Visa trip to Laos....

Post by **astrid** » August 20, 2008, 4:09 pm

HI again.

How much is a trip to laos and back to Udorn costing you guys and

what
time will it take you ?

Not counting drinking and fun.

Bo.

Post by **handsome-Dane** » August 20, 2008, 4:13 pm

Go to Laos without drinking and fun.!!!!

Last time I went I paid 1500 bath and I went there in a rented car. Best time in my eyes are early morning around 8am..

Post by **wokkawombat** » August 20, 2008, 4:15 pm

For a day trip or overnight in Laos?
John

Post by **astrid** » August 20, 2008, 4:25 pm

I guess 1 night in a hotel in case delays with Visa.
How much for a round trip, bus I guess.
How much for the Visa ?

Bo.

Post by **beer monkey** » August 20, 2008, 4:26 pm

handsome-Dane wrote:
Last time I went I paid 1500 bath and I went there in a rented car. Best time in my eyes are early morning around 8am..

Can you take a rented car into Laos..?
(presume you talking about self-drive,terms and conditions etc)

Post by **wokkawombat** » August 20, 2008, 5:04 pm

Sorry, I have only done trips over the bridge, entered Laos, got Lao visa (USD30.00 for Australians USD35.00> for other nationalities) visited duty free and come straight back to Thailand.

John

Post by **Roy** » August 20, 2008, 5:05 pm

Approximate prices only.

Bus from Udon to NK 80 baht eachway
Tuk tuk from bus stop to bridge 60/100 baht eachway
Bus across bridge 15 baht eachway
Laos visa 1,500 baht (1,200 if change baht to $ at bridge)
Entry fee to Laos 10 baht
Taxi to Vientiane 300/400 baht eachway
Thai visa 1000 baht 2 month Tourist visa. More if another.
Hotel Up2U (500 baht up, 800 gets an OK place)

Post by **WBU ALUM** » August 20, 2008, 5:05 pm

Had no problem getting the visa, which was 1500 baht.

Waiting in line at the border on the Thailand side at about 5pm took forever. They only had two windows open, and the lines wrapped around outside the railings.

Post by **Roy** » August 20, 2008, 5:13 pm

Yep go early if you are doing a visa run. You have to be at the Thai embassy by noon but I would not recommend getting there after 11am.
Get to the bridge about 8-8.30am and you wont have a problem.
You will have to wait in line at the Thai embassy no matter what time you get there and then wait an eternity to pay once you have submitted your form so just have to live with that.
Have to pick up your visa after 1pm the next day but that is pretty quick, expect to be back in Udon before 3.30pm.

Post by **astrid** » August 20, 2008, 5:17 pm

Roy !

Do I need a Laos Via aswell ?

Bo

Post by **wokkawombat** » August 20, 2008, 5:20 pm

You need a Visa to enter Laos. You buy it at the border at the Laos side of the bridge.

John

Post by **Roy** » August 20, 2008, 5:26 pm

Yep what John said.
All you need is a passport pic and your passport, fill out the form and your away, no biggie.

Post by **astrid** » August 20, 2008, 5:32 pm

I am getting closer to be a farang post by post....
Thanks for info.

Bo.

Post by **merchant seaman** » August 21, 2008, 7:53 am

If you don't want to wait in line at the Thai Embassy liscense tour agents outside the embassy will process your paper work and deliver your passport to you the next day at one at your hotel. Completely legal I use them all the time. Cost 3000 baht plus the cost of the visa. Non "O" single entry visa 2000 baht

Post by **martynsnowman** » August 21, 2008, 10:15 am

Roy wrote:Approximate prices only.

Bus from Udon to NK 80 baht eachway
Tuk tuk from bus stop to bridge 60/100 baht eachway
Bus across bridge 15 baht eachway
Laos visa 1,500 baht (1,200 if change baht to $ at bridge)
Entry fee to Laos 10 baht
Taxi to Vientiane 300/400 baht eachway
Thai visa 1000 baht 2 month Tourist visa. More if another.
Hotel Up2U (500 baht up, 800 gets an OK place)

ROY , i,m sure you did,nt mean to miss out the first part ,
no1, go to good friend ask for loan of say 10,000bt . to do visa run
promising to pay back friday . friday never comes ... nore the next or even the next ... i hope your all keeping up ...
cost of a visa run if you have friend who trusts you ....FREE...
ask roy ......

Post by **Roy** » August 21, 2008, 10:34 am

I have tried to explain to you that this incredibly embarrassing situation has arose through no fault of my own and I am in contact with the UK daily trying to rectify it.
If there was anything more I could do I would be doing it as this is rapidly turning into the worst period of my life.
But hey thanks for making it public.

Post by **RALPHCUSENS** » August 21, 2008, 1:21 pm

Martysnowman wrote,

"ROY , i,m sure you did,nt mean to miss out the first part ,
no1, go to good friend ask for loan of say 10,000bt . to do visa run
promising to pay back friday . friday never comes ... nore the next or even the next ... i hope your all keeping up ...
cost of a visa run if you have friend who trusts you ....FREE...
ask roy ...... Shame on you"

although I would say that this is not the place to air this sort of thing, I do see that you may feel aggrieved.

I will say however, Roy has been a great mate of mine, yes,he has his faults, but there again, so have we all, but lying is not as far as I'm aware, not one of them.

I know for sure, as he has tried to explain, he has a problem, (which can happen to us all), which is entirely out of his control, which as he told you he is trying to rectify.

I am going to PM you to endeavor to sort things out.

All the best'

Ralph

Post by **handsome-Dane** » August 21, 2008, 1:27 pm

Beermonkey.
Where in my statement did I write that I drove in my rented car cross the border.????????? I went to NK from Udon in it. I take the bus over the brigde and back..

Post by **wokkawombat** » August 21, 2008, 2:45 pm

handsome-dane, I understood from your post that you went in a rented car. The original post was about going to Laos and you said you went there in a rented car. Maybe a different understanding of the use of the word 'there". No Ploblems.

John

Post by **beer monkey** » August 21, 2008, 3:02 pm

handsome-Dane wrote:Beermonkey.
Where in my statement did I write that I drove in my rented car cross the border.????????? I went to NK from Udon in it. I take the bus over the brigde and back..

Here..

handsome-Dane wrote:Go to Laos without drinking and fun.!!!!
Last time I went I paid 1500 bath and I went 'there' in a rented car. Best time in my eyes are early morning around 8am..

Thanks.