Need Help in Phuket - Baby Seat.
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We will be travelling to Phuket, Thailand in a month, staying at the Holiday Inn. By then we will have a 6-month old baby. The trip from airport to hotel is approximately 40-50km and we will only travel in a vehicle with the baby in an approved child restraint. Unfortunately this appears to be the exception in Thailand, which for much the same reason is all the more reason to ensure the child is well protected... The guest relations staff of Priority Privilege are trying their absolute hardest but I fear will come up short due to the HI's choice of local contractor who only has a booster seat for one-year olds and above. Does anyone know how I could arrange a transfer with a child seat on-board? Taking our own is not an option. Alternatively, has anyone ever stayed at another hotel which managed, as I could contact them.
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Unfortunatley when travelling to a country where the road laws are so different to ours, such a request is going to be difficult. Many Taxi's in Thailand don't even have seatbelts, let alone child restraint anchor points. If you feel a bit safer, you can take a mini-bus and hold your child in your hands. That may turn out to be the best option, as I believe you'll struggle to find anyone who can say with 100% certainty that a child restraint will be made available.
On the plus side, you've picked an excellent hotel and will certainly enjoy your stay when you get there.
Why would a mini-bus be safer? Lower speed perhaps? I am starting to lose confidence in my chances. I fully appreciate what you are talking about in relation to Thai road rules. However, I am rather shocked that American and international hotel chains, and their delegates don't know better. I might also try contacting major hire-car companies and see how that goes. Of course that in itself creates a trade-off, as the child is better protected but I am driving on unfamiliar roads. Anyone else have any suggestions?
Honestly a mini-bus would be no safer, however I just thought that as it is a "bus" so to speak nobody would have seatbelts and hence you might feel a bit better about it (just like getting on a bus here in Australia).
Hiring a car is an option and Avis are represented at Phuket Airport. You can hire a Honda City (aka Jazz Sedan) for about 1400THB a day and take on the option of a child seat - however Phuket's roads are rather intimidating so really you'd be better off with a local driving.
Of course that in itself creates a trade-off, as the child is better protected but I am driving on unfamiliar roads. Anyone else have any suggestions?
I have never been to Phuket so I'm not sure what the driving is like, but I have just come back from Northern Thailand and Bangkok and I would strongly advise against driving if you are not 100% confident.
The only other thing I can think of, is try to negotiate to just hire the baby capsule from a car hire firm at the airport. Then take the private car where you *should* be able to lock the seat in.
...some have started installing seat belts up there!
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