Singapore Hotels?

[llamatron]

Hey guys, I'm going to Singapore in March and looking for a decent hotel to stay at. I know a fair few of you have been up there before so was wondering if you had any recommendations. Looking for something reasonably cheap (who isn't?) and ideally pretty close to that whole Orchard Road area (I believe that's probably the best location to be in?). Any help? Thanks.

[roller]

If you got the money stay in the Raffles


I once stayed in the Albert Court, its not cheap but its lovely and the American breakfasts were great, The hash browns were the size of giant pizzas!!!


The Catholic hostel in Waterloo st. is a great location and cheap cheap, well ive been told its gone up a bit.

I'll send you some toy shop locations llarmie, if you want, dont wanna post in public due to scalpers

[iceburn]

If you budget is under or around $100, you can try these but condition isn't that great and it's abit way off Orchard Road but still accessible via the train (MRT)

http://www.holidaycity.com/singapore90/index.html

Fragrance Hotel Oasis Singapore or Golden Landmark Hotel Singapore

My uni classmate asked me to find one for him other time but i reckon price has risen and its under this lot that is > $200 per night

http://www-singapore.com/orchard-road-singapore/

The one he stayed in and a less than 5 minutes walk to Orchard Road is The Elizabeth.

Ohh, i also just found these websites for you...give them a try

http://www.holidaycity.com/singapore-orchard/index.html

I think this one is better and there are special room rates till 31Mar
http://www.asiarooms.com/singapore/s...te=40-80%20AUD

[llamatron]

Thanks for the suggestions guys, I'll look into 'em.

I'll send you some toy shop locations llarmie, if you want, dont wanna post in public due to scalpers

Yes please do, that would be awesome.

I'm hoping that MP Grimlock is out by the time I'm there so I can get him in person and avoid the dreaded postage fees.

[iceburn]

roller...private toy shops???? *haha*

[Zippo]

I stayed down by Harbourfront, and used the bus to get to the MRT stations (or just stayed on the bus). The $8 unlimited tourist pass was a must have.

[llamatron]

I'm looking at the Hotel81 Dickson (http://www.hotel81.com.sg/hotels_dickson.shtml). Seems to be fairly close to places (walkable to Orchard road I think) and it'll end up costing about $100 a night. I would go with Roller's Waterloo st hostel suggestion but they want you to fax them your passport and credit card to make a reservation so I don't think that's the best idea.

[Zippo]

I'm looking at the Hotel81 Dickson (http://www.hotel81.com.sg/hotels_dickson.shtml). Seems to be fairly close to places (walkable to Orchard road I think) and it'll end up costing about $100 a night. I would go with Roller's Waterloo st hostel suggestion but they want you to fax them your passport and credit card to make a reservation so I don't think that's the best idea.

Not even close to Orchard Road.
On paper things seem very walkable, but the heat and rain quickly kill any motivation to do so. By the end of my travels I was taking a bus or MRT often to go down the street a few hundred meters..

[llamatron]

Haha, freaking humid Asian countries!

Ended up booking at a decent hostel type place instead because I'm cheap. It's in Little India are and pretty clost to MRT station so should be all good. Thanks for the help dudes.

I'll be looking for lists of good toy shops soon. ;p

[iceburn]

I'll be looking for lists of good toy shops soon. ;p

Search for the Singapore threads here...lots of info and look at heroic_decepticon's blog too