U-turn! Plans for five day July holiday are OFF as Thai government DON'T want you to travel after all

[Cake Monster]

Without a total ban on Inter Provincial travel, this is another toothless Government measure.

Of course people will still travel and totally ignore the fact that the Tuesday is not a Holiday.

This Government really need to grow some nads, as they say, and stop pussy footing around with these half measures.

Many Countries have been a lot harder on their Business,s and people than this, but still the Covid seems to win out.

[Nanaplaza666]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Noticeably yesterday Ratchada was left to fend for herself with no major figure in the government facing the press over this U-turn,

???????????????????????? her coleageus where probably talking with her about canceling the holliday's and all agreed on doing it ,but when she went on camera they all ran away and left her to take the blame . Geuss quit a lot of people will blame her for not having thier money refunded because the cancelation was so short in advance . 

[DUNROAMIN]

Bit late now, many people are leaving Bangkok in fear of total lockdown and also people looking for hospitals that can accommodate them as Mr Anutins empty hospitals are full.

[spidermike007]

A u-turn here simply means we were not ready, we were not prepared at all, and although we will never admit it, we were in way over our heads from the very beginning, much less during a pandemic and national emergency. We were always pretending. I guess we got away with it, until Covid. That stupid disease unmasked us, and showed even our loyal followers how fake we were, all along. 

 

 

[SCOTT FITZGERSLD]

4 hours ago, JonnyF said:

anyone who makes plans or spends money based on what the government tells them they are going to do must know they are taking a big risk.

indeed . i am learnning it the hard way now, as i am about to cancell my planned trip because

of brand new regulation the authorities just added yesterday - need to show proof of payment

for 3 PCR tests (for the sandbox phuket arrivals).

the problem is not so much the exaggerated amoung - 8000 baht for 3 tests that

would cost half this price in europe and U.S. - but the fact that it will take few days to

get the paper  -and how can you do it when the flight is few days away?

[10baht]

4 hours ago, JonnyF said:

At this point, anyone who makes plans or spends money based on what the government tells them they are going to do must know they are taking a big risk.

 

I don't trust them to keep their word any more than I'd trust a bi-polar teenage meth addict that was high on LSD and had LIAR tattooed on their forehead.

You mean you are not going to pay up front on 1 July for a vaccine shot promised in Oct ? ( remember they left off the year)

[djayz]

Thank the lord! 

[DUNROAMIN]

5 minutes ago, SCOTT FITZGERSLD said:

indeed . i am learnning it the hard way now, as i am about to cancell my planned trip because

of brand new regulation the authorities just added yesterday - need to show proof of payment

for 3 PCR tests (for the sandbox phuket arrivals).

the problem is not so much the exaggerated amoung - 8000 baht for 3 tests that

would cost half this price in europe and U.S. - but the fact that it will take few days to

get the paper  -and how can you do it when the flight is few days away?

Amazing Thailand, don't you just love it.

[phetphet]

Reminds me of that character Vicky in "Little Britain".  Yes! But no! But yes! But no!

[from the home of CC]

2 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

Thailand, the hub of sabotage, of the tourism industry. The land of fear mongering. The place where science is denied, the lowest quality vaccines are embraced, and the least competent ministers are hiring, based on cronyism, and nothing more. 

 

Woe are the people of Thailand. Power to the youth. May they prevail over the dinosaurs, and may the Jurassic crew meet a very unpleasant and humiliating end of their careers. One they richly deserve. 

in your first paragraph, omitting the vax info, you could be describing the good ol' USA lol..

[Almer]

Shame hadn't used the same thought process for Songkran

[Kwasaki]

Obviously they don't want another Songkran country wide spread.

[Almer]

Hang on i was of to support the sandbox

[brewsterbudgen]

3 minutes ago, Almer said:

Shame hadn't used the same thought process for Songkran

What?  Cancelled one of the Songkran holiday days?  I doubt that would have made any difference.

[poohy]

4 hours ago, Ralf001 said:

Yeah ive got the 29th and 30th already approval annual leave, the 26th will be my travel day up country... I  dont want it cancelled !!

I presume you are joking (i hope) Anyway if anyone came back from Bangkok around here i am pretty sure they would get a very unpleasant  reception

[Salerno]

40 minutes ago, SCOTT FITZGERSLD said:

indeed . i am learnning it the hard way now, as i am about to cancell my planned trip because

of brand new regulation the authorities just added yesterday - need to show proof of payment

for 3 PCR tests (for the sandbox phuket arrivals).

the problem is not so much the exaggerated amoung - 8000 baht for 3 tests that

would cost half this price in europe and U.S. - but the fact that it will take few days to

get the paper  -and how can you do it when the flight is few days away?

 

Have you actually tried paying for and getting a receipt?

[3STTW]

I was at Ocean Marina at the weekend and it was packed with tourists from BKK, pretty much all of them on boat parties and booze cruises. 

 

Holiday or not, they’ll travel around anyway, especially if they’ve booked the time off work already.

Seems to me, now all the governors and bigwigs have had their vaccinations, they’re all for opening up and getting all the bucks rolling in again. And it’s tough sh!t for all those who are unvaccinated.

[ThailandRyan]

21 minutes ago, Kwasaki said:

Obviously they don't want another Songkran country wide spread.

But that horse bolted this past week with the Lockdown in BKK and the other provinces that started Monday.  Folks bailed over the weekend knowing it was coming and some bailed out last week when they heard and realized it was more than likely a go, especially the foreign migrant workers.  On top of that companies packed up those that were undocumented and trucked them out disposing them on the road elsewhere so they would not be caught with them in the housing or in the construction camp.

[DLock]

What happened to...

 

 

[spidermike007]

35 minutes ago, from the home of CC said:

in your first paragraph, omitting the vax info, you could be describing the good ol' USA lol..

Well, I agree with you entirely, if you are describing the US prior to Jan 25th, 2021. It was quite a spectacle. Barnum and Bailey. 

[ThailandRyan]

It happened and he has no response except to open up Phuket's Sandbox, the Islands and then in 90 days the rest of the proposed locations.  After all money is more important than to lock the country down any further well out of sight out of mind migrant workers.....

Edited June 30, 2021 by ThailandRyan

[PEE TEE]

5 hours ago, mtls2005 said:

So Monday and Wednesday remain holidays.

 

And people who work can take Tuesday as a personal holiday?

 

And can anyone travel? For the 3-day weekend?

 

All very confusing.

 

Honestly, this regime could throw a dart and hit themselves in the back of the head.

 

 

only if they have license for a dart board 

[lavender19]

At last a sensible action from this shower of ____.

[eastendanto]

5 hours ago, mtls2005 said:

So Monday and Wednesday remain holidays.

 

And people who work can take Tuesday as a personal holiday?

 

And can anyone travel? For the 3-day weekend?

 

All very confusing.

 

Honestly, this regime could throw a dart and hit themselves in the back of the head.

 

 

and I bet they'll still miss the back of their head

[SCOTT FITZGERSLD]

54 minutes ago, Salerno said:

 

Have you actually tried paying for and getting a receipt?

no, becuase i must buy a flight and hotel room first, than the embassy will approve my COE than the hotel should contact me to talk about those PCR payment - and all this must be done when i plan to fly on sunday 4 of july...now i am sitting and thinking

if to risk my money (becuase once the flight is paid the money will not be returned)

and all this becuase of this stupid PCR receipts...

cant they trust us to pay for them cash in the hotel?

i am seriously thinking about cancelling my plan.

 

paid for the insurance tough///

[samtam]

5 hours ago, mtls2005 said:

 

 

Honestly, this regime could throw a dart and hit themselves in the back of the head.

 

 

 

I wish they would

 

 

48 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

It happened and he has no response except to open up Phuket's Sandbox, the Islands and then in 90 days the rest of the proposed locations.  After all money is more important than to lock the country down any further well out of sight out of mind migrant workers.....

 

And he's "not fazed" by the current Covid situation. "I'm alright Jack" has had 2 AZ vaccinations. "Let them eat cake!"

[rcuthbert]

Forward thinking politicians and the "elite" socioeconomic class should realize that supplying financial aid to the "lower" classes would be a very wise move.

An ounce of prevention...

[Boedog]

Doesnt matter the sandbox is open tomorrow room for everyone

[Salerno]

12 minutes ago, SCOTT FITZGERSLD said:

no, because  <snip>

 

You're so close to heading back. Even with the ridiculous rules, if I was this close to wheels up I'd be pushing the hotel for the documentation. Good luck with whatever you decide.

[SCOTT FITZGERSLD]

Just now, Salerno said:

I'd be pushing the hotel for the documentation

indeed i am going to call one of those hotels to see how it goes.

i also emailed thai embassy and called many times, but they do not answer

if i will not get a clear picture by tomorrow i will cancell my trip