February 21, 20224 yr Any recommendations please? Day 1 and 5 tests may be gone by the end of March, but if not.....
February 21, 20224 yr From the other posts, unfortunately it's the silom hotels that dropped the express pcr test option.
February 21, 20224 yr Author Oh I see. I land about 15:30, so would probably get to a test by 17:00. Do any hotels away from Silom offer express testing? Maybe in the Sukhumvit area?
February 21, 20224 yr I am staying at Banyan Tree and they are saying that if you get a test with them before 6pm then the result will be through that night. After 6pm it will be the next morning. Whether this turns out to be true or not is another question..... I too am arriving late March but my flight lands at 5.15am so very much hope I will be done and released before the evening! I am going ahead and booking the tests in the next couple of days so I can get Thai pass sorted. I don't want to leave it last minute. It might mean I end up paying for something that I don't need but better safe than sorry.
February 22, 20224 yr On 2/21/2022 at 3:31 PM, joshhb said: Any recommendations please? Day 1 and 5 tests may be gone by the end of March, but if not..... Is that true? I fly end of April and that would be great if it is 🙏
February 22, 20224 yr 3 hours ago, WelshGuyUK said: Is that true? I fly end of April and that would be great if it is 🙏 Will find out by today as there's an announcement
February 23, 20224 yr even if they hold as it is for March there still will be hope for relaxation in April, things are moving in the right direction and it's reflected in raising airfares to BKK I noticed on Kayak recently
February 24, 20224 yr On 2/21/2022 at 4:31 PM, joshhb said: Any recommendations please? Day 1 and 5 tests may be gone by the end of March, but if not..... Stayed in the Pullman Bangkok hotel G in silom in late December on T&G. Test was done on a dedicated suite in the hotel on my arrival at ~08.30 at 15.00 they called to tell me I was released and shoved the release papers under my fort minutes later
February 24, 20224 yr The Quarter in Silom told me 12 hour turnaround. They don't use the same hospital as other Silom hotels, so there may be an express option. I wrote the hospital and got no response. The best express I found was a 4hour turnaround at the notable markup you might expect. Sorry, I don't remember which, but I found it was almost impossible to get a response from any of the hotels to clarify how this would work, and what I needed to do to get an express test. So, while they advertised it, I couldn't confirm it. With new variants possibly coming at any time, I'd rather get approval now rather than risk something popping up and the program shutting back down. My .02. I arrive around midnight, so the 12 hour turnaround isn't a problem for me. I noticed on some of the other websites that some hotels were bad about getting you the paperwork you needed to confirm for Thai Pass. The Quarter wasn't helpful on some of my emails, but they did that relatively promptly at least. Good Luck.
February 25, 20224 yr 21 hours ago, caeron said: I arrive around midnight, so the 12 hour turnaround isn't a problem for me. I noticed on some of the other websites that some hotels were bad about getting you the paperwork you needed to confirm for Thai Pass. The Quarter wasn't helpful on some of my emails, but they did that relatively promptly at least. you can only hope you will be tested right after arrival, not in the morning, when they may start counting their 12 hrs promise. I booked mine quarantine / test hotel through Agoda and had confirmation right away .
February 25, 20224 yr Indeed, though a number of places do have 24 hour testing. I have to hope, or if it is morning, that I can pay the hospital for express testing. The Quarter did at least confirm that they use a different hospital than the one other Silom hotels use which doesn't offer express testing. I gave up trying to get answers out of the hotels because of the half dozen I wrote, none responded with anything helpful. (Some responded, but didn't answer the question I asked about quick testing and follow up emails were ignored.)
February 25, 20224 yr The Quarter Silom uses Paolo Phaholyothin Hospital. The hospital didn't respond to my query, maybe somebody with a Thai friend will have more luck confirming testing timing with them.
February 25, 20224 yr If test turnaround timing really matters to you, try e-mailing a large sample of hotels. In 2021-22, I just booked one on Agoda with good reviews. I slept for most of the quarantine period and had about 88 days of holiday remaining afterwards. On the other hand, in 2020-21, with 15 nights quarantine, I must have e-mailed about 50 hotels, to find one with both reasonable cancellation terms AND vegetarian food.
February 26, 20224 yr 11 hours ago, Eric said: From 1 March, the 5 day test is self-test antigen so it's not that important unless comes positive
February 26, 20224 yr 4 hours ago, vinapu said: unless comes positive If the self test is positive, at least you have the option of reporting a negative and self isolating.
February 28, 20224 yr Some hotels use hospital drive through, you arrive at the airport, driver drives you to hospital, winds down the window, the nurse sticks the stick through the window into your nose, you don't even need to get out of the car. Saves a lot of time. 56 Surawong Hotel uses this method with Piyavate Hospital, result came within 6 hours. No food choice, no windows that can be opened, but ok for 6 hours. (I heard).
March 1, 20224 yr 11 hours ago, 10tazione said: no windows that can be opened, thank you for the warning
March 1, 20224 yr 7 hours ago, vinapu said: thank you for the warning i mean windows yes, but cant be opened. I also prefer to breath some fresh air from the outside, with those air cons you never know where the air is coming from.
March 2, 20224 yr 16 hours ago, 10tazione said: i mean windows yes, but cant be opened. I also prefer to breath some fresh air from the outside, with those air cons you never know where the air is coming from. And sometimes is cool enough that A/C is even required, it happened to me to sleep with A/C off and with open window not only in Dec but also in Sept and Oct
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