Apparently the cabinet has added another day off for Songkran. Friday, April 12th has been declared a public holiday, ahead of the traditional April 13 - 16 Sonkran holiday.

Nothing official from my company yet, though.

Wahey!

the cabinet is given to aribtrary populist gestures without thinking of the ramifications to companies trying to do business in thailand

Edited February 6, 201313 yr by candypants

Thanks cabinet, you just messed the Thaivisa calendar up.

Bank calendars also. None of the one's that I have are red on the 12th.

think of the production schedules of many a company.

Bank calendars also. None of the one's that I have are red on the 12th.

It was only decided yesterday.

Bank calendars also. None of the one's that I have are red on the 12th.

Banks can't be closed for a certain number of consecutive days, so the 12th may not be a bank holiday.

Also, companies don't necessarily have to give the day off either. There something like 16 or 17 "public holidays", but companies only need to give 11 of them to employees.

(not sure about the numbers)

Bank calendars also. None of the one's that I have are red on the 12th.

It was only decided yesterday.

We call this Thai Planning ...

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It was only decided yesterday.

We call this Thai Planning ...

It's very unusual for them to give this much notice.

Bank calendars also. None of the one's that I have are red on the 12th.

It was only decided yesterday.

We call this Thai Planning ...

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Indeed, the extra day will probably go some way to spread travel dates for the annual migration

It was only decided yesterday.

We call this Thai Planning ...

It's very unusual for them to give this much notice.

Stand by for the "road deaths target" announcement.

Lucky they still had a day available to add, they must reach saturation soon since there are only 365 days in a year.

Stand by for the "road deaths target" announcement.

They struggled early on with the New Year target, but a couple of big days at the end got them to their target.

I had earlier information that Wednesday the 17th is also an extra day observed for Songkran as well.

Sources:

http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/?year=2013&country=68

http://travelthumb.com/thailand-holidays/songkran-festival-2013/

http://www.flightpedia.org/holiday/thailand-public-holiday-in-2013.html

http://www.pattayatalk.com/forums/topic/60151-songkran-2013-dates/#entry1000083

http://portalseven.com/calendar/Holidays_Thailand.jsp

I had earlier information that Wednesday the 17th is also an extra day observed for Songkran as well.

Sources:

http://www.timeandda...2013&country=68

http://travelthumb.c...-festival-2013/

http://www.flightped...ay-in-2013.html

http://www.pattayata...s/#entry1000083

http://portalseven.c...ys_Thailand.jsp

Because the holidays fall on the weekend, they are "observed" on week days. Maybe the government has decided to "observe" one of them on the Friday before instead.

Oh crap. I am heading to swampy on the 12th as I am making my escape on the 13th. I hope this doesn't bugger up my plans as I have already purchased my evacuation flight. I'm sure BKK will be packed with other refugees seeking to get out before the nightmare starts. Hopefully, the airport area will remain dry.

It could even out the road death tally.

The company I work with already had it as a holiday, and they made the list in September.

So 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 are holidays.

And not forgetting that the 8th is a holiday, substitute day for Chakri Memorial day which is on Saturday 6th.

Edited February 6, 201313 yr by beano2274

Because the holidays fall on the weekend, they are "observed" on week days. Maybe the government has decided to "observe" one of them on the Friday before instead.

The official holidays are 13 - 16; the 12th was added as an additional holiday. (According to the newspaper.) My company has the 17th as a holiday, so I assume we'll work on the 12th.

Edited February 6, 201313 yr by dekestone

Hopefully, the airport area will remain dry.

It's the iced water thrown at the jets taxiing down the runway you have to be worried about. Keep your window closed.

Great. I can stay one more day in Hong Kong!

I had earlier information that Wednesday the 17th is also an extra day observed for Songkran as well.

And I have it already on the Thaivisa calendar. Normal dates, 13,14,15 and since the 13th and 14th are on Sat/Sun they are carried over to the following non holiday days. So 13-17 and now 12-17.

Thaivisa Calendar 2013

Just checked the public holiday calendar issued by my employer and we have the whole Songkran week off, nice freebie week off on top of our annual leave qouta.

Lucky they still had a day available to add, they must reach saturation soon since there are only 365 days in a year.

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Maybe there will come a day when they mark actual work days on the calendar

Lucky they still had a day available to add, they must reach saturation soon since there are only 365 days in a year.

555

Maybe there will come a day when they mark actual work days on the calendar

Nah, that's too much work.

It was only decided yesterday.

We call this Thai Planning ...

It's very unusual for them to give this much notice.

Stand by for the "road deaths target" announcement.

I forecast the target will again be 0. Trips are planned to the most successful province in the New Year campaign.

Thanks cabinet, you just messed the Thaivisa calendar up.

Just when you thought........

Maybe good news for those who work for a company and get paid a salary but not for the average Thai worker paid on a daily basis and do not get a holiday allowance.

This means they lose almost one weeks wages in that month which for those that come from the poorer side of the Thai chain will cause a few problems with feeding the family or paying the bills..

Maybe good news for those who work for a company and get paid a salary but not for the average Thai worker paid on a daily basis and do not get a holiday allowance.

This means they lose almost one weeks wages in that month which for those that come from the poorer side of the Thai chain will cause a few problems with feeding the family or paying the bills..

Doesn't seem to diminish the hilarity of the occasion among Thais, in my observation . . .