Singapore has many lodging places with different kinds and types. Starting from five-star hotels, hostels, backpacker’s inn, guest houses, to apartments.

Lodging places are scattered all over Singapore. But in general can be grouped in several key areas such as areas of Little India, Bugis, Katong, Orchard, Chinatown, Katong / Geylang, and western regions.

Hotel in Singapore is famous for its price is quite expensive compared to similar hotels in other Southeast Asian countries. Staying in the hotel is nice but the price is quite expensive. Moreover, the price of hotel rooms is likely to keep rising every year.

A very attractive option is to stay in budget hotels or hostels (flights). Hostel provides an inexpensive price, the calculation of room rental per person per night. Prices ranging from 12 to 50 Singapore dollars.

Available rooms consisting of single beds to dorm-bed (such as dormitories) with a capacity of up to 20 people. The services provided from a private air-conditioned rooms with bathroom inside or share rooms that are only using the AC or fan, with a separate bathroom outside.

This type of bed is different, there are single, double, or bunk beds. Other facilities include laundry (washing machine), kitchen, closet, library, free local calls, internet access, breakfast, lockers, common room, sports facilities, and so on.

But for those who travel with the entire family or a gang with friends, often staying in hostels is less convenient. Even some hostels prohibits young children to stay in place.

One solution to stay in Singapore with cheap prices and facilities are quite complete, although the room and the bed was not as good as hotel apartments. The existence of an apartment in Singapore began around the year 2000. Namely, when many apartments that are not inhabited and is left empty by their owners.

These apartments are located in a strategic area, close to the mall, and also traversed by public transport. Unlike the hotel or other lodging, apartment is a converted residence as a place of accommodation, especially for tourists who are not too concerned with services such as in a typical hotel.

Apartments provide facilities like an inn, such as air-conditioned rooms, hot or cold water, kitchen, laundry (washing machine), dining room, living room, and bathroom “sharing”. However, different from backpacker accommodation, apartment rent only room packages. So for those who are traveling alone, this room will feel big and expensive.

In Singapore is not too much ‘serviced apartments’ or apartments as hotel management. Most rental apartments is the usual residence is modified in such a way as resembling an inn and run by a manager assisted by an aide.

Apartments like this do not provide a “room boy” or “room service”, so we will be more serve themselves, except of course the affairs of the cleaning room. Rental apartments are scattered in several places quite strategic.

One of the favorite places that are frequently visited by tourists from Indonesia is the apartment Lucky Plaza in Orchard Road. This place is a favorite place because it was near the MRT station and shopping places in a very famous Orchard road.

In addition, the rent is quite cheap compared to regular hotels. One apartment usually consists of 4-5 rooms. Each room measuring about 3 meters by 4 meters, with a kind of double or single beds. Bathrooms and other spaces such as kitchen and laundry room is usually used together. There is a room that has its own bathroom, but more expensive.

Apartments in the mall, located in Orchard Road shopping center together with this, ranging from floor 9 to floor about 20. If we lived in this apartment, so down with the elevator to floor 1 to 5 directly to the shopping mall.

The nearest MRT station is a station of this apartment Orchard. If it rains, we can use the subway (underpass) that passes through the shops Tangs, Wisma Atria, Takshimaya, to the Shaw House, and Wheelock Place.

Facilities available include sharing bathroom, kitchen, washing machine (laundry) and dry in the sun room, dining room and living room. The room rate varies between 70 to 180 Singapore dollars.

In addition to apartments in Orchard and surrounding areas, also there are some housing units are rented at a time, not only per room. Usually the number of rooms available for the first unit is a 3-4 bedroom house, complete with living room, kitchen and yard.

For guests who come in groups, say 15-20 people very often use this house. Booking is usually done directly by telephone, and payment is made in cash at the time we came there.

In addition to the Orchard, a lot of other apartments are also rented daily in the Chinatown area. Facilities apartments in Chinatown is almost identical to the apartment in Orchard. Location apartment buildings blend with the shops and also just above the Chinatown MRT station, making it very easy for those who will use this fast train.

In addition to apartments at two locations above, in some other areas as well as renting out rooms in Chinatown and Orchard. Only the shape variety, there are ordinary houses, condos, and apartments.

Number of rooms varies, ranging from a capacity of 2 people up to 6 people per room. Some places provide different facilities, including air-conditioned rooms, hot water, kitchens, washing machines, swimming pool, and play ground (especially in the condo). These apartments although there are remote from the center of town, yet very easy to reach by public transportation such as bus or MRT. (BUDI Sulis)

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