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Is moving to Thailand in 2021 with a Special Tourist Visa expensive and complicated due to quarantine requirements?
Feb 15, 2021
5 years ago
Fabrizio ***********
ORIGINAL POSTERI was thinking of coming to thailand with Special Tourist Visa in March 2021
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I read that I have to do quarantine 14 days in a hotel, but then I read also the prices, cheapest is 32000 bath for 14 days
Kind of a steep price which may discourage me coming in March 2021
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additionally at 7.6 point 4)
The thai embassy in Thailand says that I will have to book 3 months of accomodation in advance before my arrival, my experience when travelling is never book in advance as I may have problems in the apartment (wifi not working, bad smell, noise etc..)
so this is another big point that incorages me to wait organizing this..
Did I understand everything correctly or am I wrong?
Is it this hard and expensive moving to thailand in 2021?
Thanks a lot
I wish we will win this COVID global pandemic
Thanks a lot
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I read that I have to do quarantine 14 days in a hotel, but then I read also the prices, cheapest is 32000 bath for 14 days
Kind of a steep price which may discourage me coming in March 2021
[members only]
additionally at 7.6 point 4)
The thai embassy in Thailand says that I will have to book 3 months of accomodation in advance before my arrival, my experience when travelling is never book in advance as I may have problems in the apartment (wifi not working, bad smell, noise etc..)
so this is another big point that incorages me to wait organizing this..
Did I understand everything correctly or am I wrong?
Is it this hard and expensive moving to thailand in 2021?
Thanks a lot
I wish we will win this COVID global pandemic
Thanks a lot
TLDR : Answer Summary
The user is considering traveling to Thailand on a Special Tourist Visa in March 2021 but is discouraged by the high quarantine costs and the requirement to pre-book three months of accommodation. They have asked for confirmation if their understanding of the visa and associated costs is correct. Commenters provided insights, confirming the user's understanding and elaborating on the quarantine procedures, costs, and implications of the Special Tourist Visa.
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A costing today ...£3000..average flight insurance hotel...fit to fly covid......
A costing today ...£3000..average flight insurance hotel...fit to fly covid......
Adrià ********
Is strictly necessary to book in advance? It's possible to cancel later? If not, it's impossible to move and visit the country freely.
Fabrizio ***********
ORIGINAL POSTERThanks a lot everyone for the advice 🙏
Steve *********
"A little steep"? 15 nights in a hotel - including 3 meals a day, transport to/from airport - 2 covid tests - 24 hour nurse on duty - security presence. Not a bad deal!
Esing ********
@Steve ********
did u ask urself what type of meal, transport to any part of bkk doesn't cost much, and I don't think that there is any 24 hour nurse on duty!! Steve *********
@Eshing *******
there should be. There certainly has been at hotels used by all my friends.Esing ********
@Steve ********
good, good if u are so certain about it!! Steve *********
@Eshing *******
I've worked it out into British pounds that a 15 night stay in a hotel charging 40,000 baht is about £60 a night at current rates. Taking into account meals, covid tests and transport, security and so forth ... that's not bad.Reply to
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Alain **********
Quarantine is 15 nights locked up in a hotel, an excellent way to begin holidays in the Land Of Smiles....
Paul *****************
@Alain *********
i travel Thailand again without 15 Days Qurantäne Jail for 70k in Bangkok. Wasting Time and Money for nothing Greg ********
@Paul ****************
Not to worry - Thailand will still be here when you want to come :-)Reply to
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Anise *******
15 nights quarantine.... but the cost includes pick up at airport by your hotel, 3 meals a day, daily health checks and 2 covid tests..... also water, tea, coffee, snacks in room too
Oliver ********
Your understanding of the facts is correct. The quarantine fee also includes room service food and covid testing provided by the hotel's medical partner. Many hotels in Thailand are now offering heavily discounted monthly rates, which should balance against the requirement to do extra research on your accommodation (and the risk that you make a bad choice).
Fabrizio ***********
ORIGINAL POSTER@Oliver *******
thanks a lot 🙏Reply to
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Sergejs *********
STV visa is not for moving into Thailand.
After 9 months stay elapsed you'll have to leave the country, and this visa can't be converted into any other visa, like e.g. standard tourist visa.
After 9 months stay elapsed you'll have to leave the country, and this visa can't be converted into any other visa, like e.g. standard tourist visa.
Sergejs *********
Giovanni Edmonson I'm atm, but I lived 7+ years in TH, and looking to come back, hence study everything abt TH visas with great degree of accuracy.
To figure out that STV vs. TR can't be converted into other type of visa, is also not a rocket science.
To figure out that STV vs. TR can't be converted into other type of visa, is also not a rocket science.
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Benjamin ******
What you said is absolutely correct.
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