Attending a
good friend’s wedding in Johor Bahru? I recently attended my friend’s wedding
held at a local restaurant in JB and was wondering how much money to give for
his red packet. Looking at the popularity of my post on how much money to give for a Malay Wedding, I decided to post on my current invitation to JB as well.
My friend
held his wedding at Pekin restaurant. The restaurant was very well furnished,
and the food was decent. I heard from a fellow guest that this restaurant is a
popular choice among locals for wedding dinner.
I checked
with 2 friends from JB and the first one told me 100 MYR should be enough for a
Sunday night dinner. The second one told me that the 4-5 star hotels and the
relatively better restaurants costs around 800-1000 MYR per table. I am actually
quite surprised by the extent of difference between prices here in Malaysia and
Singapore.
Thus for a
wedding dinner, I guess a red packet of minimum 100 MYR or 40 SGD (give and take
a little) should be good. But of course, always give more in the name of friendship/kinship!
If transport to and from Singapore is also provided
For my
dinner, two-way transport was also provided, which costs 300 MYR for a
7-seater. Thus do remember to factor in the cost for your friend to charter
transport to pick you up.
Hope this
was useful to you!
Eufass
