Process for entering Thailand
Some of you PMed me inquiring if it's a hassle to enter Thailand. It was extremely easy for me. I am a USA citizen so I don't need a visa. I entered Bangkok from Singapore in just 2 days after making the decision (to enter). These are the steps I took:
Download 'Thailand Pass' app, register and get approved. Very fast and easy, much easier than Singapore's system.
Buy Covid insurance of at least US $20,000 (was US $50,000 before March 1) for your entire stay in Thailand.
Book an 'SHA+' hotel with airport pickup and PCR test included. I booked my SHA+ hotel for 1 day via [URL]Agoda.com[/URL].
Get PCR test day before entering Thailand.
The hotel driver picked me up from the airport, drove straight to a Covid test site to do my PCR test, then delivered me to the hotel. I had to quarantine in my room until they received my negative result which they called my room to tell me (took about 6 hours). I can then go out. I checked out the next morning and went to Pattaya. I was also given an ART self-test kit at the test site which I had to self-test on the fifth day and uploaded to the 'Morchana' app (like Singapore's 'TraceTogether' app.).
Do the ART self-test on the fifth day and upload to Morchana.
THAT'S IT.
Before leaving Bangkok to return to Singapore, I had to do a supervised ART test (Singapore's entry requirement). I tried to book online with 2 different providers but my USA credit card was not accepted. I panicked and took a motorbike taxi to Bangkok Hospital as a walk-in patient. It turned out to be better because for 1,300 bt, I had my blood pressure tested and a doctor examined me including using a stethoscope, then an ART test with result emailed to me in 3 hours. The other online sites wanted 1,600 bt and God knows where they were located!
If you are still hesitating about visiting Thailand, DON'T. Now is the best time to visit. I feel safer in Thailand than back in USA. Everyone in Thailand wears a mask and uses hand sanitizers continuously (of course except when you are in the room mongering). Thailand needs our financial support.
Funman13.