hotchilli Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 13 hours ago, smedly said: the 5 day test was to allow tourists to go out and mingle and them the biggest chance of catching covid then bang them up at huge personal expense - do they honestly think that tourists are this stupid Some are yes. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 (edited) 19 minutes ago, hotchilli said: Some are yes. It is not the way I recall it. The 5 day retest was introduced as an after measure, prior, a single test on arrival was being applied, but a lot of subsequent infections were being found. Edited March 18, 2022 by jacko45k 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Oracle2022 Posted March 18, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted March 18, 2022 Meanwhile, Cambodia fully opens......no mandatory 1 night quarantine, no testing, no nonsense. Fully open for anyone vaccinated. Well done to Cambodia for seeing sense and joining the Philippines in being open to tourism really.....not a fake effort like Thailand. Cambodia Reopens to Tourism | Markets Insider (businessinsider.com) . 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 20 minutes ago, Oracle2022 said: Meanwhile, Cambodia fully opens......no mandatory 1 night quarantine, no testing, no nonsense. Fully open for anyone vaccinated. Well done to Cambodia for seeing sense and joining the Philippines in being open to tourism really.....not a fake effort like Thailand. Cambodia Reopens to Tourism | Markets Insider (businessinsider.com) . I think it advantageous that Thailand opens up after Cambodia and Philippines.....let all the undesirables head there! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post cardinalblue Posted March 18, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted March 18, 2022 (edited) It does save money not having a pre arrival PCR test a $100 a pop… but now tourists will caught in their web if testing positive and off to the hospital with a big payout to the hospital… what time today is the announcement of changes? Edited March 18, 2022 by cardinalblue 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThailandRyan Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 9 minutes ago, cardinalblue said: It does save money not having a pre arrival PCR test a $100 a pop… but now tourists will caught in their web if testing positive and off to the hospital with a big payout to the hospital… Depending on where your flying from the pre-flight test can be up to $300 USD as I paid the last week of February in Palm Springs, California. Of course I wanted my results back within 24 hours and not 3 to 5 days which is pure BS and still cost $150 USD 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travis179 Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 11 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said: Depending on where your flying from the pre-flight test can be up to $300 USD as I paid the last week of February in Palm Springs, California. Of course I wanted my results back within 24 hours and not 3 to 5 days which is pure BS and still cost $150 USD $235 for me in Sacramento, CA, for same day results. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThailandRyan Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Travis179 said: $235 for me in Sacramento, CA, for same day results. So many uncontrolled counties in Ca. charging what they want or what the market will bear obviously. Just think of the extra cost for a family of four who is only traveling for 2 weeks. Edited March 18, 2022 by ThailandRyan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post TheFishman1 Posted March 18, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted March 18, 2022 End the Thai pass And all the other BS Then maybe Tourist would come back T I T 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropicalevo Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 16 hours ago, Bobtheblob said: Completely pointless it's not the pre-departure test that is the problem. Its the prospect of being put in covid prison from the post flight test that's the problem. "Prison" is not the problem either. All of the guests that we have checked in and then who then show positive for Covid, have been found on the second test. Day 5. (They then quarantined in their holiday accomodation. Not quite a prison.) This indicates to me, that the most likely place to catch Covid is on the plane or at an airport. Maybe even in a taxi or a bus! Some friends have just returned to the UK. Negative tests here during their three week stay but positive after arriving back in the UK. They think that they picked up Covid at Frankfurt airport! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitehawk42 Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 Irrelevant, airlines will still require the test. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Teavee Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 6 hours ago, Travis179 said: $235 for me in Sacramento, CA, for same day results. £55 for a nurse administered PCR test for me (North West England) haven’t paid it yet as I’m booked in next Thursday (flight is on Sunday) so fingers crossed I won’t need it. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ty Hareways Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 Fully expecting there next move to be to ditch the PCR test on arrival but replace it with a lateral flow test, they'll be thinking the thick tourists will think 'we're doing them a favour' when in reality the lateral flow test is a lot easier to pull scams with. Sane people will not fall for it though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
internationalism Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 5 hours ago, Tropicalevo said: "Prison" is not the problem either. All of the guests that we have checked in and then who then show positive for Covid, have been found on the second test. Day 5. (They then quarantined in their holiday accomodation. Not quite a prison.) This indicates to me, that the most likely place to catch Covid is on the plane or at an airport. Maybe even in a taxi or a bus! Some friends have just returned to the UK. Negative tests here during their three week stay but positive after arriving back in the UK. They think that they picked up Covid at Frankfurt airport! it's only 2-3 days for omicron to be detected. So they got it anytime between departure to thailand or shortly before 5th day test. Nobody can say when they got it, until contact tracing (person confirming positive results). In a sense, if not serious symptoms, good to have it and in this way boost immunity, as well as be protected for 90 days by recovery certificate. khasod english on the fb page some 2h ago: "The government on Friday announced that it will do away with mandatory RT-PCR tests 72 hours prior to entering Thailand starting April 1". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billd766 Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 20 hours ago, CartagenaWarlock said: I read in Bangkok Post today Thank you I must have missed it as I was out all day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricTh Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 (edited) On 3/17/2022 at 7:09 PM, CartagenaWarlock said: THey are planning for a single antigen test on arrival in the final phase of lifting restrictions around July. They should be doing only ATK test (No PCR test) on 1 Apr and declaring endemic on 1 July. The PCR test is costly (and painful up the nose) for foreigners, and Covid insurance of 20,000 USD is also expensive. These two should be scrapped for those fully vaccinated. Edited March 18, 2022 by EricTh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CartagenaWarlock Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 21 hours ago, realfunster said: Thai quarantine system upon arrival, with the associated costs. Unbelievably ill conceived and let’s face it, idiotic. Is not the insurance going to pay for that if somebody is tested positive on arrival testing. What's the insurance for. otherwise? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
internationalism Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 from 1st April no pre-departure pcr sandbox 5 days https://www.tatnews.org/2022/03/thailand-to-lift-pretravel-testing-requirement-for-international-arrivals-from-1-april-2022/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CartagenaWarlock Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 (edited) 18 minutes ago, EricTh said: The PCR test is costly (and painful up the nose) for foreigners, and Covid insurance of 20,000 USD is also expensive. These two should be scrapped for those fully vaccinated. I did not find it painful. A little tingling sensation. The premium for insurance has now dropped to 700 baht for 30-day. When they reduce to 10K USD, it will drop further. And it is required if somebody found positive upon arrival and requires quarantine. Edited March 18, 2022 by CartagenaWarlock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobU Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 I have just been attempting the 'Thailand Pass' it states that you Must be in a hotel on day one and day 5 of your stay for the Covid testing it then goes on to say "you are probably best staying in the same hotel for 5 days" 'nuff said???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
internationalism Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 7 minutes ago, RobU said: I have just been attempting the 'Thailand Pass' it states that you Must be in a hotel on day one and day 5 of your stay for the Covid testing it then goes on to say "you are probably best staying in the same hotel for 5 days" 'nuff said???? from 1st March no more 5th day pcr testing, just self-administered atk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaiDong Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 29 minutes ago, CartagenaWarlock said: I did not find it painful. A little tingling sensation. The premium for insurance has now dropped to 700 baht for 30-day. When they reduce to 10K USD, it will drop further. And it is required if somebody found positive upon arrival and requires quarantine. Which insurance policy please? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricTh Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 37 minutes ago, CartagenaWarlock said: I did not find it painful. A little tingling sensation. The premium for insurance has now dropped to 700 baht for 30-day. When they reduce to 10K USD, it will drop further. And it is required if somebody found positive upon arrival and requires quarantine. Which Covid insurance did you take that offerred 700 baht? The last I checked it was a few thousand baht. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricTh Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 (edited) 22 minutes ago, RobU said: I have just been attempting the 'Thailand Pass' it states that you Must be in a hotel on day one and day 5 of your stay for the Covid testing it then goes on to say "you are probably best staying in the same hotel for 5 days" 'nuff said???? I think that is the situation before 1 April. Hopefully, after 1 April we just need to do the test at the airport and if negative, off we go. Edited March 18, 2022 by EricTh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaiDong Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 3 minutes ago, EricTh said: Which Covid insurance did you take that offerred 700 baht? The last I checked it was a few thousand baht. He said the premium was just B700, I'm assuming the policy was higher, I'm just looking for any policy recommendations at all at the moment! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CartagenaWarlock Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 20 minutes ago, MaiDong said: Which insurance policy please? https://tqm-app.com/static/thailandpass/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CartagenaWarlock Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 12 minutes ago, EricTh said: Which Covid insurance did you take that offerred 700 baht? The last I checked it was a few thousand baht. https://tqm-app.com/static/thailandpass/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaiDong Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 4 minutes ago, CartagenaWarlock said: https://tqm-app.com/static/thailandpass/index.html Thanks, I'd not seen this yet. Does it cover the cost of enforced quarantine should we test positive? It states; 'Coverage starts immediately after clearing immigration in Thailand and include[sp] the period of Alternative Quarantine (AQ), SHA + hotel and sandbox program' That, to me, reads like it does, but if you're not sure, I'll contact them in the morning for clarification. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobU Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 58 minutes ago, internationalism said: from 1st March no more 5th day pcr testing, just self-administered atk It's already the 18th of March and it still says you must be in an hotel on the 5th day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
internationalism Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 2 minutes ago, RobU said: It's already the 18th of March and it still says you must be in an hotel on the 5th day I have entered thailand on 2nd March and didn't need to do 5th day hotel stay. Same as some 200 000 other entering on T&G from the beginning of March Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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