52 minutes ago, superal said:

How exactly does the Hotel / Covid test happen ? Are the Covid tests prepaid by the hotel and then highlighted in the hotel receipt ?   It would be helpful if you could tell us what the hotel charged for the tests , what hotel and is it any good ?

Hi. The fixed sandbox rate is Baht 8,000 for the 3 Covid tests in Phuket. I received my SHA+ hotel booking and Covid pre payment receipt as separate items. The hotel provided both of course. You will be asked to upload both receipts (which have QR codes) when applying for the final COE.

 

I did my first test at the airport and will try to update you on the 8th July how it works for the 2nd local test.

 

Just a point of interest when uploading documents, and if you are wishing to apply, make sure you click on the small arrow in the bottom of your document after you have dragged and dropped it! This is the actual upload key and a green bar will cross your document as it is being done. I missed this at first ????

6 hours ago, Guderian said:

 

So the number dropping by 70% in just three days displays "great interest", does it?

Dream on!

 

More than that they cannot handle anyhow. System overload !

hopefully this trial reopening will show that if you put up unreasonable and burdensome entry re quirements the arrival numbers wil not be high. entry requirements should be based on common sense and not a way to make money

3 hours ago, Rhacsyn said:

First you apply for COE registration using passport, visa (if any) and insurance letter copies. No need flight or hotel booking at this stage. When pre approval is received you then have 14 days to book your flights and accommodation etc and apply for final COE release.

 

My COE registration online in Dubai was approved within one full working day (29th June). i then confirmed hotel, flights and pre payment for the Covid tests (done by hotel). submitted documents and received my COE within 6 hours. I flew to Phuket on 2nd July.

Meanwhile, today 7 days since I applied for COE registration using passport, vaccination certificate and insurance letter.

 

Still waiting but no answer yet.

2 hours ago, superal said:

How exactly does the Hotel / Covid test happen ? Are the Covid tests prepaid by the hotel and then highlighted in the hotel receipt ?   It would be helpful if you could tell us what the hotel charged for the tests , what hotel and is it any good ?

Hotel charges 8000 bahts for 3 PCR tests.

You also need to pay in advance transfer from airport to hotel (800 bahts in my hotel in Patong).

Once you pay everything, hotel will email you a code for applying for COE. 

If I was TAT, I'd be sponsoring some digital nomads to publish some videos of happy tourists frolicking in Phuket.

 

Maybe a romance with a pasty ginger English dude falling in love with a gorgeous local...  Or are the Brits allowed in now that they're a red zone?

 

Videos from a few interweb influencers could make the Phuket Sandbox go viral.  In a good way.

 

Edit:  In fact, someone at TAT should be fired if they didn't already have a few dozen already produced, ready to hit the upload button starting on July 2.

 

Hong naam tan.

 

(The toilet is clogged)

 

 

20 hours ago, webfact said:

Consular department chief Chatchai Wiriyawechkul said that the foreign ministry issued Certificates of Entry for 3rd July numbering 446, for 4th July 462 and for today 127.

That should get the country back up on it's feet.

13 hours ago, Rhacsyn said:

First you apply for COE registration using passport, visa (if any) and insurance letter copies. No need flight or hotel booking at this stage. When pre approval is received you then have 14 days to book your flights and accommodation etc and apply for final COE release.

 

My COE registration online in Dubai was approved within one full working day (29th June). i then confirmed hotel, flights and pre payment for the Covid tests (done by hotel). submitted documents and received my COE within 6 hours. I flew to Phuket on 2nd July.

Are you a "tourist"?

5 hours ago, dogfish180 said:

Are you a "tourist"?

No, I live in Phuket, but friends who travelled with me are

Wait and see what happens when a  sandboxer goes home positive

On 7/5/2021 at 2:51 PM, BestB said:

Call me crazy but 8000 is little short of confirmed 130 000 claimed before

Wait for the next spin of the chocolate wheel....the correct number has gotta come up soon hahaha!

On 7/5/2021 at 9:41 AM, ThaiFelix said:

The most arrivals were Americans (6) followed by Germans (4) French (2 : a pair of poodles) British (1) and Danes (a shipment of cheese but still Danish).

No the cheese was from Holland.