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Tips on What to Do in Singapore
By:Matthew Kepnes

Singapore is widely known as a sophisticated place especially for vacation goers who want to experience luxury during their holiday trip. Nowadays, the opportunity to experience the beauty of Singapore is not limited to the wealthy people. With the emergence of cheaper travel solutions to the location, going to Singapore is considered as one of the touring options especially for European excursionists. Affordable flights are now being implemented on airlines, making the travel options effective in catering the requirements of most travelers.

There are different factors to consider when it comes to lowering your expenses during your visit. Your flight to your designated destination is one of the key factors that would definitely affect your estimated budget for your trip. You may find several affordable flights available nowadays with the availability of budget airlines. The best way to determine which of these travel accommodations offer the most reasonable prices by asking for information on customer help desks. In most cases, these cheaper flights are available midweek. The routes taken by the flights are also necessary. Those that use indirect flight routes are relatively much cheaper than point-to-point routes.

Accommodation is also an important factor in sticking to a cheap budget. Getting affordable accommodation in the vicinity is not a problem nowadays. The trick in not spending too much on hotel rooms is to stay away on places close to the main city area. You may want to ask some local residents on how you could easily find cheaper rooms for you to use. In most cases, the budget type hotels are available along the Geyling road.

Going to different places may not be very accessible by traveling on foot. However, you may want to try out some cost-efficient means of transportation such as the mass rapid transit or MRT system. Aside from having an affordable fare, it can take you to key places in lesser time. You may want to purchase an EZ-Link card in which you can effectively use to avoid falling in line to get a train ticket. In case you still have not gotten close to your destination, hiring a taxi is the most thinkable option.

If you are looking for wonderful places to visit without having to spend too much, the city offers different quality structures that would definitely be worth visiting. Most of these historical monuments and sites are memorabilia places that commemorates the time of the Japanese occupation. You may want to explore the history and culture by visiting these points of historical interest available at small or no cost.

You would not want to spoil your visit by eliminating your opportunity to shop on the streets of Singapore. Going into air-conditioned shopping malls may not be very suitable to your budget. However, you may want to try looking for great deals on Chinatown and Little India in which you can easily the things you need on the small shops and stalls on these crowded districts.

Matthew Kepnes runs a travel blog and has been writing about budget and long term travel for three years. For more information about things to do in Singapore, be sure to check out his website http://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-blogs/cheap-things-to-do-in-singapore/.






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