Are you staying in Thailand or going back home?

[parafareno]

I have a flight on 16th of april to Europe EU. I dont know if I will be able to return. What to do then if people will not be able to fly back?

I used bravofly.com to book my ticket.....and now my booking is even gone from their website...it is a big mess...

 

Edited March 15, 2020 by parafareno

[tonray]

3 minutes ago, parafareno said:

I have a flight on 16th of april to Europe EU. I dont know if I will be able to return. What to do then if people will not be able to fly back?

I'd imagine they'd stay at home in their country of origin

[Airalee]

Make the choice of where you want to be stranded.  My flights were cancelled but even if they weren’t, I’d prefer to be stranded here vs. back in the US.

[KhunBENQ]

I live here, I stay here and have discarded any potential travel plans.

Annual visitors starting to cancel their travel plans this year (as far as June/July).

 

You didn't say whether you live here on long term (extension)?

Of course a risk that you might be trapped at home country and have to start all over.

 

1 hour ago, parafareno said:

I used bravofly.com to book my ticket.....and now my booking is even gone from their website...it is a big mess...

That's a separate topic (and details needed).

Edited March 15, 2020 by KhunBENQ

[from the home of CC]

my annual visitors are all packing up and leaving early after Canada sent warnings out to them all to return asap..

[spiekerjozef]

Stay here.

[ChipButty]

I've been here that long I've forgot where home is

[Blue Muton]

1 minute ago, ChipButty said:

I've been here that long I've forgot where home is

Wherever do you lay your hat?

[ChipButty]

Seriously, Im staying put was looking to go for 3 month holiday somewhere maybe around the Med Im worried not being able to get back here my wife would be ok, just think of the money I will save

[sanuk711]

5 minutes ago, ChipButty said:

I've been here that long I've forgot where home is

With a  nom de plume like that I would say.... definitely north of Watford...........

[Mavideol]

10 minutes ago, ChipButty said:

I've been here that long I've forgot where home is

home is where the heart is.....

[izod10]

Stay in Thailand,hot sunshine,you will die cold wet climate

[NCC1701A]

as i said two weeks ago everyone needed to decide where you want to be for the next six months. 

i have been staying home here in Hua Hin except for large grocery shopping. going straight to what is needed in the store then out and straight back home. mask, hand sanitizer, social distancing. even in public staying as far away as possible from other people. 

 

if you are over 60, living in Thailand you should starting thinking about what you are going to do when you get the virus. and don't say "go to the hospital."  

 

and while i understand the Philippines are not Thailand, just look at what is happening there to see the possible next step in Thailand.

 

 

Edited March 15, 2020 by NCC1701A

[izod10]

8 minutes ago, ChipButty said:

Seriously, Im staying put was looking to go for 3 month holiday somewhere maybe around the Med Im worried not being able to get back here my wife would be ok, just think of the money I will save

Same same  Red sea  bit of coral diving,then Benidorm...all on hold   

[ThailandRyan]

When I decided to move to Thailand, it was for not only the weather, but the food, and cost of living compared to California.  Have sold off all in California except one retirement home in a Del Webb Community used as my fall back location and currently reside in by my elderly mother.  Praying she survives this issue, but at 93 she says she has already lived a productive life...

 

Staying put know, trip for June to see a graduation has been scrapped, unless a miracle occurs.

[vivananahuahin]

i will stay here,i will normal go to Malaysia to make a new fresh Non O visa march 23, i will reschedule this flight if possible and ask to my IO 60 days extension based on my marriage until this virus storm is finished,if not yet i will ask again 30 days more extension with a consular letter from my embassy to go further,i am 74 years old heart patient and the risk are to high for me to travel anywhere and may be blocked for weeks or months and go back to Europe no,it is the epicenter of the epidemic,i will stay safe here.

[Matzzon]

2 hours ago, tonray said:

I'd imagine they'd stay at home in their country of origin

Eeeeh! He asked how to do if he can´t fly out! That means he is already in Thailand. How can he stay home if he is not there?

[GalaxyMan]

Home is here, here is home; where would I go? And why? ????

[Chivas]

2 hours ago, tonray said:

I'd imagine they'd stay at home in their country of origin

Absolutely nobody in their right mind is currently flying out of their home country.

I suspect 1 month from now the situation will be 10 times worse. I'm grateful I got home 2 weeks in one piece but since that short period its escalated out of control

[blackcab]

Myself and the other moderators will stay at the thaivisa.com secure site. I can't tell you what country that is in though.

[BritManToo]

1 minute ago, Chivas said:

Absolutely nobody in their right mind is currently flying out of their home country.

I suspect 1 month from now the situation will be 10 times worse. I'm grateful I got home 2 weeks in one piece but since that short period its escalated out of control

Yes, I think it's going to get far worse too.

[4MyEgo]

Had a mate go to Bangkok recently with girlfriend and kid for a short holiday, he asked me beforehand if he should and I said, not me, anyways, he got back, has the sniffles, as has the girlfriend and the kid has a bout of bronchitis he suspects, so they are going to the doctor today, so catching up before he heads off back to the home country is out of the question, see yah next time around, maybe ?

 

With the school holidays now, we are going nowhere, everybody is staying home, kids/teenagers know only mum and dad go out when necessary to buy grocery items, front gate is locked and no one come within coo-ee.

 

We are stocked up, but with hungry kids, meats only last so long (two fridges), so maybe every week 10 days we will venture out, as NCC said, with what appears to be a white G-string left behind by one of his short-timers over his face being used as a face mask (breath deep, deeper), will venture in and out to do our grocery shopping, getting exactly what we want as opposed to me hanging around and looking at the eye-candy, iPhone on video for watching later ????

 

Wife has gone into serious mode with her family who live up the road, i.e. if you are going to be with crowds and take your kids with you, don't come around here, all scratching their heads, what's with her....lol

 

Edited March 15, 2020 by 4MyEgo

[Chivas]

1 minute ago, BritManToo said:

Yes, I think it's going to get far worse too.

We've seen absolutely nothing yet and as Brits I'm expecting tomorrow for us to join the banned list of nationals because its out of control here in the UK....Apart from that we have to lock our borders at home as well

[RichardColeman]

I have to return to the UK for medical reasons in June , but have currently nowhere to stay - I tend to only go back for about 48 hours and return usually, so it was never an issue before.

 

However, I fear I will not be let back into Thailand.

 

Currently I am planning with the wife what's the littlest she needs to survive with the baby and find some bed and breakfast for 6 months up north of UK until it gets less silly with Thai immigration who may come up with some new daft demand.

 

I am also talking to couriers to see if I can can some UK medication send here instead of returning, though hard as I cannot do paperwork from here.  

 

Problem will be if they closed the UK airports stranding people all over the world. I would hope that the UK government agree to return all people from abroad before closing an airport. 

 

I read today EVA air will be cutting back flight to Europe now due to demand, so there is another avenue closing for some of us

[Saraburi121]

Staying here, better health care (in private hospitals) and cheaper (even in private hospitals) than my home state in the US. Healthcare and pharmaceuticals in the US are out of control.  

[twocatsmac]

if you are over 60, living in Thailand you should starting thinking about what you are going to do when you get the virus. and don't say "go to the hospital."  

 

and they wont be allowed to board a plane to a home country for treatment. 

Will long term “tourists” with the virus report to immigration for extensions on medical grounds? 

Edited March 15, 2020 by twocatsmac

[Saltire]

I have a ticket with British Airways end May for a trip home to Scotland, but I am waiting on BA to give me options. If they offer a cost free flight change or refund I will take one or the other. If they don't I will contact them a month before I go for options. I'd prefer to be trapped here (home) than in Scotland (cold).

 

I for sure feel less at risk here in my small village, apart from the many now jobless returning youth, there is minimal interaction with 'outsiders'. Shop once a month to Makro/BigC is the biggest risk for me, but if I forego 'luxury items', I feel we are pretty well self-sufficient here. Time will tell.

 

Will also not be going on my annual break to Cambodia, that can wait too.

[Bluetongue]

Well had a trip to Aus planned on 17 April, with a side trip to US for two weeks, then back here in July. US is cancelled, I've not decided what to do with 17 April but I reckon that will probably be taken out of my hands, flights will be cancelled, borders closed etc. To make today worse, the missus just received some notice on her phone, haven't translated it yet but she said, "you cannot go". Anyway have lots of rice, dog food, getting some more water storage will have to hunker down here

 

[Don Mega]

Prolly just stay here I reckon.

[izod10]

18 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Yes, I think it's going to get far worse too.

The infection rates in Thailand will be nowhere near as high as Europe,the hot weather ,plus culture will keep it check,but agree europe will be wiped out.

  Even if home is UK/eu still no medical help as such,just a bottle of oxygen