Tickets:
- flight : some of budget airlines like AirAsia, Tiger Airways and JetStar have promos so if you want a cheaper air tickets you should check it their promos often, you can register to their mailing list for promotions update, they will send the promos to your email, choose the one which suits you better, and don't forget to check their carry luggage allowance, and don't forget to buy check in baggage beforehand on the return flight back to your country
- attractions : usually its cheaper and easier to purchase attractions tickets from Indonesia, so when you get there all you have to do is get inside the attraction. some of the hotels and hostels also offers attractions tickets but i find it more expensive than the one in Indonesia.
Public transportation:
- Singapore : in my opinion when you are on Singapore just purchase the EZ link card for MRT, the card can be top up, use for Sentosa express, and you can use it again the next time you visit singapore. In Singapore MRT can take you anywhere on the island, its cheaper than taxis, but it only operates until 12 pm, so if you are still outside after the closing hour you will have to take the taxi. For MRT map you can take one for free when you arrive at the airport.
- Bangkok : from airport to city, there are two airport line, Express Line and City Line, choose the one who stops nearer to your designated hotel, Express Line did not make any stop until Phaya Thai station, but the City Line makes about 6 stops. If you don't use train often you don't have to but the one day pass. Bangkok MRT ticket machine dont take paper bill so you have to change it to coins in nearby ticket office. Use the river boat also to avoid traffic jam. There is free shuttle to and from Asiatique from Thaksin pier. If you are tourist and wanna go to temples or the Grand Palace, you can take the Chao Phraya tourist boat on 150 baht for a whole day.
Communication:
- Singapore : my preference is use Singtel HiCard, you can purchase it at the airport, at 7-11 or at fairprice store, they have many promotion bundle, for blackberry and for smartphone.
- Bangkok : at the immigration there are true simcard for free, just take one, and top it up later at 7-11 store or family mart store. I also tried happy simcard too because somehow my phone can't read true card, overall it's not much different.
Hostel/Hotel:
- Singapore : in Singapore hotel are pricy, so if you are on a budget, just stay at hostel, choose which one is the perfect for your needs. My personal choice is I choose the one which have private bathroom, because i don't like to wait just to take bath or going to the toilet, not to mention we don't know how clean other uses it and i also choose it by location to MRT. You can use online hostelbooking for it.
- Bangkok : hotels are cheaper in Bangkok, when you book a hotel, decide it based on what facilities does it have, are there shuttle from it to malls or airport, how far is it from the ariport link and if you liked the river you can choose hotels at the riverfront. Specify what room do you want, beds, smoking or non-smoking, some hotels price are including breakfast and some are not.
*in comparing hostel or hotel flight you can use wego website, there you can see which online site offers the cheapest price
*sometime hostel/hotel asks some money for guarantee when you check in, but they will gave it back to you when you check out, this is not a scam don't worry
Itinerary: overall, whereever you wanna go, you can decide first where are you going when you are abroad, but i suggest that it is flexible, you don't have to be fixated to the itinerary you previously make, but make sure, you know how to get there.
Food : don't forget to bring your own water bottle when you go to Singapore because drinking water is pricy here, if you are on a budget you can just eat at fastfood restaurant such as KFC or McDonalds, but if you don't like fastfood you can always go to the mall foodcourt, there are plenty to choose from and its not expensive; or you can also go to 7-11 for instant noodles, breads or even a complete meal, they can warm it up for you
Money: if you happen to run out of money, you can always go to the local bank ATM, check if they accept Maestro or Cirrus card, if they do you can withdraw money from it on local currency. Select the withdraw from savings account and voila you get your money, there are charge about 25k rupiahs on every withdrawal so don't do it too often
That will be all my highlights for this trip, thank you for reading this.
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