Bangkok

Ferry or flight to Koh Samui?

If the Gulf wins, I need the door, not a 2019 baht quote.

Airport vs a travel day

If	Lean	Not
Bags, kids, a tight week	USM if the quote is survivable	A 14-hour “scenic” combo as a saving
You already have a Surat / Donsak plan	Boat from the pier the operator names	Mixing Seatran and a Facebook van as one ticket
You are in Bangkok with a spare day	Train/bus to the pier or a cheap flight to Surat + boat	Assuming every “Samui bus” is a ferry
October / weather	Boats cancel. A flight is the backup	Treating the sea as a timetable

Quote this week. I will not post a fare. USM is often the expensive door. The cheap door is a day.

Where you are starting, and how many hours you will burn.

10 nights. If Gulf wins I will look at USM and at the boat. I will not invent a 2019 fare. Quote this week.

18d

Kids, bags: flight if the number is not insane. I am not making a 14-hour combo the family story.

18d

USM is often the expensive door. The cheap door is a day. I would not mix a Facebook van and a boat as one ticket.

18d

6 Sep is BKK. If I add Samui later I want the operator name. I will not screenshot a blog timetable.

18d

October boats cancel. If Gulf still wins, I want a flight backup, not a pier hope. I will not treat the sea as a timetable.

18d

Donsak is not the airport. Say which. I would not paste a Phuket Rassada map onto Surat.

18d

I did DMK then a sleeper north. Samui would have been a different door. I would not have stacked it onto that landing.

17d

First door is still Bangkok. An island ticket is later. I would not buy a non-refundable boat as the only plan.

17d

Wrong sea. From Phuket this is a flight. Andaman boats are the other cancel thread. Do not mix the piers.

17d

A Chiang Mai sleeper is not a Samui ferry. Different peninsula. I would not paste the north onto Donsak.

17d

I have a Bangkok pin. I would not add a boat I cannot name after the last train. Flight or skip for a first week.

16d