A staycation and travel addict who tries to toe the balance between living the atas life and maintaining some resemblance of financial sanity.
Yays to new hotel again!
Continue reading “[Hotel Review] Pan Pacific Orchard, Singapore”Soaring above Singapore’s prime shopping belt, Pan Pacific Orchard is a verdant sanctuary with exemplary architectural design that draws nature inwards, featuring four seamlessly connected stacks—Forest, Beach, Garden and Cloud—each providing exceptional experiences across unique environments.
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I remembered a great stay back in 2019 so this became my choice for burning off my expiring D$50, even if it means by then hotel prices have already gone way back to pre-COVID. But there was in fact no other option to spend the expiring D$ outside of a stay, so here goes.
Continue reading “[Hotel Review] Parkroyal on Beach Road Singapore – Club Deluxe King II”
Clocking my 3rd GHA Discovery Brand this year!
Although I wasn’t impressed with my stay last year, I decided to use this as my 3rd GHA brand for Titanium renewal as Hotelux was offering a decent promo – and stacking this with Double D$ accrual made it better! Some things have not changed since my last stay so I’d just focus on the things that are different this time – the room, evening aperitifs, and buffet breakfast experience.
Continue reading “[Hotel Review] The Capitol Kempinski Hotel Singapore – Grand Deluxe Room”
I wanted to check off this property as this has finally re-opened after too many extensions, one of which led to the cancellation of my Stay&Feast package. Armed with the recently gifted D$100usd from GHA which had a 3-month expiry, I figured this was a good time to tick off one brand in my quest to maintain my GHA Titanium.
Continue reading “[Hotel Review] Pan Pacific Singapore”Sigh.
Decided to do a separate review of this stay due to the fact that I’ll be experiencing a different room type. This will mostly be about the room and experience since the facilities remains unchanged – but little did I know how different my experience will be this time.
(Sorry the pics are a little incomplete as I was thrown off by issues but more pictures of the public areas of the property is available on my previous review of the Urban Suite )
Continue reading “[Hotel Review]- Parkroyal COLLECTION Marina Bay – Lifestyle Room”
I’ve finally made my way here as an actual paying AND staying guest.
I’ve stepped foot in this property multiple times for different reasons – side gigs, makans, work event, and family sponsored staycays. These occasions did not allow me to explore and appreciate the property in its entirety – now I finally get the chance!
Continue reading “[Hotel Review] Capella Hotel Singapore – Capella Suite”
Ah, finally.
This stay was postponed twice (from May, then from Aug) due to tightened COVID measures, especially with restrictions on dining-in making a big impact as it would have meant not being able to access the COLLECTION Lounge at all, which was pretty much the point of me booking a COLLECTION room. The final nail in the coffin was the fact that room reservations told me that club offering alternatives will be delivered to the room only once (but I think you can order as much as you like perhaps)
Continue reading “[Hotel Review] PARKROYAL COLLECTION Marina Bay – Urban Suite”
This property was showing very good rates for some reason despite other GHA properties’ fluctuations. With some GHA properties in Singapore slowly being designated as SHN or SDF facilities, I decided to fill in one of my slots with this instead, despite it not being valid for a separate Local Experience accrual as its considered the same brand as Pan Pacific Hotel & Resorts. My second Service Apartment experience!
Continue reading “[Hotel Review] Pan Pacific Serviced Suites Beach Road”I’ve finally pulled the trigger on this one.
Apart from the fact that I work nearby and hence locale is nothing exciting to me, I’ve always consciously avoid properties which does not have a club lounge or accord any elite benefits (alcohol please?). But since I was embarking on a staycation binge, how can I miss what is supposedly the best staycation breakfast ever?
Continue reading “[Hotel Review] The Capitol Kempinski Hotel Singapore – Terrace Room”
My previous experience in this property was back in 2011. With the recently completed refurbishment and glowing pictures and reviews online, I decided to take advantage of the Amex Plat offer for getting $100 back with every $300 spent at Pan Pacific Group of Hotels, which includes Parkroyal properties. And being able to stack my GHA Black benefits was a bonus for sure!
Continue reading “[Hotel Review] Parkroyal on Beach Road Singapore – Orchid Club Premier”