Batam Info / Interest / Help Thread

[Humlea]

Originally Posted by sexyuncle

Driver fee for the whole journey is $120 sin dollars

Uncle you very sexy... I think you booked a 7 seater MPV with full day service. Meaning he only serve you alone. I see some bros here book normal car and the car don't wait for you at the hotel lobby.

E.g You call the driver and tell him 6pm pick you up at hotel to go dinner and after the driver drop you he go fetch other customer then come back to fetch you after dinner. This will cost about $40...

The one you book is when you bonking your girl and he waited at the hotel lobby that's why expensive. 24hr standby

[Humlea]

Originally Posted by Bigbird00

Anyone heard of this case?

I read that he's caught in Medan on friday 04/03/16.
http://batamnews.co.id/berita-11544-...ang-dalam.html

[nono1973]

Originally Posted by Humlea

My FR for my virgin trip to batam.

Followed Nono’s guide and check in to Formosa about 10am in the morning. Surprise they let me check in early. The Formosa hotel reminds me of Chiang Rai WangCome hotel. The cosy feel make people horny.

Thank you for sharing an FR here. I probably already hear your FR before you posted it. I am glad the Batam Newbie guide has helped you in some ways,i am glad you have a good time and more importantly,luck has been with you.

Sincerely wish and hope that you will have an even better next trip.

Cheers!

PS : A gentle reminder,dont let a 1st good trip blind you. Keep expectation low. Treat your next trip with the mentality like your 1st one. Enjoy!

Originally Posted by Humlea

Nono is like an encyclopedia of batam!
Thank you bro Nono… Really nice to meet you. We will meet again! (sorry I have no points to up you)

In case you didnt know,i still considered myself a frog in a well when in Batam. There are just too many places in Batam that i have yet to be able to go to and more than too many places that i have yet to be able to dwell thoroughly in. Places like Nagoya,Penuin,Jodoh,Baloi area were merely no more than 10% of the whole Batam island.

Its ok whether to up my points or not,i am not here for the reputation points and its the least of my interest in this forum. I have asked more people NOT to up my points than the people who actually upped me. But i do however ask other bros to help me Rate This Thread a 5 stars.

If you can or if anyone who finds my Batam guide useful or any of the information i posted here were of any usefulness to anyone,do me a small tiny favor,you need not up my reputation points,but do help me rate this thread 5 stars. (i have made similar request before in the old thread too)

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[Humlea]

Yes Sir... considered it done.

[Humlea]

Originally Posted by mark_07

I was there during the weekend, all same routine except this time hotel gives me a free bra inside the room. Was doing half way with my girl, suddenly found a black bra behind the pillow. Was wondering does the hotel do housekeeping?

Ada beli ada Percuma!!!

[nono1973]

Originally Posted by Humlea

Another closing, batam is not that bad as what people says...

My 1st impression of Batam before i reach there was...Batam is going to be a VERY VERY dangerous place to be in,hehehe...i read about taxi drivers bringing tourist to expensive places to get chop,or some remote countryside to call expensive "chicks",to threaten or blackmail them, lots of drug lord,drug addicts,rob and kill situation,anti-Chinese etc etc...hehehe...it turn out to me that going to Batam is like going to Sentosa. (think i scared myself too much back then) Except all one would need is a more than 6 month validity legal passport,have a humble heart,a courteous behavior and a not-so-loud spoken mouth.

Safety has always been my number 1 concern and it still is today whenever i visit Batam.

Originally Posted by Humlea

I think every place have old hens but batam has a handful of syt too.
The price is acceptable range and food is good.

Malaysia,however has many (non-service industry) things that are cheaper than Batam. I just made an apple to apple comparison recently.

Daily basic food,Massage,special service,overnight booking = Batam cheaper

1st hand computer parts,daily necessities, eg. shampoo,Vitamins,healthcare stuffs etc = Malaysia Cheaper

Originally Posted by Humlea

This trip change my view about batam and I will sure return again.

May you have a better next trip in Batam.

[Humlea]

Originally Posted by nono1973

Daily basic food,Massage,special service,overnight booking = Batam cheaper

1st hand computer parts,daily necessities, eg. shampoo,Vitamins,healthcare stuffs etc = Malaysia Cheaper

That day I bought Gatsby wax at 14k rupiah in nagoya mall supermarket. It's very very cheap compare to SG.

[hawkeye007]

Originally Posted by sexyuncle

Good afternoon all, jus checking with bros here regarding our recent visit to batam. As we r new in hangouts, we would like to knw whether we have been shortchanged or been chopped by the driver or okt. It's a 2D1N affair. As usual our arranged driver pick us up at harbour bay n straight to our online booking nest, after checking in we head to massage at Thai indo joint, after which we go to a few joint around Nagoya n finally end up at happy 8, three of us book 3 girls n proceed to our nest. Evening time driver fetch all the 6 of us to dinner at Windsor food court for some nice food. After dinner we proceed to ktv book a vip room with very good karaoke systems n blast our nights away till around 1am dan back to hotel. Below is wqt we have spent.
Hotel biz $43x3=$129
Aromatherapy scrub massage $380,000rp x 3 = 1.14 mil rp
Girls x 3 800,000rp 1000,000rp n $1300,000rp total 3.1 mil rp.
Ktv room plus around 40 cans of mixed beer n stout 1.4 mil excl tips to manager n kj.
Driver fee for the whole journey is $120 sin dollars
Dinner at Windsor 1.2 rp consists of steam prawns n fish, fried tang hoon, cockles, 7 dishes in total, can't remember all the dishes with drink n few packs if cigarettes. 1.4 mil rp.
Tips for our girls is $30 sin each.
With all tis money spent, r we on a fair trip or we paid more dan wat we need. Hope bro can help to evaluate n guide us. Tks all.

What vehicle did the driver use..? Even if it's a 6-seater Avanza, it shouldn't have cost u $120 a day...

Your driver had an extremely fruitful day cos apart from the 120 bucks, he also received commission from the booking joint for the 3 ceweks and from the seafood stall at Windsor as well...

Definitely got chopped by your driver..

[sexyuncle]

Hi bro Humlea, yes the driver is on 24 hrs standby for us, initially we have agreed to a $45 fee for the whole of 2D 1N. But because of his good services we decided to pay him extra cos when we ran out of rp he automatically offer to pay for us. And he is a Chinese guy which drove a mpv , being Chinese, it's easy for us to communicate throughout the trip. So the $120 is inclusive of wat he pay for us which is around $20 sin. It work out to abt $33 per person instead of the agreed amount of $15 per person. Tks.

[grandfather]

Originally Posted by sexyuncle

Hi bro Humlea, yes the driver is on 24 hrs standby for us, initially we have agreed to a $45 fee for the whole of 2D 1N. But because of his good services we decided to pay him extra cos when we ran out of rp he automatically offer to pay for us. And he is a Chinese guy which drove a mpv , being Chinese, it's easy for us to communicate throughout the trip. So the $120 is inclusive of wat he pay for us which is around $20 sin. It work out to abt $33 per person instead of the agreed amount of $15 per person. Tks.

120-45(agreed car rental)-20(helped to pay by driver)_=55SGD tips?
S$55 * 9500idr= 522,500idr

[iicycold]

Originally Posted by johnkhb

What vehicle did the driver use..? Even if it's a 6-seater Avanza, it shouldn't have cost u $120 a day...

Tat's the price i pay for 4 full day taxi drivers for me.

Originally Posted by johnkhb

Definitely got chopped by your driver..

How to not agree w u...lol.

[Bigbird00]

Originally Posted by Humlea

I read that he's caught in Medan on friday 04/03/16.
http://batamnews.co.id/berita-11544-...ang-dalam.html

Thank you!

Looks like a not so simple guy for him to stay under the radar & make it to Medan. Hmmm...

Looks like there's more to it then just Immigration issues.

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[TempterYee]

Originally Posted by Humlea

... I think you booked a 7 seater MPV with full day service. Meaning he only serve you alone. I see some bros here book normal car and the car don't wait for you at the hotel lobby.

Originally Posted by Humlea

The one you book is when you bonking your girl and he waited at the hotel lobby that's why expensive. 24hr standby

Avoid mis-leading.

It is an obvious carrot pricing be it 24h or not.

This conversation is starting to smell fishy on the $120 taxi fare now.

[grandfather]

20feb-21feb2016
i went batam wif family of 13pax ,rented 1mini van including tips from 9am-945pm(batam time) send us back to hotel only80,000idr
i also wonder expensive or not.

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[AhPui8]

You paid your driver $120 for his service and this can let so many people make noise. This is a deal between the driver and you all guys. So you all are very happy with his service. So the 120sgd got an extra tips of 55 sgd for his good service.

So how can other say the driver chop carrot you all? Might as well the driver charge you all 20sgd for his service. And ask those cry baby to buy a car in batam and become a driver themself.