TWO BUDGET HOTELS IN MACAU YOU COULD CONSIDER

HOTEL KO WAH & HOTEL MAN VA

2 BUDGET HOTELS IN MACAU YOU SHOULD CONSIDER:

Rua Felicidade, Macau City, Macau

By: Ysabs Villaflor

My first time in Macau was in November 2010. Like many lonesome travelers, I was faced with a little dilemma: How do you stretch your money’s worth without breaking? When we travel, a big bulk of the expenses goes to lodging and probably on the shopping, but most of the time, the hotels get a big part of it all.

So what my friend and I did before the trip was– we researched and we computed and we tabulated and we read blogs, reviews and feedbacks. What we first considered was – price and location. A very good decision is having a hotel right next to the spots so you didn’t have to spend for transport to and from these two places. And so, we booked our first hotel, Hotel Man Va, from the reviews. How we got to Hotel Ko Wah the next day, is another story all together: the good thing was, we didn’t book another day at Man Va since one of our travel buddies backed out. So, we had to look for another hotel for the next night since Man Va was already booked. Thank God, we had a back up hotel ready and a room was vacant right next door, Hotel Ko Wah.

Being in two budget hotels, we can’t help but compare the two.

	MAN VA	KO WAH
Location:	Located in one of the oldest but most charming part of Macau (Rua Felicidade) and near the Historical Sites like Senado Square, Ruinas De Sao Paulo, Macau Museum, Rua Do Sto. Domingo, Macau Downtown
Rate:	HK$530 twin No breakfast included	HK$500 Queen bed HK$600 twin No breakfast included
	Pasteleria Koi Kei is infront of both hotels so, the perfect breakfast is freshly baked Portguese Egg Tart in the morning!
Reception:	The lobby has a waiting area with couches.	Only a desk and a small area to book your room. No couches. Straight to business
Elevator:	Can fit 6 people	Small, can fit only 4 people
Hall:	Narrow, only one person can walk through	Wider hall
Room:	A small room with a little bit of space to move. However, compared to Ko Wah, the room is definitely bigger and doesn’t seem very “claustrophobic”	Pretty compact, square room. Basic with the bathroom door and cabinets unusually highly elevated from the floor. This reason I cannot comprehend
Smell of the room:	A bit stuffy due to carpeted floor.	No carpets, hence, no stuffy smell.
Bed:	A little stiff for my taste but the comforters were great.	A little stiff for my taste, the comforters were thin.
View:	Our view is the building right in front of the hotel.	Our view is the wonderful Sofitel at Pointe 16.
Bathroom:	Compared to Ko Wah, I liked the bathroom at the Man Va better. It has separate shower area with curtains from the toilet area.	My biggest pet peeve is not having my own shower separated from the toilet area. I like a dry spot in my bathroom, so not having something separate it, is kind of an issue for me
Toiletries	They offer two big bottles of Shower Bath Gel and Shampoo.	Shampoo and Bath Gel in sachets
EXTRAS:	Has a dresser, storage area cabinet	It was Wi-Fi at certain times of the day for free but you would have to get the password from the reception desk.

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