The hard part is the ride home
Picture the last song. The lights come up and thousands of people head for the exits at the same moment. Taxi queues stretch along the road, ride-hailing apps keep searching for a car, and the roads out of Muang Thong Thani crawl. If you live in Bangkok that is an annoying hour. If you are staying in Pattaya, it can be a very long night.
That is the real reason to book a van Pattaya to IMPACT Muang Thong Thani. Your group arrives together, and after the show you walk to an agreed meeting point and the same van takes you all the way back to your hotel door. No queue, no splitting into three cars, no bargaining at midnight.
Getting to Muang Thong Thani before the doors open
IMPACT is not in central Bangkok. The arena, exhibition halls and convention centre sit in Muang Thong Thani, on the northern edge of the city in Nonthaburi province, a fair way past the centre for anyone coming from the Pattaya side. Plan on roughly two and a half to three hours on a normal day, and more on event days, when the last few kilometres into the venue fill with cars and coaches.
Tell us what time you want to be at the entrance and we work backwards from there, with margin for the event traffic. If you want to queue for merchandise or meet friends first, say so and we leave earlier.
- Send us the name of the hall or arena on your ticket so the driver heads to the right side of the site
- Agree a meeting point that is a short walk from the main exits, not right outside them
- Keep your phone charged — a quick message is the fastest way to find your driver after the show
- Big crowd at the end? Wait ten minutes inside rather than fight the rush
Wait for you, or come back for you
There are two ways to do it. The driver can stay in the area during the event and take you home afterwards, or you can book two separate rides with a fixed pick-up time. Return trips and waiting time are always priced in chat before you go, so you know the full cost before you buy the drinks. The fixed price for the whole vehicle is confirmed in chat too, with tolls and fuel included, and you pay the driver in cash at the end.
If you are flying out the next morning, Don Mueang airport is on the same northern side of Bangkok, and our Pattaya to Don Mueang page covers that route. For a concert night with friends, Van Pattaya to IMPACT Muang Thong Thani means one booking, one driver and nine seats.