1. 沙巴 - no need to join tour, save a lot
2. Cheap air ticket from Air Asia
Air Asia-a fast growing malaysia budget airline
serving Asia . Tried several times to K.L. and
沙巴. All OK. They now serve a new route fm
Macau to 沙巴, using new Air Bus A320-200. Total
return ticket charges to/from Macau to 沙巴
less than HKD800.-, (all charges included)
Including ferry from/to HK and Macau, this means
about HKD1,000 transportation for the 沙巴 trip
Details www.airasia.com
3. Air Aisa also has hotel booking on line . It is much
cheaper than booking through HK agents. Tried
several times OK. very convenient. E.G. hotel
Magellan Sutera only HKD723 all in plus buffet
breakfast for 2 adults.
direct flight fm Macau to Sabah . Basically , I can use AirAsia network to travel in South East Asia region. You have to choose the city name Kota Kinabalu (BKI). It is the 首府 of 沙巴
HK agents of course will reject your case. Therefore I prefer book hotel on line. No restriction. After arrival, just go and check in . I will not tell the hotel how many persons will stay in one room. Actually, they are resort hotels and won't so strict on no of persons in one family. I am also 2 adults plus 2 children. The sizes of room and beds are big enough for the whole family.
According to the booking on line rules of the hotel Shangri-la Rasa Ria you mentioned Children under 12 yrs old enjoy the following:
- Kid's Program
?? Kids stay free: Children under 12 years old, STAY free when sharing the
???same room with the parents under existing bedding configuration.
?? Kids eat free: Children under 12 years old, EAT free from the buffet meals
???when accompanied by paying adults maximum of 2 children.
?? Kids play free: Children from 4-12 years old, enjoys free access to the???br>???Kids Club during the normal operating hours.
Booking rate of one room about HKD1,300 incl breakast.
Just back from Nexus Resort. Since Shangri-la rasa ria resort (SRR)was full, so I chose Nexus. But I regret to listen to my travel agent. Nexus is big but the hotel is old, very typical aged resort, not a stylish one. Swimming pools are made up by 3 small pools, water was not deep but still not clear. Breakfast buffet was just OK, you wouldn't say "wow", like other 5-star hotels in Phuket.The Shuttle bus to their Lagoon was a wreck, dusty, some windows were broken and even the door couldn't be shut and need a wire to tire up, never seen a 5-star shuttle bus like this, very funny!!! Nexus really need to renew their facilities i.e. bicycle, ping pong racquets, video and board games etc.
Both hotels are far from city, SSR is even 15 mins further away. We went to SSR's Asian restarurant for Xmas buffet dinner, they'd special performance at that night, food and performance were great! The restaurants looks more nicer than Nexus. We went to SSR again the next day during day time. My impression SSR is still better than Nexus and the kids' playground on the beach are fun. The indoor one looks small though. The water slides is longer and better than Nexus. Nexus has 2 tiny slides, just approx. 6-7 ft long.
I don't know how the room in SSR looks like, but the outlook of SSR is much better than Nexus.
My agent charge the same price for SSR & Nexus. But Nexus is really not worth that and hardly believe it's a 5 star!
In website www.airasia.com, I cannot see hotel Shangri-la Rasa Ria avail for me to book during Feb/17~20 ???
But only some business type hotel not resort!!
I have check the price for 2audit +2kids, it only MOP15k including all tax. But I prefer resort hotel Shangri-la Rasa Ria .....can I upgrade it ? How can I contact the agent direct to check more details ?
Can u give me a call tomorrow daytime ?
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