Hat Yai World Tour
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About Hat Yai World Tour
While some travellers feel skeptical about vans, a good choice of destinations and competitive prices make vans one of the most popular means of transport for others. Vans are always more flexible than big buses. If there is a sudden request for rides to some new destinations, van operators are always the first to offer their service. Indeed, it is easier to launch a new route if you operate a vehicle of 10-15 pax capacity, isn’t it?
Hat Yai World Tour operates van service and offers tickets with easy online booking. Check them if you are looking for options to travel by van.
What are the Main Stations of Hat Yai World Tour?
Hat Yai World Tour’s vans run to and from the following terminals:
- Ao Nang Transfer
- Khao Sok Transfer
- Krabi Town Transfer
- Koh Lipe
- Krabi Town Transfer
- Khao Lak Transfer
- Ao Nang Hotel Transfer
- Khao Sok National park
- Krabi Town Hotel Transfer
- Ao Nam Mao
What are the Most Popular Routes of Hat Yai World Tour?
The most popular trip destinations of Hat Yai World Tour’s timetable are:
What are the Vans Classes & Prices of Hat Yai World Tour?
As a rule, it is not possible to choose a ticket class when travelling by van. Yet you can check with the operator and/or choose the type of van which serves your route. Some vans seat only 9-10 passengers, others accommodate up to 15 travellers. The former case means you may have more legroom, wider seats and a more comfortable ride, the latter – be ready for a limited space for your legs, elbows and your luggage. Read reviews on Hat Yai World Tour van service to be sure they meet your expectations.
Pros & Cons of Van Travel
Pros of Van Travel
- Vans often reach the destinations where neither buses nor trains travel. These include secondary towns and smaller villages
- In most cases vans are the fastest way to get to your destination if travelling to relatively short distances overland simply because they are smaller than buses and more maneuverable
- Vans can let you get off at a more convenient point enroute – not necessarily at the terminal, what actually can save you loads of time and money in some cases.
Cons of Van Travel
- Some vans can be quite cramped with limited space for luggage available. Well, actually almost all vans offer limited luggage space and if you have more than one bag, suitcase or backpack, it may be a good idea to buy a separate seat for your luggage – yes, you will pay double for your trip, alas
- It is worth checking if your van runs on schedule or leaves when full – in the latter case you may end up waiting too long as on several routes it can take quite a time for a van to fill up.
- You should know that van drivers are notorious for their speedy driving. Even the most reputable companies sometimes fail to persuade the drivers to respect the speed limits. Even if your van driver does not insist on it, always buckle your seatbelt while travelling by van
- If you easily get seasick and your trip includes winding stretches, chances to feel motion sickness are higher while travelling by van than by bus. Take your medicine half an hour before your trip to be on the safe side.
Hat Yai World Tour Company Reviews
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Van Regional 14pax, Hat Yai World Tour, Apr 9, 2021
It was ok. The bus picked me up at 10 from Ao Nang, but then took me to a bus station 15 minutes away where I had to wait for another van that didn't leave until 11:30? Why couldn't they have just picked me up at 11:15 instead, it was bizzare. Then we all had to change into a 3rd van about halfway. Having said that, we all got there eventually and the van itself was nice, driver was friendly etc. At the end of the day you get what you pay for, a private taxi would have been far more expensive.
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Van Regional 14pax, Hat Yai World Tour, Apr 8, 2021
Pick-up time was over 90 minutes late; contact claimed there was no record of my booking; 3 different vans were used... Did arrive 'on time' tho-- I can now understand why they allow themselves 4.5 hours to make the trip!
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Van Regional 14pax, Hat Yai World Tour, Apr 2, 2021
The bus operator was extremely rude and not helpful.
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Van Regional 14pax, Hat Yai World Tour, Feb 15, 2021
インフォメーションの時間が違い過ぎる
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Van Van, Hat Yai World Tour, Mar 16, 2020
90 min faster:)
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Van Van, Hat Yai World Tour, Mar 3, 2020
No delays, everything went just normal and safe. Made already 2 five star trips. Exellent :)
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Van Van, Hat Yai World Tour, Mar 3, 2020
We moesten om 7.30 klaar staan, zouden om 8.00 uur worden opgehaald, maar dat werd pas 8.30 uur.
Bij de bushalte waren we rond 10.45 , terwijl de andere bus naar de Ferry pas om 12.00 uur en de Ferry pas om 13.30 uur.
Een lange trip die zo erg lang duurde.
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Van Regional 14pax, Hat Yai World Tour, Mar 2, 2020
I am not sure I went on the right minivan because my pickup was one hour late but they where really kind and organised and they delivered me on to the right place!
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Van Regional 14pax, Hat Yai World Tour, Mar 2, 2020
De driver liet ons op de hoofdweg uitstappen. Hij bracht ons niet naar het hotel. We moesten de laatste 200 meter lopen.
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Van Regional 14pax, Hat Yai World Tour, Feb 29, 2020
Chauffeur qui est pas arrivé à l'heure et ne roulais pas droit du tout
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Van Regional 14pax, Hat Yai World Tour, Feb 25, 2020
4h30 pour un trajet de 2h...c'est long. On nous a fait changer de voiture. Sans clim pour la 1ère. La gare de trillage à mi-parcours est très mal organisée.
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Van Regional 14pax, Hat Yai World Tour, Feb 22, 2020
Pickup time was 8am. I was supposed to be in the hotel lobby at 0730am. Actual pick up time was 0910am. It would have been more appreciated if this was communicated beforehand. Waiting period in Krabi was an hour and therefor actual arriving time was 1300. Driver from pickup location to krabi was driving to fast.
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Van Van, Hat Yai World Tour, Feb 21, 2020
We were picked up at 8.05 am, then collected a few other passengers. Then we drove to Krabi Town with a short stop for food in the middle. There, we were transferred to Krabi Pier, where the driver paid for the boat. We then took a boat to Koh Jum and had to get off on the first stop. A longtail boat collected us from there and brought us directly to the beach in front of our hotel. We arrived at around 13:30. No extra cost, people were very friendly and let us always know, what's next.
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Van Van, Hat Yai World Tour, Feb 14, 2020
Driver came 45 min. Later than agreed pick up time. And when we should go from the ferry to the smaller longboats in order to get to koh jum, they insisted that we needed to pay an extra 100 bath per person, even though 12go Asia guarantees no hidden extra fees.
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Van Regional 14pax, Hat Yai World Tour, Feb 10, 2020
When you are booking it says that is only a minivan, but is not true, you go in a bus to Krabi that takes 2h30, there you wait 30 minutes and they start to separate people in minivans for a 20 minutes ride until your hotel
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Van Regional 14pax, Hat Yai World Tour, Feb 9, 2020
Trajet difficile, nous étions tout à l arrière, les amortisseurs étaient malheureusement inexistants
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Van Regional 14pax, Hat Yai World Tour, Feb 7, 2020
Bus très mauvais état plus de suspension, sièges cassés... Sinon le trajet a l heure et arrivée à l heure en faisant 2 pauses sur le trajet inutile ... (toute les heureS) personnel efficace lors de l escale à proximité de krabi pour aller au port pour railay bay
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Van Regional 14pax, Hat Yai World Tour, Feb 7, 2020
Excellent timing.
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Van Regional 14pax, Hat Yai World Tour, Feb 5, 2020
Very efficient
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Van Regional 14pax, Hat Yai World Tour, Feb 4, 2020
We were trasfered to a stop where a bus took.us to krabi there again divided into vans and " delivered"
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Van Regional 14pax, Hat Yai World Tour, Jan 31, 2020
Very fast driving style and the bus driver asked us to take us directly to our hotel - when we showed him the address, he said it would cost 200 bath. At the hotel he suddenly wanted 300 bath..
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Van Regional 14pax, Hat Yai World Tour, Jan 30, 2020
It was easy and quick, great job, thanks!
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Van Van, Hat Yai World Tour, Jan 28, 2020
Good trip. Pickup was on time at hotel. Van went directly to Hat Yai, no changing vans or detours, just one comfort break. Good, efficient driver. Van was full but comfort was ok
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Van Regional 14pax, Hat Yai World Tour, Jan 24, 2020
It’s not direct. You stop to change busses and that takes time
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Van Regional 14pax, Hat Yai World Tour, Jan 21, 2020
El encargado es un genio!!!!! El hostel limpito y muy tranquilo (tuve suerte con la compañía), el desayuno bastante completo. Cogí el tour de 2 días y una noche en el hotel, y la verdad, no lo repetiría. No me maravilló.
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Van Van, Hat Yai World Tour, Jan 18, 2020
We were put on the wrong boat which was not what we had booked and paid for. We were dropped at Railay Beach West which was not a pier and we had to get in and out of the boat with backpacks etc. We also then had the additional stress of trying to work out how to get to Railay East where our accommodation was. Not what we paid for.
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Van Regional 14pax, Hat Yai World Tour, Jan 17, 2020
I travelled with my daughter and a luggage. It was an 1-1,5 hour break in maintime.. But was ok.
The only Thing is I bought 3seats as of the bag I was carried.
Other pasangers didnt Follow and Img 3 seat was occupied for a person.....
That is not fair.
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Van Regional 14pax, Hat Yai World Tour, Jan 17, 2020
Bis auf eine kleine Verspätung bei der Abholung ist alles prima verlaufen, gerne wieder
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Van Regional 14pax, Hat Yai World Tour, Jan 17, 2020
Very unorganized. I think I was in a total of 4 different vehicles. Also two of the four drivers were very rude, drove erratically and one of the vans literally had moldy seats.
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Van Regional 14pax, Hat Yai World Tour, Jan 16, 2020
It was very good to get informed from the company on the day before the trip.
We were picked up on time.
The trip took about 7 hours from Ao Nang to Kohipe.
For the expressboat I suggest ear plugs, it's pretty loud.
Generally it was well organized without any complications.
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Van Van, Hat Yai World Tour, Jan 15, 2020
Der Fahrer war unfreundlich. Er motzte gleich zu Beginn rum dass wir zu viel Gepäck hätten, dabei handelte es sich bei diesem Transfer um einen Ortswechsel, also ist es doch normal dass man pro Erwachsenem einen großen Koffer oder Rucksack hat und ein kleines Handgepäck. Dann wurden wir irgendwo in Krabi an einer "umladestation" abgesetzt, bei der es total chaotisch zuging, dort sollten wir dann nochmal Geld bezahlen um weiter gefahren zu werden, obwohl wir bis zum hotel bezahlt hatten
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Van Regional 14pax, Hat Yai World Tour, Jan 13, 2020
The pick ups in Khao Lak went smooth and the journey to Krabi took less time than scheduled, including the transfer stop near our final destination (the hotels in Krabi town). After a stop of about half an hour the passengers were assigned to other minibuses for the last 5-10 minutes of the transfer.
At this point the operator offered to bring me to one of the slightly more remote hotel at an extra charge while this hotel was in the drop-down list off drop off hotels on their website...
The company has a hotline service which operates through WhatsApp. Very convenient and they respond quickly. While booking I made a few mistakes and I managed to correct it using their hotline WhatsApp. Possibly I asked a bit too much from them because as I said they were not willing to drop me off free of charge at one of the more remote hotels that was in their drop down list.
The mini fan was older than average but still ok and the driver drove safely.
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Van Regional 14pax, Hat Yai World Tour, Jan 11, 2020
A van picked us up at 10am. But then we waited for 2 hours to change to another van. Wasn't efficient at all - we could have arrived 2 hours earlier
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Van Van, Hat Yai World Tour, Jan 8, 2020
It worked out just fine! Everything on time!
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Van Regional 14pax, Hat Yai World Tour, Jan 2, 2020
Pick up from the hotel was quite on time. We went to Krabi where we had to wait for an hour at the Hat Yai office/station, before we were put in another minivan to drive us to Ao Nang. This was a very old minivan without airconditioning. The distances were not so very far, but because of the waiting time at the office/station and the fact that you can be lucky or unlucky with the location of your hotel (are you dropped off first or last?), the whole trip took very long.
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Van Van, Hat Yai World Tour, Jan 2, 2020
Le chauffeur nous a laissé en pleins milieu de Krabi. Un tuk tuk nous attendait pour nous emmener à nos hôtels respectifs puis s'est arrêté net en plein de milieu de nul part, nous demandant à chacun de payer 100baths. Sachant que le drop off a notre hôtel était compris dans le Booking, nous avons refusé. Ils nous a menace de nous laisser sur place avec nos bagages. Après plusieurs minutes de négociation, nous avons pu être déposés sans encombres à nos hôtels. Très limite, arnaque à touriste
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Van Van, Hat Yai World Tour, Dec 31, 2019
The transfer from the boat to the van was not clear at all. No one was waiting and no clear signs were in place to find them. Also the van driver was very unprofessional. We spent one extra hour on the road because he kept stopping to talk to friends on the way and he even errands
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Van Van, Hat Yai World Tour, Dec 31, 2019
Altough I had the confirmation for the pick up point change, the operating agency didnt pick us up. We hat to do many calls to get the bus and thus was realy annoying
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Van Regional 14pax, Hat Yai World Tour, Dec 29, 2019
Me cogieron a la hora correcta y llegué 30 minutos antes. Pero me cobraron 50 Bath adicionales por levarme a mi hotel, no me dejaron en la puerta, si no que me dejaron a 100 metros, cuando la parada final aún estaba a 3km. No me tendrían que haber cobrado nada adicional.
Van cómoda, pero con el aire acondicionado algo bajo. Se hace una parada de 15 minutos a mitad de trayecto.
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Van Van, Hat Yai World Tour, Dec 28, 2019
Водитель по пути из Пакбара до Краби заезжал по своим личным делам. Каждый заезд отнял немного времени, но в общем увеличило время в пути. В Краби нас пересадили в другую машину, Водитель не знал куда нас везти. Хотя в ваучере, который остался у первого водителя все было написано. Вцелом остались недовольны трансфером.
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Van Regional 14pax, Hat Yai World Tour, Dec 20, 2019
Van + Bus + Van. Nos recogieron 30 minutos tarde, pero aún así, llegamos 30 minutos antes de la hora indicada.
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Van Regional 14pax, Hat Yai World Tour, Dec 20, 2019
Had a good driver. Everything was arranged. Changed also at the busstation, but well organised.
Would definitely do it again.
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Van Regional 14pax, Hat Yai World Tour, Dec 17, 2019
Hat alles geklappt aber die Abholung war nervenaufreibend... Kommt jemand, oder kommt niemand? Nach kurzem transfer zur Minivan Busstation ging es dann im eigentlichen Bus nach Phuket. Ultra unbequeme Fahrt. In Patong wird man fast an der Banglaroad abgesetzt an einem Riesen Kaufhaus. Für 100B extra geht's direkt ans Hotel
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Van Van, Hat Yai World Tour, Dec 12, 2019
Pick up im Hostel hat wunderbar funktioniert.
Bei der Buchung war mein Hostel im Dropdown Menu nicht verfügbar. Nach Anfrage bei 12go wurde das Hostel nach zwei Tagen hinzugefügt und konnte so gebucht werden.
Transport läuft über den Hub von HatYai World Travel in der Nähe von Krabi. Dort kann es zu (kurzen) Wartezeiten kommen, bis es weiter nach Ao Nang geht. Diese Zeit ist aber bereits in der Zeitangabe des Angebots berücksichtigt. Der Hub ist kein Luxusort (für die Toilette bezahlt man - besser beim Stopp an der Tankstelle kurz gehen).
Anders als bei anderenr Minivans gab es hier Platz für den Koffer / Rucksack im Bus (in der hintersten Reihe fehlten zwei Sitze). Man muss also nicht zwingend einen zusätzlichen Platz buchen, wenn man nicht nur Handgepäck hat. Sind aber viele Touristen mit übergrossen Koffer unterwegs, kann es eng werden. Für Backpacker mit Rucksäcken aber kein Problem.
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Van Regional 14pax, Hat Yai World Tour, Dec 10, 2019
A good value trip even though I paid for two seats in case of luggage problems but the Hotel collection was much later than promised. Driver found a difficult to locate hotel and made sure it was the right one before leaving me.
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Van Regional 14pax, Hat Yai World Tour, Dec 10, 2019
So they didn't have our hotel listed on the hotel list to chose from so we basically just chose the closet hotel to us and went there to be picked up around 10am. They arrived at 10:15 and there were already people in the car which made it a little cramp but not too bad at all. Went to pick up a few more people after which made it more cramp but we somehow manage to fit in comfortably. Afterward we went to a bigger station where they check our tickets again so make sure to keep a printed copy of your ticket. They will give you a sticker and call out your location when a different van come to pick you up. During the way to Phuket Airport we stopped at a rest stop to use the restroom and get refreshments. Afterward it was on the way to Phuket Airport. The ride wasn't too bad at all, time actually passed by pretty fast. Overall for the price it was a good deal. Don't expect anything fancy. I never really do when it comes to visiting other rural countries. The point is we were able to get to our location correctly and the time was not too bad either.
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Van Regional 14pax, Hat Yai World Tour, Dec 9, 2019
It was sold as a direct transfer, but we had two lay overs. Overall it was fine and cheap.
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Van Regional 14pax, Hat Yai World Tour, Dec 4, 2019
Too less information about what is going to happen. Noone said that we will be taken to a “hub” - place where they are filling up vans with people randomly. Not how much we need to wait.
But the trip itself was good.
P.S.
Need to pay extra 100baht if you want to be delivered straight to hotel.
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Van Regional 14pax, Hat Yai World Tour, Dec 3, 2019
The trip was good. We arrived earlier to the destination. They pick us up on Khao Sok hotel in a Van, take us to an area where we change to a bus. And in Krabi they change us again to a van to get to Ao Nang where we have booked the hotel. A.C. in every vehicule, take a jacket just in case.
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Van Regional 14pax, Hat Yai World Tour, Dec 3, 2019
I booked a minibuss rids from Ao Nang to any hotel in Khao Sok. Instead we went by van to the bus stop and wanted for an hour. We then took a really old dirty bus to a bus stop outside Khao Sok and had to pay a driver for getting to the hotel. Not what was promised.