来Tune新山金海湾店住目的当然是为了访问新加坡。这酒店价格比新加坡可便宜多了。我平均每晚只花了1元多马币。
新山的机票也往往比新加坡便宜。我从古晋飞来机票含税22马币。
从新山机场到新马边境有一趟直达巴士，票价8马币。去Tune酒店也可搭乘，让司机放你在Uda下车（见文末地图）。但我选择搭乘更便宜的黄色的333路普通巴士。333路巴士可以一直开到Larkin长途车站，全程票价3.5马币。去Tune酒店要在Uda下车，票价3马币。行车约至少半小时后，可以看到右前方的Tune酒店，途中唯一一个候车亭建在路边高台的站就是Uda了。从这里步行到酒店约15分钟，打的约5马币。日后要去Larkin搭长途汽车也在这里上车。
继续阅读Tune Hotel Danga Bay, Johor Bahru
I just came back from Singapore/Malaysia border by taxi although I am holding a coach ticket from Odyssey Shuttle Service.
Let me first show you the false advertisement of the shuttle service on TuneHotels.com:
In fact, they only have 2 trips daily while I took the later one which depart from the hotel at 10:30am and leave Resorts World Sentosa Singapore at 10:30pm.
The ticket fare has also been increased to 30 RM(round-trip) beginning from June 1.
Unlike what you see in the picture, there was no wi-fi on board although I saw the same “Wi-fi ON BOARD” sign on the bus I took today. No TV, no entertainment system, you just get a seat which was a comfortable one though.
The morning trip to Singapore was fine. However, the trip back was a horrifying experience for me.
1: Bus arrived at Resorts World Sentosa(RWS) terminal late
The bus was supposed to depart at 10:30pm, however it showed up at RWS terminal about 20 minutes late and of course departed late.
2: Hassle at the border
The officer read my passport for 2 minutes trying to figure out why I have one “extra” entry stamp. Another officer read for another minute and couldn’t figure it out either. I pointed out that’s because Sarawak gave me another entry stamp when I flew to Kuching from Penang. They simply didn’t actually READ those stamps.
Then the second officer asked me to show him a plane ticket out of the country which I fought so hard to get from AirAsia just 2 days ago.
Altogether, they spent about 5 minutes to process my passport.
3: Coach left me behind at the remote Second Link checkpoint
After I passed the customs, my coach was nowhere to be found. It had departed without me. The bus driver must had not counted the passengers.
The next bus from Odyssey Shuttle Service is schedule to come 21 hours later which means I would have to spend a whole day at the border to wait. Horrifying…
4: Getting back to hotel by taxi
In the end I had to take a taxi back to hotel after midnight which cost me a fortune of course.
Tune Hotel Waterfront Kuching has the worst airport shuttle service. Click here to learn more.
DO NOT USE ANY SHUTTLE SERVICES YOU SEE ON TUNEHOTELS.COM, PERIOD!
Note: Odyssey Shuttle Service does not fall under the Tune operations and their services are by an outsourced provider.
古晋的这间Tune地理位置非常好。出门就是水岸，而且是靠近去Fort Magherita的码头。
后门出去便有廉价美食，上坡就是hills购物中心。那里也有金湾茶餐厅、My Chicken Cafe等空调餐厅可免费上网。
古晋的Tune酒店正位于Hilton对面。图中的椰子树就是Hilton种的。
出门下坡过马路就是水岸，看夕阳美美的。到其他任何景点都不远，可谓绝佳地段。
我前两次住的是单人房，房间小小的。可能因为开业已经好几年了，床单、垫脚布等已经留下不少的污痕。而且每日整理客房的人也很懒，时常不按规定隔日换寝具，就算换的新的还可能出现新鲜污痕。
明显的深刻的污痕，第二天我特地把请整理的牌子放在床上指向污痕，但还是没有给我换床单，直到第三天我守在房间里亲自监督她们换了床单，但是又出现其他新的污痕。
保险箱都是小小的，上网本都放不下。
继续阅读Tune Hotel Waterfront Kuching
Tune Hotel Kuching website claims there is an airport shuttle service from the airport to the hotel. However reality tells another story.
Here is the timetable of the shuttle service listed at their counter at the airport.
In reality, I couldn’t get any shuttle service for the whole day.
I arrived at Kuching airport before 9am.
Golden System Car Rental & Tour S/B, which is the company that offers the shuttle service, refused to run as the timetable shows because they require at least 2 paid passengers to run the service.
Fair enough, I decided to wait for other passengers to come and share the van.
After 11am, the airport became busy. However, the shuttle counter was closed and of course I had no chance to find other passengers to use their service.
When the staff finally came back, I told the guy behind counter that I’d like to pay the price of 2 people. He said OK, board the 3pm shuttle. I got back before 3 o’clock. The staff told me there was no shuttle at 3pm, I would have to wait until 5pm. When I got there at 4:40pm. The staff told me the shuttle had left at 4:30pm. He told me to wait for the 6pm shuttle and pay 20 RM.
In the end, I took a taxi which cost me 26 RM.
Tune Hotel Danga Bay. Johor Bahru – Resorts World Sentosa by Odyssey Shuttle Service is even worse. Click here to learn more.
DO NOT USE ANY SHUTTLE SERVICES YOU SEE ON TUNEHOTELS.COM, PERIOD!
Tune酒店是一个具有创新意义的连锁酒店品牌。套用亚航的模式，低价销售，甚至搞过1分马币促销。如果您通过官网预订，要为各种琳琅满目的自选附加项目付费。（见:价格表）。但如果您通过其他代理预订，则价格已含洗漱用品、毛巾、上网、空调、电视。
槟城店是其连锁酒店中最受欢迎的酒店之一。原因除了地段好外也由于房间多促销给力，常年价格不贵。
我住的是海景房，到处都是窗户，连淋浴房都是海景。（www.Journey.CA提示：单人间都是无窗的，而且从2012年9月开始大促的双人房也是无窗的）
继续阅读Tune Hotel Penang
