Regal Airport vs Marriott Skycity
Nov 28, 2018, 2:54 am
#31
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FYI The Regal online has a dayroom for 10 hours between 9am to 9pm AND use of the spa and a 55 minute treatment for about 1,400 HKD including the 10% tax. It's online through their own site only, if you call or walk in the price is the same but doesn't have the spa stuff. I haven't used it as that was a bit steep for me and the last time I needed a dayroom I wanted 0700-1200 ish but I've stayed in the Regal before and it's fine.
Nov 28, 2018, 9:47 am
#32
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Staying at the airport seems like kind of a drag given your departure time, although you could also do a same-day return trip on the Airport Express into town, or take a bus/taxi to Tung Chung for the cable car ride to the giant buddha, which you probably won't have time for on your earlier stay in HK.
Apr 17, 2019, 5:12 am
#33
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I am trying to book the Regal for my wife and kids (make it easy) but it tries to force me to create a paypal account to pay with a US credit card. Wasn't like that last year when I did the same.
How big a hassle is getting to the Marriot? kids are mobile.
How big a hassle is getting to the Marriot? kids are mobile.
Apr 17, 2019, 2:46 pm
#34
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Marriott SkyCity offers shuttle service from HKG airport to the hotel. Additionally, Airport Express train makes the very short (2 minute) journey from HKG to AsiaWorld Expo for 6.0 HKD. From AsiaWorld to Marriott is a short walk across the connecting second level pedestrian bridge connecting the two buildings.
Apr 17, 2019, 8:02 pm
#36
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Regal's website is poorly laid out but there should be a credit card option. I've booked through the website using a credit card before.
Apr 17, 2019, 9:49 pm
#37
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<br /><br />Me too. <br /><br />Now at the bottom of the credit card payment it says "create paypal account and continue" instead of the usual button that allows you to decline creating an account. <br />When I landed on the page, it had UK as the country selected, and the option to pay without an account was present. When I changed to USA, the option disappeared.
Apr 18, 2019, 5:04 am
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Are we talking about the same website?
At https://www.regalhotel.com/regal-air...home/home.html I get the same payment options, regardless of which currency I choose to pay in (USD, GBP, HKD). And they include every credit card type, PayPal, AliPay and some others. And although Paypal is used as the payment processor for, eg, Visa, there is no obligation at all to create a Paypal account.
At https://www.regalhotel.com/regal-air...home/home.html I get the same payment options, regardless of which currency I choose to pay in (USD, GBP, HKD). And they include every credit card type, PayPal, AliPay and some others. And although Paypal is used as the payment processor for, eg, Visa, there is no obligation at all to create a Paypal account.
Apr 18, 2019, 11:22 pm
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This is interesting. When I tried it yesterday I got a normal credit card payment page. Doing exactly the same today I get taken to the same Paypal page as you are seeing.
Curious.
Curious.
Apr 18, 2019, 11:28 pm
#41
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I wonder if Regal even knows this. I imagine that like myself, others would be turned off by this.
Apr 19, 2019, 12:30 am
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Digging a little more, it depends on the country you select on the Paypal payment page. If you select USA or UK you are forced to create a Paypal account. But for others that I tried (Sg, Ph, Antigua(!), HK) you aren't.
I'm not sure whether the payment page works if you select one country but then enter details of a card issued in another country (can't check that without paying).
I'm not sure whether the payment page works if you select one country but then enter details of a card issued in another country (can't check that without paying).
Apr 19, 2019, 6:03 am
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Digging a little more, it depends on the country you select on the Paypal payment page. If you select USA or UK you are forced to create a Paypal account. But for others that I tried (Sg, Ph, Antigua(!), HK) you aren't.
I'm not sure whether the payment page works if you select one country but then enter details of a card issued in another country (can't check that without paying).
I'm not sure whether the payment page works if you select one country but then enter details of a card issued in another country (can't check that without paying).
There are charges and purchases that I would like to put on a card issued from certain countries due to reimbursement or business expense reason.
Apr 21, 2019, 5:53 pm
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Very little hassle. You can ride their shuttle, or the Airport Express which is just one station, and then walk from it to the airport (about 100 yards, partly indoors, and the outdoors segment is mostly covered).
Apr 21, 2019, 8:03 pm
#45
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Thanks, actually upon reading of the current shuttle move situation for the Marriot which sounds like a huge hassle, I just opened a paypal account and went with the Regal.