skytrooper70

"Phuket Sandbox’s visitors are required to stay at SHA Plus hotels on Phuket for their added safety. SHA Plus certification indicates a hotel meets the safety measures to control COVID-19, and also that at least 70% of its workforce has been fully vaccinated." How is a 14 day required SHA PLUS hotel stay safer for a returning expat homeowner, who will be exposed to possibly 30% of non-fully vaccinated hotel staff, as well as to other guests who may or may not become exposed/infected when they travel outside the hotel?

I'm in the process of arranging to travel, in late September, to Phuket, using the Royal Thai Vacation services. They've offered to provide my SHA PLUS hotel accommodation, SHA PLUS airport transfer to hotel, COVID-19 insurance cover, arrange my three prepaid RT-PCR tests and actually handle the entire COE application. So far, all that I have had to do is provide them with my passport, flight details and vaccination card. To be honest, it is quite expensive compared to sorting out the process, on my own; however, after getting a very confusing run around, at the Thai LA Consulate, on my initial COE application, coupled with the hassles searching for insurance, at 75 years old, I figured that the extra cost would be worthwhile. Of course, the proof is in the pudding.

The COVID and general health insurance options, for Thailand, appear to stop after age 74. Does anyone know of coverages that are available for those over 74 years of age? Thank you.

Hmmm....even if the bars were open and the young ladies/boys returned, this latest guideline could dampen the enthusiasm. Of course it doesn't specify exactly "where" the face mask must be worn. ????https://aseannow.com/topic/1226877-thailand%E2%80%99s-department-of-health-advises-people-wear-face-masks-during-sex/

Phuket may be "without the need to quarantine," but why is there a "curfew" that requires all arrivals to report in and stay overnight at their SHA PLUS hotels? Even arriving home owners are prevented from staying overnight in their own homes, despite being willing to pay for a 14 day SHA PLUS hotel stay. Surely, it is safer to stay isolated in one's home than to share a hotel with unknown numbers of guests and hotel staff.