Hong Kong Guide (Thread 39)

[Cari]

Mga Sis,

Magkano ang pinaka-murang airfare nakuha nyo going to HK? Okay pa ba ang mga piso fare?

TIA

[Heatherette]

^Cheapest I got thru Cebu Pac's Piso Fare - 3k RT

^^Dito ka din mag-check sis: http://www.weather.gov.hk/contente.htm

[m_lim]

ano ma recommend niyong hotel nasa 12t/ night?

[witch_goddess]

Murang airplane ticket na nakuha ko is 2400+ RT through Cebu Pac.

[princess lorraine]

^^marco polo gateway in canton roAd. Fave hotel ko yan in hk pati yunhg hk disneyland hotel . My friend always stays naman at the mira hotel and holiday inn golden mile in nathan road. Ok din daw. 

[fittotravel]

@chinablue: Swerte mo sis kasi nakapagstay na ako both in Cosmic Guesthouse (2010) and Golden Crown (2013). Kung between these two, I'd pick Golden Crown Guesthouse any day! Cosmic kasi is in Mirador Mansion. Safe naman 'yung lugar pero nakakatakot 'yung ambience lalo na sa gabi. The room I stayed at also has bathroom tiles for a dingding. Para tuloy morgue 'yung feel ng room. Scary!

Also, hindi guaranteed na sa Cosmic Guesthouse ka nila i-aassign. Usually kasi, sa Mirador Mansion, puro mga guesthouses. Kung wala nang vacant sa napili mong hostel online (which usually has better room photos), ilalagay ka nila sa ibang gusthouse (within the same floor or on a different floor of the same building). Pero more often than not, mas pangit 'yung paglilipatan compared to what you've searched online. I'm not quite sure if they're doing this deliberately para dumami 'yung guests nila. Please also check the review in TripAdvisor! Huge help.

Golden Crown naman, paglabas mo ng building, shoppingan na! Kaunting stemps lang, train station na. Maliit lang 'yung rooms pero malinis naman at mas ok 'yung ambience.

Hope this helps!

[glamorous_aisha]

sisses pahelp naman please. pinagiisipan ko kung aling Butterfly Hotel pipiliin ko, Prat, Waterfront or hollywood. Where is better to stay ba central or TST? Meron kasing free smartphone for wifi ang butterfly hotels kaya yan pinili ko.  tapos sa waterfront yung pinakareasonable price kasi with breakfast na mas mura pa siya than other 2. kaya lang di ko sure about the location. 

[princess lorraine]

^ok daw sa butterfly on prat sabi ng Auntie ko sis. Naku biased din kasi ako fave area to stay at ko kasi talaga tsim sha tsui eh. 

[chinablue]

thank you sa feedback sis @fittotravel. too bad kasi nakapagdown na ko sa cosmic guesthouse. nagworry tuloy ako. huhu. deluxe ensuite room double bed with window napili ko. okay lang naman sa akin ang maliit basta malinis. tutulugan lang naman kasi. pero sana naman di na kami ilipat sa ibang guesthouse.

anyway sis, yung cosmic ba lapit din sa shopping areas at kainan? sori sis andami tanong. first time ko kasi. salamat.

[fittotravel]

@chinablue: I'm a bro.  Anyway, Mirador Mansion is also in Tsim Sha Tsui. So technically, nasa  shopping area pa rin naman kayo.  We'll be waiting for your trip report ha? Here's hoping na improved na 'yung services and room ng Cosmic Guesthouse pagpunta ninyo para memorable naman ang 1st trip n'yo to HK ng mom mo. 

[ohcmon]

Creepy nga sa Mirador and Chungking, partida araw pa kami nagpunta dun dahil nagpapalit ng hkd. Dami daw bumbay said my mom lol.

Second day namin dito sa hk today, staying at Golden Crown. Value for money talaga. Will post my trip report when we get back.

[omneecka]

@sis chinablue - we stayed last January in cosmic guesthouse, we also booked the same room. Im not sure of the room number pero not facing any road the window. Okay naman yung room. Parang room 409 yata yung samin. Mataas naman yung bed so pwede ilagay luggages sa ilalim since maliit yung room. We stayed there for a week and every other day nililinis  room but every 3 days change ng pillowcase and bedsheet but not comforter. Malakas naman aircon and since malamig ang January most of the time we turn off the aircon. Maliit lang talaga yung CR. For me pwedeng maging spacious yun, mali lang nabili nilang gamit and strategy. Hehe! May free hot water sa hallway. Di naman nakakatakot sa Mirador because madaming guards sa gabi and surprisingly, unti lang nakikita naming indians, pakistanis, etc sa Mirador as compared way back 2010 when i first went to Mirador. Anyway, in case u need to exchange currency, sa Standard Money Changer kayo papalit, okay palitan sa kanila mas mataas kesa sa iba, sa ground floor lang sila ng Mirador.

We also went to Chungking Mansion, nagulat kami coz newly renovated na building kaso facade lang pala, may big screen sa labas and may malaking sports store sa basement like nike, adidas, etc. Yun lang nung pumasok na kami sa building mejo madilim so hindi na kami nag-explore and lumabas na lang kami.

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[nageinna]

hi sissies, just want to ask if anyone tried buying their disney tickets thru klook.com? they're a bit cheaper kasi than disneyland website. wondering if it's legit. thanks!

[omneecka]

^So far sa CTS in the airport and in their Central office and sa golden crown pa lang kami nakapag-try bumili ng attarction tickets. You might want to check the prices in golden crown sis sa website nila kasi mura sa kanila as compare with CTS.

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[nageinna]

^thanks for the tip sis omneecka! checked their website nga and much cheaper. pati sa ngongping. did you reserve tickets online sis or pumunta na kayo directly sa office nila? TIA!

[m_lim]

thanks sis princess lorraine!

mag stay nga kami sa Disneyland Hotel. kaso 1 night lang kasi 25t/night! eeeek! :-(

[omneecka]

^^walk-in lang sis nung bumili kami tickets sa golden crown last December 2013. Yung officemate ko na bumili naman last December 2014, nagpa-reserve sila online and cheaper ng 10 HKD pag thru online purchase.

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[chinablue]

ay sori, bro @fittotravel. matagal pa trip report ko, sa september pa kami punta ng hk. nagreresearch lang ako early, hehe.

@sis omneecka, thanks sis sa feedback. okay lang naman sa akin na may Indians at Pakistanis sa paligid dahil sa Saudi Arabia naman ako work kaya sanay na ko sa kanila, haha. More on magfood trip at shopping na lang kami to make this trip memorable. Keep on updating this thread guys! Really helpful.

[nageinna]

thanks sis omneecka! reserved our tickets na online. tipid din kahit papano. praying for a perfect weather nalang when we get to hk on friday!

[seven82]

pinagiisipan ko kung aling Butterfly Hotel pipiliin ko, Prat, Waterfront or hollywood.

natry na namin sa Butterfly on Prat and Butterfly on Victoria. mas malapit sa mtr yung Butterfly on Victoria