Accomodation in Malaysia

feda16

Hi everyone just looking for anyone who has any experinence of traveling to Malaysia. I am doing so a week monday and for the first few days i will be staying in a hotel and the rest of the 2 weeks we'll be staying all over the place, can anyone give me any advice and and possibly costs of doing this?

Sam_Bee

Malaysia's a big place. Any clues? Type of accommodation? Standard? Budget? Beach? Jungle? etc etc

feda16

sorry going to be staying in KL, kinda like student traveling but with family so kinda budgety, also going to be staying in Langkawi for a couple of days

lottee

Langkawi is gorgeous, went a couple of years ago around this time. As I'm a TA, I got an 'agents deal' (AKA mates rates!) & stayed at the Sheraton Perdana. Although it was a 5* (I think) we found the price quite reasonable in the hotel. Gorgeous people, place & hotel.
We've booked a few families to the Holiday Villa, which usually comes up a good price.
Excursions our hotel offered included island hopping, a wildlife sanctuary, & I'm pretty sure there was an underwater aquarium place, sure theres probably loads more aswell, although we just chilled out around the pool & on the beach the whole time!
As for KL, we only stopped at the airport hotel! So not to much help on that one I'm afraid, although it was lovely aswell, believe it or not! Once you've collected your luggage, they pick you up in a golf buggy & take you to check in, as the hotel is connected to the airport!
I'm really jealous, have fun! HTH !!!

cally1_2

Been a while since I went backpacking in Malaysia but travel long distance by taxi!

odowdchr

KL's a lot cheaper than Langkawi for hotels and you can get some great deals in nice hotels. Try and get something near a Metro station, but look at Tripadvisor and decide which part of the City to stay in.
Jalan Bukit Bintang is a lively area with cheap food hawker markets.

alkazar

stayed at the mutiara burua bay Langkawi great hotel good position

pboae

We went up to Kuala Selengor (I wanted to see the synchronised fireflies). We just got a bus up there and wandered around till we found the local hotel. The rooms were basic but clean and they let us see them first, and it seemed like they were giving us the best rooms they had. The owners spoke no English but we got by on gestures and he wrote down the cost of the room, I can't remember how much it was but it was very cheap. I got the impression they didn't get many tourists round there and everyone was really nice and seemed quite excited to have us around.

Later on we found a small foresty park on the edge of the village, which had wooden lodge type things for hire that looked quite nice, we were just walking on some of the trails through the forest, and there were loads of monkeys and other animals around. Might be nice for kids.

cenise

HI, Kuala LUmpur is my hometown. How much are you willing to pay? 30 pounds a night w (per two person) would get you a very nice hotel in the middle of the city.