Have quarantine costs in Phuket decreased or are there cheaper ASQ hotels available?

@Rob *****

I know like i said wifes in the buisness that was factored into the spread sheet this economics professor did. We checked through back end agoda and sabre to check present agent rates

@Joe **********

max 10 % my wife used to manage one of hotels back end booking system so fully aware of all rates for different situations. No point putting here because your minds made up already.

Was discussed quite detailed in farangs stranded abroad with spread sheets bills etc etc if you fancy checking it out.

@Michael *******

- Anything happening in normal times doesn't count. The chosen hotels have income while the non chosen hotels have virtually none. Any regular income versus expense calculation is out the window. The investment group of a particular hotel (via the hotel general manager) will do whatever takes to survive. Any income to pay basic expenses means survival until this awful Lockdown aftermath goes away. I have been reading about the disastrous hotel situation in Phuket... many will close permanently.

@Joe **********

They are not chosen they have to apply and pass the ministry of health standards which are quite strict and as i saw first hand strictly adhered to.

The hotel I was in was also accepting non ASQ customers and we used current figures not pre covid.

I am aware Thailand is one of the most corrupt countries in the world and have been a part of it especially importing boats and getting them there Thai papers and many other things.

A few of us looked at this in quite detail (you get bored in quarantine) and there just is simply not enough money for big under the table payments in this case a rarity for Thailand we came to the conclusion it was above board.

Bobby Howard - You stated nothing in a humorous fashion. Your statement was just smart assed as you typically do. Do you live on this site ?

Yes, you can use that areas..... if there are 50 or more customers and can go out only 1 for only 1 hour, it means each one can go out minimun 1 time every 2 day..... including night time..

@Darren ******

. There's absolutely no firm plans been announced yet. Unlike previous proposals which have been postponed, I do think this one has the potential to get off the ground as it's targetting cashed-up tourists who don't mind spending two weeks out of nine months in quarantine. There will probably be some financial criteria to meet, and don't be surprised (in light of yesterday's coincidental announcement that Thai Airways has been given the green light to restructure and get flying again), that one of the conditions for this visa will be "must fly Thai Airways". 🤣🤣. Or am I getting too cynical in my old age? 🤣

@Bobby *******

cynical old fart mate 😂

@Darren ******

. How about this one from a few days ago? Can we read anything into this?

/air-china-resumes-flights-to-bangkok/

@Bobby *******

hadn't seen that, sounds similar to Emirates. We all know the govt loves China...

@Darren ******

. It's purely coincidental that Air China start regular flights to Bangkok, and a few days later the Thai government announce a way back in for cashed-up tourists! Oh, and the Japanese are interested too!

@Andy *********

join farangs stranded abroad group, they are really on top of the situation there and there are offshoots for different countries as typically Thai each embassys rules can differ

@Andy *********

they are outside. Advice there helped me get in and quite quickly as well. I arrived in July

@Andy *********

. I don't know which country you're in, but initially they are targetting China, Taiwan and a couple of unnamed "European countries".

@Andy *********

China is Thailand's biggest tourist market and compared to the West they have things under control

@Andy *********

. More than 70% of Thailand tourists come from Asia, of which China makes up around 40%. It's obvious this is what will be targetted. Although the Chinese spending per person is slightly lower than western farangs, the sheer numbers will offset this. It's not lost on the Thais that farangs complain about how expensive Thailand is and the cost of quarantine etc. Are these really the type of people to boost the flagging sector of the economy?

@Andy *********

and?

@Andy *********

think you meant me, it did open up in July to select few i was lucky and worked hard to get my certificate of entry on marriage

@Michael *******

so did your certificate of entry come with your visa? I got my visa but no cert of entry yet. I fly sap 29 from LAX

@Patrick ***********

when i was issued COE they took my already checked visa application and issued there and then at embassy took 15 minutes. That was Singapore

@Andy *********

I've been working here since October last year

@Andy *********

. It was only announced yesterday afternoon. No specific locations were mentioned, so I don't know what you were reading. There was a Phuket plan about two weeks which was shelved, perhaps that's what you're referring to?