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Originally Posted by Milkbread
Wow, this sounds like a perfect room! But does it come with a bathtub?
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Too bad,it doesnt have a bath tub. The hotel is actually Batam Harbour Boutique hotel. But not their standard deluxe room.
(they are having some walk-in offer now)
Grand Deluxe (600k rupiah room) has a small balcony,also a smoking room. But do take note that i am only allowed to smoke at the balcony and not the basic deluxe room (500k rupiah room). Why didnt i take the 600k rupiah room but instead took the 650k rupiah one.
Reason 1. Look at the photo below.
This is the outlook of the balcony which i took from outside the hotel,from the bridge connecting Harbour Bay Ferry Terminal to Harbour Bay Mall,hehehe...meaning to say,anyone crossing the bridge can see my balcony and not just see,they see me really up close. So,the 600k rupiah room is not my choice.
Reason 2. Balcony is smaller.
The 650k rupiah balcony is close to double the size of the 600k one. Balcony actually face the back of the hotel (i kind of expected mosquitoes due to the hotel height and raining season).
As for the Deluxe Long Stay room ,the 750k rupiah one. The only difference between this and the 650k is just the dinning area and the small kitchen. I dont need those in my trip,so i forgo it.
As for their premier room, it actually cost 1 juta for the new room and 930 rupiah for the old room (yes,they just build a new room). I actually get the almost same area as the 650k rupiah ones,including the balcony. Its just that the premier has 2 floors. I will only stay in that room if i happen to have some spare cash to burn,hehehe...
Thats my comparison so far and its so much for now. Next thing i shall share on the good and its bad. Why it doesnt command as much business as Swiss Bel and other 2 star hotel in the same area, and things they can improve on if they ever want more business.
Its general still quite a good place to stay in,but like all other hotels i stayed in, i look for loopholes i could cover up on my own so that a no good hotel can be just as good as any other more expensive hotel,yet at a lower price. I try to make these hotels suitable for me.
* i have good and bad things to say later about this hotel,hehehe...
** remember,this hotel is still a "can-smoke-only-at-balcony" hotel,hehehe...and nowhere else,hence balcony is important for me.
