Date Budget: PhP 150
Actual Spend: PhP 150
Quality: 3/5
Service: 3/5
Accessibility: 2/5
Fun Factor: 3/5
Overall Experience: 3/5
Highlights
- A fresh new destination in Tagaytay
- Entrance fee at 50% until 31 May 2013 (PhP50 instead of 100)
- Sky Eye: the tallest wheel in the Philippines
- Variety of kiddie rides
- Gazebos for rent: great for family picnics
- Great view of Taal!
- Food stalls and other establishments coming soon
Date Budget: PhP 17000
Actual Spend: PhP 16561
Quality: 4/5
Service: 3/5
Accessibility: 3/5
Fun Factor: 5/5
Overall Experience: 4/5
Highlights
- Piso fare flights with Cebu Pacific's ATR 72-500 planes
- Reasonably priced accommodations at Villa Hermosa
- Romantic sunset by Coron Bay
- Huge rock formations, a crystal clear lake, and twin lagoons
- Maquinit: the Philippines' only salt water hot spring
- Fresh seafood at Coron restaurants
- Great view of the entire Coron Town from Mount Tapyas
- Calauit Island Safari: a taste of Africa in Coron
Date Budget: PhP 5000
Actual Spend: PhP 4600
Quality: 4/5
Service: 5/5
Accessibility: 1/5
Fun Factor: 5/5
Overall Experience: 5/5
Highlights
- Experience a taste of Africa in Palawan
- Wide open space for grazing animals
- Calamian Deer's recovery from near extinction
- Giraffes: the island's gentle giants
- Unlimited zebra stripes
- Crocodiles, wild boars, porcupines, monkeys, and more!
Update (11/24/2014):Coron Galeri now accepts online booking.
Date Budget: PhP 0
Actual Spend: PhP 0
Quality: 3/5
Service: N/A
Accessibility: 4/5
Fun Factor: 3/5
Overall Experience: 3/5
Highlights
- Very accessible: just a few steps away from the town center
- 700+ step stairs with strategically located 'stopover' sheds
- Scenic view of the entire Coron Town at the view deck
- Great sunrise!
Date Budget: PhP 1700
Actual Spend: PhP 1649
Quality: 3/5
Service: 3/5
Accessibility: 4/5
Fun Factor: 3/5
Overall Experience: 3/5
Highlights
- Brutally Buttered Shrimps at Cornelio's
- Lolo Nonoy's Crispy Crablets and Calamares: definitely worth the wait
- Fresh Squid Salad and Chili Crabs at Blue Lagoon
- Cool desserts and free WiFi at Ice Valley
- Palawan Danggit: marinated, not dried!
Date Budget: PhP 600
Actual Spend: PhP 600
Quality: 4/5
Service: 3/5
Accessibility: 2/5
Fun Factor: 4/5
Overall Experience: 4/5
Highlights
- The only salt water hot spring in the Philippines
- Superb tri-colored sunset
- Hot water + cold night = perfect combination!
- A great way to end a tiring day
Date Budget: PhP 0
Actual Spend: PhP 0
Quality: 3/5
Service: N/A
Accessibility: 3/5
Fun Factor: 3/5
Overall Experience: 3/5
Highlights
- Small, relaxed town with great character
- Coron marker ala-Hollywood
- Romantic Coron Sunset by the bay
Date Budget: PhP 3000
Actual Spend: PhP 3000
Quality: 3/5
Service: 5/5
Accessibility: 5/5
Fun Factor: 4/5
Overall Experience: 4/5
Highlights
- Reasonably priced spacious air-conditioned rooms in the heart of Coron Town
- Native and functional room design
- Rooms with private toilet and bath available
- Very accommodating owner and staff
- Second best Coron B&B in tripadvisor.com rankings
Date Budget: PhP 4000
Actual Spend: PhP 3311.68
Quality: 3/5
Service: 4/5
Accessibility: 3/5
Fun Factor: 3/5
Overall Experience: 3/5
Highlights
- Aircon bus transfer service from NAIA Terminal 3 to the roomy ATR 72-500 plane
- No-frills flight with Cebu Pacific's Piso Fare
- Great view of Coron's mountain tops
- Coron Airport: the most simple and relaxed we've seen so far
- Aircon van transfer to Coron Town, directly to your hotel
- Enjoy a nice view of the ranch country: cows, cattle grids, wooden bridges, and more!
Date Budget: PhP 20
Actual Spend: PhP 20
Quality: 3/5
Service: 3/5
Accessibility: 5/5
Fun Factor: 5/5
Overall Experience: 4/5
Highlights
- Cheapest and fastest way to get to Alabang: only PhP10 per person from Pasay Road, Makati!
- New air-conditioned trains
- One really bumpy ride: not for the faint hearted
Date Budget: PhP 0
Actual Spend: PhP 0
Quality: 5/5
Service: 5/5
Accessibility: 4/5
Fun Factor: 5/5
Overall Experience: 5/5
Highlights
- Free entrance to the Ayala Museum
- Free Royce' chocolate bar
Date Budget: PhP 9000
Actual Spend: PhP 8998
Quality: 4/5
Service: 5/5
Accessibility: 3/5
Fun Factor: 5/5
Overall Experience: 5/5
Highlights
- Experience Boracay for two at less than PhP 9000 all-in (airfare, transfers, accommodations, meals, snacks, activities)
- Enjoy traveling via air (AirPhil's Bombardier), sea (Montenegro Fast Craft), and land travel (the humble tricycle) all in one trip
- Get great value accommodations at La Oviedo
- Be stuffed with the island's wide selection of dining alternatives
- Offset the summer heat with Boracay's cool sweets
- Feel the island's famous white milk powder-like sand
Date Budget: PhP 3000
Actual Spend: PhP 2940
Quality: 4/5
Service:5/5
Accessibility: 4/5
Fun Factor:5/5
Overall Experience: 5/5
Highlights
- Breathtaking Boracay sunset on board a Paraw sailboat
- Walk with fishy friends while wearing a dive helmet
- Enjoy a 6-hour island hopping tour with native buffet lunch
- Experience natural beauty combined with man-made art at Crystal Cove
- Get a glimpse of controversial Boracay property allegedly owned by Manny Pacquiao
Date Budget: PhP 0
Actual Spend: PhP 0
Quality: 5/5
Service: N/A
Accessibility: 3/5
Fun Factor: 5/5
Overall Experience: 5/5
Highlights
- Fine, milky white powder-like sand at White Beach
- Romantic sunset at White Beach
- Beautiful beach front hotel facades
- Scenic sunrise at Bulabog Beach
- Grotto at a rock off White Beach
Date Budget: PhP 1500
Actual Spend: PhP 1500
Quality: 3/5
Service: 4/5
Accessibility: 3/5
Fun Factor: 3/5
Overall Experience: 3/5
Highlights
- Only PhP 1500 for 3 days / 2 nights at La Oviedo Villa, Boracay c/o Metrodeal (50% off)
- Spacious room complete with heated shower, air-conditioner, refrigerator, television, chairs, cabinets, and hangers
- Blankets and towels are provided (though some have stains on)
Date Budget: PhP 2800
Actual Spend: PhP 2718
Quality: 3/5
Service: 3/5
Accessibility: 3/5
Fun Factor: 4/5
Overall Experience: 3/5
Highlights
- Piso Fare: AirPhil Express flight to Caticlan
- Caticlan (Boracay) Airport: small airport, great facilities, great service!
- Fast Craft ferry from Montenegro Lines at just PhP 5 more than pump boat fare
Date Budget: PhP 0
Actual Spend: PhP 0
Quality: 4/5
Service: 4/5
Accessibility: 4/5
Fun Factor: 5/5
Overall Experience: 5/5
Highlights
- Lush greenery in the middle of Makati CBD
- Dancing Lights (lots of lights!)
Update (11/24/2014): The Ayala lights are back until December 2014.
Date Budget: PhP 50
Actual Spend: PhP 30
Quality: 4/5
Service: 4/5
Accessibility: 3/5
Fun Factor: 5/5
Overall Experience: 4/5
Highlights
- Mini Zoo, Butterfly Garden, and Train Ride... all for just PhP 15 per person!
- Sports and recreational facilities
- Trees... lots of trees.
Date Budget: PhP 2,000
Actual Spend: PhP 1,996
Quality: 3/5
Service: 5/5
Accessibility: 4/5
Fun Factor: 4/5
Overall Experience: 4/5
Highlights
- PhP 998 (per person) all in: terminal fee, roundtrip ferry ride, lunch, adventure kit
- You get to see parts of the island that are usually off limits
- Amazing Race type game rules
- Competitive teammates and opponents!
Date Budget: PhP 150
