Hong Kong Trip - Total Expenses & Lesson Learnt

Total Expenses 

For 6D5N trip ni, aku hanya buat pertukaran sebanyak RM1,300 sahaja dari Malaysia. Tapi kat HK, extra RM200 aku tukar ke HKD sebab aku budget RM1,300 tu tak temasuk hotel, mana tau bila kami sampai Hotel dia cakap kena bayar. And aku assume masa tu credit card Fad dia tak charge lagi. And that lady cakap kalau pay in Credit card we have to pay 10% extra charge on top of total payment stated in Booking.com. Bukan 10% yang Booking.com dah charged tau tapi another extra charge by Hotel. Penipu betul lah Booking.com ni. Takde pulak ko cakap masa aku buat booking tu. So, nak save budget punya pasal kami setuju pay in cash atas persetujuan semua. 

Budget Before the trip: 

AA Return Ticket (KL-HK) – RM427 

AA Baggage (shared) + pre-booked meals (return) + pre-booked seat (return) – RM93 

Extra Foods – RM40 

TOTAL: RM560

Basic Budget Hong Kong:
Octopus Card - HKD150 (Topup+HKD50 Deposit) + HKD100 (Topup)**
Simcard HK - HKD88 *
HK Disneyland – HKD420
Ocean Park - HKD290
The Peak dan Madame Tussaud – HKD250
Hotel Delta (Tsim sha Tsui) for 6D/5N - HKD1025 PP (HKD2050 - Double Room)
Hong Kong Ngong Ping 360 (Crystal Cabin Cable Car) – HKD205
Harga tiket ferry (HK-Macau) - HKD159 (To) & HKD160 (From)
Harga tiket Bus (Macau) - HKD16

TOTAL: HKD 2863

Souvenirs:
The Peak – HKD 200 (Keychain & FM) 
Mongkok Ladies Market – HKD 200 (T-shirts) 
Hong Kong Disneyland Lantau Island HK - HKD 275 (T-shirt & FM)
Ngong Ping 360 Lantau HK - HKD380

TOTAL: HKD 1055

Makan-Makan: 
Dinner Day 2 – HKD 40 (Nasi Arab) – shared
Dinner Day 3 – HKD 15 (Nasi Lalapan) – Masjid Kowloon 
Lunch Day 4 – HKD 94 (Tahitian Terrace Disneyland) 
Dinner Day 5 - HKD 30 (Ebenezzer Kebab)
Dinner Day 6 – HKD 64 (Popeye Chicken) 

Miscellaneous – HKD 50 

TOTAL: HKD 293

TOTAL BUDGET: RM1766 + RM560 = RM2326

* Optional 
** Akan dapat balik refund HKD50 tolak with HKD 9 (charge) 

Rasanya itu sajalah, cuma tak masukkan cost orang belanja makan. Aku rasa macam banyak membazir beli souvenir yang tak perlu di Ngong Ping 360. Menyesal lah plak, nafsu.. nafsu... hahaha.

Lesson Learnt:

NEVER booking with booking.com.

Sebelum ni memang aku baca orang komen macam-macam pasal booking.com ni tapi maybe belum kena kat batang hidung sendiri, so, aku ambil jalan mudah juga book thru this. And lesson learn to myself too, always asking for the receipt even you book thru online. Aku tak nak apa yang jadi kat aku & fad happend to anyone after this. Disebabkan kelalaian aku & kesilapan hotel (tak tahu samada dia aware atau pura-pura tak tahu), telah memaksa kawan aku fad untuk terminate credit card dia immediately. Masa book thru Booking.com, they will ask your credit card number including the 3 nos. at the back of your card. This information will pass directly to the hotel you booked thru booking.com. Meaning they have all information on cerdit card & anytime they can charged your credit card without you knowing. Booking.com will not responsible for any transaction between you & the Hotel. So, sila baca betul-betul terms & conditions masa book, ok.

What happened to me??? When I returned to Malaysia, my fren checked the cc statement, there was a transaction on 2nd March 2014 and we’re still in HK. And that time, we already paid cash. Meaning, hotel already double charge you. We noticed only after 5 days in Malaysia. And hotel keep quiet lah sebab dah untung sampai lah aku terpaksa buat roaming call 3 kali sehari in 3 days, asking for receipt barulah dia nak buka cerita sebenar. Sebab kalau hantar email sampai bila-bila pun dia takkan respond unless kau cakap nak book hotel baru layan lah kot.

Silap juga sebab Fad tak boleh buat roaming untuk contact number dia guna for that credit card masa kami kat HK. Kalau tak, maybe akan dapat transaction immediately thru sms. So, lesson learnt kat sini. And this my first time booking with booking.com. Kalau sebelum ni aku prefer book dengan Agoda.com and so far, takde pulak masalah macam ni. Tapi aku tak rasa semua bank pun akan inform immediately kalau ada transaction.

Alhamdulillah, after dah berkali-kali call dan few time juga send email, finally barulah dia nak respond itupun after aku send email “WARNING”. Bayangkan lah kalau selama ni aku call & send email biasa saja memang tak layan tapi bila dah dapat email warning dari aku, Huh, baru teringat nak telefon aku... banyak kali pulak tu... emmhhh. Dan sampai ke hari ini aku masih belum terima, receipt officially dari Delta Hotel walaupun dah berpuluh kali dia cakap nak send. Dan menurut Fad, date dia refund tu adalah date hari aku hantar email warning. Nampak sangat menipu sebelum ni. Actually, email aku takde lah scary sangat tapi maybe apa yang aku cuba sampaikan buat dia tak senang duduk barangkali... emmhhh. Mungking juga, Allah telah perkenankan doa kami yang teraniaya ni, Ameen.

Kalau Hotel tak refund balik hari tu, memang aku terpaksa minta semua yang pergi bayar sorang sikitlah, tak kiralah sorang punye mistake pun. Sebab, I’ve taken risk for my credit card to book for everyone (eventho, kali ni using Fad punya credit card). Fad pun dah buat ayat sedih nak tarik diri dari trip korea bulan october ni kalau tak dapat refund hari tu. So, fad dah boleh tarik nafas lega lah walaupun refund agak kurang sikit dari harga asal yang Delta Hotel charge. But, better than nothing, right.

InyAllah kalau ada rezeki, aku akan ke sini lagi. Tak serik lagi tu.