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Originally Posted by localbest
1) Buying Kaha hotel voucher for Formosa for 2 nights. Must really thanks bro Nono for his unselfish sharing of info on save money tips.
I am not a frequent batam cheongster only go 2-3 times a year but believe in future will frequent there more often as beside good food and cewek, batam offer lots of massage options for us.
For the past few years have been walking in direct and was paying like S$62-S$65. But this time I was only paying 475000rp = S$48. Save me S$17 per night which is consider as value for money stay.
Last time in order to save cost I chose to stay at lailai mutiara at 230k = $25per night instead of $65 in Formosa.(according to one year ago exchange rate) That was a significant $40 difference
But rite now lailai has recently up their price to 260k=$27 as they are building a lift at the lobby rite now and also have refurbish part of the room like the cabinet and main door. Buying hotel voucher at KAHA for Formosa cost $48. So the difference between the 2 hotels room rate has reduced greatly to $21.
Therefore it is more value for money to stay in Formosa as the $21 difference, you get to enjoy better breakfast, more spacious room, carpet which is cosy, bathtub where you can mandi susu, and many other advantage like its prime location, etc.
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Hehehe..i purposely wait till i come back from Batam before i reply to your post. Bro,as mention earlier,your postings has always been a very good learning material for me.
Just wish to share this. You are comparing a 2 star hotel 1 over year ago with a 3 star hotel today on their price difference. Not fair,hehehe...my definition of fair :
2 star to 2 star,3 star to 3 star,their location. And on same month,same season. Formosa room cost S$456/night a week before CNY 2015 before tax-in at agoda tho,hehehe... (yes,its S$456/night and i ever post it here before)
1 year+ ago,normal days Formosa room from online is between S$62-S$65,i agree becos i booked at that price too. Today online only cost about S$56 at the same month last year (thats why i write my summary links on my signature to take notes so that i can always compare and there are 18 of those summaries now) I think Formosa Hotel is getting cheaper and cheaper,hehehe...
Last year Fomorsa Hotel voucher from Kaha only cost 455k,today it cost 475k...(same room type) Last month July, Formosa online pricing cost lesser than Kaha. Those who joined me in my last 18th Batam trip only pay about S$84 to S$89 for 2 nights of stay at Formosa which is cheaper than Kaha.
So what i do is i
always compare price with both online and Kaha pricing. Dont forget you go Kaha still need to use up some time to buy the voucher before heading to the hotel itself and if one is buying those room voucher at a higher price,then i think its not worth.
Now for the 2 star hotel comparison.Last year Lai Lai cost S$25,today at S$27,hehehe...today got many many 2 star hotel emeging,hehehe....and i just got back from 1. How about 1 that cost 288k (S$29.30) per night ,about 200 steps from Formosa ,they are with lift,with wifi ,with free breakfast and its less about 1 month old as of this post? (note : there are also bad points) When i say its new,i also mean everything all new.Its a 6th storey 2 star hotel but only 4 storeys are being used. Will share more of this hotel in my upcoming 19th Batam trip summary.
Now we compare 3 stars versus 3 star (goodway and formosa) which is near to Lai Lai area,that is none other than Goodway hotel (it used to be 4 star).Kaha price today is 475k/night on weekday and 525k for weekends and public holiday. Online price? Definitely higher than Formosa online's S$62-S$65 over last year and this year is still within S$47 to S$58.
