They have not announced use of rapid antigen testing and likely will not. So you’ll still need a hotel.

I shopped around for insurance and ultimately decided on AXA Thailand as it’s very well known and accepted by Thai Pass and has what looks like pretty decent coverage generally over and above just COVID.

If you go to the Thailand Pass site and go through the process to the point where you’d indicate the hotel you’ll be staying at, you will see they have a list of hotels that they recognize. I cross referenced my picks against this list to make sure. Not sure it matters ultimately but I bet it can’t hurt.

I contacted hotels via FB Messenger and email but mostly on Line which is a very popular messaging app in Thailand.

This is what I asked and it’s what I would suggest you ask;

Hello,

I need a QUOTE for a single night quarantine for ___ people.

Please provide a price that includes;

X people

- Room (24hr)

- RT-PCR tests for each of us

- Meals for each of us

- Rapid antigen test to take with us when we leave

@Steve *******

well, maybe you’ll get lucky and happen on a consular rep who happens to the the one person in D.C. who doesn’t think it’s his/her personal duty to save the world from people like us

@Steve *******

oh man… you’re right in the thick of it there.

They’ll probably deny you just for being so careless as to put American lives at risk traveling about the world.

How could you?

@Steve *******

I think it depends on a lot of factors but the primary one is probably what consulate is processing it and how busy they are.

Mine was processed in Vancouver. I would say that most Canadian, would be travelers, are stupid lefty #MSM watching, obedient and mindless drones too afraid to even leave their living room let alone fly to a dangerous foreign country in Asia.

@Steve *******

I submitted three in total for myself and fam. The longest took less than a day.

@Gary ********

So I just called Singapore Airlines and they said that the 48hr requirement applies to transiting passengers as well.

I found that hard to believe and so I went on their website and checked and indeed, on their website it says that also.

"Where a pre-departure test is also required at your planned destination, the stricter PDT requirement should apply. "



It also states on Singapore Air's site that the test is required to be taken no more than 48 hours before the flight. So that answers whether its before the departure or before the arrival.

"... required to take a pre-departure Covid-19 test within two days of their flight to Singapore".

@Gary ********

that’s the part I am not sure of also. And I can’t seem to find any definitive answer

@Gary ********

oh. You’re saying that Singapore’s 48 hour requirement wouldn’t apply to a traveler transiting to Thailand so long as you’re not leaving the airport?

@Gary ********

I’m not sure what you’re saying.

48 hours is two days