A journey consists of several travels which each travel contains many trips. That would be our pattern in this journey back to kampong in the end of Ramadhan 1432 H (August 2011) Batam – Singapore – Jakarta – Jogjakarta.
Before this journey began we’ve checked day by day updating the latest price of Batam – Jogjakarta plane tickets administrated by Indonesian commercial airways. It’s been a while since we traveled Batam – Jogjakarta via Jakarta last February. We’re quite shocked by those pricelists which became higher and higher each day. Until the time we found a new alternative when we realize we stay in an Indonesian transit city, Batam. We decided we will travel via Batam – Singapore (ferry); Singapore – Jakarta (airplane); Jakarta – Jogjakarta (airplane or train).
Next step would be surely: Comparison. Let’s check!
Batam – Jogjakarta (the cheapest Indonesian commercial airways) : Rp. 1.977.000,-
2 commuters equals : Rp. 7.908.000,-
That’s just for the journey. So how much should we save for this journey? Should we have another fasting month after Idul Fitri to save cash? If that’s the only price available to meet our parents in kampong, we’d rather managing some other time than pushing ourselves to have it now. That’s why we calculate the following alternative (with SGD rate assumption was Rp. 7100,-)
Batam – Singapore (ferry roundtrip price) : 22 SGD : Rp. 156.200,-
Harbor Front – Changi Airport (taxi) : 17 SGD : Rp. 120.700,-
Singapore – Jakarta (Indonesian commercial airways) : Rp. 550.000,-
Soekarno Hatta – Gambir (bus, only if we chose train for next one) : Rp. 20.000,-
Jakarta – Jogjakarta (train) : Rp. 550.000,-
Jogjakarta – Singapore (Singaporean commercial airways) : Rp. 980.000,-
Total for 2 persons : Rp. 4.753.800,-
It’s still cheaper than Batam – Jogjakarta by a single trip isn’t it? Let’s try another alternative!
Batam – Singapore (ferry roundtrip price) : 22 SGD : Rp. 156.200,-
Harbor Front – Changi Airport (taxi) : 17 SGD : Rp. 120.700,-
Singapore – Jakarta (Indonesian commercial airways) : Rp. 550.000,-
Jakarta – Jogjakarta (Singaporean commercial airways) : Rp. 178.000,-
Jogjakarta – Singapore (Singaporean commercial airways) : Rp. 980.000,-
Changi Airport – Harbor Front (taxi) : 17 SGD : Rp. 120.700,-
Total for 2 persons : Rp. 4.090.500,-
I believe this is a more acceptable price for us, less than 4 million rupiahs for going back to kampong would be a great deal.
