Bad Vibes: Greenhills Elan Hotel Modern

My HS barkada celebrated our annual pre-Christmas inuman this weekend at Greenhills Elan Hotel Modern where three epic LOL things happened:

1. Only Kin, Cha, and I were present
2. We got locked out of our room
3. We got charged Php100 for a missing teaspoon

Before I go into the LOL details, here are some photos of the room and rooftop pool:

comfy beds..they smell good too

view from the 38th floor

jacuzzi

freezing cold penthouse pool

As I mentioned, most of our friends were MIA that day because of several reasons. Nix, Yang, etc. deserve a "Friendship Over" FB wall post just for the pampam. ^_^ 

'sup, friends?

Greenhills Elan is good in terms of location (walking distance to Greenhills) and room quality (clean and comfortable beds). However, things got lulzy after we took our morning swim. We can't get inside our room because our key card won't work! Our room is at the topmost floor (38th floor) and there's no lobby phone or hotel staff in sight. To ask for help, we had to go down the lobby using the very slow elevators to have our keycards checked. Tapos pag-akyat namin, hindi pa din gumana! I think 3 times ako akyat-baba until a staff finally decided to give us an extra keycard to use. Kakayamot, grabe lang. I badly wanted to take a shower and change into dry clothes but we got locked out! :(

It got even lulzier upon check-out when we got charged extra for a missing teaspoon. The front desk said that the house-keeping service cannot find the teaspoon in our room. I was told that I could either go upstairs to look for it or just pay a Php100 replacement fee. Yep. Php100! San ba binibili ang kutsarita na yan? Sa Rustan's?

ano yan, ginto?!

I find it very annoying that I got charged because of their inefficiency! Suwerte nila dahil nagmamadali kami so we didn't bother to "help" find the missing teaspoon. Sana yumaman ang Greenhills Elan Hotel Modern sa bawat kutsaritang nawawala umano ng mga guests nila. Sayang, maganda pa naman yung lugar kaso epal yung serbisyo.

To know more about Greenhills Elan Hotel Modern, visit their website at www.greenhillselanhotelmodern.com

BSA Suites Hotel Makati

It was a long weekend and we wanted an epic long weekend beach vacation somewhere in Batangas.

[Insert lulz story here.]

Then we ended up in a hotel room in Makati with a rooftop pool because of [insert lulz reasons here].

Browsing Agoda's online hotel reservation system, I chanced upon BSA Suites Hotel Makati. It was reasonably priced, near Greenbelt, and, as mentioned, has a rooftop pool. Astoria Plaza would've been waaaaaay better if only there were not fully booked that weekend. But then, we don't need fancy rooms because we'll all end up drunk anyway. All we want is a decent place to cook bacon/spam/eggs, drink, swim, and sleep. Quick tip: book via Agoda if you need cheap hotel accommodations. A studio room in BSA Suites starts at USD65, but we got our room for only USD45!

zomg eggs

BSA Suites is rather easy to find. Just along Palanca st., there's a bar named Toyz at the first floor and a Ministop convenience store across the building. Mercury Drugstore, KFC, Chowking, and Jollibee are also within walking distance. BSA don't serve breakfast, or any food for that matter, so having these stores nearby proves to be very helpful.

BSA Suites Location Map [source]

Check-in was a breeze. I just showed my printed Agoda voucher, signed some papers, and was finally handed our room key card. Within minutes, we were inside our spacious room. Of course, the first thing I checked was the kitchenette. There's a fridge, microwave oven, electric stove, water heater, rice cooker, plus several plates, pans, and utensils. Oh yey, our spam/bacon/egg breakfast will go just as planned!

I'm the one checking the fridge, haha

Tequila, Gin, Bacardi, and Ketchup not included

Fridge Contents

We already managed to trash the room. Nice.

At night, we had dinner and drinks by the rooftop pool. Surprisingly, the whole area was clean and there's a cctv camera so security guards could watch nubile girls in skimpy swimsuits for the guests' safety. We also have a kick-ass view of Makati-at-night, perfect for some bokeh <3