I believe this hotel anyone who frequent Batam would have seen it before,its called Holiday Hotel. It just had a makeover and the boss i hear dump quite a bit of money to make it look almost new,hehehe... (its still a very old hotel that has some history in Batam)
The old Holiday Hotel outlook :
...and their new look today :
Holiday hotel was one of the older hotels remembered by more senior Batam cheongsters of years ago. Even they (the hotel) have to go in tune with time to keep up with the competition among all other newer and older hotels. They now have something NEW! An Elevator (a lift)...lol.
They are now priced around S$27 to S$34 at Agoda before the +10%+11% taxes. Having seen this old Holiday hotel being renovated with a new look,i am also looking forward to see another very old hotel which is now sitting on a Gold Mine to hopefully redefine itself too. Its another historical hotel with a very very BIG land space. Its called Sari Jaya Hotel. A hotel rated by one of the tourist from tripadvisor as TERRIBLE. I have never stayed there before,so i shall reserve my comment/s on it for now.
Oh,before i forgot,here's the map location of Holiday Hotel :
I think they are still using individual air-con type.
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2) Room come with Bathtub cost only $30+/-
I think they already do away with the bath tub :
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3) Breakfast sent to your room with a call to reception.
Now,thats cool to have (the part where they send breakfast to room)...hehehehe...I didn't know if they will still send breakfast to room when they now have a newly built dining area :
The price I have heard, has gone up a little as compared to the past. And it does look like City Central hotel has a competitor of its own size,hehehe...
1. Bring along about $600. This should be sufficient for ferry, hotel, 2 booking girls, meals, 2 massage with ++. No ktv, no pubs, o freelancers.
2. Formosa Hotel. Will cost about $50++ for weekends. It's central to nightlife, shopping and booking joints. Nearby City Central Hotel, Lovinna Inn. Cost $30++, but around the same vicinity as Formosa.
3. You're not alone in the trip, hence a taxi will be most efficient to share cost. Booking a taxi for entire day will cost about 300,000rp per day (after negotiation). But, this will negate your bargaining power at booking joints as the commission these joints pussy to the taxi drivers comes from you. These commission ranges from 100,000rp to add much as 300,000rp.
Thx 4 yr reply,appreciate it.
I just read Nono's guide & still reading. I think i'll be bringing a little extra from the $300 per nite stay since it's my maiden trip. We decide to pick formosa hotel & be booking 4 rooms for 4 pax beginning of next mth.
For me,i usually change my money upon touching dwn Batam. Change S$50 from the Batam ferry terminal i alighted in,the rest at smaller shps around the hotel i stayed in. I read that the rates were about 2-3% better in Batam as compared to SG most money changers.
Noted with thx,after reading yr post i think we'll probably be changing abt $50 in SG first before heading to btm. We shld be safe with $200 worth of rupiah altogether until we reach our hotel to change more money,right?
Hey guys just got the time to write a fr on my 2d1n trip to batam last wednesday.. took ferry to harbour bay. Reached at abt 11am.. Had seafood lunch at harbour bay with my fren who is returning back sg.. After tat took a cab to da vienna hotel driver quote 60k but i bargain to 50 k. I checked in at 1230 like tat. Booked junior suite as i can claim my hotel booking at work hehe.. i must say its a very nice room big and good ambience. Highly recommended. Its abt sg 80 for a night.
Yes,its highly recommend to stay there but not at S$80 unless like yourself,its claimable ,hehehe...Kaha selling the junior suite voucher at 600k per night. I don't know if there is a limit for your hotel room claim, but do give a shot at their Exec Suite the next time round. You will be further impressed ,hehehe... if its too high to be claimed,try Kaha to get their voucher,it should not be more than 800k per night stay.
S$80 budget is considerably a high for accommodation. You will have many choice of hotel rooms to stayed in,hehehe...
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After chilling a while decided to go shopping at nagoya mall. And i managed to walk all the way there its ard a 10 mins walk just decided to try and i made it. I didnt use gps and all as i didnt even buy a sim jus gauged the walk thru using the wifi at hotel before i leave. And ya the wifi is pretty good at da vienna compared to formosa and gideon. 2 previous hotel which i stayed.. I walked down quite aimlessly as i had the time to burn and i saw formosa and i knew the way to nagoya mall after tat.
Short cut from Da Vienna hotel to Formosa hotel is via the back door of Da Vienna hotel itself,hehehe...easily saves you at least 2 to 3 mins walking time.
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After shopping took a cab back to hotel put my stuffs and decided to go for cewek shopping. Continued in the same cab. Went to bunga first got abt 12 girls but none really attractive to me than go happy 8.and to my surprise i saw nearly 25 over girls the entire sofa was full. Light up a stick talk to the mami a while. As i am short sighted i told her i want to go nearer to see. The mami is quite friendly too. She offer me a free beer as well. I went near the glass and saw many smiley faces.. found one really pretty gl smiling.. her name is feeya/fia if i m not forgotten. I went back talk to the mami ask her more details. Mami quoted 1.4m. She said she is the youngest ther 20 yrs old. I dono how true. But she is really looking young syt type. She called her out shake hand and she went to get rdy. I brought the price down to 1.3m.
Glad you bargained. Or you will be paying a higher price (even tho I know it can still be brought down a little more).
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Mami was telling another 2 older man sitting beside me was sitting there for 3 hrs and they go off without choosing.
The 2 older men were looking for life time partners,hehehe...the girls in Happy 8 were too young for them,i guess.
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Wanted to go for a massage as my body was aching from previous day soccer. Went to indo rasa. 1 hour massage. I think it was 90 or 100k.
Didn't know Indo rasa increased their entry price. Hmm...
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And the lady probably in late 30s DID NOT ask me if i want special. Knowing indo rasa i was quite surprised. And even she know that i wanted as i literally steamed during the massage. Anyway i did not ask anything as i wasnt really interested in her.
My key reason to Indo Rasa wasn't onto anything really sexual,hehehe...its more of a revitalizing station. The look of their girls don't really matters much to me.
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After tat went to buy murtabak at one of the shop near there. Bought murtakabak and satays very cheap. Went back hotel eat and chill.. Played wechat a while. Got nearly 10 girls spam.. all quote 500k for st.. i think standard pricing lol.
Quoted price will always be higher than after bargained price. In hotel fj can be quoted as high as 700k to 1 juta,but after bargained price could come down as low as 250k to 450k. Applies for wechat too.
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She was telling how the bangla treater her about a month back. Like literally forcing few fingers inside and how much she cried and went back. Haiz.. than had simple hotel dinner and we decided to go shower and we had our second round in the bath tub. Junior suite does pay off haha..
Many stories on how they were mis-treated by Bangladeshis and Indians. I have heard stories like the girls were not being fed lunch,dinner etc,after bonking 5 rounds zero tipping during end of the deal,make the girls goes drunk and about a dozen men forcefully rotates on them raw. Many girls practically fear them,hence they set the 2 bonk or 3 bonk restriction and the no kissing,no drinking rules with them. And some even advance-warn them that they will run at the slightest unhappiness.
The most recent words I heard from some the girls were their egos (customer's ego). They have the "i am paying you and you MUST OBEY my every needs" kind of attitude displayed which adds to their pissing off. Some girls however will try to play the same "restriction" which they use upon the "Bangladeshis/Indians" onto Batam newbies, so there is still a chance they might unknowing got bitten by these girls.
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After tat we tok tok a while and decided to go down walk walk as she wanted to buy cigg. Jus below the hotel we saw a bar named theme sports bar or sth.. we go there sit a while had some drinks got snacks oso
You mean you pay a visit to Barletta on the 2nd floor of the hotel?
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I said okay and start to keep my belonging safe first as its 2 gls coming and u neva knw wat they r capable off. Jus kept my phone and a few money with me.
Intelligent move,bro. Thumbs up on this one!
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Ard 10 mins they both came up looking really sexy still in the bar suit. I was like tonight really jackpot.haha. till this point didnt ask anything abt service or how much. The gl who i was wechattig is a slim smiley looking gl.. while the other was a bit slutty and arrogant looking. Sometimes i like this way. We chit chatted a while as they took turns to bath. After tat the gl i wechat and me went to the bed while the other say she want to watch tv. She went to the sofa. Junior suite of da vienna is really separated so the gl one the sofa cant see the bed.hehe. we tok a while and kissed a bit and had a first round.
Hehehe...see,like i always say,having one dick when in Batam is often not enough. And by the way,in case you didnt know,when you turn off the TV in the Junior suite room and if the lights on the bedside is turned on,it may reflects the action on the bed (depending on angle) to the TV,hehehe...well...unless the position of your junior suite and the one i stayed in is in a different positioning.
Nope,the taxi driver will only pick the one who pays the 50k rupiah during room booking. Meaning to say, if you book a room directly from Formosa Hotel website (usually via email),you ask for shuttle service to and fro Ferry Terminal,you foot the bill of 50k rupiah and they only pick you up and drop you off later ; and not your other friends.
In other word,if you wish to have the hotel to pick you and your friends up (let's say you have 2 more friends which makes a total of 3 in a group),you foot the bill of 150k rupiah and not 50k rupiah. My earlier reply was meant for Blackpage,and he travel solo most of the time in Batam. For your case,it may not be wise to get the shuttle service from the hotel if you have a group.
My suggestion,hail a taxi from whichever ferry point (Batam center/Harbour Bay) you are coming from,it should not cost more than 60k if you guys don't bargain,and then share the taxi fare among yourselves. (it will definitely cost lower if you bargain down)
Thk u for yr tips & info.
It's our first trip,only 1 of my friends could speak a bit of malay have had 2 family trips to btm before & that's abt our experience,what would u suggest?
1. we walk our way in btm after reaching hotel by taxi from harbour bay?
2. we share a full day taxi? (any1 can share where to find them & how much their price going to be like? thx!)
3. Motorbike ojek? But i think we'll need to have 4 of them for 4 of us.
Sorie for the many questions since first time there.
Since from nw until mid Oct there're still quite some time,u may wish to do some read up below which i find could be quite useful,it shld help ans most of yr qns -
Back frm my 2d1n trip. This time booked a 24yrs old semi-syt with C-cup frm Bali. Yes, she from Bali and used to work as a escort in Bali for last 2yrs serving those SAM. Speak good American-slang english. Basically, a typical SPG. Horny n Wet easy. BBBJ/rimming as default and moaned loud n hard. HAha. Again drained out myself this trip. Keener go explore urself around Utama booking joints to hunt for this gem.. Cheers..
The latest temple I am eyeing at now is the newly built Kong Zi temple in Batam Center area whereby they will be having a Grand opening ceremony on 27th Sept 2016. Confucius's birthday is on 28th Sept,hehehe...honestly speaking,i have not been there yet but I am expecting a big crowd on that day tho (27th Sept is a Tuesday).
A new temple is born in btm...& happy birthday,Kongzi
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I just read Nono's guide & still reading. I think i'll be bringing a little extra from the $300 per nite stay since it's my maiden trip. We decide to pick formosa hotel & be booking 4 rooms for 4 pax beginning of next mth.
Noted with thx,after reading yr post i think we'll probably be changing abt $50 in SG first before heading to btm. We shld be safe with $200 worth of rupiah altogether until we reach our hotel to change more money,right?
If it's only for the purpose of taking a taxi to the hotel, change $20 is more than enough already. Even if you pay carrot rate, 4 paxes will only cost you 60,000rp (approx $6-$7). Then, the rest change at Nagoya Area. Don't ever change in Singapore.
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