[Accommodation review] Condominium @ Penang Times Square, Georgetown, Penang

Condominium @ Penang Times Square, Georgetown, Penang 

Website to book: Airbnb (https://www.airbnb.com.sg/rooms/3918092)

Cost: around $120 SGD per night

Location:  Times Square Penang, Georgetown, Penang

Size of accommodation: A condominium

Accommodates: 4

Location: 5/5. Easy to locate as it’s just above Penang Times Square. It is also near the Komtar bus interchange (5-10mins walk) and heritage site. If it’s raining and you do not wish to go out, no worries, there’s some food outlets in the shopping mall.

Cleanliness: 3.5/5. We found some things the previous tenants left behind on the living room’s sofa. Floor is not squeaky clean. The quantities of things like tissues are little. Bedrooms are very clean though. But hey, no service fee!

Host(s): A very presentable lady. She speaks good English and chatted with us. She was also very helpful to find out things for us.

Design: 3.5/5. A minimalistic design.

Facilities: wifi, full kitchen facilities, air-con, tv..etc. Some DVDS are also provided. The tv does not have cable channels. Buy your own breakfast.

Security: You will have the key to the apartment. There’s security post and 2 doors that you need to tap your card to access the condo.

Additional comments:

• Try the food near the location (opposite Penang Times Square there’s a small road that lead to a number of hawker centres). The hawker foods are better than the raved ones at the heritage site!!!
• Apparently the condo is one of the high value apartments in Georgetown. Taxi uncles exclaimed how expensive it was when we told them where we stayed.
• There’s a minimart facing the security post outside the condo. The things are of normal price. You can buy snacks or toiletries there.
• Many of the residents are expats.

Disclaimer: this post is not sponsored. The above is entirely my personal opinion.

[Accommodation review] Worlang Guest House @ Jeju, Korea

Worlang Guest House @ Jeju, Korea

Website to book: Airbnb (https://www.airbnb.com.sg/rooms/783988)

Cost: around $85 SGD per night

Location:  Wollang-ro 6-gil, Jeju-si, Jeju-do, South Korea

Size of accommodation: A room. We had the one at the attic. The common areas and bathrooms were shared.

Accommodates: 2.

Location: It was not easy to find. Good point is that it’s near airport (especially when you have an early flight), supermart and food outlets. Since we were driven around in Jeju most of the time, I can't give the rating for this.

Cleanliness: 5/5. Superbly squeaky clean floor in my room. Even the common bathroom was very clean!

Host(s): Basic English. The manager (?) was not around when we arrived. So we were a a lost, standing in the common room. One of the tenants (he was a university student at Jeju who was renting the room on a long term basis) helped us call him. The host helpfully explained things to us despite a little language barrier.

Design: 4.5/5. See picture. It was representative of what I saw.

Facilities: wifi, full kitchen facilities, air-con, tv..etc. There’s cereal and milk for breakfast in the common refrigerator.

Security: You have a key to your own room. They will leave clean towel at your door if it’s locked.

Additional comments:

• Near a supermart which was great. You can try their local fruits and stuff.
• Staircase to the attic room is very narrow.
• You can encounter different travellers in this house. Once, while we were chatting at the common area, an American couple just opened their door and greeted us :)
• There’s a 24 hours self-service coin laundry just below the guesthouse
• We didn't realize the check-out time was at 11am and stayed for a bit more. The host did not chase us away and allowed us to have our food in peace

Disclaimer: this post is not sponsored. The above is entirely my personal opinion.