Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Korea Trip – Hotels Searching (Part 1)

Date: 20th May 2013

When May is approaching, it is time to think of where to stay in Korea. After considering that this time of travelling is together with kids, we have decided not to go to Jeju Island (although deep inside my heart I so much wanted to go). Really hope can visit Jeju Island in the future!
 
As promised by Hubby, besides holidays with the kids, this round will be a shopping trip for ME! Haha... So I told him to stay near Myeong-dong so that the shops are just within my footsteps. He surveyed a few hotels nearby Myeong-dong, finally we found one which can fit in our requirements for a family trip stay and also within our budget. It is the Nine Tree Hotel at http://www.ninetreehotel.com/. Their website is very tourist-friendly too!

[Nine Tree Hotel provides enjoyable experiences, comfortable rest spaces, and reliable services to its guests. Nine Tree Hotel is a new business hotel run by Parnas Hotel Co., Ltd., a premier hotel company that owns and operates Grand InterContinental Seoul Parnas and InterContinental Seoul COEX in Samseong-dong, Seoul.]

This hotel really provides very good before sales service. Whatever small questions or requests which I have, they will reply to me promptly. Thumbs up to their good hospitality! I do hope that their after sales service will be as good as well. They even suggested to me to book the hotel rooms at other online hotel booking websites instead of direct booking with the hotel as the price offered will be much cheaper. Thanks for the tips on this!
 
We booked the ‘Family Twin’ room. According to the hotel’s staff, this room is good enough to fit our Family of Four (2 adults + 2 kids). Below are some photos posted on the hotel’s website. From the photos, the room looks quite decent. Hope the actual room will look this nice too ~
 
 
 
 
I very looking forward to experience it myself in this hotel. Hope they do not let me down.
 
Online reviews by previous travellers commented that the hotel room space is very small. I guess as much by looking at the photos provided on the hotel's website. For the price we have paid, I do not expect it to be a luxury stay too as long as the room is comfortable. Just a room to sleep at night and a bed for the kids to rest when their Mummy is out for shopping... Hehe!

Finally, after comparing at a few websites, we made the booking at www.agoda.com.

Price offered at Agoda.com (5 nights): MYR 2,214.07 (USD 732.74)
Price offered at Nine Tree Hotel (5 nights): 968,000 Won (approximately MYR2,626.00)
Total savings: Approximately MYR 412.00
 
OK.... to be continued ~

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