Freebies to get before you go to Taiwan

Digital Tour Buddy

You can apply for Digital Tour buddy, which provides you with a very basic phone and free sim card with card value of NT50 complimentary for tourists. You can apply for Digital Tour Buddy (寶貝機) around 3 weeks in advance of your trip thru their website. You must first sign up as a member for free before you can apply.

They will email you a approval and you will have to bring along this email approval print out and a copy of your passport and your NRIC to collect at the  They will safe keep your NRIC till you return them the phone. 

Remember to bring a photocopy of your passport hor! If not the guai lan reception boy at the counter will insist that you go upstairs to the 7-11 and pay and print your passport.

You can only collect at Tourist Service Center of Taoyuen Airport when it open at 7:00.

The phone they provided is :

You can top up the value at any convenience store. But take note that you are not able to save any numbers in this phone. Free one, chin cai la... can call can already la...

Free Brochures and MRT card(maybe, depends)

Remember to go to Taiwan Visitor Association, Singapore 

Address: 30 Raffles Place, #10-01, Chevron House, Singapore 048622 
Nearest MRT : Raffles Place MRT
Telephone: 65-6223-6546/7
Email: tbrocsin@singnet.com.sg

Please bring:

• Proof of your air ticket to Taiwan
• At least a night stay at a paid accomodation.

to collect freebies. That time I collected a EasyCard stored valued

Taipei MRT card of NT50, enough for 1-2 ride on the MRT. You can top up at any MRT stations. They offered different items such as USB hub, Free hot spring vouchers, free shopping vouchers, etc... 

Plus, they have all the brochures with maps which u can take all you want to help you plan your trip. They also have some beautiful travel guidebooks (FREE). Being the kiasu singaporeans, I took almost all.. Even for those places that I am not visiting... what... for future references mah....

Money Changer

You must also remember to go to the money changers over at The Arcade which is beside Chevron house to change your SGD to NT. They reportedly have the best rates in town. You can ask around a bit before you decide on one to change. But you can call up other money changers to find out rates before going down to change lah..