bbabythai Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 I recently met the manager of a large chain hotel on Soi 6 sukhumvit who told me that they will be closing to normal customers effective next month. It will only be open to customer booking 10 days quarantine. He said the government is now actively negotiating a lot of hotels in bkk for this very reason. I mentioned what a nightmare to be locked in one of the rooms with no fresh air/ exercise for 10 days. He said that after one has been tested and results come back ok, the 'guest' will be permitted to go down to the gym/ pool area for 1 hour a day. But after that will have to return to the room. He said, all the hotels on soi 6 are partaking in this quarantine hotel arrangement and normal guests will not be accepted. This all surely implies that the government will be allowing more tourists to fly in next month. IMHO I think its high risk to do this whilst there is not a vaccine available. That same night at a bar I watched 2 chinese guys sitting at a table. 1 had a serious cough and was really drunk. He later started to walk over to bar girls talking to them really close. Of course they were not wearing masks. I think there will be a rising infection rate in Thailand in the lead up to Christmas. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardColeman Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 9 minutes ago, bbabythai said: the 'guest' will be permitted to go down to the gym/ pool area for 1 hour a day. Sounds like an elite exercise yard to me 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KannikaP Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 20 minutes ago, bbabythai said: I recently met the manager of a large chain hotel on Soi 6 sukhumvit who told me that they will be closing to normal customers effective next month. It will only be open to customer booking 10 days quarantine. He said the government is now actively negotiating a lot of hotels in bkk for this very reason. I mentioned what a nightmare to be locked in one of the rooms with no fresh air/ exercise for 10 days. He said that after one has been tested and results come back ok, the 'guest' will be permitted to go down to the gym/ pool area for 1 hour a day. But after that will have to return to the room. He said, all the hotels on soi 6 are partaking in this quarantine hotel arrangement and normal guests will not be accepted. This all surely implies that the government will be allowing more tourists to fly in next month. IMHO I think its high risk to do this whilst there is not a vaccine available. That same night at a bar I watched 2 chinese guys sitting at a table. 1 had a serious cough and was really drunk. He later started to walk over to bar girls talking to them really close. Of course they were not wearing masks. I think there will be a rising infection rate in Thailand in the lead up to Christmas. Then it would be a great idea to cancel the Christian festival of Christmas, as they possibly will in UK & other European countries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post PhilippBKK Posted November 2, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted November 2, 2020 There are now already 104 Alternative State Quarantine (ASQ) hotels in Bangkok and most of them have close to no business. https://thaiest.com/blog/list-of-alternative-state-quarantine-asq-hotels-thailand It is highly unlikely that there will be a rush of visitors, even if quarantine is reduced to 10 days. The real winners are the partnering hospitals, the cut is 20k - 25k THB per guest for a standy nurse and 2 Covid tests. A hotel with 15 ASQ guests will then make the hospital 300k THB and so on...... you do the math 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legendary Monkey Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 21 hours ago, bbabythai said: He later started to walk over to bar girls talking to them really close. Of course they were not wearing masks. I think there will be a rising infection rate in Thailand in the lead up to Christmas. Customers have been doing that in bars with girls for the last three months since the re-opening and there's been no indication of any rising death rates. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moontang Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 Been coming here for 22 years and have never seen anything memorable on Soi 6. Girls with braces offering special massage? Yikes. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elgenon Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 Can we get 1 hour of porn a day? 5555 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moontang Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 3 minutes ago, elgenon said: Can we get 1 hour of porn a day? 5555 For those prices, I would expect more than a short haired nurse serving wave dogs, but many reports aren't too positive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCC1701A Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 i'm just a few blocks from there. i will go sniff around and see what i can find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtls2005 Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 The"government" said this week that ALL approved visitors must quarantine in Bangkok. Who knows what that really means (Samut Prakan too?). So maybe someone is queueing up a list for approvals, in advance of a torusit trickle. On 11/1/2020 at 2:34 PM, bbabythai said: I recently met the manager of a large chain hotel on Soi 6 sukhumvit Name of hotel. Is this person the manager of just the Soi 6 property? Are they really "the manager"? On 11/1/2020 at 2:34 PM, bbabythai said: This all surely implies that the government will be allowing more tourists to fly in next month. Sheesh. Do you follow the news at all? The 'government' wants more tourists, sort of, maybe. The policies change hourly. This week it's 10 million in 2021, with 7.5 million from China. I wouldn't fret too much. Nothing you can do anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 On 11/1/2020 at 2:34 PM, bbabythai said: I recently met the manager of a large chain hotel on Soi 6 sukhumvit who told me that they will be closing to normal customers effective next month. It will only be open to customer booking 10 days quarantine. I guess they are not making any money from domestic Thai travel, so hedging a bet that foreigners will soon be coming and can charge a lot more money. However that would change overnight should infections start to show up in the vicinity. On Samui recently one visitor tested positive and 50% of domestic bookings got cancelled, can you imagine positive tests being found in Bangkok... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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