Travel: China - Hong Kong

[verykiasu2010]

micollh:

what time to check in actually? noon ? ur tips if for DL hotel or town hotel ? heee u r full of \"lubang\"

in general for most hotels, if rooms are available (previous guests checked out and the room has been cleaned) they do allow early check in .... then you can go do all your activities without wasting time waiting for check in..most hotels in asia state check in time after 12 noon or after 2pm

for hotels in town, 'late' can be as late as mid nite if you are really arriving late due to flight or biz meetings etc .... else quite meaningless to waste time to be late

for logistic reason, people check out early in the morning, park the luggage with concierge and go for meetings till evening, then come back to take the luggage to check into the next hotel --- for cases of changes in hotel (in same city) due to whatever reason

[MMM]

verykiasu2010:

here is the trick for hotel : if your hotel is confirmed booking, check in as late as possible, chances are you get an upgrade

I am not sure about a upgrade. Actually read from those \"ghost stories\" in U mag that they checked in late and were given \"reserved\" rooms that were not clean....

[micollh]

MMM:

verykiasu2010:

here is the trick for hotel : if your hotel is confirmed booking, check in as late as possible, chances are you get an upgrade

I am not sure about a upgrade. Actually read from those \"ghost stories\" in U mag that they checked in late and were given \"reserved\" rooms that were not clean....

fainted..

[bebebub]

micollh:

MMM:

[quote=\"verykiasu2010\"] here is the trick for hotel : if your hotel is confirmed booking, check in as late as possible, chances are you get an upgrade

I am not sure about a upgrade. Actually read from those \"ghost stories\" in U mag that they checked in late and were given \"reserved\" rooms that were not clean....

fainted..[/quote]wah, like that, if for whatever reason cannot arrive early, then rather not check in at all, until next morning......

[micollh]

sleep in the hotel lobby ! muaha… eii… any feedback for royal plaza hotel ? it’s near mongkok mtr

[verykiasu2010]

MMM:

verykiasu2010:

here is the trick for hotel : if your hotel is confirmed booking, check in as late as possible, chances are you get an upgrade

I am not sure about a upgrade. Actually read from those \"ghost stories\" in U mag that they checked in late and were given \"reserved\" rooms that were not clean....

as a standard practice in hotel management (which is always not published, never admitted, never denied), all room inventory are allocated out based on least desireable room first, and the most desireable room last, so that the best is kept for the last and hopefully, fetch the best price, for any walk in

of course if you have membership of hotel chain frequent stayer card, it helps too

[micollh]

any idea how to go to "shan teng" is it the same as the peak, where i can go to the wax museum

[mambobb]

I booked royal plaza hotel :evil: my first time stay there.. read reviews like not bad.. i have 2 kids so need bigger space.. cant book mongkok metropark budget hotel liao :sad:


For the wax museum, i went there 4yrs ago.. i think its at The Peak there.. after travelling up by the tram. The entry tix can get together with the tram tix.

[micollh]

mambob, how to go from our hotel in town? take MTR to where then go up the peak ? u know? i cant remember le…

[mambobb]

i also cant remember liao.. haha.. now i have been looking for direction and information online and print it out.. once I have compiled I let you know.. :boogie:


I am still deciding want to go the peak anot as there is a very steep slope up to the tram. I will be bringing 2 kids along and i can foresee we are going to carry them up. It will be super tiring lor.. I read there is a bus to go up to the tram station.. need to know where to take the bus... haha..