Manila Travel Forum

We intend te rent a car from Manila to go up North to Baquio/Banaue etc for a week, hence back to Manila.
Any suggestions for a reliable car rental company ? Or any other idea is welcome.
Visiting period very end of November.
All suggestions welcome

Hi again, cant wait till Nov, Flight and Hotel booked, arriving sometime this week-end, fiancee and Family picking me up at Airport.

My question is, i'm bringing gifts over, some clothes and toy for future son, maybe I-pod for fiancee. Do I declare these items, and is there duty to be paid on them. Also info on 9 Waves pool, someone said it was close to St Lukes Hospital, but i cant find it on map.

Thanks

Hi Vts,

I am going to have 2.5 days stopover in manila city.
This is my 1st time in manila and Phillipines

Going Stopover
reach manila at 5am on 16th September
and leaving to osaka at 2pm on 17th september. (1.5 days)

Back stopover
reach manila 10pm on 24 september
leaving manila 8pm 25 september (1 day)

At first I am planning on going to tagaytay on my 1st stopover.
But it looks like time is not allowed.
End up i have 2,5 days in manila.
Any recommendation that places i can visit and thing that i can do to fill this 2,5 days in Manila? or is there any others place i can visit besides manila?

Btw, please kindly recommend some good budget hostel for my stay during my stopover. Budget is around PHP1300 per nite (twin bed room).
On the other hand, please kindly advice if there is any local night market in manila that is safe to visit. We would like to see the local people life and taste the local food like balut, dinugen, bulabo etc... And please do recommend place for me to buy souvenirs as well..... I also have plan to go buy jeans in Mall of Asia as i was told Levis jean in Manila is very worth to buy.

Hope to hear from Vts soon.

Salamat.....

Hi , anybody know anything about this hotel good or bad ? staying there for 3 days then to bay view for 8 days thanks

hi looking for a female tour guide free meals , shopping , clubbing willing to pay american dollars for guide will be there October 3 - 13

I'm going to Manila on vacation with my family next september. I 've been living there so I know the place quite well, but I was thinking of staying in Rosewood, near Market Market. I know it s pretty remote from Makati but I need a quiet place. Does anyone knows more about Rosewood? Would you recommend it?

Do i need for Manila? Same as Hong Kong, Thailand ?

Hi Vts,

Me n my fren plan to be in manila from 17th Sept till 24th Sept.

However, we are bit concern about the H1N1 condition at Manila at this moment.
We try to search online for information yet we cant find any.
H1n1 Travel advisory has been put up in my country whereby manila is one of the list.

Can anyone update me with the link where i can have the most update infor on h1n1?

In addition, i would lik eto have the link on typhoon prediction as well.

selamat

looking for dentists of international standard in Manila, any one any info please

Hi,

Has anyone stayed here?

Cheers,

Vicki

I am looking ffor a safe place for single women close by transport and attrations, but not in places used for hourly rates, thin walls etc. Aircon a must...

Please your thoughts on...

Mandarin Oriental - good rate $100 AUs per night for 5 star hotel

Makati Apartelle $25 aussie per night

Southern Cross Hotel $50 aus per night

New Horizon Hotel

Pavillion - manila bay

Crown Regency

Many thanks



Swagman with airport transfers $ $62 per night

To go to Subic for day please contact me again....here or vickitricki@tpg.com.au

Thanks

Going to Manila for 1st time in Nov, for about 3 weeks. Been chatting with woman for 6 months now and would like to visit her and her Family. Coming from Scotland via Amsterdam so flights not a problem, but would like to find good hotel near the Sampaloc District. Have been told there is good one near St Lukes Hospital. So i would appreciate any information possible to help me on my 1st visit to Manila and any customs on the philippines. I know i don't need Visa as my stay is for 21 days and I already got vaccinations for trip.

Hey all,
What's the nightlife like in Manila on weekdays? Will the bars and clubs still be buzzing on a Monday night?
My impression is that Manila is pretty happening 24-7 - would that be a fair assumption?
I'm arriving with some friends Monday evening and we have one night to spend in Manila and would really like to have a good night out before we retire to the peace and quiet of Palawan. Can anyone recommend a nice place to have a good Filipino dinner and some places to go out afterwards? We're probably staying in the Malate area - would this be the best choice for a one night stay?
Thanks for your help - can't wait to get over there!

I will be arriving in Manila at Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 1. There are 2 of us and we arrive at 10pm and 11pm. Does anyone have suggestions on where to meet each other in or around the terminal 1 in order to get a taxi together to the hotel?

Thank you for your help.

Will be in the Philippines a week in August. Can't decide whether to stay in Malate (Manila) or Quezon City. Questions:
1) How far apart are these 2 locations?
2) Is it convenient to commute between the two areas?

need a driver to drive me to baguio city from manila. need good price and return. thanks rr

Going to manila along with 6 to 7 companies and going to stay for 7 days and 6 nights... anybody who knows a cheap, accessible place that can accommodate 7 people (can be 2 rooms) somewhere in makati, ortigas or near cubao ... which is also differently-abled friendly place...

hi

is it possible to reach the main shopping, dining and sightseeing spots of manila via the metro ( train ) although i believe there are different operators and travel inter operator is not seamless.

do they have any day or week passes and are any concessional passess available to senior citisens. if such a pass is not available what is the best way to travel on the metro without too much time being spent on the purchasing individual joourney tickets.
regards
musapir

hi
i believe philippines has a varied and exotic cuisine scene. any recommendations for the different type of good and the popular restaurants for the dishes. i am not thinking of the international chains of western food in this context.
regards
smusaphir

Hi everyone
I will be in Manila next week and was wondering if anybody knows of any places that sell old coins,banknotes,stamps etc.I will be staying in Malate, so any thing close by would be great.
Thanks in advance

hi

we have several days in manila and would like to know any worthwhile day trips that could be undertaken.
as varied suggestions as possible welcome.
regards
musaphir

hi
can anyone suggest the best way of reaching astoria plaza suites from s.g. megamall. is it is walkable distance and is metro commute posssible.we also welcome comments on the astoria plaza suites in respect of cleanliness and hospitality. astoria plaza suties address is 15J escriva drive in pasig city.
musaphir

Hi all

My wife is moving here(Sweden) so we need to buy her a suitcase.
preferably we like to buy a hardshell ofc

any suggestion is appriciated and since a quality bag in Sweden is appr 6000-7000 p half taht would be a price to use as a guide ??

thx in Advance
n Happy Travels

Well things have changed since my last post on here. I am now having to deal with an additional traveler (though not arrived yet). Instead of driving the Northern Luzone loop we are now discussing plans to fly from Tuguegarao back to Manila. I have searched and found that PAL will allow a women to fly up to 35 weeks with a doctors release. I need to know if anyone has any information on Cebu Air. I have been to their website but can not find any information. My wife will be 29 weeks pregnant when we get there and 33 weeks when we plan to leave to come back to work.
Also if anyone can advise me on the price and schedules of buses to Ballesteros from Manila. We will be arriving in Manila at 0855. If up to it we would like to depart the next night heading north. Also the price of a bus from Ballesterous back to Tuguegarao.
Other possibility would be an A/C van rental with driver to get us to Ballesterous. Prices anyone??

Hi everyone,
Can anyone recommend a closes hotel from Ninoy aquino Internation airport and Pal domestic airport. I am arriving late in manila and have an eary flight to mindanao, so all i want is a place were I can stay for the night. Or do you think Pal domestic airport allows passengers to stay overnight in there departure area?
many thanks and looking forward to any replies.

Is there a place you can find the exact fees of immigration services of Philippines? It seems like the officer has his/her own way of determining how much an applicant pays. Even those with permanent residency have to pay outrageous "exit visa" fees when leaving country; I know a person who had three emergency trips within a week and had to cough up almost US$200.

Would you help me decide if Astoria Plaza Suites is fit for 5 adults to stay. Will book 2 units or One 2-bedroom unit if possible. If 2 units, one will be occupied by one person and the other unit by 4. It is only a 1-Night stay before heading to Baguio City.
I am also considering Holiday Inn as this is also a 4-star hotel like Astoria. Also considering EDSA Shangri la but seems too expensive.
Please help.

Where do you find a pain Doctor in the Philippines or a doctor that can write a yellow scrip.I was told by Doctors that only 5% of doctors in the Philippines can wright them.I know St Lukes has a pain center and I've been there.I usually bring my medication with me but if I stay longer I need to take it and if I'm not in Manila the doctors don't even seem to know what it is that I take.Mercury Drug can look up what I take and some have it and some don't but says I have to get a yellow scrip for it.So I can't believe they make all the filipinos suffer with pain when there is medication for pain.Also why don't Dentist give shots before they drill there?I was getting a tooth filled and she started to drill and I asked what she was doing and then she said oh sorry I forgot you are american and gave me a shot.So are we just babys in the US and used to not feeling anything or do they just don't give pain meds to filipinos there.Thanks ken

planning a trip to the northern part of the philippines the end of the month...from manila (night trip) thinking of going to vigan (just for breakfast)straight to laoag (spending a day & night here)...next day to pagudpud (just to check out the beach)...then back to vigan to spend the nightand the next day then ...want to go to either baguio or banaue...any input as to where to go first...is there a way from vigan to banaue ...i checked google map and it seems that there is a road leading to banaue but i'm not really sure about this...per my search baguio is about 3-4 hrs. away, if we go that way then we have to go back up to banaue after baguio which i heard is about 8-9hrs...any suggestions????

thanks in advance...
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