After your arrival in Phuket airport and clearing all immigration & customs procedures, you may think how we get to your Hotel. Some times hotels or resorts arrange transportation for clients. Otherwise, customers will have to arrange their own Phuket airport transfer. Airport taxi can become your saviour in this situation.
Many people are under wrong impression that Phuket is a small island. Which is not correct as it covers an area of 222 square miles. It is approximately 12 miles wide & 31miles in length. It has a population of over 800,000 people. You can find large number of resorts in this area. The most popular destinations like Kata Beach, Patong beach & Karon Beach are all located to the south of the airport and have a transfer time of approximately one hour.
There are primarily 3 main ways of transportation from the international airport to your resort. These are private taxi, public bus & minivan. There is no railway or subway system in Phuket
We will have some insights about private taxi in Phuket.
Private Taxi (Metered , non metered)
Private Phuket airport taxi will take you directly from the airport to your resort. It is comparatively much quicker than public buses and minivans. The quickest way to reach your resort. The drivers have luxury to take short cuts and they are not bound to take designated route. They can dodge roadworks, accidents, etc easily. Obviously for the private taxi you will have to pay more than what you pay for a public bus. However, most taxis are now on a meter which is easily visible to people sitting in the taxi. There are many private taxi operators available in Phuket. You will have contact them if you want to ride on non-metered taxi. They will come to pick you up at the airport. For metered taxi, there will be a taxi stand just outside the airport terminal. They will drop you at your desired location.
