When does the quarantine period officially start during arrival in Thailand?

Jan 11, 2021
4 years ago
Luis ***********
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A simple question I hope. When does your quarantine time start? When you land in Bangkok or when you pass immigration? I am planning my trip and have to decide to arrive in the afternoon or just after 11pm.

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TLDR : Answer Summary
The quarantine period in Thailand begins on the day after your arrival, which is termed as 'Day 1'. The arrival day is considered 'Day 0'. Various comments indicate that regardless of the time you check into your ASQ (Alternative State Quarantine) hotel, the countdown for quarantine officially starts the next day, allowing for a total of 15 nights, with check-out on the 16th day. It is advisable to arrive in the afternoon rather than late at night to avoid complications.
Marlies *********
it starts the next day - the arrival day is called zero and as well the last day.
John ******
quarantaine starts the day AFTER you arrive at the hotel ! So day one is the day in which you open your eyes after having your first nights rest
John ******
sorry did not read your message carefulley so want to withdraw my aswer
เอ็ดเวิร์ด *******
I arrived at about 11:15 PM in Bangkok. Because of a snafu I didn’t get to my hotel till about 1 AM. The day I landed, the previous day, counted as day zero. I don’t know if there’s any official policy that says the day zero begins the day you land on the airport, but that was my experience
Sergio *********
Day 0 on arrival
Ronald *****
It's consider day 0 when you step into the hotel.
Kool *******
It starts when you reach your hotel, which is just a few hours after you land. There is no real delay in getting you there.
Hans *******
It cost me 1 hour and 15 min. after landing in Bangkok, much faster as normal without Covid-19 screening 😁
Zabel ******************
@Kool ******
The date is already set before you have departured as mention when you got the hotel you provide flight details and the hotel give you a date upon booking the hotel
Allan *********
Until you check in to your asq you are mingling with other people, ie; at the airport. So, you do not enter "quarantine" until you get to the hotel. As others have said, 15 nights, leave on 16th day.
Matt *******
Best to arrive at night. If you arrive early and at your ASQ at 6am, that is day 0.
Peter ***************
My guess

It starts when you check in

In your guarantine hotel
Ray *****
@Peter **************
it doesn't, it's as per the hotel confirmation, it shows check in and departure date. As stated above even if a flight is delayed they will go with the confirmation
Klaus ***********
15 nights - easy. Free the morning after the 15th night
Peter *************
Most off the time they let you out after 14 hole days. If you think you can't do the Quarantine then dont Come before its over
Kathy ****************
@Pe***
nope
Jeffrey *********
A friend who arrived last month had his flight delayed for several hours, with the result that he arrived in Bangkok well after midnight and didn't arrive at his ASQ hotel until after 5am. They still counted his original scheduled arrival date as day zero, and his quarantine period was not extended by a day.
Ryan ********
I would have liked to arrive later in the afternoon. My flight arrived around 11am. Was tired the whole afternoon forcing myself to stay awake.

Would have preferred to get to the hotel later so that I could just crash. But I was also coming from Vancouver Canada. So it was a long journey.
Zabel ******************
@Ryan *******
. then aging you would have plenty of time to adjust to the new time zone when being in quarantine
Ryan ********
@Zabel *****************
yes. That is true. It didn’t take long though.
Zabel ******************
@Ryan *******
Glad to hear that 😊🙏
Kathy ****************
Been there done that..
Cody *************
My plane arrived just after 11pm. I made it through immigration before midnight but was not at the hotel until after midnight. They still counted that as my day 0. I have seen other reports of this same timeline as well. Even with possible delays, the timelines are already set out for your quarantine days at the hotel ahead of time so I don't believe they would change it
Michael ********
@Kathy ***************
yes but they have to follow the goverment regulations been there done it to, but nothing at all to do with question asked
Michael ********
@Cody ************
Thats the correct answer the poster is looking for
Kathy ****************
@Co**
they will not change.. even After 2nd negative test..
Cody *************
@Kathy ***************
I'm not sure what the relevancy of covid tests are, but I'm just saying when you give the hotel your arrival date, they will schedule your quarantine time based on that, even if you arrive late on that day as was the case for me
Zabel ******************
The answer is simple when you book your hotel they will give you a date upon the flight time you provided them.

you are free to go 06:00 am that morning on that date they have given you
Kathy ****************
Day 1 is day after arrival no matter what time you get in.. you must do 15 nights.
Michael *******
Absurd question. Arguing over hours.
Ivan ************
Freedom to be an idiot <- this is my free speech, no criticism please
Don ***********
@Michael ******
absurd reply
Michael *******
So no respect for freedom of speech.
Matteo ****
@Michael ******
you are free to post anything you want. People are also free to reply. Freedom of speech works both ways.
Roger *******
@Michael ******
if you haven’t got anything helpful to say keep it bolted...
Eddie *******
@Michael ******
hours feel like days in prison.....
Matteo ****
@Michael ******
not arguing over hours. One minute past midnight means an extra day.
Michael ********
The Day you arrive is Day Zero and day 1 is the first full day.

So that makes it total of 16 days and 15 nights

Last day they let me out as soon as clearance paperwork arrived which was about 6 30 am.

Personally i would plan afternoon arrivals even small delay on 11 pm arrival could make you do an extra day.

Not exactly sure when they start counting the days, could be arrive Thailand could be arrival Hotel (quarantine facility ) Hopefully someone who has done a late arrival can clarify
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