Midtown Richardson Hotel, Taipei, Taiwan

 After MCO was lifted up in Taiwan in the end of year 2022, we could finally fulfilled our trip to Taipei, Taiwan.

The flight ticket was booked back in 2018 through Malysia Airlines Enrich Miles redemption. We were supposed to fly in March 2019, however due to COVID19 and MCO was enforced, the trip was delayed for over two years!

The hotel we booked is a 4-star hotel, Midtown Richardson Hotel, Ximending, Taipei.

The hotel is strategically locally at one of the popular night market/street - Ximending. It was only a 2 minutes walk to the nearest train station(subway), and about 3-4 minutes walk to the night street of Ximending.

Check-in was done hassle-free through their self check-in kiosk.

Twin Queen Bed

Equipped with a small bathtub.

Internet TV with more than 50 channels.

We booked the hotel with daily buffet breakfast for four. The breakfast comprises of variety of food with mainly Chinese cuisine, such as rice, mixed vege, chicken. For non-rice lover, there were bread and toast, spaghetti, fish ball and sausages, fruits and salad. Drinks includes free flow coffee, tea, apple/orange juice and green tea.

Queueing up to the breakfast hall. Guest are required to wear mask, and will be given a plastic glove, mandatory to wear it when taking food.

We stayed for a total of 6D5N, and the total bill was: 

Overall it was a pleasant experience staying at this hotel.

Plus points for me:
Strategic location
Clean
Spacious
Bathtub
Internet TV
Laundry service at 6th Floor

DoubleTree Hotel by Hilton - Kuala Lumpur

Had a short solo trip to this hotel and stayed for a night in Oct 2022. If you were to ask me to rate this hotel(let's talk about the price later - see my invoice below), I would give this hotel a 5/5 rating. 

Cleanliness - 5/5 

Staff Professionalism - 5/5

Food - 5/5 (I had 1x breakfast, 2x morning tea break, 2x lunch, and 2x afternoon tea break)

Location - 5/5 

(very near to KLCC, within walking distance of 1km, if by grab RM5.30 during non-peak hours)

To travel to the hotel, I took Grab from KLIA, and it cost me about RM70 (inclusive of toll charges). The journey took less than an hour in the early Saturday morning. 

I reached the hotel before 8am, and was told standard check-in time is at 2pm, though I've requested for early check-in earlier, the request was not granted due to the reason that the hotel was fully booked at that moment.

So I went to my conference first, and checked in at about 3pm during the tea break. My room was 1805. 

My room - 1805 (18th floor)

Entrance of my room

On the right of the entrance is the bathroom/toilet

One king size bed

One can see through the toilet through the glass panel, motorized roller blind is there to protect your privacy

As seen in the pictures, tip-top room condition, cozy, cold and most important of all, all the rooms are non-smoking room. 

Now, for the price, to be honest, RM473.28 for such a room(with breakfast) is a little overpriced. I booked the room 2 weeks before my arrival, which i guess it was quite late. Early bird booking and non-peak season price is slightly cheaper at below RM400, or, you can opt out the breakfast to save some money. 

My invoice

Locations of DoubleTree Hotel by Hilton - Kuala Lumpur

DoubleTree Hotel by Hilton - Kuala Lumpur

My First ChurpChurp Payment

Ok, so after so many donkey years, I've just cash out my very first ever payment from ChurpChurp in Nov 2014, and received my cheque yesterday. It's not much, but at least it is something, and I will stop using ChurpChurp from now on. I'll explain my reasons below. 

Cheque received! :)

Cash out my payment in November 2014. The threshold to cash out is RM100. 

So, I started joining ChurpChurp back in 2010 since the very beginning of ChurpChurp establishment. At that time, for whatever campaign or products we shared, we get a RM0.20/unique click, which is the same as now, only that nowadays ChurpChurp has other types of campaign for user to earn extra money, such as writing short story etc. 

If you are with ChurpChurp, I guess you will remember that there was one time ChurpChurp claim the site was hacked, and many users lost part of their earnings. So, I was one of the unlucky one, who got lost around RM10-20. The amount is not much, but HOWEVER, ChurpChurp did not reinstate back my lost money. From their response, they expect me to give them details of my last few earnings, which was highly impossible, and because of that few bucks, I can only cash out the amount end of last year. 

Secondly, I've mentioned before, the unique clicks that you generated for each link you posted, you are supposed to get RM0.20/unique click. In my previous post, you can read at Is ChurpChurp a Scam, I get imbalances from the click and the income. It had happened too many times, and I am too lazy to keep track of it, as the clicks is not really a real time clicks. I am not saying ChurpChurp manipulate their customers clicks and earnings, but somehow, I find it not quite convincing to see my clicks and my earnings not tally. 

Last but not least, it is regarding the payout threshold. It is RM100 minimun, which is relatively high as compared to it's sister site, Nuffnang, which is RM50 only. Anyway, there are many people whom I know who can do really well with ChurpChurp. They can really hit the target every one to two months. 

All the best to all the Churpers. 

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