This article is supported by Changi Recommends, a service that extends beyond Changi Airport ‘s doors in providing exclusive deals (shopping, dining and attractions) and mobile connectivity solutions for travellers upon arrival in Singapore.
As far as airports go, Changi Airport at Singapore is probably one of the best places around to catch a plane, or transit while waiting for another. Millions of people travel through here, and Singapore is a popular stopover destination for many of them. There are truckloads of things to do there, but the airport is also known to have a variety of services available for free and for hire.
Because most people these days are internet addicts and start to suffer withdrawal symptoms if they can’t update their Facebook status within 2 seconds of hopping off the plane, many travellers can rack up insane data roaming bills that may lead them to mortgage the house just to pay the bill shock off. I remember the days when there was no internet and you had to actually call people via a landline to contact them… ;P
When I visited Singapore recently, I noticed how everyone was into their tech gadgets – and I guess that’s why the country has invested a gazillion in its internet infrastructure to a point where Singapore has one of the world’s fastest internet speeds.
And with that, comes opportunity! I’ll go through a few things you can book and experience in Singapore when you arrive after a deep vein thrombosis causing long haul flight!
Anyway, for the internet addicts, Changi Recommends provides a solution for mobile connectivity while travelling around Singapore – a mobile WiFi Router for rent that is portable, has unlimited usage and available island-wide. At only SGD$10/day or roughly USD$8/day, these are features of the mobile Wi-Fi Router that would entice travel bloggers to visit Singapore!
I guess this beats spending a few hours in an internet cafe becoming deaf from all of the gamers who are trying to blast each other away! (Yes, I’ve experienced it!)
That’s right, travel bloggers won’t be able to complain about bad Wi-Fi any longer because these routers providing island-wide access to an unlimited 4G network, and a functionality of connecting up to 8 devices including laptops, smart phones and tablets. Which is pretty much the entire contents of a travel bloggers backpack!
In fact, I can think of some more travel blogger jokes if they used one of these routers in Singapore for a few days:
Q: What did the travel blogger download when he went to Singapore? A: The entire internet.
Q: How many travel bloggers does it take to change a light bulb? A: At least nine. If they had one of these mobile Wifi routers, it would take one to actually change the lightbulb, and then 8 other travel bloggers – one to Tweet it, one to Facebook it, one to Instagram it, one to Stumble it, one to Reddit it, one to Pinterest it, one to YouTube it, one to blog about it and for once, none of them would complain about bad WiFi.
Q: What happens to a travel blogger when they return their mobile WiFi router to Changi Recommends when they leave Singapore? A: Separation anxiety.
Yep, just turn up to the airport, collect the lightweight mobile Wi-Fi Router and download away!
Changi Arrivals – go straight to the Changi Recommends Counter
Apart from the mobile Wi-Fi Routers, Changi Recommends also provides offers and exclusive rates for shopping, dining and attractions. These activities are some of the biggest attractions in this financial powerhouse island nation, like going to the Singapore Zoo, Universal Studios, the iconic Gardens by the Bay, the Singapore Flyer plus a load of other experiences.
You can book all of these things online or at the Changi Recommends booth at Changi Airport, located at the Arrival Halls (Level 1) of Changi Airport at Terminals 1, 2 and 3! – see map below – you can’t miss it:
Download away my internet addicted friends!
Thanks once again to Changi Recommends for supporting this article. Check out their website for more details!
Very helpful article.
Thank-you.
No worries!
That first joke made me laugh out loud … I’ll be sure to go on a downloading spree here first before setting off to the internet graveyard that is Bali next time!
Ha ha, download away!