Lessons learned fr the yearly Hongkong trip

came back fr my yearly family hong kong trip and this yr, we went to macau again. more on the trip later.

i think for the past hk trips and this too, i've always made the mistakes of going there when there's a mega event or it's the china's wk long public holiday. wat's the mistakes you might asked? well, it's the peak period and hotel rates can really increase by lots, at least 50% or sometimes, 100%. secondly, i've always never change enough cash so i got to make to do with the lousy rates there which is cheaper by 0.3-0.5 off the rates fr singapore. it might mean little but for every sing dollar, you lose 40hk cents = sgd 8 cents for a differential rate of 0.4. so if you changed 500sgd, you'll lose 40sgd. time and time again, i've made the same two mistakes.

so if you're going to hong kong, not only you have to time your schedule not to clash with your work, arrange the date that everybody's free, you still have to check whether china is having public holidays, whether hk have a mega event or convention that will put a squeeze on the hotel rooms. that way, you can save bundles if you're staying longer days. remember to change enough cash and swipe the rest by card. the rates are slightly better than the money changer.