Travel: China - Hong Kong

[caroline3sg]

I was told by my accounts that bank forecasts that USD will drop to 1.20 by year end. It was reported that traders switch to USD due to Euro debt. I hope another 2 more months the rate will go up to around 6.4.

[caroline3sg]

cadencemummy:

Also what is the duration of MTR from Airport to Jordan MTR?

http://www.hongkongairport.com/eng/transport/to-from-airport/airport-express.html

From airport, you take airport express (like Japan's bullet train or Taiwan's high speed rail) to Kowloon train station or Central (duration 25 min). From Kowloon train station, there are hotel shuttle buses. Either you take this or taxi to your required destination.

[leo]

caroline3sg:

cadencemummy:

Also what is the duration of MTR from Airport to Jordan MTR?

http://www.hongkongairport.com/eng/transport/to-from-airport/airport-express.html

From airport, you take airport express (like Japan's bullet train or Taiwan's high speed rail) to Kowloon train station or Central (duration 25 min). From Kowloon train station, there are hotel shuttle buses. Either you take this or taxi to your required destination.

You can try http://www.mtr.com.hk/eng/homepage/cust_index.html for fares.

[bbc]

Hi,

I wrote to Disneyland Hotel to enquire about the purchase of park tickets, Magic Access card and booking of the hotel rooms. Does anyone know how long they will take to reply?

[micollh]

within a day. bbc.

[poppy15]

yeah, i got my reply the next day too... they even told me they will do a tentative reservation for me on the type of rooming that i want... if i'm okay with it...to provide CC # for them to charge & then my room will be cfm...


but its too expensive for me lor...

[bbc]

Thanks, micollh and poppy15. I received Disneyland’s reply after re-sending them an email. I wanted to purchase the Magic Access card to enjoy the discount for hotel stay. But it seems that the discount does not apply to Garden View rooms for Dec. The offer on their website for Room+2day ticket package also does not apply to Garden View.

In the end, I booked with Asiatravel.com and received instant confirmation. Hope the website is reliable.

Has anyone stayed at the Royal Plaza Hotel in Mongkok before? Would appreciate feedback about this hotel. Thanks.

[bbc]

Need advice regarding the in-town check-in service at Kowloon mtr station on the day of departing HK. Does it mean we can check-in our luggage and get our boarding passes at the mtr counter, thereby by-passing the check-in counter at the airport?

[leo]

Need advice on buying and returning of Octopus cards in ulu hours.


My flight will be landing in HKIA at 5am. If I did not read wrongly, they have machines that allow us to buy the octopus cards (I assume this machines work 24x7). But does anyone know what is the biggest denomination accepted by this machine? Cos got to make sure that we got that kind of small change cos money changer sometimes only give big denominations.

For refund of Octopus card when we leave the country (again, ulu hours), can we do it through the machine? Or must we go it through service counters?

Pls advise.

[verykiasu2010]

HK$100 note is very commonly used