Steyed here as an eight-year-old back when it was the Hilton in 1983. I came from a rural area in New Zealand, elevators and escalators were so exciting to me because I hadn't really seen any before, and having a swimming pool on the roof? Well, that was the most amazing thing I had ever seen!
Currently staying at the Voco and they have spruced up the rooftop since this video. The staff are great, it still smells clean (like your video said) and is in a great location. Thanks for doing these reviews
Patreon you say!! Happy to support great content when will it be available? Once again love your channel Kevin, lm very far behind because well lm an RN and we are in the thick of Winter here in Melbourne Australia 🇦🇺 but lm here. Vanessa. 👍
Thanks very much! I am very hopeful that at least a framework of it’ll be up for my next posting on Wednesday. My next trip was moved forward by some days suddenly, so I’ve been feverishly editing nonstop since. Thanks as always Vanessa and good luck with the winter woes🙏🏻
VOCO used to be Hilton hotel and I stayed there for 2 nights once for free on my AMEX free night. The room transported me back to the early 90s vibe and the pool is small. Since it was free but I reckon the room was the old room as to the renewer renovated room.
Singapore is at the top of my bucket list of places I'd love to visit. This is a hotel to consider. Honestly I may prefer a smaller, independent property.
Don’t have reviews of them coming but I’ve also been a frequent visitor to JEN Orchard Gateway and 30 Bencoolen. Realistically 4.5 and 3.5 stars respectively, but I’d wholeheartedly recommend both. Thanks for watching 🙏🏻
Great choice for shoppers! As a non shopper I naturally prefer the Boat/Clarke Quay/Chinatown etc areas. Solid vid, and I do notice the constant improvements eg graphics etc towards the beginning. Good job Kev 🍺
Thanks very much for the graphics shout, much appreciated. For years before VN had the likes of H&M and other international brands I used to goto Sing just for shopping a couple times a year- but yes if shopping not needed, I agree no need to be on Orchard. Thanks as always for watching 🙏🏻
As a tourist, the best location for properties in Singapore for me are the ones near the train stations because the train connects to all sites you can possibly visit
Thanks for sharing . On the back of the VOCO Hotel is the Four Seasons Singapore . I considered the Four Seasons Singapore is one of the best luxury hotel in Singapore . The service is impeccable unlike the MO Singapore . The check in agent offered to store away our carry on luggage while we were waiting for our rooms. I would stay there again if the price is right
Yeah the 4S certainly wasn’t on the reasonable side of things during my trip. I’ll be at the one in Jakarta next month though- along with the brand new Park Hyatt. Very excited for that one!
Hi Kevin I glad you like this hotel. I personally havent stayed in the Hilton ( not to be mistaken for the new one replacing The Mandarin) and even Coco. This hotel is not far away from Ion, a wonderful shopping mall and its rather situation at the start of the ever busy Orchard Road.
Congrats on 90 reports and for crossing 7k subs too! I'll put on my 'Carnac the Magnificent' hat and predict 11k by the end of the year. I'll be glad to be wrong too, if you hit 15 or more thousand subs by that time!
Love Singapore! The thirty-one dollar breakfasts? Just expensive enough to send me looking for a food-court somewhere. Singapore can be expensive to Westerners dining like a Westerner but it's terrific value for those eating like a local. My major find on my last visit, just before Covid, was the Food Republic chain. P.S. I like the way you anchor your reviews to the local geography - very good use of graphics and mapping.
Yupp, love the Food Republic stalls- especially in Bangkok. In Singapore it’s hard to beat the old school hawker centers though. And thanks for the nod to the graphics. Trying to avoid repetition without going too over the top haha.
Hi Kevin 90 trip reports already! Congratulations! I am following you since months, and I enjoy your videos a lot. At some of the venues I stayed as well before, and I can say your "flip flop score" and my impression usually match. Suggestion: stop talking of your will be Patron account until you have set it up and it is really available. It is already boring to hear of something that is not available yet.
Thanks very much! And well noted about the Patreon. Truth be told, my next trip was moved up 5 days on me, not by choice. So I've had to fit 14 days of editing into 9 instead and this (and the past two) videos were already edited and uploaded. I'd say there is around a 98% chance it'll be at least partly up and running before my next video on Wednesday :) Thanks for watching 🙏
That was fantastic, your shoot, explanation and location details. I know sg inside out but your attention to detail is spectacular. How about more affordable reviews? SG hotels have insane prices since reopening from covid. I used to always stay at royal plaza on Scotts.
I will be starting #shorts for cheaper/transit hotels that I stay at next year. Probably not the response you were hoping for because you like the detail, but the algorithm is boss and long format videos of value oriented hotels don't do too well. Thanks for watching 🙏🏻
Hola!! I have to make a reservation un singapur but i am looking for a hotel with private bathroom. Meaning with dolor! No glass no open wall....si dificult. This one got It right? Or any othe hotel you know? Gracias!
How much? Did I miss that part? We are a retired couple and stay close to Temple Street for the street food. The Inn on Temple Street was comfortable and quiet. The Southbridge Hotel was very good but the service was woefully slow.
I remember this Hotel as a Hilton back when l lived in Singapore in the 90's honestly it isn't much more impressive than back then. Interesting you had to pay for Breakfast given IHG advertise "Breakfast on us" 🤔 inclusive with the room rate. At the price you paid probably a no for me. Thanks for the great review as always 👍
Singapore is such a strange one for me, in that- I LOVE the city but their hotel assortment as a whole is frankly just boring (compared to Bangkok, KL, Jakarta, etc). Besides MBS, the Andaz and a couple others, I just feel like there's been such little investment in the hotel industry there in the past 10 years.
Stayed in the hilton in 2019. Still looks exactly the same except for restaurants and blue wall on the reception. I feel like they could’ve done better renovation. I thought voco was supposed to compete with Curio or Thompson? This hotel looks dated and shouldn’t be in the portfolio. Most hotels in orchard road are old and expensive and they’re more like business hotels. But hotels in Singapore is charging outrageous amount right now. None of the FHR properties make sense without fourth night free.
I agree none of the FHR properties caught my eye as being particularly beneficial, but on a whole- the prices I was looking at (outside of FHR) are still thankfully lower than what I was paying in the years running up to COVID. Hopefully they'll stay that way for a while, though I won't hold my breath :) Thanks for watching 🙏
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Steyed here as an eight-year-old back when it was the Hilton in 1983. I came from a rural area in New Zealand, elevators and escalators were so exciting to me because I hadn't really seen any before, and having a swimming pool on the roof? Well, that was the most amazing thing I had ever seen!
Thanks for sharing ✈️
I had been to the ORCHARD in Feb. 2023. Stayed for five days. It is a great hotel with lots of amenities and hospitality.
Thanks for watching 🙏🏻
Currently staying at the Voco and they have spruced up the rooftop since this video. The staff are great, it still smells clean (like your video said) and is in a great location. Thanks for doing these reviews
Great to know!
Great video of the hotel! I love Singapore! I was there in 2012 for a work trip! Amazing and lucky to have an opportunity to go there!
One of my absolute favorite places on earth. Oddly enough, always reminds me of home. Thanks for watching 🙏🏻
Thanks for the review, it’s very useful.
Thanks for watching 🙏
Patreon you say!! Happy to support great content when will it be available? Once again love your channel Kevin, lm very far behind because well lm an RN and we are in the thick of Winter here in Melbourne Australia 🇦🇺 but lm here. Vanessa. 👍
Thanks very much! I am very hopeful that at least a framework of it’ll be up for my next posting on Wednesday. My next trip was moved forward by some days suddenly, so I’ve been feverishly editing nonstop since. Thanks as always Vanessa and good luck with the winter woes🙏🏻
Appreciated the review.Thank you.
Thanks for watching 🙏🏻
VOCO used to be Hilton hotel and I stayed there for 2 nights once for free on my AMEX free night. The room transported me back to the early 90s vibe and the pool is small. Since it was free but I reckon the room was the old room as to the renewer renovated room.
Thanks for watching 🙏🏻
Singapore is at the top of my bucket list of places I'd love to visit. This is a hotel to consider. Honestly I may prefer a smaller, independent property.
Don’t have reviews of them coming but I’ve also been a frequent visitor to JEN Orchard Gateway and 30 Bencoolen. Realistically 4.5 and 3.5 stars respectively, but I’d wholeheartedly recommend both. Thanks for watching 🙏🏻
@@tfft I'll check those out. Two hotels I may consider are lloyd's inn and hotel 1929.
Great job as usual, nice to see what happened to that ole Hilton hotel
Thanks! Yah, I just think it’s nice to have an option (that’s not Yotel) under $200 on Orchard!
@@tfft singapore is the place to redeem I just redeemed at the Westin, retail was $600/nite
I stayed in voco after watching ur video it was a lovely experience
I literally just booked it again around 4 minutes before you comment haha. Thanks for watching 🩴
@@tfft nice good enjoy the place
Great choice for shoppers! As a non shopper I naturally prefer the Boat/Clarke Quay/Chinatown etc areas. Solid vid, and I do notice the constant improvements eg graphics etc towards the beginning. Good job Kev 🍺
Thanks very much for the graphics shout, much appreciated. For years before VN had the likes of H&M and other international brands I used to goto Sing just for shopping a couple times a year- but yes if shopping not needed, I agree no need to be on Orchard. Thanks as always for watching 🙏🏻
As a tourist, the best location for properties in Singapore for me are the ones near the train stations because the train connects to all sites you can possibly visit
Is a three minute walk too far? lol
Thanks for sharing . On the back of the VOCO Hotel is the Four Seasons Singapore . I considered the Four Seasons Singapore is one of the best luxury hotel in Singapore . The service is impeccable unlike the MO Singapore . The check in agent offered to store away our carry on luggage while we were waiting for our rooms. I would stay there again if the price is right
Yeah the 4S certainly wasn’t on the reasonable side of things during my trip. I’ll be at the one in Jakarta next month though- along with the brand new Park Hyatt. Very excited for that one!
This looks like a great place, there are a lot of options outside the hotel for meals that are a lot more reasonable.
Thanks for watching 🙏🏻
Hi Kevin I glad you like this hotel. I personally havent stayed in the Hilton ( not to be mistaken for the new one replacing The Mandarin) and even Coco. This hotel is not far away from Ion, a wonderful shopping mall and its rather situation at the start of the ever busy Orchard Road.
Thanks for watching 🙏🏻
Congrats on 90 reports and for crossing 7k subs too! I'll put on my 'Carnac the Magnificent' hat and predict 11k by the end of the year. I'll be glad to be wrong too, if you hit 15 or more thousand subs by that time!
I have a few tricks up my sleeve in the next few months so I do hope you’re right ☺️ Thanks very much as always 🙏🏻
@@tfft Here's to effective tricks!
Love Singapore! The thirty-one dollar breakfasts? Just expensive enough to send me looking for a food-court somewhere. Singapore can be expensive to Westerners dining like a Westerner but it's terrific value for those eating like a local. My major find on my last visit, just before Covid, was the Food Republic chain.
P.S. I like the way you anchor your reviews to the local geography - very good use of graphics and mapping.
Yupp, love the Food Republic stalls- especially in Bangkok. In Singapore it’s hard to beat the old school hawker centers though. And thanks for the nod to the graphics. Trying to avoid repetition without going too over the top haha.
Hi Kevin
90 trip reports already! Congratulations!
I am following you since months, and I enjoy your videos a lot. At some of the venues I stayed as well before, and I can say your "flip flop score" and my impression usually match.
Suggestion: stop talking of your will be Patron account until you have set it up and it is really available. It is already boring to hear of something that is not available yet.
Thanks very much! And well noted about the Patreon. Truth be told, my next trip was moved up 5 days on me, not by choice. So I've had to fit 14 days of editing into 9 instead and this (and the past two) videos were already edited and uploaded. I'd say there is around a 98% chance it'll be at least partly up and running before my next video on Wednesday :) Thanks for watching 🙏
That was fantastic, your shoot, explanation and location details. I know sg inside out but your attention to detail is spectacular. How about more affordable reviews? SG hotels have insane prices since reopening from covid. I used to always stay at royal plaza on Scotts.
I will be starting #shorts for cheaper/transit hotels that I stay at next year. Probably not the response you were hoping for because you like the detail, but the algorithm is boss and long format videos of value oriented hotels don't do too well. Thanks for watching 🙏🏻
Hola!! I have to make a reservation un singapur but i am looking for a hotel with private bathroom. Meaning with dolor! No glass no open wall....si dificult.
This one got It right? Or any othe hotel you know? Gracias!
These are traditional walled bathrooms.
How much? Did I miss that part? We are a retired couple and stay close to Temple Street for the street food. The Inn on Temple Street was comfortable and quiet. The Southbridge Hotel was very good but the service was woefully slow.
I include the price I paid in the video description. Thanks for watching 🙏🏻
I remember this Hotel as a Hilton back when l lived in Singapore in the 90's honestly it isn't much more impressive than back then. Interesting you had to pay for Breakfast given IHG advertise "Breakfast on us" 🤔 inclusive with the room rate. At the price you paid probably a no for me. Thanks for the great review as always 👍
Singapore is such a strange one for me, in that- I LOVE the city but their hotel assortment as a whole is frankly just boring (compared to Bangkok, KL, Jakarta, etc). Besides MBS, the Andaz and a couple others, I just feel like there's been such little investment in the hotel industry there in the past 10 years.
Stayed in the hilton in 2019. Still looks exactly the same except for restaurants and blue wall on the reception. I feel like they could’ve done better renovation. I thought voco was supposed to compete with Curio or Thompson? This hotel looks dated and shouldn’t be in the portfolio.
Most hotels in orchard road are old and expensive and they’re more like business hotels. But hotels in Singapore is charging outrageous amount right now. None of the FHR properties make sense without fourth night free.
I agree none of the FHR properties caught my eye as being particularly beneficial, but on a whole- the prices I was looking at (outside of FHR) are still thankfully lower than what I was paying in the years running up to COVID. Hopefully they'll stay that way for a while, though I won't hold my breath :) Thanks for watching 🙏
What other hotels have you been to in SG?
Many, but on the channel, only one other- the MO.
Public transportation is beyond stellar in Singapore, so location is not absolutely crucial. As long as it's near an MRT line.
Absolutely, but if you’re going to Singapore for some shopping, can’t beat not needing to get on the train at all! Thanks for watching 🙏🏻
I don't know why, hotels in Singapore r ridiculously expensive!?
Singapore is in the top 10 highest per capita income countries on earth… why wouldn’t they be expensive…? Lol. Thanks for watching 🙏🏻
@@tfft no it wasn't. Before covid.
It certainly was lol. World bank info is public 😉
@@tfft gurl bye