Two Week Quarantine In Thailand Total Cost To Government Less Than $200

[Mitkof Island]

While many foreign expats suffer waiting to get back to their homes and Thai families. The Thai government in their great wisdom charges over $2,000 for a two week stay in a five star hotel. The fact is any hotel in Nakhon Nowhere would work just fine with a padlock and cam faced towards the door. Tired of all the lame excuses.

[RichardColeman]

45 minutes ago, Mitkof Island said:

The fact is any hotel in Nakhon Nowhere would work just fine with a padlock and cam faced towards the door. Tired of all the lame excuses.

Not sure a padlocked door would get past rule 1 of any hotel fire safety regulations ! Do you ? 

Edited February 18, 2021 by RichardColeman

[CharlieH]

Ah but is it the hotel or who owns it and how they are connected that matters ?

Its all just another convenient money making machine from a literally captive audience.(IMHO)

[internationalism]

there is a choice of asq. There use to be from 28k for foreigners and from 12k for thai.

those cheapest are very difficult to come accross.

but on top and bed and food, the place has to be secure, large trained and properly equipped personel giving personalised service (constant phone/application contact), medics on site with minimum 2 tests, temperature check 2x daily, food delivered to the door, safe recreation area after a week, transport from the airport.

but yes, if it can be done for 12k for thai, it should be a similar price for foreigners.  Probably authorities are afraid, that many foreigners would complain for substandard living and food

Edited February 19, 2021 by internationalism

[Kiujunn]

What you get for 31000:

 

Hotel that used to advertise as a 4 star hotel,  hm hm, that's quite an exaggeration,  but due too a (formerly) good location, in historic (pre-covid)  websites the price was 1800. (A lot of people choose their ASQ according to the location - go figure!)

A nearby dump, Hotel XXX, was 2000.

Average room price in that area was 1500.

 

15 nights.

3 meals a day, the meals are 4 star.

 

Free thermometer,  freshly imported from China, value 19 baht, not including tax.

3 free surgical masks. 

 

2 covid tests done at a place that charges Thais 3000, foreigners more.

 

2 small spray bottles of alcohol

7 toilet rolls

3 small boxes of tissue

Soap, shampoo, conditioner, tooth brush (you can keep it when you leave), tooth paste, 200mg laundry detergent,  150ml dishwashing detergent - all average 7/11 stuff, not what you normally get in a hotel.

15 packs of "milk"

15 packs of "juice"

21 x 1.5l of drinkable water

 

Free airport transfer, would cost you 300 baht if you would do it yourself. 

 

 

[Pravda]

Stupid question, but do you earn hotel points in quarantine? 

 

 

[GroveHillWanderer]

16 hours ago, Mitkof Island said:

While many foreign expats suffer waiting to get back to their homes and Thai families. The Thai government in their great wisdom charges over $2,000 for a two week stay in a five star hotel.

The government is not "charging" anything. The hotels are the ones setting the charges. The prices vary widely with the cheapest less than $1,000 for the entire two week package and the most expensive packages costing closer to $20,000 - though that would be for a family villa sleeping 5 people.

 

My daughter for instance, paid almost exactly $1,000 when she did her ASQ stint recently.

 

The government is setting the requirements and regulations that the ASQ hotels have to meet but they're not setting the prices.