Thailand Travel Restrictions and Info
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What's happening in Buakhow/LK these days? How about Soi 6?ExPenhMan wrote: ↑Thu Dec 23, 2021 9:45 amPM sent.Cowshed Cowboy wrote: ↑Thu Dec 23, 2021 12:14 amA Christsmas sesh in the Buakhow/Lk Metro area ?ExPenhMan wrote: ↑Wed Dec 22, 2021 3:34 pmYes, indeed. A pile of people in my condo just flew out to the UK, US, France and elsewhere the last few days for the holiday period, some of them teachers due to return early January. They're screwed If the gov extends the suspension period, which I think is a given.
Oops, it just hit me, as I write this in Pattaya, where I am for a week. What if Bangkok or Chonburi locks down?
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PM sent, mate.Doc67 wrote: ↑Fri Dec 31, 2021 12:47 pmWhat's happening in Buakhow/LK these days? How about Soi 6?ExPenhMan wrote: ↑Thu Dec 23, 2021 9:45 amPM sent.Cowshed Cowboy wrote: ↑Thu Dec 23, 2021 12:14 amA Christsmas sesh in the Buakhow/Lk Metro area ?ExPenhMan wrote: ↑Wed Dec 22, 2021 3:34 pmYes, indeed. A pile of people in my condo just flew out to the UK, US, France and elsewhere the last few days for the holiday period, some of them teachers due to return early January. They're screwed If the gov extends the suspension period, which I think is a given.
Oops, it just hit me, as I write this in Pattaya, where I am for a week. What if Bangkok or Chonburi locks down?
Sit Rep please gentlemen... (pictures optional )
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Soi 6 at least isn't completely dead anymore, but still, not nearly as lively as other areas.
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YEP, high season that never was. even thou hospitalizations and deaths are down worldwide, Omicorn is fucking with the travel industry reopening.
One of best friends from Ca recently travelled to Kenya to visit his son working there, all vacce'd up with booster yet 10 days into his trip, tested positive. Now he has had 2 other positive test, isolated in a hotel which means he could not make his dec 28th departure back to ca> completely fucked his new years as he waits for a negative test
what he needs to return home:
i wonder how long it will be before Cambodia ends its quarantine free arrivals? even with 89% vaccinated , does not mean you can't catch the virus> BUT as testing is out the door, who would know?The Ministry of Public Health will recommend that the reopening of the Test & Go quarantine-free travel scheme be postponed until the end of January amid reports of 229 new Omicron COVID-19 cases.
According to Deputy Prime Minister and Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, the Department of Medical Sciences has recorded 229 new Omicron cases, bringing the total to 1,780. Most cases were discovered in Bangkok, Kalasin, Roi Et, Chon Buri and Phuket.
As the Omicron coronavirus variant rapidly spreads throughout the globe, the Ministry of Public Health will propose that the Center for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) consider postponing the reopening of the Test & Go scheme from its original January 4 date to the end of January.
The proposal will be presented to the CCSA at a meeting attended by the permanent secretary to the Ministry of Public Health, the director-general of the Department of Disease Control (DDC) and medical professionals.
Travelers who have already registered with the scheme must arrive in Thailand by January 10. Visitors arriving after the deadline will be required to enter through the Phuket Sandbox program or Alternative Quarantine (AQ) services.
One of best friends from Ca recently travelled to Kenya to visit his son working there, all vacce'd up with booster yet 10 days into his trip, tested positive. Now he has had 2 other positive test, isolated in a hotel which means he could not make his dec 28th departure back to ca> completely fucked his new years as he waits for a negative test
what he needs to return home:
who would choose to travel nowadays ??All air passengers 2 years or older with a flight departing to the US from a foreign country at or after 12:01am EST (5:01am GMT) on December 6, 2021, are required show a negative COVID-19 viral test result taken no more than 1 day before travel, or documentation of having recovered from COVID-19 in the past 90 days, before they board their flight.
In a nation run by swine, all pigs are upward-mobile and the rest of us are fucked until we can put our acts together: not necessarily to win, but mainly to keep from losing completely. HST
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If you must travel, then you must travel. But for pleasure it is too risky at the moment. Especially if you are coming from a high caseload country into somewhere like here or Thailand who will put you in quarantine at great expense, despite the virus already being endemic in both countries.phuketrichard wrote: ↑Mon Jan 03, 2022 2:18 pm YEP, high season that never was. even thou hospitalizations and deaths are down worldwide, Omicorn is fucking with the travel industry reopening.
i wonder how long it will be before Cambodia ends its quarantine free arrivals? even with 89% vaccinated , does not mean you can't catch the virus> BUT as testing is out the door, who would know?The Ministry of Public Health will recommend that the reopening of the Test & Go quarantine-free travel scheme be postponed until the end of January amid reports of 229 new Omicron COVID-19 cases.
According to Deputy Prime Minister and Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, the Department of Medical Sciences has recorded 229 new Omicron cases, bringing the total to 1,780. Most cases were discovered in Bangkok, Kalasin, Roi Et, Chon Buri and Phuket.
As the Omicron coronavirus variant rapidly spreads throughout the globe, the Ministry of Public Health will propose that the Center for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) consider postponing the reopening of the Test & Go scheme from its original January 4 date to the end of January.
The proposal will be presented to the CCSA at a meeting attended by the permanent secretary to the Ministry of Public Health, the director-general of the Department of Disease Control (DDC) and medical professionals.
Travelers who have already registered with the scheme must arrive in Thailand by January 10. Visitors arriving after the deadline will be required to enter through the Phuket Sandbox program or Alternative Quarantine (AQ) services.
One of best friends from Ca recently travelled to Kenya to visit his son working there, all vacce'd up with booster yet 10 days into his trip, tested positive. Now he has had 2 other positive test, isolated in a hotel which means he could not make his dec 28th departure back to ca> completely fucked his new years as he waits for a negative test
what he needs to return home:who would choose to travel nowadays ??All air passengers 2 years or older with a flight departing to the US from a foreign country at or after 12:01am EST (5:01am GMT) on December 6, 2021, are required show a negative COVID-19 viral test result taken no more than 1 day before travel, or documentation of having recovered from COVID-19 in the past 90 days, before they board their flight.
Far better to sit tight for another couple of months and let this thing burn itself out. It's already happening in South Africa.
As for Cambodia, I think they will do nothing. Their 'Three Wise Monkeys' approach to pandemic control is working just fine.
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I have a mate who is in BKK and is coming to PP for a week. He will then return to London via BKK.
He says he does not have a Thai insurance policy, only an AXA one that got him his Thai Pass. He arrived in Thailand on 16th December.
Is there any reason his insurance will not be accepted for his transit through BKK on his way back to London on 17th January?
He says he does not have a Thai insurance policy, only an AXA one that got him his Thai Pass. He arrived in Thailand on 16th December.
Is there any reason his insurance will not be accepted for his transit through BKK on his way back to London on 17th January?
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Leaving aside the potential for imminent amendments to the Thai Pass system (big meeting Friday), your friend might face the same thing I faced: By leaving Thailand (for Cambodia), one's current insurance policy expires with immediate effect. But he'd have to check the contract wording to see if it's true and email them to confirm.Doc67 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 06, 2022 10:08 am I have a mate who is in BKK and is coming to PP for a week. He will then return to London via BKK.
He says he does not have a Thai insurance policy, only an AXA one that got him his Thai Pass. He arrived in Thailand on 16th December.
Is there any reason his insurance will not be accepted for his transit through BKK on his way back to London on 17th January?
Which means to pass through BKK again, he'd have to buy a short policy to cover possible COVID quarantine/treatment, even though he's transiting. I don't think there's any exemptions for transits.
More to the point, Thailand Pass is suspended and only those with current, valid passes can arrive up to Jan. 10 (possible change to this date tomorrow, mooted to be Jan. 15). So if he hasn't got a Thai Pass already and insurance (mandatory), I can't see how he can transit BKK on Jan. 17. He might be refused boarding in Phnom Penh.
However, if he has a single ticket for PP-BKK and BKK to UK, it just might work. But really I'm just flipping a coin. Sorry.
This site purports to have the latest Thailand protocols. At the site, click Thailand on the map, which gives you the summary of Thai requirements. Click on READ MORE. Search for Transit. Still need insurance.
I really would not want to do this route: BKK-PNH-BKK-LHR.
https://infopages.traveldoc.aero/Inform ... oronavirus
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but what are you saying? if i am in transit in bangkok why do i have to go to phnom penh by plane, why should i pay thai insurance?
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I don't think a thailand pass is required for transit if on a single ticket.ExPenhMan wrote: ↑Thu Jan 06, 2022 4:48 pm
More to the point, Thailand Pass is suspended and only those with current, valid passes can arrive up to Jan. 10 (possible change to this date tomorrow, mooted to be Jan. 15). So if he hasn't got a Thai Pass already and insurance (mandatory), I can't see how he can transit BKK on Jan. 17. He might be refused boarding in Phnom Penh.
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