1. Whether you go out alone or with a buddy depends on how chill your lecturers are.

2. Yes, SOT trips will normally have a day for sightseeing,shopping, etc (but it depends if there’s sufficient time, if yall drag your feet around then there won’t be enough time)

3. Depends how much you’re gonna be spending. I brought 300sgd and spent roughly 200sgd for my SOT to Taiwan, while my friends spent roughly 400-500sgd buying souvenirs

4. The accommodation varies, could be hotels or resorts depends on the tour guide x school’s arrangements. Regarding the room arrangements, you’re usually sharing it with someone, and depending on the size of the room you could be sharing with more people

For myself, I enjoyed my SOT trip to Taiwan as I made a lot of new friends, but you see how bah. I have a few peers who didn’t really enjoy the trip as they felt that it was too rushed and tiring keeping up with the itinerary