Tawanok Tour
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About Tawanok 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?
Tawanok 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 Tawanok Tour?
Tawanok Tour’s vans run to and from the following terminals:
- Tawanok Tour South Pattaya
- Mochit New Van Terminal
- Jomtien Night Market
- Ekkamai
- Imperial Samrong Samut Prakan
- Jomtien Beach Transfer
- Tawanok tour Bali Hai Office
What are the Most Popular Routes of Tawanok Tour?
The most popular trip destinations of Tawanok Tour’s timetable are:
What are the Vans Classes & Prices of Tawanok 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 Tawanok 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.
Tawanok Tour Company Reviews
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Van Van, Tawanok Tour, Dec 27, 2025
The bus was perfect!
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Van Minivan, Tawanok Tour, Dec 26, 2025
The place of departure was poorly indicated.
We came in time, but had to wait 1,5 hoirs for the bus to leave. And I accidentally bought the insurance, which was never my intention. This should be made more clear on the 12GO website.
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Van Van, Tawanok Tour, Nov 14, 2025
Terrible directions to the bus station must do better
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Van Van, Tawanok Tour, Nov 3, 2025
Dr8ver was on early, buy didn't speak English or had our details. Only once we not8ced a sticker of 12go on h9s van we went in. Van was falling apart. 1st gear didn't work, airco was only a blower, seat leather had cracks, sliding door inside cover was peeling off, and worst of all driver was almost whole journey on his phone writing whatsapps.
We were very happy to get out - only 10 min late
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Van Minivan, Tawanok Tour, Oct 24, 2025
- From the ticket, we expected to arrive at 10.25, however, we arrived at 12.00 which this delay is not acceptable.
- The legs room is not enough.
- The driver didn't respond to people's questions.
- The bus smelled like cigarettes.
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Van Van, Tawanok Tour, Sep 28, 2025
Had to get a taxi from Ekkamai to Pinklao at further cost. I had already asked the tour operator in Pattaya if this would be the case and they advised there would be a mini van transfer. Also could not find the Tawanok Tour location so tried several times to contact them from my taxi so that they could speak Thai and confirm, got dropped at wrong location by taxi (not their fault) but had to get another taxi across town. Very unclear instructions and confusing despite using Google translate. Admittedly again not their fault I don't speak Thai very well but if you book this tour, leave well in advance to ensure you can find them and try to get a Thai speaking friend to assist prior to booking.
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Van Minivan, Tawanok Tour, Sep 13, 2025
Pick up point not clear I had to ask the police for location, the driver was late and the trip lasts almost 5 hours instead of 3
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Van Minivan, Tawanok Tour, Aug 17, 2025
Right on time. Perfect service
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Van Minivan, Tawanok Tour, Aug 10, 2025
We had more than an hour delay until we started
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Van Minivan, Tawanok Tour, Aug 5, 2025
one hour late .... be careful when you have a flight to catch
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Van Minivan, Tawanok Tour, Aug 2, 2025
We left exactly at 6, as it should be.
We stopped once - the driver almost left without me. Do you even check the number of passengers!
We drove for 3.5 hours. At 21:30 was in the appointed place.
The bus is old and dirty, especially the last row of seats
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Van Minivan, Tawanok Tour, Jul 11, 2025
Can not on time to departure. some time be cancelled the booking
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Van Van, Tawanok Tour, Jul 6, 2025
The Bus left 1h30 after my booked time
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Van Van, Tawanok Tour, Jun 29, 2025
I arrived at the Jomtien night market at 15:30 (departure was supposed to be at 16). A minute later the transport arrived. Bus is outdated, this is especially noticeable inside the cabin. It was very cold in the front rows because of the air conditioning, the temperature in the cabin was only 19 degrees. The driver doesn’t speak English, please use a translator. There was one short stop (toilet/shop). Finally I was at the Ekkamai bus station at 20:03.
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Van Van, Tawanok Tour, Jun 8, 2025
Great experience but the leave time delay one hour. The good thing is that the driver apologized fir her arrival late in the departure point.
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Van Minivan, Tawanok Tour, Jun 7, 2025
Left on time. Lot of stops along the way made trip over 3 hrs long.
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Van Minivan, Tawanok Tour, Jun 5, 2025
Pattaya - Bangkok
Started on time, picked up some people. Made a break 45' minutes before stop in Bangkok. Arrived only 15' late due to traffic. Bus is old, but airconditioned & driver was good.
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Van Minivan, Tawanok Tour, Jun 1, 2025
Started moving and was on the place in time.
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Van Minivan, Tawanok Tour, May 25, 2025
Great quick direct transfer from pattaya to bangkok with a few options where to get off. Great alternative to taxi which will save you lots of money for a similar travel time. I would use again. Thanks
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Van Van, Tawanok Tour, May 23, 2025
Bad organisation.
Old and dirty vehicle.
Fortunately a nice driver
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Van Minivan, Tawanok Tour, May 5, 2025
It was ok the arrangement on time the van came and picked but the ACs were not working properly
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Van Van, Tawanok Tour, Apr 13, 2025
The driver was driving very rash on high speeds.
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Van Minivan, Tawanok Tour, Apr 7, 2025
Fast , comfortable
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Van Van, Tawanok Tour, Mar 25, 2025
All in time
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Van Minivan, Tawanok Tour, Mar 10, 2025
Bus left on time, not many delays but driver let us out before the stop on the ticket. Bangkok to Jomtien Pattaya had a toilet stop also
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Van Minivan, Tawanok Tour, Mar 7, 2025
I like that they are on time, like even leave earlier than what the ticket said as soon as the bus is full. Hard working and skilled drivers take us to our destination. Generally the trips were smooth and professional, even though the minivan could be a bit of a bumpy ride. Will use the services again the next time I am in Thailand ^^
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Van Minivan, Tawanok Tour, Feb 28, 2025
The trip was ok. However, it took almost 4 hours, instead of the estimated 2,5.
Also: While waiting at the minibus station in Bangkok, I was offered a bus leaving earlier than the one booked. Fine - however, it ended up in another station in Pattaya, which caused me a little confusion. I had to take a taxi to the hotel, as it was close to the bus station where I was expecting to end up.
The minibus has no room for baggage. My suitcase was accepted anyway, but it is not ideal if everyone has baggage ...
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Van Minivan, Tawanok Tour, Feb 23, 2025
25 min too late. Because someone was not on time. Then we drove 10 minutes and I had to change from a Van to a bus. The space was very small and duration was not 2 hours but 3.5 hours. I never go again with you guys, amateurs!
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Van Minivan, Tawanok Tour, Feb 17, 2025
Too many delays and stops in between. We arrived 40 mins late than estimated time. Plus it was expensive than the regular bus. Bus also had storage for our luggage but minivan doesn’t. So doesn’t make sense for it to be more expensive.
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Van Minivan, Tawanok Tour, Feb 16, 2025
Bus terminal is difficult to find. Looks like the buses also leave when the clerks are full, even if you have bought a ticket, and they don't leave unless they are full.
I had to wait at the bus stop for two hours.
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Van Minivan, Tawanok Tour, Feb 15, 2025
Bad location, Communications and i don
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Van Minivan, Tawanok Tour, Feb 5, 2025
Booked for the 2 hour trip but, we were given the off the highway route and took more than three hours.
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Van Minivan, Tawanok Tour, Jan 31, 2025
Initial Departure time was 3pm we took off at 4 and driver was stopping a lot along the way. I almost missed my flight. ETA was around 5pm but we arrived almost 6:30.
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Van Minivan, Tawanok Tour, Jan 15, 2025
it took so very long, was meant to be in bangkok by 9:25 but got there at about 11:20.
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Van Van, Tawanok Tour, Jan 8, 2025
I just transferred to 3 cars during the trip, it was dirty, unexpectedly I had to go to another car after 15 min of a ride to an old dirty car that was very cold. And after that a I was asked to go to a 3rd car. Will not use this service again.
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Van Van, Tawanok Tour, Jan 6, 2025
driver was watching a movie on his phone while driving. going too slow on the highway and not driving straight.
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Van Minivan, Tawanok Tour, Dec 28, 2024
my ticket was bought for 9:45 but in the end my bus was at 11:00 and i arrived much later
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Van Van, Tawanok Tour, Dec 15, 2024
Online it says 6 AM departure, but when I arrived, their timetable at the station said 6:30 for my destination. The actual timetable doesn’t match up with the online one. The vehicle then arrived well over 15 minutes late from that time as well.
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Van Van, Tawanok Tour, Dec 9, 2024
Bad driver and very old minivan. The trip should take 2 hours and 20 minutes, but he arrived bangkok 3 hour 30 minutes. He nearly crashed 3 times and was driving between 2 lanes. Stopped the minivan unnecessarily at least 5 times. Nearly made me miss my connecting bus in bangkok.
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Van Minivan, Tawanok Tour, Nov 28, 2024
The driver didn’t speak English and not even understand. They called me many times to ask to change the pick up point but they even couldn’t communicate in English. It was late more than an hour and then we wait in the center of Pattaya for an other more than an hour. We left Pattaya 2,5 hours later.
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Van Minivan, Tawanok Tour, Nov 27, 2024
Good luck finding the place in the bus terminal! We ask more than 20 people for an hour. Finally somebody told us you need to cross the huge highway overpass style. Then it was all good. Do not bring any luggage. If you book extra seats they still sell those seats and no room for your bags that you paid for. The people I met beside me got 2 extra seats and they got ripped off. Was the most stressful check in 50 countries around the world. I should of just booked at the terminal
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Van Minivan, Tawanok Tour, Nov 7, 2024
The ride was fine and they arrived on time, but the driver couldn't speak english. So the other thai passengers had to translate it to the foreigners. In the van there was not much legroom.
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Van Minivan, Tawanok Tour, Nov 1, 2024
Did not leave me at the hotel as specified in the booking, it was supposed to be hotel transfer. Instead I had to change vans and then was dropped outside town and told to find my way. Pretty shocking experience.
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Van Minivan, Tawanok Tour, Oct 31, 2024
It’s was late on 1 hour
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Van Van, Tawanok Tour, Oct 31, 2024
Mini van arrived 1 hour later than departure time (but the lady at the counter was courteous throughout the process and apologized multiple times). Just be sure to expect delays and have patience.
What bothered us the most was the driver's dangerous behavior... browsing photos on his phone while driving (behavior lasted about 15-20 min, on and off).
Van interior was very old, tattered and dirty.
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Van Van, Tawanok Tour, Oct 10, 2024
Complicated because adress pick up was not good
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Van Van, Tawanok Tour, Sep 3, 2024
all was perfect but the bus left one hour later than booked.
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Van Minivan, Tawanok Tour, Aug 29, 2024
It's not to cold.
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Van Van, Tawanok Tour, Aug 22, 2024
Bus driver was rude and tried to drop us off at a different location 10 minutes away from address on the receipt. After 3 people complaining we will not be dropped off here he took us to the final destination. Insisted we got off at a different location to take taxi bikes.. $$$
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Van Van, Tawanok Tour, Jul 29, 2024
Excellent service! There were mechanical problems with the first bus which was replaced within 10 minutes - superb! Driver was very helpful with luggage also. Very comfortable seats with plenty of room. Thank you very much for the very positive travel experience.