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Accommodation and Hotel in Malaysia

1. For those who want to book direct, the Malaysian Association of Hotels lists out original websites of all members.

2. Trawling the internet for hotel e-booking site for the best deals can be a daunting task. Take heart, let Comparehotel.com.my will do the homework for you. The Malaysia-based “hotel-centric” meta search engine analyzes, compares and list out accommodation offerings from popular worldwide travel e-booking sites like Expedia, Travelocity, Agoda, Asiarooms, LastMinute and others. Comparehotel do not promote hotels or provide booking services. All it does is to dish out a list of e-booking sites and price rankings for a particular hotel that you are interested at. The price comparison table will help you decide which e-booking site gives out the best deal.

3. Some travellers need to catch the early plane and prefer to pad near KL International Airport or Low Cost Carrier Terminal (LCCT) Air Asia. Here are the only hotels located within 20km radius;

- Pan Pacific KLIA
- Concorde KLIA
- De Palma Sepang
- Empress Hotel Sepang
- Tune Hotel LCCT

KL International Airport (KLIA)

- Arrivals, departures, taxi, train, food and everything you need to know about KLIA

Local Airline Companies

1. Malaysian Airlines for local and international flights
2. Air Asia - Low cost and no frill air carrier.
3. Fire Flyz - Low cost and no frill air carrier.
4. Berjaya Air island flights to Tioman, Redang, Pangkor and Koh Samui (Thailand).

Inter-town rail

1. Railway services and bookings.
2. What Seat61.com says about Malaysian train travels

KL Bus and City Train Network

1. Kuala Lumpur public trains and network map.
2. Kuala Lumpur public bus services.
3. KL International Airport (KLIA) to KL Sentral by fast train.
4. Low Cost Carrier Terminal (LCCT Airport - Air Asia) to KL Sentral bus services.
5. KL Hop On Hop Off Double-Decked Tour Buses
6. Aeroline VIP bus service Penang-KL - Singapore.

Taxi Bookings

1. Public Cab Sdn Bhd
2. KL Airport Taxi & Limo
3. Cab Charge
4. Up Town Ace Taxi

Car Rental Companies

1. Advantage Car Rental.
2. Avis.
3. WS Rent-A-Car.
4. Insas Pacific Rent-A-Car.
5. Kasina Rent-A-Car.
6. Orix Car Rentals.

See real-time video streaming of various spots around KL

- Kuala Lumpur City Hall Traffic Management website is pretty cool and gives one a good armchair view of KL’s urbanscape and weather with real-time streaming video.

Telecommunication charges

1. Fixed line rate from Telekom Malaysia
2. Mobile rates from Celcom pre-paid Xpax
3. Mobile rates from Maxis pre-paid Hotlink
4. Mobile rates from DIGI pre-paid

What are prices for daily grocery items like?

1. Latest price brochures from TESCO Hypermarket
2. Latest price brochures from Giant Hypermarket
3. Latest price brochures from Guardian pharmacy

Planning to stay longer?

1. Malaysia My 2nd Home program.
2. Check out prices for property for sale or rent.
3. Relocation mover - BW Worldwide
4. Relocation mover - Felix Relocation
5. Relocation mover - Royal Relocations

Embassies and country representatives

1. Embassy address and contact number in Malaysia.

Expat social clubs

1. American Association of Malaysia
2. Association of British Women in Malaysia
3. International Women’s Association Kuala Lumpur
4. Malaysian Australia New Zealand Association
5. Canadian Association of Malaysia
6. German Speaking Society of Kuala Lumpur
7. The Royal Society of St George
8. Swedish Women’s Educational Association
9. Scandinavian Society Malaysia