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My visa run in Bangkok turned into a 48 hour airport hotel stay | Digital Nomad Life - Vivisector

My visa run in Bangkok turned into a 48 hour airport hotel stay

I was in Thailand last month and my 60 day tourist visa was up. The plan was a quick border hop to Vientiane. My flight got cancelled due to a storm, and the next available one wasn't for two days. I had a client call scheduled for the morning I was supposed to be back. I ended up booking a room at the airport hotel for $65 a night and did the call from there, explaining the 'unusual background noise'. It worked, but it was stressful. Has anyone else had a simple visa run go completely sideways?

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4 Comments

tessap735mo ago

Honestly that sounds like a pretty smooth outcome for a messed up travel plan. You got a clean hotel room right at the airport for a normal price and your work call still happened. I know a guy who got stuck sleeping on a bench in Kuala Lumpur for two nights when his visa run flight got canceled. Compared to that, your story is a win. Sometimes you just have to roll with the punches when you're traveling on tourist visas. What was the hotel like?

wendy325mo ago

Yeah, sleeping on a bench sounds awful, that's a whole different level of travel nightmare. You're right though, finding a decent spot at the airport for a regular price feels like a small miracle when plans fall apart. It really is all about just dealing with it and not letting it ruin your whole trip. Makes you appreciate the simple wins, like a clean bed and a working wifi signal, doesn't it?

grant.anthony5mo ago

Man, that's just how life works with kids and travel too, right?

jake7472mo ago

Whoa yeah that reminds me of my buddy Dave. He was flying back from Thailand and got stuck in Doha for like 18 hours after a missed connection. Ended up sleeping on one of those curved metal benches near the food court because everything was booked solid. Woke up with his neck all twisted and a security guard staring at him like he was a vagrant. But he still says it was better than the alternative of sleeping on the actual floor, so I guess that's a win? Sometimes you just gotta laugh at the chaos and move on.