hotel/hostel near bangkok city air terminal? and koh samui-phi phi route?

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melimango
melimango

I have two questions:

1) I will be travelling around Thailand the last two weeks of January with my boyfriend and he leaves the night before I do. My flight is at 8:30am from Suvarnabhumi. I see the new train link is due to start so I thought it might be smart to stay the last night near City Air Terminal so I can hop on an early train. Can anyone suggest a cheap (under 800B for a single private room ideally) room as close to City Air Terminal as possible? I suppose I should also ask, have timetables been published??

2) I understand that to get to Koh Samui to Koh Phi Phi one must take a ferry to Surat Thani, to a bus to Krabi, to a ferry. I know the time tables for Krabi-Phi Phi ferry and have seen various listings for the other two legs, but does anyone sell those 3 transport types as one package, or what exactly is the best method of planning that day and booking tickets?

Thanks very much.

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gcanuck
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Regarding question #2 you can buy such a package ticket at any travel agent in Koh Samui. Probably through your hotel/guesthouse also. Wouldn't be a bad idea to purchase a day or two in advance.

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mike_n
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The Airport rail Link is only doing limited test runs for a week or so, so Q1 is irrelevant I'm afraid.
http://www.bangkokairporttrain.com/news.html
It might start regular service around April ...maybe

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melimango
melimango

Gcanuck- good to know, thanks.

Mike- ah, ok. The info I had seen said January but I guess it's delayed.

In that case, if I need to be at the airport by 6:30am should I stay by the airport (if so, where?) or in the city? I'd prefer the city but worry that there might be traffic.

Thank you!

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mike_n
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You should n't need to worry about traffic at that time of the morning

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