The most popular SUV models offered at rental locations in Pattaya are: Nissan Pathfinder 4WD, Toyota Landcruiser, Toyota Fortuner, Daihatsu Terios, Hyundai Santa Fe, Hyundai Tuscon and others.
While selecting your preferred model of an off-road vehicle, please examine the rental conditions. In particular, those requirements that concern credit cards – when it comes to renting an expensive car, sometimes offices in Thailand ask information about two credit cards.
Before signing the contract in the rental office upon arrival, check that the invoice figures match with figures in your voucher.
Once the vehicle is assigned, inspect it carefully before leaving the parking. Crossovers and SUVs are often used in tough road conditions, therefore scratches and other exteriour defects are inevitable. Due to this, it is important to check and specify all existing defects in your rental documents.
If you plan to use an off-road vehicle in the mountains, it is recommended to order snow chains. This will save you from unexpected incidents. Other important equipment in Thailand are mandatory child seats for travellers with children.
OrangeSmile.com wishes you a safe trip and green lights on the roads of Pattaya!
Common questions on rental process
In order to warn drivers about the place of an accident, not all local drivers use standard emergency signs. Many drivers simply use large stones or branches instead of them.
Drivers from other countries will certainly appreciate the fact that in popular tourist areas all information in road signs is duplicated in English. It will be a little more difficult to travel to remote areas and islands, because it will be really hard to find any marks or signs in English.
In large cities of the country the traffic is very slow from 7am to 10am and from 4pm to 7pm. If possible, try to refrain from car rides at this time, since the probability of becoming involved in a traffic accident increases in several times.
