natway09 Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 Why is everybody getting their tits in a tangle ? The cheapest NZ is offering for 15 days is over $8,000 (approx 168,000 Thb) 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bender Rodriguez Posted August 5, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 5, 2020 tourism is dead, sad, my 75 year old mother will never be able to visit anymore 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spock Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 8 minutes ago, natway09 said: Why is everybody getting their tits in a tangle ? The cheapest NZ is offering for 15 days is over $8,000 (approx 168,000 Thb) Australian prices around $3000 so I cannot see how NZ could be asking $8000. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destiny1990 Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 Wow the momentum is getting back. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorpusChristie Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 12 minutes ago, natway09 said: Why is everybody getting their tits in a tangle ? The cheapest NZ is offering for 15 days is over $8,000 (approx 168,000 Thb) Because we dont need to go into quarantine in New Zealand and so are not concerned about how much it costs there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackie66 Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 39 minutes ago, Ketyo said: What they should do is test everyone when they get off the plane. If everyone passes on the plane, let everyone quarantine at home for 14 days. Give them the App if necessary. But, if anyone on the plane tests positive for COVID.. then the whole plane has to go into government quarantine for 14 days either at a cheap government facility or one of these higher end options at their own cost. Yeah get everyone have a test 48 hours before flight and then test at airport on arrival. Then just self isolate for 14 days. Seems like a good and safe compromise. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post gomangosteen Posted August 5, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 5, 2020 (edited) 34 minutes ago, natway09 said: Why is everybody getting their tits in a tangle ? The cheapest NZ is offering for 15 days is over $8,000 (approx 168,000 Thb) Not relevant to Thailand, however i don't know how you dreamed up that amount? New Zealand announced today: Quote The current Government is planning to set those charges at a Cabinet meeting on Monday. It intends to set them at $3100 for a single adult, $950 for another adult in that room, and $475 for additional children. The charges will apply to any returning Kiwis who leave the country after August 10, or left earlier but are returning to New Zealand to visit rather than live. The Crown is expecting to recoup only about $10 million from the scheme, a small fraction of the $499m projected cost for this year. Edited August 5, 2020 by gomangosteen 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsve Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 Are millionars and billionars idiots? Who else would spend that amount of money to be locked in for 14 days in an undevelopment country? Some dreamers do just not have borders in their idiozy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DrTuner Posted August 5, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 5, 2020 (edited) 1 minute ago, Parsve said: Are millionars and billionars idiots? Who else would spend that amount of money to be locked in for 14 days in an undevelopment country? Some dreamers do just not have borders in their idiozy. They are probably trying to gouge the farangs that are desperate to get back to their families in Thailand. Never waste a good crisis to make a profit. Edited August 5, 2020 by DrTuner 7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hotchilli Posted August 5, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 5, 2020 4 hours ago, webfact said: 1. Movenpick Wellness Hotel BDMS Resort Bangkok with 250 rooms I read it too quickly and spat out my beer.... I'll let you work it out. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkk6060 Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 (edited) 18 minutes ago, Parsve said: Are millionars and billionars idiots? Who else would spend that amount of money to be locked in for 14 days in an undevelopment country? Some dreamers do just not have borders in their idiozy. No, they are people who have money. Gee, what a concept. Bangkok is not undeveloped and your comment is naive and indicative of one who has obviously never been here. If a person does not have much money, then they have difficulty figuring it out. Not everyone is poor and cheap. Tiger Woods spent 20 million on his yacht. Why? Because he can... Edited August 5, 2020 by bkk6060 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorpusChristie Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 17 minutes ago, Parsve said: Are millionars and billionars idiots? Who else would spend that amount of money to be locked in for 14 days in an undevelopment country? Some dreamers do just not have borders in their idiozy. Although it isnt cheap. its still less than US$2000 which is reasonable for a luxurious 14 day stay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmjam Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 You can check in, but you can never check out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsve Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 5 minutes ago, bkk6060 said: No, they are people who have money. Gee, what a concept. Bangkok is not undeveloped and your comment is naive and indicative of one who has obviously never been here. If a person does not have much money, then they have difficulty figuring it out. Not everyone is poor and cheap. Tiger Woods spent 20 million on his yacht. Why? Because he can... Thanks for that Smarty, from one living in Thailand since 2012, of which one year in Bangkok and I know perfectly well that there are "underdeveloped" areas in Bangkok. Do you Smarty knows the difference between a country and a town? No, I do not think so. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronaldo0 Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 Which one has the best bar /nightclub in it ? ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DrTuner Posted August 5, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 5, 2020 (edited) 30 minutes ago, hotchilli said: I read it too quickly and spat out my beer.... I'll let you work it out. I know. I drove past the huge BDMS sign a couple of hundred times on my way to BKK on highway 7. Felt appropriate, like being whupped on the buttocks each time. Edited August 5, 2020 by DrTuner Bloody hell I actually wrote it like you thought at first. Hobgoblins of the mind. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairynuff Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 Errmmm sorry, I just wanted to rent the Toom, not buy it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skorp13 Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 Funniest thing i have read all day 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshire Tea Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 No mini-bars? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TallGuyJohninBKK Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 I don't think the hotels listed in the OP are any kind of new entries to the ASQ program. I was looking at the full list a week or two back, and the ones listed here are pretty much the same ones I saw a couple weeks back. I think they're just trying to call out here that, at least on paper, there are some more expensive and perhaps better accommodations that the average fare available via ASQ. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoreFarang Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 How about the Penthouse Hotel in Pattaya? It seems there is not even one hotel in Pattaya on that list. They have lots of unemployed intensive care nurses over there... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TallGuyJohninBKK Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 2 hours ago, lamyai3 said: What a racket. Promoting luxury quarantine, when in fact you're under house arrest confined to the room and not even free to enjoy the facilities that got the hotel it's star rating in the first place. The rules are so draconian they even prohibit alcohol, so there's no winding down with a gin and tonic after a long listless day spent staring out of the window. I understand your point... BUT, if you're gonna be forced to mostly stay in your hotel room for the better part of two weeks, it does kinda make sense that you'd want a nicer, larger, better equipped room, as opposed to a cheaper, threadbare, breadbox sized room where room service consists of packages of mama noodles! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammieuk1 Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 Poke your quarantine up Anutin's oraffice ???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shackleton Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 I am sure if a person who has family here and is currently outside the country Because of the Corivirus Will not mind paying for the hotel if it means he can come into Thailand For the 14 days quarantine A cost worth paying 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SW Happy Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 Be sure to ask for room 555. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrTuner Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 20 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said: How about the Penthouse Hotel in Pattaya? It seems there is not even one hotel in Pattaya on that list. They have lots of unemployed intensive care nurses over there... Yeah but you have to stay in your room and they can't come in. That's real BDMS for ya. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impulse Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 A lot of those prices were less than some of my expat package co-workers paid just for rent on their apartments for the same length of time. Many of them paid (or, more accurately, the company paid) over 100K per month for apartments. And that was with no meals, no cleaning, and no healthcare component. Most of the prices seemed pretty reasonable, with some outliers. But booking sites always have rooms available in the >30,000 baht a night range, Covid or not. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Chongalulu Posted August 5, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 5, 2020 4 hours ago, CNXexpat said: Most of the people they commented above: "I haven´t read the article and the prices of the hotels but I need to write a comment". Yes, if you book a suite in a 5* hotel for one, two or more people you have to pay a lot - also without quarantine. All the prices mentioned above are far below 500k. Many will have compared these prices to the normal rates for these hotels or similar standard and indeed concluded they’re an opportunistic rip off. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chongalulu Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 12 minutes ago, shackleton said: I am sure if a person who has family here and is currently outside the country Because of the Corivirus Will not mind paying for the hotel if it means he can come into Thailand For the 14 days quarantine A cost worth paying That’s the reason for the exploitation- it’s not a justification. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raccos21 Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 It sounds like the end of Thailand’s tourism industry to me.I was wondering who would spend all that money to stay in the room for 14 days. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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