Travel: China - Hong Kong

[mamemo]

SQ also having promo, saw in newspapers 2 days ago. yes the magic in the air promo is not bad. I booked that too!

[french fries]

Hi,

Im gg hk coming Nov & considering Cityview Hotel… Any comments on this hotel?

Any recommended hotel?

Thanks.

[tango12]

i am trying to diy my hk trip n see if can save

more without gg through agency.
i can manage to bk all hotel n air tickets but i
am thinking how to bk airport transfer to hotel n back to
airport cos agency will arrange that.
any one can share experience or advice on when n how to bk this??

many thanks appreciated…

[Dnls_mum]

tango12:

i am trying to diy my hk trip n see if can save

more without gg through agency.
i can manage to bk all hotel n air tickets but i
am thinking how to bk airport transfer to hotel n back to
airport cos agency will arrange that.
any one can share experience or advice on when n how to bk this??

many thanks appreciated..

Easiest is take taxi. Plenty around atthe airport. Airport express too troublesome. I do it only when I am alone.

[bebebub]

tango12:

i am trying to diy my hk trip n see if can save

more without gg through agency.
i can manage to bk all hotel n air tickets but i
am thinking how to bk airport transfer to hotel n back to
airport cos agency will arrange that.
any one can share experience or advice on when n how to bk this??

many thanks appreciated..

I did a diy trip to hk last year. No need to prebook airport express. Just buy ticket at airport n u will get to Kowloon station in the city easily under 30 min. No worries about traffic jams.
From Kowloon station, there are free shuttle buses to various hotels in the city. You can check with your hotel if any of these busses goes there. We were staying at the Tsim Sha Tsui area.
An octopus card (which can include fares for airport express) purchased at the airport, works like our ezlink card that enables us unlimited travel on their MTR network.

[penglee]

tango12:

i am trying to diy my hk trip n see if can save

more without gg through agency.
i can manage to bk all hotel n air tickets but i
am thinking how to bk airport transfer to hotel n back to
airport cos agency will arrange that.
any one can share experience or advice on when n how to bk this??

many thanks appreciated..

Take their airport express, or airport bus.
We took bus A21 to Jordan MTR (45min) . Only thing is u have to pull the luggage onto the bus.

HK public transport is even better than Singapore's standard. (frequency, connectivity, and reliability)
We can live without cabs for most of our itinerary.

[micollh]

agree… we did not take cab at all when in HK with kids…just plan earlier …but their MTR is not that stroller friendly compared to Spore… our escalator like wider…

[Dnls_mum]

Depends on how many people. We were 5 and taxi was not much more ex then MTR. In fact, i think cheaper to take taxi from airport to hotel then take airport express and transfer to taxi or bus. Too troublesome. We have too many bags :rotflmao: Taxi is convenient and save the energy of the little one for the actual touring. My DD was too big for stroller then and DH and I no strength to carry her already. Save time too. So little time, so much things I want to do :boogie:


But then to each it's own

[SBKS]

wif stroller then better be taxi…no peak hrs, no erp, cbd, extras extras…cheaper than in sg.


their trains have much better frequency than ours…although also jam packed. i went 2wks ago with stroller…met peak hours…difficult to manuever even though folded up the stroller in the cabin. the main gripe i have about their mtr is the availablilty of lifts and escalators. within the paid zone is ok…once you are out of the gantry, going up to surface is difficult as its laden with stairs all the way. rarely have lifts or escalators to surface.

airport express train from airport is really convenient. come out of arrival and go opposite all the way is the station for the train. no need to buy tickets and q first. just use and pay later at the arrival stop.
i dropped at kowloon and take the K5 shuttle bus to cityview. 1 stop. but gog back to airport on the shuttle bus is about 3 stops.

[SBKS]

cityview is ok…at least the walls separating the rooms are not partitions or light walls. quite solid. low ceiling, weird lift lobby, more for no frills sleeping and bathing. their superior room is really really meant for at most 2 adults and 1 kid. add 1 more kid will be kinda squeezy. add extra bed is squeezy too.


their premier can be for 3 adults and 2 kids…but i cant rem their limit for all rooms is 2 adults or 3 adults. should be 3 since they allow extra bed. i booked 2 superior and got 1 upgraded to premier.

no frills hotel to me. their pool and gym and sauna are at ymca side. they are joined together as 1 building. service is rather good.