Costs to Return to Thailand from Canada During July 2020

[Banana7]

My friend is currently in Ottawa Canada and has been trying to return to his Thai wife in Thailand for the past 3 months. Here are most of the costs, excluding application fees and tests.

 

Economy class flight to BKK, 50,000 baht. 14 Day quarantine hotel 50,000+ baht. COVID-19 insurance USD$100,000 coverage, almost 50,000 baht.

[dimitriv]

Isn't that a bit exaggerated?

 

I am sure I remember quarantine hotels for 2000 baht a night. Covid is just a disease and included in my standard health insurance. The insurance company promised me a letter confirming this.

 

[Banana7]

1 hour ago, dimitriv said:

Isn't that a bit exaggerated?

 

I am sure I remember quarantine hotels for 2000 baht a night. Covid is just a disease and included in my standard health insurance. The insurance company promised me a letter confirming this.

 

No exaggeration. The hotel on booking.com for 2 weeks normally cost CAD$400-450. But he paid CAD$2,500 for the same hotel in the "quarantine" section. Same with the one way flight, you can get one for about CAD$1,500 premium economy, but it has to be a designated flight by the Embassy and now its CAD$2,500.

[rct99q]

I just returned to Thailand from Canada. 

 

Airline ticket was $670cad.

Asq hotel is 35,000baht

Health Insurance is $175 per month but can cancel at anytime.