Chiang Mai Travel Forum

i am flying into chiang mai wed aug27, and need to get to chiang rai that evening! does anyone know if there is taxi service( limo, van etc.) available from chiang mai airport to chiang rai? i know i can take bus or train, but my time is limited and i must get to chiang rai very quickly once i land, so if anyone knows or can help me find out if taxi is available from chiang mai airport to chiang rai, please respond, thanks

The straight answer is yes. The easiest and fastest way to go about that is probably to contact Thai airways and have them set up a taxi for you from Chiang Mai airport to Chiang Rai. But this is by far not the cheapest. You could try and get a taxi from the street to take you if you can negotiate a good price, and then there is always a hotel taxi. Any hotel taxi could take you but there again it's not going to be too cheap.
I don't know if you "have" to go to Chiang Mai? Why not just fly direct from Bangkok to Chiang Rai?? If you are in that much of a hurry it doesn't sound as if you need to go to Chiang Mai. Nok air I think can do it for about 4000baht. Thai air also but for about 6000Baht+. Try www.thailandday.com/Tickets/Airtickets/Flightticket
Good luck