Strategies to save money when traveling to Macau

Macau is a charming city with a very long history and cultural heritage. People will feel huge consumption pressure in Macau. Food, drink, entertainment and life are all expensive, especially accommodation costs. The following is a detailed introduction for you.

But do most people think of Macau or what does the casino in the movie look like? When it comes to traveling to Macau, the only thing I think is that it may be expensive. Today I will tell you about a comfortable way to travel to Macau, with food, drinks and entertainment costing NT$3,000.

Hotel Accommodation

In fact, high-end accommodation in Macau is relatively cheap, because hotels not only rely on accommodation, but also income (or share) from casinos, shopping malls, and food. In fact, good hotels in Macau are cheaper than many places.

Macau hotels are a comprehensive destination and do not only make money from guest rooms, so vacations are not very expensive.

Five-star hotels, the Sheraton near the Sands City Center is within 850 per day, the Parisian is within 900 per day; the Galaxy near Macau Galaxy is around 1,000; the old hotel Leo is also within 1,000. All are good choices.

Two days before New Year’s Eve this year, I stayed at the Sheraton, in a room facing the Eiffel Tower, for almost 830 nights.

Because "BB" in Macau is actually illegal, there are certain risks in the agreed stay. If it is really legal, it is actually not a B&B, but a hotel with legal operating rights, so if it is too cheap, you will not go anywhere. A booking website has a perfect score of 10, 8.0 or above. The cheapest hotel has more than 400 nights. Therefore, it is recommended that if you go to Macau, you can consider living there without saving money.

Food and Beverages

In general, eating in Macau is not particularly cheap, but as the elders at home said, the food is not bad.

If you want to eat Macau specialty snacks, they are generally not expensive. You can eat pork buns, salted pork knuckles, Portuguese chicken and various Cantonese dishes. If you are serious about eating out, 100/person/meal is fine. If it is a snack, chew it and make a big meal, 20/person/meal is fine. Just take the middle number and basically average 60/person/meal.

How many KFC Portuguese egg tarts have you eaten? You can try the authentic one.

If you want to eat a buffet, the quality of the buffets in Macau is still very high. Many good buffet lunches can be prepared within 250 hours and are of high quality. The night market will be a bit more expensive, so if you want to experience it, you can go there at noon.

When I was visiting Macau, because I was a Marriott Platinum Card member, I had breakfast and lunch in the hotel’s free executive lounge, so I basically had one meal at noon every day. Although each meal is not particularly cheap, it doesn't cost much in total.

Transportation Guide

Macau is not a big place, but the transportation is very convenient.

Most five-star hotels have free shuttle buses to some important hubs, such as the terminal, the airport, and the gate to Zhuhai, so there is no need to worry about this. If you have a trip from Taipa to Macau Peninsula or from Macau Peninsula to Taipa, you can also consider researching the hotel's shuttle bus routes, many of which can also be reached.

This kind of car with the hotel name on it is called a fortune car and is free.

If it is not very convenient, it is also very convenient to buy a Macau bus. Public transportation in Macau is very developed. If you pay in cash, a bus ride costs 6 MOP. If it costs a little more than 5 yuan, it will be much cheaper to use the Macau bus, with a 40% discount. But if you expect there will be fewer buses, you can consider direct coin operation; there is a card activation fee and it may not be used up. However, the Macau Pass can be used at many convenient places and vending machines, including Starbucks. You can’t do that much by public transportation, so you can buy and drink.

Macau buses are very convenient.

So, if you save enough money to go to a mainstream place, you may not need extra transportation fees; if you want more freedom, you can buy a Macau Pass for about 60 yuan.

Entertainment

The main tourist spots on the other side of the Macau Peninsula are free. That area mainly relies on history, with Lingnan style and architectural styles left over from the Portuguese colonial period coexisting. Mazu Pavilion is filled with incense, and bus No. 3 is full of people, and they are all free.

Mazu Pavilion

Walking around the old streets is also very interesting, it feels similar to some old streets in Hong Kong. It's quite satisfying to look around for delicious food in the corners.

Here, Macau.

In terms of casino shopping, there are Sands and an MGM Sky Plaza on the Macau Peninsula, but the bulk is still in Tai Chai. Sands Cotai Central connects Four Seasons and The Parisian Venetian. Girls may not have to go out for a whole day to shop there, but they can also go shopping on the other side of the Milky Way for half a day. The shopping mall is large and very convenient. There is a casino near almost every hotel, and you can choose to play there.

Suppose in Europe, Venetians walked around and a few hours passed.

For fat people, you can go bungee jumping at the Macau Tower. Like me, I always worry about whether I have some hidden heart disease and fear of death. I can buy a ticket to visit the observation tower or take a high-altitude walk. Bungee jumping is more expensive. After all, it is a high-risk and high-security project. A certain treasure has a price tag of 3,000 yuan. Usually there are photos of afternoon tea and buffet coupons which are a little cheaper than the official price. If you want to go, consider it.

Imagine jumping from the top of this tower.

If you have time, you can also consider setting aside a day to go to Luhuan Island, visit the beach, and go hiking on Luhuan Island. It is a mountain road on Luhuan Island. The scenery is very good, and it can be regarded as adding a bit of natural fun to the destination of Macau. You can visit clean beaches, walk on ancient trails, see planes flying over the blue sea and sky halfway up the mountain, see the largest Mazu statue, see the whole picture of drunken Taiwanese, and there is even a small fresh reservoir suspension bridge on the top of the mountain.

Sunshine on the beach, blue sea and sky, my biggest surprise in Macau - island hopping

Itinerary

Four days and three nights

< p>1: Day: Arrive in Macau, check in, rest, and visit the hotel;

Day two: Macau Peninsula, A-Ma Pavilion, Dashanba Fortress Observation Tower, etc. He went berserk within a day.

The third day: the natural scenery around the Mazu statue on Huandao Road

The fourth day: Venetians and Parisians visit various shopping malls to buy skin care products and products for themselves (girlfriends) Makeup bag, bring souvenirs to your loved ones.

Macau Landmark Sanba

The time can be arranged flexibly. If you arrive early, you can start shopping on the first day. If you leave early on the last day, you can sleep in a hotel. If you arrive early on the first day and leave at night on the third day, you can play for three days.

Four-day tour

Accommodation 900/day per person 450/day*3=1350 yuan

Eating 200/day*4=800

< p>Tour (Macau Tower Ticket)=144

Transportation: 65

It costs 2359 per day, basically it can be done within 2500. For two people, five thousand couples are still very happy vacationing in a five-star hotel!

Look at the swimming pool in the JW Marriott hotel room. The swimming pool is very shallow and you can play without swimming.

Other possible purchases

Casino: Take a gamble and have some fun! I hope you don’t leave anything to chance, just have fun and experience it.

Extreme sports in Macau Tower: Bungy jumping basically costs 3,200. If you don’t want bungee jumping, it will cost around 600.

Shopping

There is no consumption tax in Macau, so it is more suitable to buy cosmetics, skin care products and luxury goods. Personally, not everything is cheaper than on Sunday or in China, but DFS, DFA, etc. have activities, and the prices are still very good; some things that are easy to be out of stock in the morning are often available here.

Some things are really cheap.

As a person who is not particularly interested in casinos, nor is I obsessed with shopping, I think Macau is a good place for a vacation and suitable for relaxing for a few days. You can go shopping appropriately. The swimming pool in the hotel is very beautiful and relaxing. Stroll around the old streets and see different architectural styles; walk around the island for a day; I sincerely recommend it to everyone who is thinking about their next destination.