Travel Advice

[bluemanna]

Hi All,

I have a trip to Phuket next week (paid for months ago) and after 7 nights heading to Bangkok for 3 days then home. While I know its up to me to decide if I should go or not, I was after advice on what the average person in the forum would do in my situation?

Travel insurance isnt worth a pinch of crap in this situation, they would not re-emburse me for cancelling and Thai Airways and the hotels wouldnt refund my money (I very much doubt anyhow). Anyhow, any opinions would be appreciated thanks.

[torrenova]

If the Oz government says don't go then your insurance should pay out. Hotels ? have you really prepaid ?

Whatever, I'd just go. The plane might land on your house in Perth on the way out and kill you as you slept in your bed safe in the knowledge that you were not travelling to dangerous Thailand

[bluemanna]

If the Oz government says don't go then your insurance should pay out. Hotels ? have you really prepaid ?

Whatever, I'd just go. The plane might land on your house in Perth on the way out and kill you as you slept in your bed safe in the knowledge that you were not travelling to dangerous Thailand

LOL quite right to... I`m actually not worried as in a personal safety sense, just the bother of being stranded in Phuket... but then again, that could have its advantages But yes, everything was prepaid for months ago including accomodation

[ProZakky]

I'm in a similar situation. My American buddy and I are due to fly into BKK on Tuesday Dec 2. She has already decided to cut the connecting flight and stay in Tokyo for a week, but I'd much rather see Thailand (first trip to Asia).

My Flight Insurance is useless for 'civil disobedience', and American Airlines isn't going to give me a refund unless the actual flight is cancelled (which I won't know until ???) ... so at the moment I really can't say "Screw this, this trip is cancelled."

As bluemanna asked .... what would the average reader here do? Actually, that's probably not a good question, as the average readers here are seasoned travellers and locals, yes? Well, I'm just curious if you think a single person should chin-up and catch the flight if it IS available next week. I'm unfamiliar with everything about the country & region, and the only thing I have planned is one day in a Bangkok hotel and a train ride up to Chiang Mai.

Unprepared person, travelling alone, during this civil disobedience thing. Should I reschedule the trip for next year, or come by myself next week?

[dumball]

Should be a question you can easily answer for yourself , take an unbiased look at the whole Thai situation , how the UDD and PAD are reacting to each other , the contolling factors ( army/police) not listening to the government , but just sitting on their thumbs and wriggling , general populace taking sides , people falling out of work (no money) , no body showing much consideration to the plight of tourists etc . Even the attitude of live in expats on this forum have a biased perspective "Nah , no danger here etc " . Take a real good think , then you tell us .

[Thaivisa Travel]

If you have a flight in to Phuket and not via BKK then I would go for it. You can always abandon the 7 days in BKK in favour of Pattaya, Samui or somewhere and get back out again from Phuket.