JB Staycation Part 1: The Puteri Pacific

My very first staycation at JB.

I wanted this to be a surprise for G so I gave him one clue everyday for the next 2 week like ‘we are taking bus’, ‘we ate this food once in March together’, ‘we going to wake up early in the morning to see something’ etc. I can’t believe he didn’t manage to guess it! Guess I am getting better at surprising people. Hehe...

Due to my budgets, the choices I have are limited. In the end, I managed to find The Puteri Pacific Hotel.

The Puteri Pacific Hotel is located at the heart of Johor Bahru with 500 rooms which made up of 4 different room types: Princess Deluxe (33 sq meters), Imperial Deluxe (37 sq meters), Executive Floor Deluxe (33 sq meters) and Junior Suite (58 sq meters). The difference between Princess Deluxe and Executive Floor Deluxe are the privilege given such as private check-in and check-out and laundry services etc.

For this trip, I was staying in Princess Deluxe room. The room is spacious enough to accommodate 1 Queen Size Bed and 1 Single Bed!

The location of this hotel is just 10 minutes walk away from City Square Mall. The hotel also provides all basic amenities and facilities. For me, I love the bathtub! I actually have 3 bubble baths during the stay!! But if you are not into bubble bath, you can go swim, play a tennis/squash, work out at the gym, have a relaxing sauna session or get pampered with their spa treatment. For me and G, we did not use other facilities simply because we are lazy… Yes, we bought our swimming costume and workout outfits but we spend our time sleeping at the hotel. :P 

One thing I love about this hotel is the TV Show! While we are staying there throughout our 3 days 2 nights, we are entertained by the X-men movie. SHIOK!!!

However, this hotel has flaws too.

The blanket given is quite dirty. It is not even cover properly with the blanket cover. We saw lots of I don’t know.. Milo? Menses? kind of stain at the last day of stay..(Puke...)

Another thing is the control of the room. Maybe I am the stupid one but I just can’t seem to control the water temperature when getting a shower or adjust the air-con to the right temperature.

OMG just how does this work?? G said low mean the fan speed but low also can mean temperature right? Anyway, I tried the button to see the difference but the only thing happen is that there is a “click” sound. Give up…

Lastly, the free internet access provided. They actually give prepaid card internet which expires within 24 hours and have snail-like speed!! I can’t use my Instagram, Facebook, Safari, Twitter, Whatapps… basically almost everything… Not to mention, only one person in the room can have access at a time. So if you are staying there, best to get your own internet access.

Oh well, for the price I paid, the hotel is still not bad. G actually like it so if you are not picky like me, you just found yourself a nice hotel.

That’s it for now. Till then!

Love,

Siew Chin