Thursday, April 17, 2008

A new standard

Since it opened, I've been to The Venetian in Macau several times, but these visits were limited to the Casino and the Grand Canal Shoppes. Now that we were planning to stay for 3 days, it was a good time to book a room and check out the much ballyhooed rooms of this huge monument to excess.

When I was booking the room, they said that the only rooms they had available were the "Standard" rooms. All their Deluxe rooms were fully booked because of a convention in the hotel. Having stayed in a number of "standard" rooms in my life as a traveler, I said: "No problem."

Gosh! We were shocked after seeing their "standard" room.







Their concept of "standard" was a split level room with 2 queen sized beds with canopies. There was a separate living room, dining area, two flat screen TVs, a personal business center and a huge space that can accommodate all those entertainers who sing at St. Mark's Square in the afternoon. The bathroom was also a sight to behold, too bad we ran out of memory card space, thus the lack of photos.

It also has a very nice view of Taipa Village, which is unlike the view from the hotels in Macau Island. My nephew loved the view, and he didn't mind hanging around the bay window even if it was 25 stories high.



After seeing what The Venetian calls "Standard", it makes me wonder what the "non-standard" rooms look like.

2 comments:

K.noizki said...

The non-standard has 2 flat big screen TV and a bigger bathroom.

Do you notice the mirrors inside the bathroom? If you looked closely on the dresser table, the mirror is fengshui-ed accdg to the Sales M person.

The standard room is similar to the Disney Hotel, fancy wallpapers and design but I thought the quality of everything inside is not so 5-star. Except that I like their bathroom amenities, tho.

How much was the rate now?

Dazed and Confused said...

The rooms now are around HK$2,000 a night. But it's well worth it.

I don't like the rooms at Disney.