And We Continue to Be Spoiled…
July 17th, 2010 at 11:20 am (AST) by Jake RichterWe had booked our first five nights in Hong Kong at The Peninsula, rated one of the top hotels in the world. Part of the Fine Hotels and Resorts Package we booked through American Express Travel included complimentary airport transfers, a room upgrade, and afternoon tea for two at The Peninsula.
The airport transfers are extra special, however, as The Peninsula has the world’s largest fleet of Rolls Royce limousines, and that’s what you get chauffeured in from the airport on Lantau island to the hotel in the Tsim Shu Tsui section of Kowloon. But the service doesn’t start with the drive. As we deplaned, moderately well rested due to the comforts of our first class flight, we were greeted at the gate by someone holding a sign up with our names on it. He took our carry-on bags and rolled them to the immigration line (sadly, there was no shortcut or express lane for us there), while telling us about The Peninsula and answering any questions we had about Hong Kong.
After immigration we picked up our bags (which came off the conveyor belt quickly because they were priority tagged) and were brought past customs and then outside where our custom dark green Rolls Royce limo was waiting, along with Lee, our driver.

The Peninsula's Rolls Royce airport transfer at night with Lee driving
It was an incredibly smooth 25 minute ride to the hotel, where our luggage was whisked away and we were brought to our room by Tiffany, a delightful young Chinese woman, who checked us in while in our room (actually, our second room as the first was a bit smoky smelling). We ultimately ended up on the 25th floor, with a room overlooking Hong Kong island (more on the view later).

Daytime view of The Peninsula's Rolls Royce limousines

Our luggage gets loaded into the Rolls Royce limousine upon departure from The Peninsula
And, yesterday (Friday), we took advantage of the transfer in our package to have another Rolls Royce limousine drop us and our bags off at a hotel on Hong Kong island. The bags stayed and we continued on by ferry to Macau (which I hope to document in a future post).

Dennis drives us to our next adventure in Hong Kong in one of The Peninsula's Rolls Royce limousines
We could definitely get used to being chauffeured around in a Rolls Royce limousine, but it’s not likely to happen on Bonaire or anywhere else on a regular basis, I think.

Linda the rock star

Jake's Rolls Royce self-portrait - can you smell the leather interior yet?
Tags: Hong Kong, Kowloon, limousine, Rolls Royce, The Peninsula
July 17th, 2010 at 11:49 am
Hmmm, I must be doing something wrong here… 🙂
Good to see you guys are having so much fun!
July 17th, 2010 at 12:37 pm
I should be there. I know LInda needs someone to carry her purse. 🙂
July 17th, 2010 at 2:14 pm
Bragger. See you in a week!
July 17th, 2010 at 5:13 pm
Again, it is good to be Jake. Glad you guys are having a good time in Hong Kong. Great to see you last week, and I will look forward to our next encounter.
July 18th, 2010 at 2:34 am
If I wouldn´t be Jake´s father I´d love to be his son …
July 18th, 2010 at 1:37 pm
You guys are looking VERY comfortable in that Rolls, LOL. Maybe on the next trip you’ll require a personal porter, a maid-servant 🙂
July 19th, 2010 at 1:14 am
Yes, I can smell the leather interior. 🙂