[nono1973]

Originally Posted by localbest

5) Save on mobile data charges

As we know that Nagoya hill mall has many eateries coffee shop like Oldtown, EA café, Baresto café, Kangen café, Coffee story, Bistro Godiva coffee, etc, all these places provide free wifi. So if you go for your tea break/lunch/dinner you can save on internet charges. Also make full use of any free wifi services in the hotel too by downloading any info from the internet that you need.

Sometimes if you do not want to buy mobile data, you can always go near to those places where you have ever used wifi before as it will auto login without the need to key in password.

This is one of my weakest ring. Becos i dont really surf the net using mobile phone unless i am on google translate.

I agree with you,many food places,eateries,even massage shops provide free wifi,hehehe...almost all hotels in Batam will have wifi.

Originally Posted by localbest

6) Save on hotel accommodation

There is a few options where you can save on lodging :

a) Buy hotel vouchers at KAHA, thanks to bro nono for recommendation. Mostly applicable to 3 star hotel and above.

b) Join membership to get a classic card to enjoy 10% off the room rate, e.g. 510k-51k=459k approximate = 460k in Formosa hotel. So far I only know Formosa have this membership scheme, do any bros know if other hotel also have membership ?

c) Check the website like booking.com or hotel.com to compare offer price. After that call the hotel to ask the hotel walk in rate.

The following methods above will definitely be cheaper to book a hotel room than the walk in price.

a) Kaha not necessary cheaper,the trick is ALWAYS compare prices from various online hotel booking site versus the prices from Kaha. Kaha is at most time were on a fix rate using Indonesia rupiah. So exchange rate may some time favors online hotel booking rate (or vice versa).

b) Joining membership is pretty tricky. A lot of calculation is needed to shortlist what I truly need (eg,FREE taxi ride,free laundry wash,FREE night stay,FREE room upgrade etc). Today when i stay in Formosa Hotel,i am paying deluxe room price (460k weekday,510k weekend) and getting family (1 queen bed + 1 super single bed) or junior suite. Kaha is pricing a deluxe room at 475k rupiah on weekdays and 525k on weekends. But becos this does not applies to every member or guest and it is the reason why after using Kaha for nearly 2 years,i dare not tell the public that Kaha is better/cheaper.

Take a look at Hotels.com giving one almost similar offer as with Formosa hotel membership promo,i think they gives a better deal in terms of their point collection to qualify for a free night stay. Joining hotel membership is only good if one constantly stick to a particular hotel.

Originally Posted by localbest

7) Save on Cewek booking fee (no supir)
Tried not to engage a supir/driver for cewek hunting as he will get a 100k-150k commission from the papi or mami of the booking joint.

Use the walking map provided by nono to look for the joint.

Nowaday,due to a more heated competition,commission for taxi drivers can range as high as 100k to 350k rupiah for a booking girl.

I often pass bro xXFreedomXx's map to newbie to help them navigate Batam,as below :

https://www.sbf-sg.social/showpo...postcount=1058

A more detail map will be on my signature to navigate around Batam but most couldnt find the time to read. I am coming out with a NEW way of navigation soon,hehehe...so those who were to read my later post will know what to do. A lot of work is needed and I am in the midst of constructing it.

Originally Posted by localbest

Always take a taxi from point A to B so that you only pay the taxi fare only.

If one is running solo,ojek can be a good option too. Walking and ojek however is going to be disastrous if it suddenly rain tho,hehehe...

Originally Posted by localbest

Alight at a location near the joint but not at the joint, wait till the taxi left the site then go in to the booking joint to book your cewek to avoid paying driver commission.

All the joints in fact can be accessed by walking from Goldbird - Memory - New berry - Happy massage 8 - Indah2 - Bunga - Permata Indah following the sequence.

But for newbie in order to familiarise the location of the booking joint can follow experience bros once and try to remember the way to the joints.

I completely agree with all your words from the above quote.

Originally Posted by localbest

8) Save on massage fees

a) Many small savings that one save could amount up to a big saving. Take for example if I have a gold card in Formosa hotel, I get 20% discount off the normal price at King's Massage. If one day massage a few sessions for 500k, there will be a saving of 100k.

It would take any bro around 30 nights of stay in Formosa hotel to get the 20% off (Gold membership card). Do note that Vienna Restaurant and Tea Story has silently increase their menu prices by about 20%. When will it be King Massage turn? I am still waiting with my fingers crossed.

The percentage discount were mainly gimmicks to make their guest/s feel that they are paying cheaper than normal but the fact is,they are paying MORE until they complete about 30 nights of stay in the hotel. And when they complete the 30 nights of stay,they will then get 20% off,meaning only then are they paying the 'Normal' price (for in-hotel restaurant food),hehehe...

Side note : Vienna Restaurant used to have 20% discount before the membership offer starts,today they not only took away the 20% discount,they had also add in another 20% extra too.

Originally Posted by localbest

b) Also try to take longer duration of massage as it will be cheaper compare to two short duration of massage.

example 2 hours costs 180k but 1 hour cost 100k.

Everyone is different bro,i prefer to stay in one massage shop to have 1 hour massage by one single massage girl,and then go for another massage girl to have yet another 1 hour massage until i tried out nearly all their massage girls in that particular shift,hehehe...thats how i can define which massage places in Batam is better or worse.

I cannot rate a massage shop if it is good or not-good by only trying out ONE or maybe 2 girls in it. i can ONLY rate a particular girl in THAT particular massage shop and NOT the whole massage shop (unless I have tried around 50% of their total workforce,hehehe..). Have to be fair to the few other girls which could be good whereby I have not tried, right?

It applies for booking joints too. But becos i have only one dick i cant do what i do in massage shops I dwelled in,but what i can do is i can have a group of perhaps 10+ bros swarming into a booking joint in a period of a month or so to sweep up most of their girls and they later share with me an FR,hence i am able to better rate a particular booking joint a little more fairly (note: the poison and meat theory still applies in this case).

Remember the 6 apple story?

https://www.sbf-sg.social/showpo...postcount=3080

Originally Posted by nono1973

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For the non-Chinese speaking,the above roughly means when i have 6 apples,i shared my 5 with others. It may appears that i have lost 5 apples,but i may likely made 5 friends and leave some good impression to more than 5. When the 5 or others have other fruits like orange,pear etc,i believe they will be willing to share them with me too. At the end of the day,i may be getting more than 5 different types of fruits,with getting more than 5 different tastes and colors. Not forgetting the friendship within it.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away,hehehe...

I have been sowing seeds in this thread since day 1 i am here. In other words,i have been sharing out 'apples' since day 1 i am in here. So it does make sense that i can now harvest many kinds of other different fruits beside just apple in Batam,hehehe...plus making many friends who are willing to share with me their sources of the best.

My main objective here is on the 1st page of this thread.
(i dont think i need to put a link to page 1 of this thread,hehehe...i'm joking)

https://www.sbf-sg.social/showthread.php?t=586297