Fähre und Minivansuche haben gut geklappt. Der erste Stop war bereits nach einer viertel Stunde, danach ist der Fahrer wie ein Verrückter durchgebrettert und hat auch nicht mehr angehalten. Am Ende haben wir auch unser Hotel erreicht, jedoch mit fast zwei Stunden Verspätung. Der Fahrer hat eine seltsame Route genommen, die für uns nicht nachvollziehbar war. Außerdem waren bei uns zwei Familien, die wegen der weiten Entfernung nicht am Hotel abgesetzt werden konnten. Wir mussten ewig warten, bis eine Lösung gefunden wurde. Das war keine gute Organisation - zumal man bereits beim Buchen das Zielhotel angeben musste.
Koh Samui - khao sok. Check in was easy at the office, the boat was on time and quite comfy for a car ferry. Changing to the bus was where it gone downhill. We got put in a nice big bus, after 30 minutes we were told only those to the airport in that bus, quite rudly sent out. Then they counted us and we were let in, now we didn't get to sit next to each other. The bus was comfy and driven to the phantip office in town, we waited maybe 30 minutes, able to buy quite good sandwiches there. Little bad information about what van to get on etc, but finally ours came and it was just half full. The driver stopped plenty of times to pick up locals or drop off parcels etc. Drove like a madman, which seems to be the standard for van drivers in Thailand. We arrived at the "van station" outside khao sok. I think we were offered to pay 100 baht more or something per person to be driven to the hotels. We just walked the 15 minutes, a nice walk. We arrived about 15-30 minutes before scheduled time. Don't expect good service or to get information enough to know where to go at any time.
Everything was perfect organised, the ferry, touringcar to Siratthani, minivan to Khao Sok.
Not 5 stars because when tried to contact them by whstsapp (as they suggested in their email) to ask to pick me up from my hotel, they did not respond.
Everything super good until it came to drop offs. They dropped off every single person except us. They wanted 50 BAHT off of each of us to take us up the road. We said we will walk as it’s 12 minutes. Started walking and they drove the girls in the van to where we were going anyway for free so we didn’t need to get out? We were drove past by your van 2 travel car twice in the pouring rain
Palin was proactive, clear and precise on here guidelines regarding boarding and de boarding instructions, Palin and here team of 2 drivers went over and above to bring my lost wallet with lot of cash, my credit cards and ID cards back to me while I continued my journey without any requirement to alter my journey. I am extremely to her and her team and they are very professional and punctual, highly recommended for all!
Was worried that it was going to be hard to find but the voucher had all the information! We had a 15 minute stop after the ferry to use the washroom and get a drink and snacks! Very well organized!
