Holidays in Vientiane during Chinese new year.

[mcsiva8]

Hi, Does anyone know the dates that the Thai consulate in Vientiane, will be closed during the Chinese new year in Feb, second week? Or rather will they be open on Monday 19th February 2018. Cheers Chris.

 

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[ubonjoe]

It is not a holiday for the embassy. See: http://vientiane.thaiembassy.org/en/embassy/calendar.php

Same here for immigration and etc.

[darrendsd]

Thaivisaservice have a trip planned on the 18th which will arrive on the 19th so yes it will be open

 

http://www.thaivisaservice.com/

[Jeremy50]

Wait until the 19th to be on the safe side. Vientiane is better avoided during any festivities.  The damn boat festival in October was a nightmare, the whole river front a no-go area. Does the visa service still use the La Ong Dao hotel? On no account stay there, what a depressing dump. Plenty of nice places by the river.

[mcsiva8]

It is not a holiday for the embassy. See: http://vientiane.thaiembassy.org/en/embassy/calendar.php
Same here for immigration and etc.

Thanks very much for that Joe. Much appreciated. I see it's a holiday on 15/2 in Thailand.

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[mcsiva8]

Thaivisaservice have a trip planned on the 18th which will arrive on the 19th so yes it will be open
 
http://www.thaivisaservice.com/

Thanks Thai visa service, I'll see you there. [emoji1]

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[mcsiva8]

Wait until the 19th to be on the safe side. Vientiane is better avoided during any festivities.  The damn boat festival in October was a nightmare, the whole river front a no-go area. Does the visa service still use the La Ong Dao hotel? On no account stay there, what a depressing dump. Plenty of nice places by the river.

Thanks Jeremy for your reply. Much appreciated. I'm going from khon kean on the international bus on 18/2, have to be out by then.

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[BritTim]

8 hours ago, mcsiva8 said:

Thanks Jeremy for your reply. Much appreciated. I'm going from khon kean on the international bus on 18/2, have to be out by then.

I assume you are aware that use of the international bus from Khon Kaen requires that you already have a Lao visa. That bus does not take passengers planning to get a Lao visa on arrival.

[mcsiva8]

I assume you are aware that use of the international bus from Khon Kaen requires that you already have a Lao visa. That bus does not take passengers planning to get a Lao visa on arrival.

Yep, I know, I've done that trip before. Cheers

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[ubonjoe]

12 hours ago, mcsiva8 said:

Thanks very much for that Joe. Much appreciated. I see it's a holiday on 15/2 in Thailand.

February the 16th is shown in red on my calendar but it is not a official holiday. Banks, immigration and etc will be open.

See: Holidays For 2018.pdf

[mcsiva8]

February the 16th is shown in red on my calendar but it is not a official holiday. Banks, immigration and etc will be open.
See: Holidays For 2018.pdf

Thanks for your help. I saw that on the calendar of holidays.

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