How much is the bus fare of an airconditioned bus travelling from Bangkok to the Cambodian border?
Dec 25
audrey asked:
Our trip originates from Bangkok via bus. How much is the bus fare (airconditioned) on bus plying to the Cambodian border. Do we need to buy the tickets prior to travelling or can we just go to the bus station and get the tickets there and ride the bus or there must be prior arrangement. Where can we buy the bus ticket.
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Our trip originates from Bangkok via bus. How much is the bus fare (airconditioned) on bus plying to the Cambodian border. Do we need to buy the tickets prior to travelling or can we just go to the bus station and get the tickets there and ride the bus or there must be prior arrangement. Where can we buy the bus ticket.
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You can buy from any of the travel agencies on the streets of Bangkok. It’s about 900 Bahts(+-200 bahts) which is about 30$.
Do NOT buy a bus ticket to Cambodia from a travel agent. At the very least you will be ripped off on the ticket price. At worst (which is likely) you’ll be put onto one of the famous “scam buses” that ply this route where you’ll be picked up at your hotel in a nice A/C bus, only to be shifted onto an old rattler with no air conditioning once you’re on the outskirts of Bangkok.
A lot of travel agents arrange this trip and a very large number of them operate scams on it.
You should be able to easily buy a ticket on a government bus at the bus station if you arrive about an hour before it departs. Expect to pay between 120-300 baht for the trip depending on the class of service you go on and how crowded it is.
For more information, run a search for the website Tales of Asia. It has good information on this trip and the scams that the travel agents try and pull.