Batam Info / Interest / Help Thread

[osamalee]

Originally Posted by BFOMF5

Yes..

discovered last night when I go for my giant Bakso with my girl. At the first encounter...saw 4-5 girls sitting outside. I also thought that is a normal MP.
When returning. Those girl was not outside.. so i walk in with my girl.
decided to check their packages n rate.

Cfmd n chop.!

But my girl wasn't happy
So I got punish to book her 1 more night and forbidden to go TBK today.
:'(.


Once I posted out in public...
it for all

I also curious to know 'chop' what?

[m600]

[QUOTE=donkan;14801075]

Originally Posted by iicycold

I feel differently,i feel tis is the best time to post the photos of those girls instead of wat's previous posted,better still the okt 1. Not forgetting the girls were in cahoot w the okt in tis one 4 sure.It's ramadan,this thread has warned all b4. It's his choice of fun. Hwever,i feel the need to compliment him 4 his willingness to share honestly so as to warn others against Rini,mey/Mei & Marine. I bet there's no namecard or contact frm okt,marine frm previous okt.

Tat's hw i feel.


Mey


For the other girl, I will ask the photo frm OKT and will post later.. Thxs bro Nono.

i find Mey wechat account : clarakXXX is this her? (PM me for her wechat account i found out she have two wechat account now )

She send me some of her photo too but i don't know how upload to the page if you want i can email u or wechat you just PM la.

Guys please cheong carefully !

[loneyheart]

Originally Posted by osamalee

I also curious to know 'chop' what?

fav returned thxs bro

[mrbondy2k]

Originally Posted by iicycold

In ani money chger,always check at least few nearby shps for quotes IF U WANT to get the better rate. i'm not implyin tat u shld go hunt 4 the best rate all ovr btm,but more of if u stayed in formosa,just go opp there ask a few shps,cos it won't cause any1 to drop 1 stray of hair. Money chger shp usually only jus a few steps away frm each other. Max time taken is jus few secs thg.

i check on 21 july rate @ opp formosa is 9650,so if u chg 100 sing,the variance btw yr rate & the 1 at opp formosa,its 10k diff. If u chg 200 is 20k diff. If u stay 3D2N u probably chg abt 500,tat'd be abt 50k extra. No need 4 me to spell wat u can do w 50k rp xtra in btm.

Fery terminal & shoppin mall's variance btw small downtown money changer shp is usually 100rp to 200rp for 1 sing $ diff. Every exchg gives u 10k-20k extra for 100 sing $.

Only thg u better not do is, dn't blur blur specially go take taxi/ojek 2 opp formosa jus to chg money frm there. Tat'd reli be a stupid move. Go 4 those shps where u stay close by to & at yr convenient free time w easier access. Whole trick is,approach places tat has a whole stretch of money chger within sight bcs w competition,rate shld usually be better & ask at least 3 shps 4 their rates.

Thank you bro

[Mistrevia]

Hi bros, I be staying at Harmoni Hotel at Jln Imam Bonjol next week. Just wondering if bros can advise which booking joint and massage spa are nearest to this hotel.

[BFOMF5]

Originally Posted by osamalee

I also curious to know 'chop' what?

confirmed,Chopped,Stamped. sealled,registeted,certified....
Sri Kandy is a booking joint

[nono1973]

Originally Posted by iicycold

It's like the fengshui strategic,front got Nagoya hill,left got NED,right got Lucky plaza & back got Citywalk. Hw not to be good....

Sounds like Formosa hotel fengshui is 左青龙，右白虎，前朱雀，后玄武 to me.

Originally Posted by Nulgath

This is an incredible amt of information u have collected & in all details,must have took u a while.

Thank you and hope you find it useful.

A lot of information I have wrote,many of it I have written for reason/s to allow myself to back track my pace and future trip-plan-reference if I ever need to,but it has also become info references for some bros who were travelling to Batam as well. Over some time,i just go on doing what I am doing right now.

Originally Posted by Nulgath

To get good rates,try opening mouth to ask in at least 3 shops nearby & not rely on eye power. First quote from their mouth is always the worst rate.

Yes,i agree with you but I would say that is more for new visitors in Batam. For myself,i have mainly 1 or 2 regular money changer to cross reference with. In the beginning,i have told them I wont be returning to them EVER if I find them not giving me the BEST rate (that's if I ever move around to make comparison). Nowaday,the rate can at times be send to me via sms,hehehe...or just a call away. Not much effort needed.

Originally Posted by localbest

When I started staying in Formosa in 2012, I remembered the price was always around $60-65 depending on weekday or weekend.

2 more fairly alright hotels that has dropped its price since when I 1st started 2 years ago in Batam was Gideon and Goodway. They used to be priced at similar price with Formosa's S$67 in 2014 but both were around S$50 (even below) today.

Originally Posted by localbest

I was wondering where on Earth got such a hotel which charge cheaper and cheaper over the years despite inflation taking place and the hotel also constantly keep improving its facilities...

That's the power of competition. More hotels coming up with not enough tourist to stay in,everyone fighting for market share especially with the many 3 star hotel around. It all benefits the end-user like myself.

Originally Posted by localbest

No wonder Formosa will never be out of business because of its loyal customers over the years

That's the game they are playing now,hehehe...trying to gain more regulars.

Originally Posted by localbest

LaiLai cheapest standard room also increase from 180k few years ago to now 250k.

Another example is Lovina inn Nagoya used to charges 230k for standard room but now has raised up to 290k with promotion only.
without promotion is 300+k

Nowadays want to find a hotel below 200k per night at Nagoya area seems a bit difficult as hotels keep revising their hotel room rates...

I think below 200k would be relatively be quite rare unless you wish to pick Hotel 18 and the New Hill Home stay hotel.

Hotel 18 (near Utama area) :

https://sbf.today/showpo...postcount=1638

New Hill Home Stay (inside Nagoya Hill Mall) :

https://sbf.today/showpo...postcount=2368

*info provided in the thread

If I don't remember wrong,w/o breakfast at Hotel18 was 180k per night stay. Still quite a good value as their location was near the Utama area/Nagoya Hill Mall. Basic on most of nearly everything there, like wifi,air-con,toilet etc for a good bonk were provided. With more of such hotels coming up,no wonder many hotel management felt threatened, hehehe...

My personal perspective.

[nono1973]

Originally Posted by censored

hi Bro nono1973,

I may wish to plan a solo virgin trip to Batam for release after reading your guides in the forum.

May i consult your expertise on some queries;

1. Is it safe for me, alone as a solo traveler to enter the booking joints alone? (will I be targeted as carrot or even robbed? )

2. Do i pay upfront for the cost of booking the girl, example 900K IDR to the OKT and request the girl to be send to door at my hotel room say at 7pm evening ?

Is there chance i will be scammed of the money if i pay in full?


3. Are most hotel generally Girl-Friendly? so there is no need for me to registered their document with the counter ?


Thank you again for your time!

1. There are 2 definition of being safe in your 1st question; being Safe from having carrot-chopped and being Safe from getting robbed. So far I have never once heard of any bros who gets robbed in established booking joints be it solo or in group, but once a blue moon,i will hear some bros got chop-carrot. My definition of carrot chop in a booking joint means a girl who was priced at 1.5 million rupiah,he didn't bargain and paid in full whereby another bro who goes for the same girl pays only 1.3 million rupiah. Or a girl being priced at 1.5 million rupiah,but he pays 1.6 million rupiah and higher for her. Anyway, most Sillyporean who were shy enough (or having too much pride) not to bargain usually gets chopped anywhere.

It is Indonesia business culture to bargain down a verbal quoted pricing.

2. Yes, you will need to pay upfront. And you can request your girl to be deliver at your desired timing. By far,i have not hear of any undelivered girls but I do heard of girls being delivered late becos the girl overslept or met with some 'accident'. For precaution reason, always get a name card from the joint or if they didn't have,get the phone number of the OKT who deals with you. Of course,they can purposely scam your money yet you cannot do anything about it but the consequences for them will be a stain to the joint's name which eventually brought them less customers when word of such gets out.

When you pay in full,it is usually about S$50 to S$150 (base on my own definition of overnight girl pricing). But they scam you,they will definitely lose more than those amount in $ if you start telling everyone in this thread about it.

3. Let me know if you can find a non-girl-friendly hotel in Batam,hehehe...(joking here,becos base on my understanding every Batam hotel is girl-friendly) you go to the joint,you tell the okt which hotel and which room number you will be staying in,and he will tell you if he can deliver them (in case you stay too far,like Montigo Resort/KTM Resort etc). There are some hotels that require card keys to access different elevator (aka lift) level, meaning if you stay 3rd floor,you cannot access 2nd floor,4th floor,5th floor and so on...don't worry about it, most OKT will be smart enough look for the receptionist on duty,and they will usually call your room to confirm via talking to you to see if you are expecting any guest/s. There is no need to register any document with the hotel. If you wish to play even safer, you can however keep the receptionist on duty informed in advance that you are expecting some guests.

I would still ask of you to read my signature links if you are heading to Batam for the 1st time. If you did,you will know that the whole process of going to Batam is like going to Sentosa.

May you have a good time.

Cheers!

[Leoric]

Originally Posted by iicycold

Only thg u better not do is, dn't blur blur specially go take taxi/ojek 2 opp formosa jus to chg money frm there. Tat'd reli be a stupid move. Go 4 those shps where u stay close by to & at yr convenient free time w easier access. Whole trick is,approach places tat has a whole stretch of money chger within sight bcs w competition,rate shld usually be better & ask at least 3 shps 4 their rates.

I think the key is to open mouth to ask the rate. I ask 1 shop,they quote 9800,i usually say thank you & walk off,some time they will stop me & ask me how much i want,i always tell them "few shops away,over there offer 9820,can you give better?" If they can't ,i walk off..if they offer same,depend on mood,some time walk off,some time i just change there. But never never tell them next door shop offer 9820,they will mostly ask u to go there change.

Some time,the next door shop is a so called brother-shop or belonging to same owner. So they knows each other's rate.

[VVR1]

Any bro going or alrdy in Batam tomoro? Can link up/join ur grp. Will b tkg d 10.20am ferry...Cheers.

[Black Page]

Originally Posted by BFOMF5

confirmed,Chopped,Stamped. sealled,registeted,certified....
Sri Kandy is a booking joint

There is also the (in)famous "chop carrot", but this was not the case

[tomcat007]

Originally Posted by nono1973

Its a booking joint? I pass by this place a few times thinking its just an ordinary massage shop...shall go there to take a look soon.

Thank you for sharing.

One more thing,may I seek permission to use your photo on the above quote to add in to my info vault.

I was there yesterday. Got a few very delicious young milf. Plus the female mummy accidentally self divulge here boobs size 36. :P

[tomcat007]

Originally Posted by Black Page

Any more detail about your experience there?
I can't wait to have a look...
("Chop" what?)

Chop is a local we used in place of stamp (as stamp of approval, company stamp). In this context, it's a further affirmation of the fact that it's a booking joint.

[tomcat007]

Originally Posted by Mistrevia

Hi bros, I be staying at Harmoni Hotel at Jln Imam Bonjol next week. Just wondering if bros can advise which booking joint and massage spa are nearest to this hotel.

Behind your hotel is a massage joint "Blue Moon" out something like that. Booking joint will be Gold Bird and New Betty the nearest. Memory Ktv too.

[tomcat007]

There is still gem to be found in Batam. Just came back from a 2D1N trip. Got a 19 years old, petite and good service cewek for 1.2 juta, bargained down to 1 juta. And i was drunk and didn't give her tips the next morning. Never kick up a big fuss also.

This is following my previous 1.1 juta (bargained down from 1.2 juta) 21 years old smiley good service girl...