[nono1973]

Originally Posted by KohOnly21

Only 1 shop remained open in Centre Point, the electronic shop.

Hehehe...come to thinkof it,yes...you are right. Only one shop left. The HP shop i think moved already.

Originally Posted by localbest

Thanks brother Nono's tips for the value for money of membership card of Formosa hotel..

Honestly speaking,for my case the saving isnt significant yet. I am currently at "Farming" stage for more things to come with that membership card thingy in hope by then they (Formosa) still honor their end of the bargain as I have planned further...hehehe...

Originally Posted by localbest

1) Get % discount from king massage, KTV and Restaurant

Whether have % discount for KTV or not doesnt matter becos i still get Gold card % off with or w/o having one,hehehe...

I rarely eats in Vienna restaurant itself unless its free and occasionally i do drop into Tea Story or order their room service food. (Their Japanese Curry rice was good!)

But the massage will be an entirely different story if i reach Gold Card level. When i get to gold card level,i wont be just sticking to the normal type of massage and i wont be staying in Formosa hotel to get the offer,hehehe...not going to elaborate further now (it will be in another later post).

Originally Posted by localbest

2) Free night stay after accumulated a certain points

This is an eat the pig and pay the dog situation from my point of view. I think hotel.com works better with the same marketing. Well,at least one doesnt have to be bind to staying in one named hotel all the time. One can stays in other hotels when they book via hotel.com,accumulated the points and eventually get a free room stay.

Originally Posted by localbest

3) Cheaper room rate than KAHA and hotel booking web-site on weekday/weekend

Yes,but only applicable for deluxe room. Thats why its not attractive to me. I am still bargaining with them for better rates on other room types for my future trips,hehehe...

In one of my summary,i was talking about getting a better bargain for a certain "other room type" in Formosa Hotel. Already got it,but Kaha still offered me better. I am working to get them to re-define their room and at better rates to oust their competitors. They have a good advantage over many things in their field of business and many a time they put themselves in such bad position which they didnt even realized it. And i am trying to help them understand some of those points that should work towards my own future advantage of course,hehehe...

In the past before the free membership took its place today,they have this pay 400k rupiah and get a 450k voucher for the membership.Which is already a good enough promo for the hotel on a one time thingy.But it is still afterall a one time thing, I told them that the promo will eventually died off becos of the lack on "sustainability". They want members,becos they are looking for Regulars. But with that promo,they are not creating regulars to come back again,becos like i said previously,its only a One time thingy (they are just creating one time customer/s). Privileges for members simply werent attractive enough. If they want "members" to become regulars, then they have better add more prizes for being one.

Of the 50 over friends I knew in Batam from this forum,how many actually goes back to stay in Formosa again? I would say no more than 20% becos I don't encourage them to,hehehe....i dont stay in Formosa all the time too.

Originally Posted by localbest

4) Late check out - this is important as you need not rush to check out after you had a heavy lunch and can take your time to check out slowly..

With or w/o the membership,i am still able to check out very late. Later than the latest stated time for member,hehehe...its just manners and being considerate to keep them informed that i will or will not be checking out late. Or if i have friends with me,i will usually check out earlier and move to my friend's room (or my friends moved to my room) ;and return them their room/s so that other guest/s can have their room/s on time.

Originally Posted by localbest

Although free transport to ferry terminal and free upgrade of room and free laundry is not that important to me...

Free upgrade is nothing for me,free laundry...well...maybe can try next time to help my girl wash her clothing (extra perks w/o extra cost,hehehe..)

Now free transport to ferry terminal is an entirely different story compared to the above free room upgrade/free laundry. Knowing my methods of travelling well enough,it could also mean in MY FUTURE TRIPS to Batam,i MAY NOT NEED to pay for taxi fare anymore. And this is one of the offer i find attractive in. There has been talks about how cheap one pays for transport in Batam,or how expensive one pays for it. I believe nothing can be cheaper than FREE,hehehe...well,unless i can earn extra money when the taxi driver brings me to where i want him to bring me to (that would be cheaper than free).

(i got free transport from Hotel to ferry terminal twice before free membership promo came about during some experimental test)

Originally Posted by localbest

Many small discounts from this little special offer can accumulate to become a big saving in the long run.

The discount currently adds up can equates to free movies for 2 w/o the popcorns (maybe plus a small meal),hehehe...but i think i may be a little greedier. Hopefully my "boat" don't capsize,hehehe...

Originally Posted by localbest

If you are comfortable with this hotel which brings you a lot of good exciting memories, and you have already treated it as your "second home", then quickly get it now since it is still FOC..

To me,all their given perks can add up to become quite a substantial reward ,provided if I can turn it to become my needs. Definitely way beyond just the movie tickets for 2 pax and a meal.

Just sharing.