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Travel plans up in the air with COVID? Postpone and still get those Thai hotel rebates

Travelers who signed up for domestic travel rebates may still be able to get them for up to a year if they postpone plans due to the recent outbreak.

Though hotels booked under the subsidy program cannot be canceled outright, the Thai Hotels Association said travelers who already paid for their stays should be able to postpone their trips six to 12 months due to the re-emergence of COVID-19, which has now reached at least 30 provinces and the capital, tourism minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn said yesterday.

Hotels association president Marisa Sukosol said she would encourage the roughly 1,000 hotels in the network to allow guests to reschedule or offer rewards if they are forced to cancel. She said they would discourage hotels from just seizing money from those canceling their trips.

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