By car to Koh Chang

Rent-Trip keeps 28 cars for this route, from ฿1,050 to ฿6,420 per day, delivered to any address in Pattaya and to U-Tapao Airport (UTP), Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK) and Don Mueang Airport (DMK) for Pattaya.

Why a self-drive car rental in Pattaya for a trip to Koh Chang beats any fixed timetable

A car parked outside your hotel moves when you move. Going self-drive turns the whole crossing into your decision: leave at dawn or after a late breakfast.

What a self-drive car rental in Pattaya for a trip to Koh Chang actually gives you

Twenty-eight vehicles sit on this page, from ฿1,050 to ฿6,420 a day, every one automatic and right-hand drive for Thailand's left-hand traffic. Delivery to any address in the city is agreed with a manager — the address, the date and the time are fixed before the booking is confirmed. A car you keep means luggage, shopping and wet gear travel with you instead of waiting at a pier.

Who the Pattaya to Koh Chang drive suits best

• Groups of friends: five or more people feel the difference first — one car replaces several seats booked separately, and nobody waits for a late arrival.

The route suits families, groups of friends and anyone staying more than a few days. Booking is available from one day, so a short scouting trip before the island crossing costs little.

What the drive from Pattaya to Koh Chang looks like in a rental car

The whole leg is roughly 245 km and takes about three hours without stops.

The road towards the Koh Chang ferry

Fuel up before the last stretch to the pier.

Taking the car across on the Koh Chang ferry

Car ferries of two operators take vehicles to Koh Chang from the Tha Thammachat Car Ferry Pier in Laem Ngop, Trat, 245.1 km from Pattaya by road. Whether a rental car may go across is agreed with the manager when booking, not promised on this page. Our cars are all right-hand drive and traffic keeps to the LEFT, which is the same convention you drive on in Pattaya, so nothing about the ferry queue or the island roads reverses your instincts.

What the trip costs in each class

A weekly booking starts at ฿6,300 and a monthly one at ฿22,050, both lower per day than the daily rate. If your dates are flexible, compare a weekly booking against your exact day count before you confirm — a five-day trip and a seven-day trip can land at very different per-day numbers once the multiplier applies. Tell the manager at booking that the car is going to the island — taking it on the ferry is agreed at that point.

Choosing a car rental in Pattaya for a trip to Koh Chang by class and price

Four classes cover the whole range on this page: Crossovers, Minivans, Comfort and SUV & 4x4.

Classes and daily rates for a car rental in Pattaya for a trip to Koh Chang

Rent-Trip prices every car in Thai baht with VAT 7% already inside the figure. The cheapest way onto the road is a Comfort sedan or hatchback at ฿1,050 — a Honda City Hatchback e:HEV or a Toyota Yaris Ativ HEV, both hybrids, both automatic. Crossovers start at the same ฿1,050 with the Honda WR-V and rise through the MG ZS at ฿1,200 and the Toyota Corolla Cross Hybrid at ฿1,450 to the BYD Sealion 5 and Chery Tiggo 8 PHEV at ฿1,550. Minivans open at ฿1,290 with the Mitsubishi Xpander, Suzuki XL7 and Toyota Veloz, all seven-seaters, and the class tops out with the Toyota Alphard at ฿6,420. SUV & 4x4 begins at ฿1,590 — a diesel Toyota Fortuner or Fortuner Legender — and the Ford Everest and Isuzu MU-X follow at ฿1,750.

Longer bookings on a car rental in Pattaya for a trip to Koh Chang

Weekly rates start at ฿6,300 and monthly rates at ฿22,050, both lower per day than the daily rate. Those two figures are built the same way for every car: weekly is the daily rate multiplied by six, monthly by twenty-one. A Comfort class at ฿1,050 a day therefore runs ฿6,300 for a week or ฿22,050 for a month.

• One to three days: the daily rate applies, and rental is available from 1 day.
• A month or more: the monthly figure at twenty-one times the daily rate is the one to weigh against your dates.

If your dates are flexible, price the weekly booking against your exact day count before you confirm, and ask the manager whether the class you want is free across the whole stretch. The deposit, the insurance excess and any delivery fee are set out in the rental agreement; the delivery address, date and time for your car are agreed with a manager when booking.

Which rental car in Pattaya for a trip to Koh Chang suits your group

With 28 cars on this page across four classes, the choice comes down to three things: how many seats you need, how much luggage travels with you, and what you want to spend per day.

Which class fits five people

• Comfort — 6 cars from ฿1,050: Honda City Hatchback e:HEV, Toyota Yaris Ativ HEV, BYD Seal 5 DM-i, Toyota Corolla Altis Hybrid, Toyota Camry and Toyota Corolla Altis; sedans and one hatchback, all automatic.
• Minivans — 8 cars from ฿1,290: Mitsubishi Xpander, Toyota Veloz and Suzuki XL7 with seven seats, plus 12-seat Hyundai H-1 and Toyota Commuter vans.

Seven seats or twelve

Seven-seat MPVs start at ฿1,290 a day — the Mitsubishi Xpander, Suzuki XL7 and Toyota Veloz — and the seven-seat Chery Tiggo 8 PHEV crossover is ฿1,550. For twelve travellers, the Hyundai H-1 and Toyota Commuter are ฿4,280 a day, and the seven-seat Maxus MIFA 9 is fully electric at the same rate. Book the class you need for the return leg too, not just the outbound day.

Fuel type and what it means on this route

Diesel is the sensible pick for the SUVs and the 12-seat vans — the Toyota Fortuner, Mitsubishi Pajero Sport, Ford Everest, Isuzu MU-X and Toyota Commuter all run on it, and diesel B7 was ฿41.44 a litre at the last check. The electric Maxus MIFA 9 needs a charging plan before you leave; the plug-in hybrids — BYD Sealion 5, BYD Seal 5 DM-i and Chery Tiggo 8 PHEV — carry on on petrol when the battery runs down. Every car in the fleet is automatic and right-hand drive, and traffic keeps to the LEFT.

Documents and insurance for a car rental in Pattaya for a trip to Koh Chang

Thai paperwork for a cross-country drive is short but unforgiving: one missing permit and the insurer can walk away from a claim. Below is what to carry, what the compulsory cover pays for, and what is written into the rental agreement instead of being quoted as a number.

What you need to carry on a car rental in Pattaya for a trip to Koh Chang

• Home driving licence: your national licence, valid and unexpired, is the base document for every driver named on the booking.
• ASEAN nationals: a national licence from an ASEAN country is enough — no permit and no conversion needed.
• Passport: the main driver's passport travels with the car; it is the identity document behind the agreement.
• Bank card: a card in the main driver's name is used for the security hold, with the amount set out in the rental agreement.
• Police check: driving without the permit is fined ฿500–1,000, and an insurer may refuse a claim, so the permit belongs with the rest of the documents before you leave Pattaya.

Insurance on a car rental in Pattaya for a trip to Koh Chang

Every registered Thai car carries compulsory motor insurance, Por Ror Bor, which covers injury to third parties and travels with the vehicle rather than with the driver. What matters for the drive east is the pairing: the compulsory policy answers for the person you hit, Class 1 answers for the car you are driving. Camera fines are a separate track — they are issued to the car owner and re-invoiced to the renter, so a 120 km/h limit on Motorway 7 caught by a camera reaches you through us rather than at the roadside.

Age, the agreement and the details agreed when booking

The minimum driver age is 21, and conditions for drivers under 25 and for premium classes are set out in the agreement rather than promised on this page. Since 30 December 2025 a car rental agreement is a contract controlled by the OCPB: it is written in Thai, and all fees and penalties are disclosed in it. VAT 7% is already inside the prices you see. The deposit amount is set out in the rental agreement, and the delivery fee, if there is one, is agreed when booking with a manager, together with the delivery address, date and time.

Booking a car rental in Pattaya for a trip to Koh Chang and taking delivery

A car rental in Pattaya for a trip to Koh Chang is confirmed in one conversation with a manager: you name the dates, the delivery address and the time, and we fix the booking around them. The delivery address, the date and the time are agreed with a manager before the booking is fixed, and a delivery fee, if any, is agreed when booking.

How the booking conversation works

Delivery address: any address in Pattaya, and the airport hand-over points are named when you book. Car class: tell the manager how many seats you need and whether the route to the ferry favours a diesel or a hybrid, and the model is matched to that. Driver details: passport, home driving licence and, for non-ASEAN licence holders, an International Driving Permit issued under the 1949 Geneva Convention. Payment and security: a bank card in the main driver's name is used for the security hold, and the amount is set out in the rental agreement. Anything unusual: any extra condition is set out in the rental agreement or agreed when booking, not on the day.

What we need from you before the car is released

VAT 7% is already inside the prices you see, so a weekly booking from ฿6,300 or a monthly one from ฿22,050 needs no further arithmetic on your side. Since 30 December 2025 a car rental agreement in Thailand is a contract controlled by the OCPB: it is written in Thai, and every fee and penalty is disclosed in it. Our 28 cars on this page come clean and with a full tank, and traffic-camera fines issued to the car owner are re-invoiced to the renter.

Taking delivery and the first thirty minutes

The car arrives at the address you gave, right-hand drive like every vehicle on Thai roads, and you drive away on the LEFT. If your plans shift, tell us early: a changed return is far easier to arrange from the city than from a pier.

Driving rules and costs on a car rental in Pattaya for a trip to Koh Chang

Speed limits and fines on the way to the ferry

• Built-up areas: 80 km/h inside Pattaya City, which the law names a built-up area, and inside every town you pass through on Route 3.
• Motorway 7: 120 km/h, enforced primarily by speed cameras; a sign may lower the limit on a given stretch.
• Fines: up to ฿1,000, usually ฿500 when paid on a receipt; a camera fine is issued to the car owner — us — and re-invoiced to the renter.
• Alcohol: 20 mg/dl applies to drivers under 20, holders of temporary licences, drivers without a licence or on the wrong category; for any other driver, treat any drink as a risk.

Fuel, tolls and what the crossing adds

Diesel B7 sits at ฿41.44 a litre and gasohol 95 at ฿39.94 at Bangchak retail, with Chonburi prices differing by a few satang. Motorway 7 is tolled, paid in cash in the left lanes or by M-PASS and Easy Pass in the blue lanes; the whole Bangkok–Pattaya run costs ฿105–130, and the section you use east of the city is shorter. Cash is the simpler choice in a rental car. VAT 7% is already inside every price we quote.

• Home licence plus IDP: a foreign visitor needs both; the International Driving Permit must be the 1949 Geneva Convention model, recognised under section 42 bis of the Motor Vehicle Act.
• ASEAN nationals: your national licence is enough, with no IDP and no conversion.
• Without the permit: the fine is ฿500–1,000, and an insurer may refuse a claim — a far bigger number than the fine.
• Children: under 6 in a child seat to the TISI standard; under 135 cm in a restraint or on a belt.
• Seat belts: everyone, including the rear row.
• Kerbside parking: red-and-white and yellow-and-white kerbs are off limits.

Traffic keeps to the LEFT and every car in our fleet is right-hand drive. Compulsory Por Ror Bor insurance is attached to the car and covers injury to third parties; Class 1 cover for the car itself, the excess and the security hold on a bank card in the main driver's name are set out in the rental agreement. Keep the toll cash and the licence in the same place.

Preparations for car rental in Pattaya for a trip to Koh Chang

A cross-country run to Koh Chang rewards an hour of preparation the evening before. The things to plan are paperwork, fuel timing and the ferry queue — not the driving itself. Here is what we tell renters to tick off before the keys change hands.

Documents and the agreement

• International Driving Permit: the 1949 Geneva Convention version, recognised in Thailand alongside your national licence; ASEAN citizens drive on their national licence without one.
• Passport: carried by the main driver, since it is one of the documents listed for the booking.
• Bank card in the main driver's name: used for the security hold; the amount is set out in the agreement.
• The agreement itself: since 30 December 2025 a car rental contract in Thailand is controlled by the OCPB, written in Thai, with all fees and penalties disclosed in it.

Car, fuel and the crossing

Every car we hand over comes clean with a full tank, and all of them are automatic and right-hand drive because Thai traffic keeps to the LEFT.

Fuel is the other half of the plan. Retail prices in Chonburi run close to ฿41.44 a litre for diesel B7 and ฿39.94 for gasohol 95 — fill up before the last stretch towards the pier.

For the crossing itself, whether the car may go on the Koh Chang ferry is agreed when you book, not promised here. The excess on Class 1 insurance and the conditions for drivers under 25 are set out in the rental agreement, and a delivery fee, if any, is agreed when booking.

Booking a car for a trip to Koh Chang takes one conversation with a manager: agree the delivery address, the date and the time, then confirm the deposit terms in the agreement before you set off.