Thailand red list: British tourists face huge costs in dash back to UK to beat hotel quarantine

[hotchilli]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

British tourists have said they face huge costs and a desperate scramble to get home from Thailand before red list rules kick in on Monday – or risk becoming stuck in the country.

Som nam na, you made the choice to come here.

[10baht]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

Traveller says she will stay on in holiday hotspot because quarantine will ‘bankrupt’ her

I think the photo was taken with a £100 iPhone

5 hours ago, Bruno123 said:

Then some special comment of her needing £5k in back up funds on top of her travelling funds. Really? Which one of you graduated university with £10k in your bank account? If you had £10k then from where did you get it?

Did the UK do something foolish like the States and forgive student loans which were not used 100% for education?

[hotchilli]

6 hours ago, Sharp said:

Yeah right and how much will it cost to stay in Phuket if its months until delisted from the red list way more than 2k 

Logic doesn't figure with these idiots, she says it will bankrupt her to go home & quarantine, what will she do when her funds have dried up funding her extra length of stay here and then still needs to go home...

Another help me plea.

[balo]

Gofundme next , plenty of people out there who wants to waste their money. 

[hotchilli]

6 hours ago, Miami007 said:

Not an endorsement of the effectiveness of the vaccines in the UK.

UK has more cases than Thailand - and both countries have the delta variant.

Not sure what danger a tourist returning from Thailand poses to the UK where community spread exists already.

 

These measures simply don't make sense

It's about the lack of vaccinations in Thailand.

[mrfill]

2 hours ago, Bruno123 said:

 

Agreed. Even at this moment they are probably looking at alternatives. 

Seems some have ignored the fact that her original flight is not until the 15th. So there is time to look at alternatives.

Unfortunately, some here have just used it as an opportunity to vent about their own unhappy lives. Some don't even seem to have bothered to properly read the newspaper article.

Perhaps her parents should give her the £2300, after all, she has said she is likely to lose her graduate position. Surely, if her parents cared enough, this would be no problem at all. Her comment that £2300 would bankrupt her is disingenuous at the best, unless her parents didn't give a stuff and refused to lend/give it to her. Parents are supposed to look after their children, aren't they?

[PEE TEE]

In the meantime the 100s of illegal cross channel migrants get a 4 star hotel and & 40 pounds a week spending money 

[Dont confuse me]

I don't think the young lady in question has actually thought this through.

It's going to cost her 102,000 THB to quarantine in uk.

Depending on her employment and her parents bank balance, that's probably a good deal versus spending an unknown period in Thailand, perhaps she should get an insight into Thai culture.

Take the cost of visa's and the scams associated with them, the cost of half decent accommodation and food etc she's going to do 100k a month easy.

Good luck!

[cardinalblue]

But you have free health care in UK…

[PEE TEE]

1 hour ago, Bruno123 said:

It looks as if we have. It seems that you have not.

You have just made assumptions.

1. That there is a lack of funds.

2. That they are bleating and whinging.

3. That they made a poor decision (They seem to be happy to stay and she met family that she hadn't seen for two years) She is choosing to not spend £3k in order to rush home.

 

 

Please, go back to the article and show us mere mortals the bleating and whinging, the confirmation of lack of funds and where you think they have made a poor decision and are suffereing.

 

 

My friend who has been here since the Samui plus does not have the money to pay out on a quarantine hotel in the UK at the cost of over 2 grand ..so will  is stay here and will keep getting visa extensions . he has done the 3 tests and had 2 jabs back in the UK 

[gk10012001]

6 hours ago, Miami007 said:

Not an endorsement of the effectiveness of the vaccines in the UK.

UK has more cases than Thailand - and both countries have the delta variant.

Not sure what danger a tourist returning from Thailand poses to the UK where community spread exists already.

 

These measures simply don't make sense

Are the kids vaccinated?  Either way, vaxed or not, the UK's decision is Draconian and irrational and is an example of penny wise and pound foolish.  What happens if a traveler does not pay?  Are they still dragged off to quarantine and kept there until they pay?  Are they kept there and then let go after the designated time but sent a bill?  Again, what if they don't pay the bill?  Are they taken to court and sued?  Or must one put funds in escrow before being allowed to travel to the UK?

[Red Forever]

5 hours ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

Just rock up in a dinghy and you'll get a hotel room, meals and allowance free in perpetuity.

Oh no you won't.

Please supply a credible source for your assertion.

[NightSky]

A bit daft going on holiday abroad during a global pandemic with rising cases in Thailand. 
 

As far as life's lessons go this one is cheap at only 2.5k per person. 

Edited August 28, 2021 by NightSky

[PEE TEE]

So on return to the UK if you do not have the funds to pay for quarantine what will they do ? 

[PEE TEE]

8 minutes ago, Red Forever said:

Oh no you won't.

Please supply a credible source for your assertion.

Yes you will fact but only if your not British 

[Harveyboy]

5 hours ago, Chris.B said:

The cost of quarantine in the UK at £228 per day is extortionate but typical of how the UK treats its citizens. ☹️

 

its free by rubber dingy .. there'll be bluebirds over the white.....

[cyril sneer]

19 minutes ago, PEE TEE said:

In the meantime the 100s of illegal cross channel migrants get a 4 star hotel and & 40 pounds a week spending money 

That’s probably why the quarantine hotel is so overpriced, to make up for other costs 

[PEE TEE]

1 minute ago, cyril sneer said:

That’s probably why the quarantine hotel is so overpriced, to make up for other costs 

That's right the silly British tax payer will fund the rest 

[HashBrownHarry]

5 hours ago, CharlieH said:

Use the brains ! Fly to a non red area, stay there in quarantine as its vastly cheaper, then go to the Uk from there.

Rather spend quarantine in 5 star in Doha than grotty London at overcharged prices.

 

Just a suggestion

5 star hotel in Doha will be considerably more than £2285.

[crazykopite]

If you can come to Thailand on holiday put up with the sandbox and all its expenses then I cannot see why you would struggle to survive a 10 day quarantine period in a hotel back in the U.K.

[lapamita]

2 hours ago, Bruno123 said:

I don't believe you.

 

Even Bangkok Hospital take a whole day. You arrive at 8.30am and you can get the result at 5pm.

https://phuketinternationalhospital.com/en/packages/covid-19-test/

 

Everyone thinks they know better....

up to you

Bkk hospital was even unable with reservation  2 day bfr. but there more places, and even not at 3800 she payed 1900  ( thai, phya thai--done 2 hours )

..like i say can aslk more places and even in case of emergency they may put you beetween

 

but dont worry up to you

[kennw]

7 hours ago, Miami007 said:

Not an endorsement of the effectiveness of the vaccines in the UK.

UK has more cases than Thailand - and both countries have the delta variant.

Not sure what danger a tourist returning from Thailand poses to the UK where community spread exists already.

 

These measures simply don't make sense

Well could it be that more than these two will return to UK from here and other high risk countries? Scale up  man!

[Cake Monster]

The UK placing Thailand onto a Red List will certainly ring alarm bells around the World for any potential Tourists.

This story will say to many of a sane mind, that maybe our own Governments may also do exactly the same as the UK, and we could be in exactly the same situation.

Unless " Tourists " are returning to Thailand as Thai Nationals that are repatriating, or as " Tourists " that are returning to Family or Business's after being locked out of the Country, they will need to be well heeled and very flexible about their time frames.

This will effectively almost kill off any hopes Thailand had to reopen unfortunately until they have got their act together and made it back to the Amber List., which could be several Months down the line.

 

[Bangkok Barry]

5 hours ago, Robin said:

I would have thought that any travel during this Covid nonsense was liable to disruption at any time.

Bingo! Simple as that. But people just can't help themselves. They know the risk but choose to play Russian Roulette, and sometimes they lose. There's a pandemic on. Wait, for crissake! Thailand will still be there in a year or two. Shops and other venues might even be open then for you to enjoy. Imagine that. 

[Thingamabob]

The one thing about which the UK govt have given very clear advice is to warn against foreign travel. No sympathy whatsoever.

[ukrules]

7 hours ago, Miami007 said:

Not sure what danger a tourist returning from Thailand poses to the UK where community spread exists already.

 

These measures simply don't make sense

The read list exists for one reason only and it's not about case numbers, it's about new variants of COVID.

 

When new variants are detected they attempt to keep them out for as long as possible.

 

New variants have been detected in Thailand already, apparently they're inconsequential so far but they don't appear to be taking risks these days.

They will continue to mutate - this is why Thailand was added to the red list.

[baboon]

1 hour ago, gk10012001 said:

Are the kids vaccinated?  Either way, vaxed or not, the UK's decision is Draconian and irrational and is an example of penny wise and pound foolish.  What happens if a traveler does not pay?  Are they still dragged off to quarantine and kept there until they pay?  Are they kept there and then let go after the designated time but sent a bill?  Again, what if they don't pay the bill?  Are they taken to court and sued?  Or must one put funds in escrow before being allowed to travel to the UK?

You will be let in - they can't refuse - and probably the quarantine costs will be recouped from any future earnings.

[GStewart70]

1 hour ago, digger70 said:

Thailand red list: British tourists face huge costs in dash back to UK to beat hotel quarantine.

 

Why did they come here in the first place, They Knew that there was C 19 in Thailand . If you know that there's a problem in a country where you like to go. Don't stay home stay safe . I suppose one cant fix Stupid.

Stop. Alert.

Why make sensible and logical comments?

How dare you suggest an individual should be held accountable for their actions?

It is up to their government and various gofundme idiots to fly them home in first class luxury.

 

[Mac Mickmanus]

1 hour ago, PEE TEE said:

So on return to the UK if you do not have the funds to pay for quarantine what will they do ? 

You have to pre book and pay for the quarantine before you are allowed to travel .

   Without a paid for reservation, you will not be allowed to board the flight

[bstafford214]

These people were idiots coming here in the first place. They should have known the state of this pathetic country before buying a holiday here.