ChipButty 16,237 Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 1 hour ago, Cambodger said: At this time, after nearly 15 years of splitting my time between the UK and Thailand, 3 months there, 3 moths here, i doubt i will ever return. It had already lost it's sparkle 5 years ago for me. I have friends who lived there who have already moved to Mexico and are trying to encourage me to make that my second home. I still have a small condo there that i rent, but i'm on the verge of just cancelling my rent payments and closing the book. It's been going on for a few years people leaving Thailand and finding other places to live, A few people I know went to live in Cyprus a couple I know went to Costa Rica none of them ever came back 2 Link to post Share on other sites
CLW 3,088 Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 Who's going to Phuket theses days? Flight prices are still prohibitive. We are three people, two adult and one children. If we want to go to a nice beach from Bangkok, it's cheaper and more convenient to go by car to the south or east. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
khunphil 77 Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 (edited) On 11/3/2020 at 1:37 PM, CLW said: Who's going to Phuket theses days? Flight prices are still prohibitive. We are three people, two adult and one children. If we want to go to a nice beach from Bangkok, it's cheaper and more convenient to go by car to the south or east. Well ... from Chiangmai, that's another story Edited November 5, 2020 by khunphil Wrong quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChipButty 16,237 Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 16 hours ago, khunphil said: Well ... from Chiangmai, that's another story Long drive from CM Link to post Share on other sites
ChipButty 16,237 Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 Would be interesting to know in this present climate how much business do 7/11 do after say 10pm is it really worth them opening 24 hours a day? business is already down I can see during the day it's quiet just the odd customer passing by at night Link to post Share on other sites
Henryford 5,112 Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 On 11/3/2020 at 1:37 PM, CLW said: Who's going to Phuket theses days? Flight prices are still prohibitive. We are three people, two adult and one children. If we want to go to a nice beach from Bangkok, it's cheaper and more convenient to go by car to the south or east. I just booked flights to Phuket from Pattaya. 1000 baht each way. Seems very reasonable. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
ChipButty 16,237 Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 3 minutes ago, Henryford said: I just booked flights to Phuket from Pattaya. 1000 baht each way. Seems very reasonable. Thats a good price Link to post Share on other sites
bristolgeoff 1,314 Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 no tourist allowed or this coming high season so we can escape the winter .thailand will be quiet until they let the winter birds back in.everywhere the same no one can travel,i,am one of the many who are waiting to get back Link to post Share on other sites
zzzzz 623 Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 1 hour ago, bristolgeoff said: no tourist allowed or this coming high season so we can escape the winter .thailand will be quiet until they let the winter birds back in.everywhere the same no one can travel,i,am one of the many who are waiting to get back fyi; tourist visas are available>>> but......... still need quarantine, 1 Link to post Share on other sites
xylophone 12,045 Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 23 hours ago, zzzzz said: fyi; tourist visas are available>>> but......... still need quarantine, And as I understand it, that quarantine cannot be served in Phuket/Patong, despite the government giving the ASQ ranking to a few hotels here! And of course there is the COVID insurance which needs to be bought (am I right there?), and to add more expense it would appear from what I've seen that the airfares from the likes of the UK are not cheap at all. They are not making things easy, or should I say they are not thinking things through 1 Link to post Share on other sites
treetops 1,203 Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 1 hour ago, xylophone said: And as I understand it, that quarantine cannot be served in Phuket/Patong, despite the government giving the ASQ ranking to a few hotels here! I don't think there's any international flights arriving yet. Emirates and Qatar have been given permission to fly there but have not started to do so, and some flights to/from India were planned but not sure if they ever started. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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