BEFORE TRAVEL
Package:
Booked through Thomas cook. The package included:
- 4 nights/5 days stay in Hotel Chancellor @ Orchard
- 1/2 day sightseeing tour
- 2 Dinner Meal Voucher
Route: Bangalore <->Singapore
Pax: 3 Adults + 2 Child
Fare: ~45K per person (including VISA)
Date: 18-May-2016 (dep), 23-May-2016(arr)
Visa: Went with Thomas Cook itself. They initially charges 1800 per person and then the lady (Manju) in the Bangalore office changed it to 2500 per person!
Travel Insurance: We didn't take any.
ONLINE BOOKING
We booked for almost all places online through citytours.sg, klook.com, sentosa.com.sg and asiatravels.com. It worked to be cheap and best. No issues any where. Especially, the citytours Hopper bus was available for all days even though we booked for 2 DAY PASS!
2 DAY SINGAPORE PASS -- SGD 246 -- CITY TOURS
MARINE SANDS OBSERVATION DECK -- SGD 80 -- MARINE SANDS WEBSITE
GBB: Flower Dome + Cloud Forest + OCBC -- SGD 94 -- ASIA TRAVELS
SENTOSA CABLE CAR (Faber + Sentosa line) -- SGD 74 -- KLOOK
SENTOSA - 1 DAY PASS FUN 5 -- SGD 220 -- SENTOSA WEBSITE
ADVENTURE COVE WATERPARK -- SGD 80 -- KLOOK
UNIVERSAL STUDIO -- SGD 216 -- KLOOK
WHEN IN SINGAPORE
DAY 1:
- Marina Square Mall
- CityTours - Night Tour
-- Super Tree show at 7:45 pm
DAY 4:
- Went to Universal Studios
-- Madagascar create adventure (ok)
-- Jurassic park adventure ride (good)
-- Transformers: 3D ride (awesome!)
-- Treasure hunter (bad)
(Going on a weekend turned out to be a BAD idea as waiting time for too long for most rides.)
FOOD:
Except for Little India, it is hard to find Indian veg food. Even Mcdonald's doesn't have Veg burger. Only Subway had Veggie Delite and Veg Patty options.
COMMUTE:
Mostly used the Taxis. Easy and convenient. Used the mall near the Hotel as reference point. Didn't venture on the MRT/LRT as the hotel was a bit far from the station and it was difficult to do it with kids.
COST:
- Everything was expensive!
- The taxi cost was around 8 SGD on an average.
- Masala dosa was 4 SGD; Veggie Delite was 4.70 SGD; Veg Patty was 7.20 SGD.
- Food & Commute costed about 550 SGD for 5 days!
Experience with Thomas Cook:
- The bangalore office didn't have any info about online bookings. In spite was several reminders, the 'Payment Link' for the trip payment was not sent and final the cost was escalated. Even the VISA charges were escalated in bangalore office.
- The flight confirmation was sent only 2 days before the trip and the hotel info was sent on the day of travel, which was changed from Hotel Grand Imperial in Little India to Hotel Chancellor @ Orchard.
- Even in Singapore the coordination was pathetic. The tour operator was very late in picking us up at the airport and the return journey was marked wrong and that impacted the pick up time from the airport. There was so much confusion even during the pick up. They arranged for one van for 30+ ppl.
- Overall, very bad experience. Never go for it!
Package:
Booked through Thomas cook. The package included:
- 4 nights/5 days stay in Hotel Chancellor @ Orchard
- 1/2 day sightseeing tour
- 2 Dinner Meal Voucher
Route: Bangalore <->Singapore
Pax: 3 Adults + 2 Child
Fare: ~45K per person (including VISA)
Date: 18-May-2016 (dep), 23-May-2016(arr)
Visa: Went with Thomas Cook itself. They initially charges 1800 per person and then the lady (Manju) in the Bangalore office changed it to 2500 per person!
Travel Insurance: We didn't take any.
ONLINE BOOKING
We booked for almost all places online through citytours.sg, klook.com, sentosa.com.sg and asiatravels.com. It worked to be cheap and best. No issues any where. Especially, the citytours Hopper bus was available for all days even though we booked for 2 DAY PASS!
2 DAY SINGAPORE PASS -- SGD 246 -- CITY TOURS
MARINE SANDS OBSERVATION DECK -- SGD 80 -- MARINE SANDS WEBSITE
GBB: Flower Dome + Cloud Forest + OCBC -- SGD 94 -- ASIA TRAVELS
SENTOSA CABLE CAR (Faber + Sentosa line) -- SGD 74 -- KLOOK
SENTOSA - 1 DAY PASS FUN 5 -- SGD 220 -- SENTOSA WEBSITE
ADVENTURE COVE WATERPARK -- SGD 80 -- KLOOK
UNIVERSAL STUDIO -- SGD 216 -- KLOOK
WHEN IN SINGAPORE
DAY 1:
- Marina Square Mall
- CityTours - Night Tour
-- Super Tree show at 7:45 pm
- Went to Mani Iyer Mess in Little India
DAY 2:
- Skipped Thomas Cook 1/2 day tour
- Went to Adventure Cove water park in Sentosa (awesome!)
- In the afternoon, went to Citytours - DUKW tour and then took hopper bus to Garden by the Bay
- Garden by the Bay
-- Cloud forest & Flower dome (very good)
-- OCBC Skyway (good)
-- Marine bay sands Skydeck (good)
- Went to Komala's in Little India for Dinner (Thomas Cook Dinner coupon)
DAY 3:
- Went to Sentosa from Mount Faber in Cable car
- Sentosa
-- Skyline Luge (super!)
-- SEA Aquarium (good)
-- 4D - Journey2 (good)
-- MOSH (bad) -- tried this as segway had a waiting time for 1 hr.
-- Sentosa line cable car (good)
-- Wings of Time show at 7:40 pm (good)
DAY 4:
- Went to Universal Studios
-- Madagascar create adventure (ok)
-- Jurassic park adventure ride (good)
-- Transformers: 3D ride (awesome!)
-- Treasure hunter (bad)
(Going on a weekend turned out to be a BAD idea as waiting time for too long for most rides.)
- Did some shopping in Little India around Mustafa Centre
- Went to Komala's again for Dinner (Thomas Cook Dinner coupon)
DAY 5:
- Spent some time in the hotels swimming pool
- Went to Som's Mama house near Jurong East
-- Went to Westgate Mall (Wonderland - area for kids)
Except for Little India, it is hard to find Indian veg food. Even Mcdonald's doesn't have Veg burger. Only Subway had Veggie Delite and Veg Patty options.
COMMUTE:
Mostly used the Taxis. Easy and convenient. Used the mall near the Hotel as reference point. Didn't venture on the MRT/LRT as the hotel was a bit far from the station and it was difficult to do it with kids.
COST:
- Everything was expensive!
- The taxi cost was around 8 SGD on an average.
- Masala dosa was 4 SGD; Veggie Delite was 4.70 SGD; Veg Patty was 7.20 SGD.
- Food & Commute costed about 550 SGD for 5 days!
Experience with Thomas Cook:
- The bangalore office didn't have any info about online bookings. In spite was several reminders, the 'Payment Link' for the trip payment was not sent and final the cost was escalated. Even the VISA charges were escalated in bangalore office.
- The flight confirmation was sent only 2 days before the trip and the hotel info was sent on the day of travel, which was changed from Hotel Grand Imperial in Little India to Hotel Chancellor @ Orchard.
- Even in Singapore the coordination was pathetic. The tour operator was very late in picking us up at the airport and the return journey was marked wrong and that impacted the pick up time from the airport. There was so much confusion even during the pick up. They arranged for one van for 30+ ppl.
- Overall, very bad experience. Never go for it!
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