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07-01-21 23:16 #4410
Posts: 492I would ask if they knew of other hotels that didn't charge that fee as I was going to be in Phuket for 2 months. And after two weeks I would leave.
Originally Posted by Crocodilexp [View Original Post]
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07-01-21 23:07 #4409
Posts: 1232Originally Posted by JJanni [View Original Post]
I'd rather pay 500 for a short time room out of spite than give it to the greedy bastards.
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07-01-21 21:28 #4408
Posts: 166Protests in over 200 Cities.
Originally Posted by SinfullyKorean [View Original Post]
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07-01-21 21:25 #4407
Posts: 260Originally Posted by Dublin12 [View Original Post]
Booked hotel direct. It was early days, so they didn't really know what they were doing with the shaba and pcr tests, but they got there in the end.
Hotel wanted to charge a joiner fee and check my guest was vaccinated. Got my test results in about midnight, got a girl here about 30 minutes later haha.
She wasn't vaccinated, but the night receptionist was amenable to my suggestion I meet her outside and don't come through reception. So no joiner fee either.
Literally the first girl to answer a video call.
Looked nothing like her pictures. To my mind, better! Very sweet 39 kg spinner. 32, saw her ID, but if she'd said 20 I would have believed her. Absolutely fucked my brains out, three times.
And in answer to your question, she says the bars aren't open.
See what tomorrow brings. Think I'm going to sort a car out and get further afield.
Excuse the crap quality of the pic, I should get a decent phone.
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07-01-21 21:21 #4406
Posts: 459Originally Posted by Dublin12 [View Original Post]
Brazil, on the other hand, is very open and easy to get into. I'm not sure what civil unrest you're speaking of. There was none, other than a parade of motorcyclists in support of Bolsonaro. There are also no health insurance requirements. Many have gone and are going to Brazil right now for mongering purposes. You can see all the activities on that sub (both Sao Paulo and Rio).
I am a bit skeptical of Columbia due to all the violence that happened about a month ago. But from what I hear, that seems to have died down. Not sure about health insurance requirements there, but many are speaking highly of mongering in Columbia.
You mentioned saving 700 euros if you book with certain risks. 1100 US was my mongering costs during my 2 week stay in Brazil. Hotel was less than $50/ night.
You're right. With the current uncertainties of Thailand's sandbox and mongering restrictions and activities, I wouldn't risk going there. At least until there's some positive FRs. I'm hoping they have things sorted out by Nov / Dec.
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07-01-21 18:41 #4405
Posts: 166Originally Posted by JJanni [View Original Post]
So if I understand you correctly, I don't have to come with the wife if I want female company in the room? But I will need to pay a joiner fee. I wonder if that's universal?
Can I ask, did you book the room on the SHA site, or with a hotel booking site?
Anyway, here's hoping for a speedy lifting of Purdah for you.
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07-01-21 17:50 #4404
Posts: 166Originally Posted by SinfullyKorean [View Original Post]
Think about it, Will someone need to lockdown fir 14 days because they arrived on KLM? Will your hotel booking be invalidated because you didn't book with SHA, and might you then be taken to the same hotel you booked on say Agoda, and have to pay again and maybe 50%? Obviously, the rules are there and and you flaunt them at your own risk. I've calculated that I will save about €700 if I don't fly Thai and use Agoda, and that is potentially a false economy. But when you ask questions like whether you will be allowed to accommodate guests in your room, or will the bars be open, and nobody wants to answer the question, how can you assess that risk? All in all, can you not see the potential for some new rules that have yet to be announced?
Basically, on what we know so far, Thailand is a pig in a poke. If I've got four weeks, I don't want to spend two of them living like an abstemious monk.
Brazil and Colombia were attractive options, but there is now civil unrest in both countries. Notwithstanding the issues over health insurance, it's difficult to see how you can get any cover for either of those when the Irish gov website is saying "don't go". That might change after July 19th, as the gov is hinting that those who have been vaxxed, will have freedom to travel anywhere. I just got my second today.
Right now though, Thailand looks of case "Pleases sign the contract, and we will write the agreement after you've paid your money".
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07-01-21 17:28 #4403
Posts: 260Originally Posted by HorseTrader [View Original Post]
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07-01-21 14:59 #4402
Posts: 1693Originally Posted by JJanni [View Original Post]
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07-01-21 12:51 #4401
Posts: 260Writing this from my hotel room in Phuket.
Actual process of getting here after the dystopian nightmare of the application, went pretty much without a hitch.
My two biggest hiccups thus far are, in order of increasing severity.
My hotel is no longer girl friendly. They want a 500 baht joiner fee per girl. I've resigned myself to spending an extra couple of hundred quid while I'm here. Contemplating asking for a discount for quantity. Though, as I did book for two, they have said I can book a girl in with me for the two weeks for free. Anybody know any depraved and wanton fully bisexual nymphets who can hold a decent conversation in Phuket?
Biggest problem. On arrival covid test. I can't leave this hotel room before the results come back, or have visitors. I was thinking of sacking it off and sneaking out / sneaking a girl in, but I spotted the Thai rozzers doing a walk around with the manager and it's put the wind up me.
It's one thing being 7000 miles away from all this easily available pussy. It's quite another being 3 miles from it.
Hopefully, the result will come in late tonight or early tomorrow. From what I've seen, the actual boots on the ground implementing the plan have been given a lot of latitude to smooth things over, overlook little irregularities, and put in overtime to get the sandbox off to a good start.
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07-01-21 08:51 #4400
Posts: 260Originally Posted by MaxBkk [View Original Post]
The shambles it's been, actually just getting into the country is a win for me.
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07-01-21 07:36 #4399
Posts: 1136Same here
Originally Posted by NattyBumpo [View Original Post]
I also did a similar trip back in March, after getting my 2nd dose of the Moderna vaccine. Colombia no longer requires a PCR test for entry.
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07-01-21 07:19 #4398
Posts: 459Originally Posted by Dublin12 [View Original Post]
You're worrying about "some form of quarantine which has yet to be announced". In other words, fear of the unknown. My only recommendation is to make decisions based on what you know, not what you don't. I doubt governments will require quarantine for those that are vaccinated. That would be tantamount to acknowledging that vaccines don't work.
Natty went during the first peak of Covid in Brazil. After reading his posts, I booked my trip (trends were going down). But when I landed, trends were going up again and reached the second peak during my stay. I had my 2 shots of Pfizer before taking my trip. I'm sure I was exposed to Covid while I was mongering almost every day I was there. And the vaccine did its job. Travel warning level against Brazil is level 4 (highest). I had no issues coming back.
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06-30-21 15:10 #4397
Posts: 3241 July
Let the Phuket Sandbox Sh*t storm begin!
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06-30-21 08:50 #4396
Posts: 166Other reasons for being cautious.
Originally Posted by NattyBumpo [View Original Post]
I am due my second jab tomorrow (AZ) and it's not really the fear of infection that gives me any worries. If I am going somewhere, I don't want to do the quarantine. When I go, I can do four weeks, but who wants to spend half that time in quarantine. More to the point, statistically, the situation in Brazil and Colombia is so bad, that I think in due course, the procedure for "red listing" countries will be more stats based. That being the case, it would not surprise me to read in the near future, that travel restrictions have eased, but if you go to specified countries, you will still need to go into quarantine on return.
Just looking at the current figures, Brazil's infection rate is 4 x that of Ireland and Colombia is at 8 x. The UK considers Thailand "high risk", whereas the Thais consider the UK medium. The UK infection rate is 4 x that of Thailand. Germany wants to discourage travel with the UK in both directions. The UK rate is 35 x that of Germany.
But as far as TH is concerned, the info that is coming out of there is clearly insufficient. What happens if you arrive on a Qatari Airline. What happens if you book your room through Agoda. Can you have overnight guests? From what I've read so far, it seems that though there is no increased risk from the first two if you do not comply, you are likely to be quarantined, and there have been indications that even if you, "bring your own bottle" to the party, you may not be allowed to drink from it if you are not married.
But my reasons for being cautious are simply due to concerns that I am going to end up in some form of quarantine which has yet to be announced. I was in Pattaya when this all kicked off last year, and though I tried to tough it out, I lasted seven days after all the bars closed and that was bad enough.