Ayutthaya
The old capital, before the coaches arrive. Four temple sites, a riverside lunch, and a guide who can tell you why the Buddha head ended up in the tree.
$269per car, up to 4 guests
See the Ayutthaya day
Bangkok · private day trips
Day trips from Bangkok, without the shopping stops.
One English-speaking guide who drives you there, walks you through it and drives you home. Entrance fees already paid. A price that doesn't change at the ticket window.
$269 for the whole car — up to 4 guests, not per person
Guided and driven by Aleck — 20+ years showing people around Thailand, and the only person you deal with all day.
✓ No deposit — pay on the day
What we promise
Three things we do differently, and we mean all three.
These aren't marketing lines. Each one costs us money, which is exactly why the big operators can't copy them.
No shopping stops.
Most Bangkok day tours make their real money at the gem shop, the silk factory and the "handicraft centre". That's ninety minutes of your day standing next to a salesman.
We take no commission from any shop, so we have no reason to take you to one.
No elephant riding. No tiger photos.
An elephant's spine isn't built to carry a bench and four adults, and the cubs handed to tourists are usually taken from their mothers young.
Want to see elephants? Ask us, and we'll point you somewhere nobody rides them.
The price you see is the price you pay.
Entrance fees, the car, charging, tolls, parking, water and your guide — all in the number on the tour page.
Nothing is added at the gate. Nobody hints about tips.
The tours
Two private day trips from Bangkok. We'd rather run two perfectly than forty badly.
Every operator in Bangkok lists forty tours. Nobody can be good at forty. Pick the day that suits you — and if none of them do, message us and we'll build one.
Maeklong Railway Market & Amphawa
The train that runs through the middle of a market — and the floating market Thai families actually go to. Not the one in the photos.
$269per car, up to 4 guests
See the Maeklong & Amphawa day
Prices are per car, not per person, for up to four guests in our electric SUV. Five or more? We arrange a private van with a professional driver — message us for a group quote.
The car
One quiet electric SUV, up to four guests, yours for the whole day.
Private, air-conditioned, and driven by your guide — not handed to a stranger.
Up to 4 guests · one price for the car
Private electric SUV, a Jaecoo 5 EV
Seats up to four guests. Cool, quiet and smooth, with no engine running while you wait at the temple. Aleck drives, so your guide and your driver are the same person all day.
More than four of you? We swap the SUV for a private air-conditioned van with its own professional driver, so Aleck can focus entirely on guiding. Same routes, same promises — message us for a group quote.
How it works
Booked in two minutes. Confirmed by a person, not a robot.
Message us on WhatsApp
Tell us the date and how many of you. No account to create, no card details, no deposit, no "request availability and wait three days".
We confirm within 12 hours
A real person replies with your guide's name, the car and your meeting time, and answers anything you want to ask first — what to wear, whether the kids will cope, where to eat.
Meet us at BTS National Stadium
Exit 1, one stop from Siam. Aleck is waiting at the exit with a quiet, air-conditioned electric SUV and cold water. You pay at the end of the day, cash or bank transfer — nothing before.
Private vs join-in
Why we don't run cheap group tours.
A 900-baht join-in tour is not the same product sold cheaper. It's a different product, and the difference shows up around 11am.
| Private with us | Typical join-in tour | |
|---|---|---|
| Who's in the car | Just your group | 20–40 strangers in a coach |
| Departure | Time you choose | Fixed, and you wait for latecomers |
| Pace | Yours | The slowest person's |
| Shopping stops | None, ever | One to three, 45–90 minutes each |
| Start of the day | One central BTS stop, and you leave straight away | An hour in a minibus collecting other hotels first |
| Changing plans mid-day | Just tell your guide | Not possible |
| Entrance fees | Included | Usually extra, collected in cash at the gate |
| Price | Fixed per vehicle | Low headline, extras on the day |
Who you're actually booking
Meet Aleck, your private guide with a car in Bangkok. Twenty years of doing this properly.
You are not booking a call centre that subcontracts your day to whoever answers the phone. You're booking one person, for the whole day.
Aleck
Your guide for 20+ years — and your driver
Aleck has been guiding visitors around Thailand for more than twenty years — for British tour operators, and every year for cycling groups from Switzerland, who are not people who forgive a late start or a vague answer. That's long enough to remember Amphawa before the weekend crowds found it, to know which Ayutthaya temple to reach first before the heat and the coaches arrive, and to answer every question a first-time visitor can ask with a better story than the guidebook.
Aleck also drives. So the person explaining the temple is the same person who knows where to park, which lunch place is worth the detour, and exactly when to leave to beat the Bangkok traffic home. No handover between strangers. No waiting in a car park on somebody else's schedule. Just one very experienced local, and your group, for the whole day.
Aor
Founder, BangkokASAP · Former Airbnb Superhost
Before founding BangkokASAP, Aor spent eight years as an Airbnb Superhost, running twelve apartments in Bangkok and one in Osaka and welcoming around two thousand guests from all over the world. The question she heard most was always the same: where should we go for a day, and who can we trust to take us?
Too often, the honest answer was a coach tour built around commission stops, animal rides and extras at the ticket window. BangkokASAP is her answer: two private day trips out of the city she calls home, guided by Aleck and run to the same standards that earned her Superhost status — quick replies, clear prices and a real person behind every message.
Aor is also the founder of SwissASAP, a Switzerland travel platform serving travellers worldwide.
Questions people actually ask
Is the price per person or per vehicle?
Per vehicle. A private car takes up to four guests, and the price is the same whether there are two of you or four. For five or more, we arrange a private van with its own professional driver while Aleck guides — message us for a quote. Two people travelling together pay less per head than almost any join-in tour once you add the extras those tours charge at the gate.
Are entrance fees really included?
Yes. Temple and park entrance fees for everyone in your group, fuel, tolls, parking, bottled water and your guide for the whole day are all in the price on the tour page. The only thing you pay for separately is lunch, so you can choose what and where you eat instead of being sat down in front of a set menu.
Do you stop at gem shops, silk factories or handicraft centres?
Never. Those stops exist because the operator takes a commission on what you buy — it is how most cheap Bangkok tours actually make money. We don't accept commission from any shop, so we have no reason to take you to one. If you want to shop, tell your guide and they'll take you somewhere Thai people buy things.
Do you offer elephant riding or tiger photos?
No, and we won't book it for you elsewhere. An elephant's spine isn't built to carry a bench and several adults, and the cubs handed to tourists for photos are usually taken from their mothers young. If you want to see elephants, ask us and we'll point you to a sanctuary where you feed and bathe them instead — no riding, no chains, no shows.
Is this a private tour, or will we share the car with strangers?
Completely private. It's your group and your guide for the whole day. Nobody else joins, and we don't run join-in departures at all.
Where do we meet?
At BTS National Stadium, Exit 1 — the Skytrain station beside MBK Center, one stop from Siam. Aleck meets you right at the exit with the car, and the day ends back at the same spot. From most central hotels it's a short BTS ride or an easy taxi; just tell the driver "BTS National Stadium, Exit 1". We send you the exact meeting time on WhatsApp the evening before.
What happens if it rains?
Most of these trips still work in rain, and Thai rain usually passes in an hour. If the weather would genuinely ruin the day — a flooded canal at Amphawa, for example — we'll call you the evening before and offer you a different date or a full refund. We'd rather move your trip than take your money for a bad day.
Can we change the plan during the day?
Yes. It's your car. Skip a temple, stay longer at the market, stop for coffee, go back early because the kids are melting — just tell your guide. The itineraries on this site are what we recommend, not a schedule you're locked into.
How do I pay?
You pay at the end of the day, in cash (Thai baht) or by bank transfer — whichever is easier for you. There is no deposit and we don't ask for card details to hold a date. The price we confirm on WhatsApp is the price you pay, with entrance fees already in it.
What is your cancellation policy?
Cancel free up to 72 hours before your start time — there is nothing to refund, because you haven't paid anything yet. Inside 72 hours we'll ask you to move the date rather than cancel outright, because your guide has already turned down other work for that day.
Pick a day. We'll take care of the rest.
Message us on WhatsApp — it takes two minutes, and you'll get a real answer from a real person. No deposit, no card details, no pressure.