Planning a tour can be crazy especially if we are on a budget, in this article let me share with you my top six tips in planning your Ultimate Singapore Trip!
1. Budget - it is important to have enough budget when going on a trip as we don't know what wether you will get crazy about shopping ang hopping. Set a particular amount for the whole trip and try to stick with it during planning and the actual trip.
2. Pax - decide on how many of you going, be it couple or friends? or even a family, the number of people going with you on a trip is crucial as this will determine your budget, this normally applies to those of you that has a bigger family, and you kinda want to bring everybody with you.
3. Season - Now that you have determine the budget and the number of people, let us proceed to our next step, finding out which season you want to go. This is not the autumn, summer ,winter or fall season if you are thinking of that, what I meant was Peak or off peak season! Travelling can be cheap or super expensive but if you know what you are doing you definitely can save few bucks that u can use for shopping.
The best time to visit Singapore is November to June, during this months few events and holidays are happening like ZOUK Out in Sentosa and streetlights in Orchard in the month of December.
After Christmas comes Chinese New year in January to February it is a
month of celebration of family & Reunions one of the best time to get
to know Chinese Culture.
With so many Festivities happening during these
months, don't forget to bring your umbrella and rain coat as the weather
during this time of the year is more on the wet side.
If you intend to do more shopping I highly recommend planning your tour from June to October were in you can catch the famous Singapore Great Sale and you can shop until you drop with huge discounts, who doesn't like that!
Happening in between Just to
August
Another big event in August is the Singapore National day, now this event is big deal just like any other countries celebrating their Nationhood, this is one day event celebrated with magnificent parade & one of a kind fireworks to end the night.
4. Hopping around the island
- so you already got your budget settled, your pax counted and timing
determined now moving on to the tour , how many places you want to
see and explore. There are places that you can visit without breaking you
pocket. In this section I will give you some options that you can
explore Free - of - charge- .
- Esplanade - if you just want to take a picture of the iconic durian shape Theatre outside
- Merlion Statue - located few meters away from the Theatre
- The Fullerton Hotel just behind the iconice merlion
- Bugis Street for some shopping for souveniers and bargains
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Gardens by the bay
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Marina bay sands -attractions
inside might have charges
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Botanical garden
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China town
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Little India
5. Accommodations -
in Singapore you can stay in a fancy Hotel as
high as $20,000.00 a night like Marina
Bay Sands or as low at $45.00 in a much affordable hotel like Hotel 81for hotel
81 just need to take note of red district.
There are backpackers as well which is famous with westerners, I
recommend to look out for rooms for rent in the heartland they can cheaper and
you can get the experience of real Singapore life.
6. Food – most of the time when travel we stick to food that we know and
we normally consumed, and that makes fast food as the number 1 choice.
I
recommend to try eating in Singapore’s famous food court we call it Hawker
centers where you can find good food as low as $2.00 per meal and as high as
$20 per dish. In Hawkers center they
normally cook your food as you order, don’t worry there are other options like
mixed rice as well your choice of Vegetable & meat with rice. I recommend that you try Chicken Rice , Kway
teow, Hokkein Mee,
I hope this article can help you plan your ultimate tour not just in
Singapore but also when you travel the other part of the world.
Don’t forget to seized the day!
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