Said It Here

Do I have to book a hotel from the official entry form list?

Strict entry forms often require naming a specific, pre-booked hotel from a limited authorized list, which prevents travelers from choosing better-rated or more flexible independent accommodations. This leaves people worried about whether they risk rejection if they book something else or try to wing their trip without advance bookings.

What people tried

Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.

  1. 1
    Booking only hotels that appear on the official authorized list
  2. 2
    Looking up accommodation options on Google Maps and comparing ratings
  3. 3
    booking only a night or two in advance
  4. 4
    making sure bookings are refundable or have free cancellation
  5. 5
    booking only three days ahead at most

In their words

Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.

r/travel2 people · October 2026

“One of requirements to be able to board the flight to the island is to fill in the Entry Form (there you must provide the accommodation name).”source ↗

“The entry form has limited list of authorized accommodation establishments by the National Tourism Service. But looking at Google maps there are much more hotels with high ratings and fare rates.”source ↗

“Do i risk getting something not from the list and in the form selecting some random hotel?”source ↗

s4erka · r/travel · 1 upvotes

“Well it’s more that I don’t know if it’s possible to wing it, I haven’t done se Asia yet.”source ↗

Altruistic-Eye-2158 · r/travel · 1 upvotes

“the main thing is I move into Thailand after, a few people have told me I need to book hostels in advance which I don’t really like doing, is this true?”source ↗

Altruistic-Eye-2158 · r/travel

Where this came up

r/travelaccommodationbackpackingbureaucracyitinerary managementtraveltravel planningtrip planning

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