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Originally Posted by iceang69
I understand from a friend that we can stay in SPA instead of hotel in SZ... can anybody advice? I am going there to Shenzhen Convention & Exhibition Centre in Dec for 2 nights and was recommended to stay in SPA but my friend also dunno which SPA. Anybody has any idea which is a good one to stay in? How about the luggage?
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Yes, There are quite a few of these spas - Queen's, Water Cube, Oriental Palm Spring, Carnival etc - and they basically all follow the Queen's spa business model, which I'm pretty sure is the first one in SZ.
When you go to these spas, its important that you fully understand the charges, rules etc. to avoid problems upon check out. The receptionists are supposed to fully explain these, so don't worry about asking questions. Leave your luggage etc with them and just take along whatever you think you'll need during your stay there, including your mobile phone as they'll also provide a locker to store your street clothes etc.
Prices I quote are approximate and from what I can remember from my last visit a month or so ago. There is a Y98 entrance fee which gets waived if you go over Y168 in service and food. Free flow juices, cut fruit, coffee, tea, ice cream etc but food is chargeable (and rather expensive for SZ). There is a decent NON CO-Ed area set aside for sleeping - reasonably comfortable but best if you bring your ear plugs and eye shades from the airplane as snoring, coughing and people going in and out from the big room WILL disturb you unless you yourself sleep like a pig!
Note that 10% is added on top of everything and WORSE, there's basically continual demands for TIPS! You gotta be a bit hard-nosed on this - as the service girls there ARE gorgeous and quite blatant/persistent and its sooooo easy to overspend.
Queen's spa, like I said, is the grand-daddy and standard bearer for all of them, and whilst they do try to keep the place clean/updated, the place is at least 7 or so years old already. And no matter that it IS quite luxurious and lavishly decorated, age catches up with ANY place. Also, do note that you will NOT know if its day or night once you're in Queen's (and in the others too) - I don't think the whole 7 floors has any windows at all. LOL. You can choose which Spa you want to go to at the Luohu immigration exit where you'll find their stores one next to the other, and who will arrange for your free transport to their place.
And oh yeah, if you plan on treating the place as a hotel with being able to go in and out, do make sure you tell the receptionist this as I think there's some kind of extra charge or deposit (?) required.
Have fun!
SEAJ