DivineMadman

Thats what im thinking too, just let us travel already haha. 

If I were to hole up in a resort on Phuket, I will definitely invite a boy to stay with me!

Will things be "normal" by December....who knows.

I needed to have something on the horizon to look forward to and used miles for this trip that can be re-deposited if not.

Now looking for hotels that are offering free cancellation just in case as well. Most of the low prices I'm seeing is for non refundable rates, even if travel isn't allowed.

Thought I'd start a thread that would get some momentum going , talking about when everyone is thinking about returning 

Let me know if you guys see deals for hotels, BKK & Pattaya

I don't understand the point you are trying to make.  Sathorn is full of foreigners working in Thailand.  There are lots and lots of Western, Japanese, Chinese, South Korean, etc., etc., businesses with operations in Thailand.  Foreign executives, managers, etc., are sent from their home country to work there on work visas.  There are social clubs for expats like this in Bangkok.  These are the people that the programs currently designed for.  
There are many, many newspaper articles discussing the issue that the SE Asian countries are addressing right now - restarting the supply chain.  None of this is secret.
The Thai government has not opened up to expats on long-term visas or on marriage visas.  Maybe they will have the exact same rules for those people.  But that hasn't been announced yet.  
My point remains:  Don't say it something is "crazy" and "not practical" for tourists when the Thai government has not said that it applies to tourists.
Simple point.  Wait until they say what the rules will be for tourists, and then criticize those. 
 

Right now everyone is quarantined - fever or no fever.  
 

Patience can be such a challenge....

Some people appear to be reading too much into the latest developments.
The government announced an end to the internal lockdown.  The opening up the government announced was the opening up of businesses within Thailand and internationally for only a very certain class of travelers - primarily business (work permit) travelers on a case-by-case basis with a need to travel to Thailand who follow a special process with the Thai Embassy (which is why the Embassy will be vetting the insurance policies).
Thailand did not announce anything about tourists or opening up to tourists.  
Before people default into the usual crapping on Thailand or the Thai government, best thing to do is pause, relax, and make sure the facts are right.
The Bangkok Posts is reasonably accurate but often imprecise.  It's always best to check multiple sources before taking anything we read in the press as true.  The same is true for most countries, I reckon. And check Richard Barrow.  The Thai government gives very good English language press briefings Monday - Friday that are easy to find on-line, another excellent source that is direct from the water buffalo's mouth.
If we take a cursory look at other countries in the region, opening up to tourists is but a glimmer in the eye of the local governments and Thailand seems to be the same.  Indonesia has announced a planned opening of Bali to tourists in October. 
I don't think anyone outside or in the government knows what the final rules will be for tourist travel.  I do think that unrestricted travel in the time of a pandemic is not a god-given right or even prudent; therefore, there will inevitably be some restrictions and those will be bothersome and maybe even make some people unable to travel.  Spanish flu...second wave worst than the first...even Wuhan is nowhere near herd immunity....blah blah.  
A health insurance requirement would not surprise me at all.  With luck the region will get together and have a uniform requirement so insurance companies can issue standard coverage certificates, as they do now when someone has to apply for a visa to a Shengen country.  Or even better, the government can adopt the old proposal that there be a 300B tax on tourists to cover health insurance, and then people can complain about how that only covers government hospitals, 'cause we have to complain about something.  
Until an immunity passport becomes real, none of this will be easy.  
 

I agree, I kinda doubt it will be "real" Songkran including water, because it's time has passed and not sure people would be in the mood for it. You can't move Christmas or Easter of NYE, either. And Songkran is an equivalent to NY. Water fights would also not so much be among the people, but more like the Heavens vs the people with ample water pouring from above LOL.
So that solves question 2, and even IF there were to be a belated Songkran, given the lack tourists and hot weather and rain to boot, it would be, as it were,  a watered down version without constant water throwing throughout the city making it impossible to stay dry when out and about. So I'd just stay and celebrate with the guys in Soi 4. I couldn't seek foreign refuge anyway with the travel restrictions. 
 

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Some people appear to be reading too much into the latest developments.
The government announced an end to the internal lockdown.  The opening up the government announced was the opening up of businesses within Thailand and internationally for only a very certain class of travelers - primarily business (work permit) travelers on a case-by-case basis with a need to travel to Thailand who follow a special process with the Thai Embassy (which is why the Embassy will be vetting the insurance policies).
Thailand did not announce anything about tourists or opening up to tourists.  
Before people default into the usual crapping on Thailand or the Thai government, best thing to do is pause, relax, and make sure the facts are right.
The Bangkok Posts is reasonably accurate but often imprecise.  It's always best to check multiple sources before taking anything we read in the press as true.  The same is true for most countries, I reckon. And check Richard Barrow.  The Thai government gives very good English language press briefings Monday - Friday that are easy to find on-line, another excellent source that is direct from the water buffalo's mouth.
If we take a cursory look at other countries in the region, opening up to tourists is but a glimmer in the eye of the local governments and Thailand seems to be the same.  Indonesia has announced a planned opening of Bali to tourists in October. 
I don't think anyone outside or in the government knows what the final rules will be for tourist travel.  I do think that unrestricted travel in the time of a pandemic is not a god-given right or even prudent; therefore, there will inevitably be some restrictions and those will be bothersome and maybe even make some people unable to travel.  Spanish flu...second wave worst than the first...even Wuhan is nowhere near herd immunity....blah blah.  
A health insurance requirement would not surprise me at all.  With luck the region will get together and have a uniform requirement so insurance companies can issue standard coverage certificates, as they do now when someone has to apply for a visa to a Shengen country.  Or even better, the government can adopt the old proposal that there be a 300B tax on tourists to cover health insurance, and then people can complain about how that only covers government hospitals, 'cause we have to complain about something.  
Until an immunity passport becomes real, none of this will be easy.  
 

Maybe you should talk to your doctor for PrEP