Luma do a plan that covers up to 74 years of age. It provides 3.5 miiiion Bahr of general medical insurance, including COVID-19 cover. This will satisfy the insurance requirements of the STV. 6 months cover is 20,000 Baht.

Where are you applying from and why was your COE rejected?

@Klaus **********

interesting.

That is such a hard question to answer without knowing what you want out of a holiday in Thailand. I will try so here goes.

If people are your thing, hanging out in crowded bars of Pattaya, the GoGo bars of Nana Plaza or the Night Clubs of Phuket then it is not the time to come.

If seeing the beauty of Thailand is your thing then there may not be a better time to come. The value in the hotels at the moment is incredible. Beaches are deserted, restaurants have had to up their game to attract the few domestic tourists that are here and the national parks are even more beautiful because of the lack of people.

The biggest negative is that we can’t see into the future. No one knows what will happen with COVID. It has been managed very well so far is all we can say.

@Kraig ******

thank you for sharing.

@Ron *****************

I suspect that what you describe will be part of the new normal.

@Mike ********

this is a very interesting situation. Before I retired I worked for a big multinational and was lucky enough to be able to travel with them. It was company policy to ensure that your vaccines were kept up to date. They also had a travel clinic that you could go during your working day and consult with the nurse on the right vaccinations you might need to go on holiday. It was a great thing to have and it saved you picking up any nasty illnesses on your holidays. I remember when I first came to SE Asia they even issued malaria tablets.

@Steve ********

one of the strengths of this group is to be able to fact check these rumours. This one appears to have had a little substance to it originally. A minister did say it but the statement was retracted within 24 hours. Also at least one of the hospital chains is trying to link a COVID-19 test to the Work Permit.

Yes you do need to pay for your flights and ASQ. Buy a fully flexible flight and ASQ. There is a small chance that your COVID-19 PCR test comes back posutive and you will have to delay the whole trip until you get a negative test result. Re-booking your flight will be much easier if you have booked direct with the hotel and airline. I hope you don't need to worry about this scenario and have a fantastic trip.

Lumia do a fixed fee insurance that covers both insurance requirements for the STV. The requirements being $100,000 COVID-19 cover and the 40,,000 out/in patent medical cover. In really it covers 1.3 million on the hospital and COVID cover.