More Phuket hotels approved as quarantine venues

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More Phuket hotels approved as quarantine venues

By The Phuket News

 

The Novotel Avista Resort & Spa was inspected and approved by the Phuket Provincial Public Health Office to operate as an ALQ. The resort must now wait for approval from Bangkok. Photo: PPHO

 

PHUKET: The total number of hotels in Phuket approved to serve as Alternative Local Quarantine (ALQ) venues has risen to 18, with nearly 2,000 rooms now available to receive guests observing the mandatory 14-day quarantine.

 

The news follows the Novotel Avista Resort & Spa being approved by the Phuket Provincial Health Office (PPHO) earlier this week, meaning the resort must now wait for approval from health officials in Bangkok in order to operate as an ALQ.

 

In the past month, 11 more Phuket hotels and resorts have been approved by Bangkok to operate as ALQs, including the Ramada Phuket Deevana (91 rooms), Best Western Patong (210 rooms) and Outrigger Laguna Phuket Beach Resort (55 rooms). (See full list below.

 

Source: https://www.thephuketnews.com/more-phuket-hotels-approved-as-quarantine-venues-78035.php

 

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[outsider]

Getting ready for the 'high season', I see.

Edited November 19, 2020 by outsider

[sammieuk1]

STV ASQ ALQ bubble 10 day or 14 day rinsing mastercard or visa that will do nicely ????

[Kopitiam]

What is the point of having ALQ hotels when tourists have to jump through many hoops to come?

[Billpro785]

14 hours ago, Kopitiam said:

What is the point of having ALQ hotels when tourists have to jump through many hoops to come?

What hoops ? Applied via the Thai embassy website in my country, took 10 minutes and less than 24 hours got my COE . 

[swifty5x5]

who in the f would travel here to go into quarantine

 

[rotorbreeze]

1 hour ago, Billpro785 said:

What hoops ? Applied via the Thai embassy website in my country, took 10 minutes and less than 24 hours got my COE . 

Many hoops having a Retirement Visa good till Jan 2021 and re-entry. Now seeking Travel insurance costly $2300. for 180 days phoning explaining situation my country Bans travel and insurance in question. Now booking Covid Test within 72hrs before flight and if too early one must have another test one in HongKong. Booking hotel and await payment confirmation got my deposit yet no email confirmation. Booking flight now airlines change departure date...resubmit my COE online. Pay IVisa $20 for ivisa application (scam). Hoops are really deep wells each time jumping through ya fall deep into a hole!

[rotorbreeze]

2 minutes ago, swifty5x5 said:

who in the f would travel here to go into quarantine

 

Just retirement people with Visas and whom visited the country of birth for summer time now to return to sunshine and great foods, 2 weeks in luxury hotel nice, 3rd day poolside days nice...yes I am one of whom you questioned for hotel holiday...later a Horny day and after that a Holly day...Sawadee..

[Oldie]

2 hours ago, Billpro785 said:

What hoops ? Applied via the Thai embassy website in my country, took 10 minutes and less than 24 hours got my COE . 

Really very quick. And now follows the long trip and then you can relax 2 weeks in a room (or even more if you are tested positive). This quarantine for sure is necessary. But people must have a lot of motivation to do all this and even pay for it. 

[hotchilli]

17 hours ago, sammieuk1 said:

STV ASQ ALQ bubble 10 day or 14 day rinsing mastercard or visa that will do nicely ????

As no locals want to venture south due to the costs I guess they have to do something.

[The Theory]

If those hotels treat guests poorly, then thats what they good for. 

[Mises]

Interesting view on COVID from an expert in Canada. Note the remark about vitamin D which likely part explains the lack of COVID here in Thailand.

 

[Jen65]

Only to keep them afloat (government subsidised) otherwise there won't be any hotels when tourists finally do come back

[chilli42]

19 hours ago, Kopitiam said:

What is the point of having ALQ hotels when tourists have to jump through many hoops to come?

I would have been inclined to agree with this view but I just returned from overseas and it was not so easy to get a quarantine room at a decent hotel.  My daughter is planning to return next month and the room availability is even more acute.  My conclusion is that there are more people than one would think that are keen to return to Thailand.  BTW, the hard and expensive part of returning is the quarantine hotel.  The permission to return is not much of a hassle.

[chilli42]

2 hours ago, rotorbreeze said:

Many hoops having a Retirement Visa good till Jan 2021 and re-entry. Now seeking Travel insurance costly $2300. for 180 days phoning explaining situation my country Bans travel and insurance in question. Now booking Covid Test within 72hrs before flight and if too early one must have another test one in HongKong. Booking hotel and await payment confirmation got my deposit yet no email confirmation. Booking flight now airlines change departure date...resubmit my COE online. Pay IVisa $20 for ivisa application (scam). Hoops are really deep wells each time jumping through ya fall deep into a hole!

Do you mean travel insurance or medical insurance?  If it’s medical insurance for Covid (through one of the Thai government approved insurers) something wrong with the price you have been quoted.  It should be much less for 180 days.  

[Migrosmarket]

5 hours ago, Billpro785 said:

What hoops ? Applied via the Thai embassy website in my country, took 10 minutes and less than 24 hours got my COE . 

The hoops:

Testing before departure

Extra cost and procedure for covid insurance

Booking a hotel/flight/test to all coincide.

Uncomfortable air travel with mandatory masks, pre-packed food, no drink service.

Several hours to clear immigration when arriving due to testing etc.

14 day quarantine at outrageous price and with no ability to obtain food/drink of your choosing or at a time that suits you.

More testing in quarantine

A positive result means hospitalization whatever the symptoms or severity of illness and no release for weeks.

 

Tourists won't do it!

[Marco100]

4 hours ago, swifty5x5 said:

who in the f would travel here to go into quarantine

 

Those who do not want to pass a nice covid winter in the northen countries , ( Europe , Russia , North US , Canada , et ) , if they can get a COE ...

[jerolamo]

4 hours ago, rotorbreeze said:

Just retirement people with Visas and whom visited the country of birth for summer time now to return to sunshine and great foods, 2 weeks in luxury hotel nice, 3rd day poolside days nice...yes I am one of whom you questioned for hotel holiday...later a Horny day and after that a Holly day...Sawadee..

It is rare to find some birds like you my friend... You need to find birds who have enough money to loose and enough time to rich requirement, and then who love to stay close 14 days at expensive price. Very rare, but if you enjoy this kind of life you seems to already had before, then nothing change for you, sure. But you are not the majority of normal people to like this kind of life.

[jerolamo]

5 minutes ago, Marco100 said:

Those who do not want to pass a nice covid winter in the northen countries , ( Europe , Russia , North US , Canada , et ) , if they can get a COE ...

and who have money for that 14 days luxury jail and all the other requirement.

By the time, don't look only your own affair as if you are alone in the world, consider there is also majority of normal people who have family in Thailand or a retirement life in Thailand, or have business in Thailand and who are not rich, who are locked because of these restrictions for a fear about a flue.

 

[jerolamo]

2 hours ago, Mises said:

Interesting view on COVID from an expert in Canada. Note the remark about vitamin D which likely part explains the lack of COVID here in Thailand.

 

an other most probably idea for explain the "lack of COVID" in Thailand, is the lack of test at any moment for citizen. I can not imagine someone can not see that.

[PETERTHEEATER]

5 hours ago, swifty5x5 said:

who in the f would travel here to go into quarantine

 

People with specific personal agendas but very few true tourists.

[Truth Will Set You Free]

3 hours ago, chilli42 said:

6 hours ago, rotorbreeze said:

Many hoops having a Retirement Visa good till Jan 2021 and re-entry. Now seeking Travel insurance costly $2300. for 180 days phoning explaining situation my country Bans travel and insurance in question. Now booking Covid Test within 72hrs before flight and if too early one must have another test one in HongKong. Booking hotel and await payment confirmation got my deposit yet no email confirmation. Booking flight now airlines change departure date...resubmit my COE online. Pay IVisa $20 for ivisa application (scam). Hoops are really deep wells each time jumping through ya fall deep into a hole!

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Do you mean travel insurance or medical insurance?  If it’s medical insurance for Covid (through one of the Thai government approved insurers) something wrong with the price you have been quoted.  It should be much less for 180 days

It’s less for than that for whole year. What company did he inquire? 

[RichardColeman]

If the Uk starts rolling out the covid jabs with the flu vaccination soon, does that mean no quarantine ? If not, then that quarantine is going to kill ANY recovery next year

[barney42bb]

 

Example..... ClIck OR Copy n paste on the link i post here.

 

The 15 Day price to this Hotel in Patong. £233  8120 Baht

 

Book as a Quarantine resident.... 51000 Baht

 

Ladies and Gents... I Give You//// GREEDOCRACY.

 

 

https://www.booking.com/searchresults.en-gb.html?aid=1710624&sid=40fd0036ba49c84921273f2156125bb3&sb=1&sb_lp=1&src=index&src_elem=sb&error_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.booking.com%2Findex.en-gb.html%3Faid%3D1710624%3Bsid%3D40fd0036ba49c84921273f2156125bb3%3Bsb_price_type%3Dtotal%26%3B&ss=Andakira+Hotel%2C+Patong+Beach%2C+Phuket+Province%2C+Thailand&is_ski_area=&checkin_year=2020&checkin_month=12&checkin_monthday=1&checkout_year=2020&checkout_month=12&checkout_monthday=16&group_adults=2&group_children=0&no_rooms=1&b_h4u_keep_filters=&from_sf=1&ss_raw=Andakira&ac_position=0&ac_langcode=en&ac_click_type=b&dest_id=176519&dest_type=hotel&place_id_lat=7.89399715237585&place_id_lon=98.302505761385&search_pageview_id=74673b0c2586008f&search_selected=true&search_pageview_id=74673b0c2586008f&ac_suggestion_list_length=2&ac_suggestion_theme_list_length=0

 

[Chiang Mai Bill]

9 hours ago, Billpro785 said:

What hoops ? Applied via the Thai embassy website in my country, took 10 minutes and less than 24 hours got my COE . 

Obviously, in your country you can get covid tested and the results immediately to enable you to get to your plane within 72 hours!  Not possible in the UK -- many have to wait 5 days or more to get their result.  And virtually impossible to obtain a 'fit to fly' bit of paper from our doctors! 

 

And I'm not sure that pre-booking a flight with guaranteed covid-positive cancellation is offered by many airlines!

[Raphus]

There is no way in this earth that I will go through all this BS just to be in Thailand. Those that are doing this must be very desperate to leave their own countries. Moreover, they are missing the small holes that are cheap, but now not plentiful !!!

[Mayhem11]

Where can I get a list of Covid Petri Dish hotels, so I can avoid them.

[Stargeezr]

I do hope that the people who have property and loved ones get back to Thailand without too many 

hassles. I am glad that the 500 thousand baht, ridiculous request has been cancelled. The government

should hang their heads in shame for allowing this requirement to even get past the consideration

stage.  Having a valid insurance policy that covers the covid virus,  should be mandatory as well

as having your visa and passports, but it is time to stop the money grabbing schemes that some

people dream up.  Good luck to the travellers that want to risk a long flight to Thailand or any where,

as there are still idiots that know they are sick but want to travel anyway. I seen one in Canada that was stopped at the airport trying to leave for a foreign country. All she had was a fever, shortness of breath and complaining

that she could not taste her Tim Horton's coffee, but other wise felt okay.

Geezer

[mrmrmred]

Lots of ALQs and ASQs still be certified kinda means the 14 day Q aint going anytime soon... so ALOT of certifed empty beds.   Tourism is dead for 2021 for sure, Anutin the Great has decreed tyranny on his people with the approval or Master of the People Poverty, the PM.