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Malaysia's accommodation possibilities range from rock-bottom flophouses to luxurious five-star resorts. Outside the peak holiday seasons (around major festivals such as Chinese New Year in January/February) big discounts are frequently available – it's always worth asking about special offers.
Budget listings in this guide (denoted with a ‘$’) are those offering a double room with attached bathroom or dorm bed for under RM100; mid-range properties ($$) have double rooms with attached baths for RM100 to RM400; top-end places ($$$) charge over RM400 including 10% service and 5% tax (expressed as ++).
Promotional rates can bring rooms at many top-end hotels into the midrange category. A 6% government tax applies to all hotel rooms (including at cheaper hotels where it is invariably included in the quoted rate) and almost all top-end hotels levy an additional 10% service charge. Credit cards are widely accepted at midrange and top-end hotels; cash payment is expected at cheaper places.
Warning: bed bug infestations are common in Malaysia's hotels and are a particular problem at the budget end of the market.
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This beautifully situated resort has large and comfy rooms with balconies and great views of the limesto...
Overlooking the Straits of Johor, the hotel is the poshest city option this side of the Causeway...
The snazzy high-rise Nova offers great value for a hotel in an excellent position (overlooking the Jl Al...
These upmarket self-catering studios and serviced apartments are good value compared with the rooms of a...
The tiny, private island of Pangkor Laut, just opposite Pasir Bogak, is occupied by one of Malaysia’s mo...
The views are good either way, but it’s probably worth paying the small supplement for a room facing the...
Another accidentally retro place, the Continental brings us into the bright-geometric-print '80s...
The Prince offers outstanding value for its modern, cream-coloured rooms...
Behind Lot 10, but with good views from upper floors.
Set in quiet gardens and brimming with facilities, including a playground for kids and a cruisey pub for...
On a fine piece of riverfront real estate, this place will spoil you with a bright, modern lobby, 288 ve...
This highly opulent five-star hotel has more than one extravagant entrance - it has two of them...
'If you can't undercut 'em, outclass 'em' seems to be the motto at KK's most central five-star venture, ...
With 6500 beds, this is Malaysia’s largest hotel...
This is a sumptuous, vaguely Spanish-themed place on the quieter northern end of Pantai Cenang...
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Backing onto the greenery of KLCC Park, the Mandarin is one for sybarites...
There are huge swathes of rainforest and beach to explore at Mutiara Bay, plus some 150 decked out, cool...
To the southeast of the other resorts, the Sheraton Langkawi has all the usual five-star amenities in an...
About 6km south of Merang, and 35km north of Kuala Terengganu, this big complex is set on a private beac...
Still one of KL’s most stylish hotels, even if there’s wear and tear to some of their sleek timber-floor...
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