keep paying what I feel to be reasonable enough fares - if I'm leaving in a tuk-tuk from Market Village then I'm probably with some kind of load, or in a rush, anyway - so it's not like I have a great deal of choice.
BB Have you ever tried calling one of the numbers listed to lodge a complaint about being overcharged?
No, I've never bothered. As I've said, I'm usually happy to walk, and the rip off request is the kick up the backside I need to remind me I'm being lazy.
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In the past I have regularly got a Tuk Tuk from opposite Poonsuk Plaza to the SCB Bank on the soi which goes through the centre of the night market, I just give the driver 100 baht, are you telling me that when i come back in 2 weeks time the fare is 150 baht?
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If so, then it is Shanks's Pony.