Few, I am sure I have seen ATMs in Canada. Wait, that was Quebec. Never mind. :p

Thanks for the heads up, spiff. First thing I am going to do upon arrival at SIN is to hit the ATM and get extra cash, because most of the hawker centres, food courts....etc., do no accept cards. What about No Sign Board, is it also cash only?

I thought mjm had posted about this, but I'm not finding it anywhere, so I'm going by what we did last year, and everyone paid cash.

Last year everyone paid mjm in cash and he paid as one bill.

Do we slip the dollar bills into his G-String? What? :p

Right... there are several ATMs little bit off from the area before heading down the escalator to the immigration. Depending on the gate, you might pass one of them. I know there should be HSBC and other SIngapore banks ATMs. And yes, I remember seeing the ATM of ABN AMRO Bank at the Arrival area after customs.

Thanks to everyone for their input.

It's nice to know that if, for whatever reason, I can't make it to the Conrad in time for the taxi exodus to No Signboard, I can hop on the MRT and find my way there.

I should have no problems making the Sheraton rally points as it appears it is only one MRT stop from the Orchard MRT, which is adjacent to the Marriott where I am staying.

There are at least four of us on the UA flight into SIN from HKG on 13 Jan, so I was hoping we could ride into downtown together. :)

Hi mjm, please put myself and mrs serfty down for both the Sunday activities.

Thanks, Spiff, CAWhite , and all for the info. I'm glad to know we'll need cash for the dinner, too. About the Night Safari, at first, all I could find on the website were the Cocktail Safari & the Gourmet Safari, and both talked about reservations. I finally found we can just go and get a tram.
This will all be so new to us, I'm gathering all the info I can find. It sounds like the most practical uniform of the day would be a swim suit and a raincoat, but probably too tacky. :rolleyes:
P.S. I wrote a note somewhere about a Terrorist Alert Day planned for Singapore for one day during the first 2 weeks of Jan., where they'll be testing their security , but I don't know where it went...Singapore?

belle, you be good now. This is not France dear. ;)

Note to Everyone re: payment for dinner on Saturday night:

You will need cash. Cards are not accepted by me and I am the one paying the bill. I will accept cash in S$, or US$, or Japanese Yen. These and these only.

If you will conceiveably pay in either yen or US$ please let me know by January 12 at the latest and I will ensure I bring extra S$ to cover that portion of the bill. For budgeting purposes, Last year everybody ended up coughing about S$40 or so.

We will use large multi-person taxis from the Conrad for those originating there and these work out to about S$10 per person if my brain cells are still intact. Please organize your cash accordingly.

Again, if you are hesitant to change to much into S$ for fear of having some left over, please feel free to bring US$ but do advise me in advance.

At today's rate you are looking at about US$25 for dinner.

Hope that helps and as other questions spring to mind I would suggest posting them here as many others will likely benefit from the answers as well.

See you soon,

Mike

mjm - Thank you for organizing this. sf4dfish and I are on UA837 SFO-NRT Jan.12/13 and are looking forward to meeting you at the NRT RCC. We both will have RCC access. (As you may know, you are the first FTer I ever met at a DO, at the one you arranged in France 2001. :) )

You can count on my paying you in S$ for dinner Saturday. In addition I will take you up on your offer of a shared cab from the Conrad. I will also be attending the "Sunday Afternoon Food Court Lunch Run".

Is it a good idea to carry US one dollar bills to use as tips in Singapore, as it is
in some other countries?

tipping? in Singapore? :confused:

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If it doesn't happen this coming weekend, I guess we'll get first hand experience next weekend :) Hopefully it won't put a dent into the logistics for our event.

For those who didn't manage to get any local currency changed and are staying in the Suntec area, there is a couple of foreign exchange bureau nearby, one notably next to Carrefour, the other closer to the convention area.

And keep an umbrella handy....:D

If anyone is on SQ1 Jan 11th, drop me a PM :)

Jaybee,

Tipping is not the norm in SIN. No need to carry little notes/coins for this.

Sidebar: Anyone transitting Japan (landside), this is also the case here.

Mike

You posted in the Singapore forum. :)

There's more info about what will happen during the drill in this article.