Many people don't plan for holiday in advance, they decide in last minutes but ended up with disappointment because either hotel accommodation full booked, high traveling cost due to last minutes purchase or can't get seats for the flight etc.
With September 2010's Matta Fair, I wanted to bring my family for holiday to Singapore. The best time to Singapore is Christmas season. Because of peak season, it is advisable to plan a head of time.
Let see what should I do .....
1) Transportation.
The normal mode of transport to Singapore is either by plane or by coach from Kuala Lumpur. I think the cheaper fair that we can get is Airasia or Tiger Airway. However, this round I decided to go with luxury coach. In Matta Fair, I managed to get special return coach promotion from Kuala Lumpur to Marina Bay Sands at only RM48 nett per person. I think is reasonable, four of us cost RM192.00 only.
The coach is inclusive of meals, drinks, on-board games, free Wifi. This is important to me as I can blog on the way to and back from Singapore..ha! ha! They also provide video-on-demand which my family members can watch their favorite cartoon or movie. Look like I', getting a good offer.
2) Let work out the place to stay.
Accommodation in Singapore is expensive because of the exchange rate. The current exchange rate is RM2.35 for S$1. If I book a normal S$150 room which is a normal 2 - 3 star hotel, it may cost me easily RM352.50 per room. In Malaysia, I can easily rent 4 star hotel.
To save cost, I decided to save on accommodation cost, therefore, I started selecting from the budget hotel networks. To my surprise, they are a few nice one and from the picture, the room looked okay to me. Finally, I selected a 3 Star hotel with each night comes with a complimentary entrance ticket to Images of Singapore and choose any one more attraction in Santosa Island. i.e, Santa Grand Hotel Bugis. The room plus breakfast for 2 pax. The only concern I have is how far away from MRT. From Google map, it look not really far, but again, the map can be deceiving too.
3) Place of Interest
Many tour operators in Matta Fair are selling casino package. But for me, it is not my cup of tea, I am bringing kids for holidays and the younger one never been to Singapore. Therefore, going to Universal Studio is a definite-go destination. I was told I need to book in advance which day to visit U.Studio, we must book in advance, otherwise high chances that we unable to go in because of popular demand. The entrance fee is not cheap to U.studio. Although it's a Matta Fair promotion, I still need to pay RM144 per person and RM108 for child. The total cost of the entrance tickets is RM540.00 which cost more than the transport cost.
Since my traveling period near Christmas season, I believe is going to be enjoyable and fun time to Singapore.
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