Manila

[Traveler1234]

I know the hotel quite well,Since Eddie Yeo the GM is a friend.It is a Singaporean run hotel part of the Singaporean Copthorne group.It has a Casino on premises and being geared towards the China,Taiwan,HK market It has a good Chinese restaurant.There are working girls in the lobby and the hotel is dominated by Gamblers and Chinese guests,It is a 4 star ranked Hotel.Hope this helps

Never been there so no personal experience. However have stayed at one of the Copthorne in Singapore multiple times- which is at best a 4 star hotel. Service is good, rooms vary, renovated ones good. See their webpage below - they rate themselves as 5 star....www.heritagehotelmanila.com/

[Cebu Local]

It's not that great a place. It's an easy walk diagonally across the street to EDSA, which is the best thing about it, but the service isn't very good and the rooms are run down. On the other hand, it's not a dive and it's a good location, with lots of taxis out front on EDSA all the time.

:D

GE

I know the hotel quite well,Since Eddie Yeo the GM is a friend.It is a Singaporean run hotel part of the Singaporean Copthorne group.It has a Casino on premises and being geared towards the China,Taiwan,HK market It has a good Chinese restaurant.There are working girls in the lobby and the hotel is dominated by Gamblers and Chinese guests,It is a 4 star ranked Hotel.Hope this helps

[GoodEnough]

Have RTFF and searched for the low down on above hotel - which I'm already booked into 18-23 October. - but have only gotten minimal info. Know that its next to the EDSA complex but not much more.
Would appreciate any advise/info you could provide in regards to our hobby.
Also, am good for a few beers after dinner if anybody....
SE Asia Joe
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It's not that great a place. It's an easy walk diagonally across the street to EDSA, which is the best thing about it, but the service isn't very good and the rooms are run down. On the other hand, it's not a dive and it's a good location, with lots of taxis out front on EDSA all the time.

:D

GE

[Auz Guy]

Anyone plan of being there in April?

[SE Asia Joe]

Have RTFF and searched for the low down on above hotel - which I'm already booked into 18-23 October. - but have only gotten minimal info. Know that its next to the EDSA complex but not much more.
Would appreciate any advise/info you could provide in regards to our hobby.
Also, am good for a few beers after dinner if anybody....
SE Asia Joe
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[Firedick]

CL,

Your PM box is full again.

I'll be in MNL for 3 night (12-14th) then heading south.

FD

Anyone is welcome for a beer

[X Man]

Hello,

I'm thinking about getting a tooth capped on my trip in December. Can anyone recommend a good dentist in the Manila area? Prices?

X

[LoveAsianWhores]

Dr Slim,

This has always been the case for me when flying to the Philippines from either the USA, Hong Kong or Korea on as many as 6 different air lines. In the past you may have been purchasing a round trip ticket and therefore they did not ask you this question. Had you purchased a one way ticket to the PI before this situation? If so I would find that odd based on my experience.

FF

This happend to me only once before I wised up (had to buy a ticket, and then go and get a refund. Pain in the fucking ass.) I Then Edited my Continetal domestic e-ticket and changed it into a Jetstar E-ticket for an outbound Philippines flight one year in advance. I keep it permanently with my passport, and changed the date one year ahead when the flight had come up, and just printed out a new one. So, it's 30 minutes for the first year, 5 minutes for each subsequent year. For frequent Philippines travelers, it is time well spent.

[Cebu Steve]

I just booked on Cebu Pacific - Hongkong Manila Hong Kong - on their internet site. Each leg was HK$400, plus HK$387.16 tax etc for total $1,187.16. At least HK$600 cheaper than what I could have gotten on PI. Also, each leg of the journey is booked sepaqrately with different prices posted for different time/date etc. ranging from this $400 to $1,000 per leg.

The booking has been OK - but the question is - what is the actual flight going to be??!! Anybody have any info/experience to pass along for this budget airline - i.e. can I expect not to be served anything, is it going to be chock-a-block with chattering Domestic helpers, are the seats going to be back breakers, is the airplane going to be held together with bailing wire?

Also, have sent them an e-mail asking if they will allow me to bring my golf bag ON TOP OF the 20KG free baggage allowance - believe that this is the case for most other airlines? Of course have not yet received a reply!

Any input would be much appreciated.

SE Asia Joe

I've flown Cebu Pacific several times in the past year. From Manila to Cebu and from Manila to CDO. All of the flights I've taken have been on brand new planes (Airbus A319 or A320). Flight attendents are fun (and of course cute), they try to entertain with trivia games for Cebu Pacific themed prizes. Planes are reasonably comfortable for economy class, I try to get the exit row for some more leg room. HK to PI is less than 3 hours, so I'd only expect beverage and snacks.

I did have the same issue with response to email inquiry. They are not internet savvy.

CS

[Eaglestar]

Wading through 100's of messages to try to get a feeling for what's best options for my trip to Manila and then on to Boracay. Have been to Manila once before and had a great time in Makati. The plan this time is to spend 3 to 4 nights in Manila possibly to find a bed friend to take onto to Boracay. Suggestions on the top 10 places to go in Manila to find great talent would be appreciated.

I should just tell you to RTFF but I am in a jovial mood so I will give you the link

http://www.internationalsexguide.inf...ead.php?t=2023

[Finrod]

Cebu: Email or phone to see what is on their HK-Mla flight. They are ok on things like that.

PAL: is an arrogant airline run by a well connected Chinese guy. They do as they please, fly when they like and treat you like shit. Exercise care with them. Cebu cannot undercut htem on domestic flights or Pal's pals will zap them.

When I was in Manila, I flew to Cebu for about $65 round trip on Cebu Pacific. The same flight on PAL was $79. It was a newer aircraft. These were the fares I found on their websites at that time.

[Buko Max]

The booking has been OK - but the question is - what is the actual flight going to be??!!

Hello Joe,

As far as I know Cebu Pacific, my carrier of choice, is not a discount airline. That flight is not too bad considering they used older equipment. Last time I flew them, the plane was only half filled and since that flight is < 2 hours long, they will only serve juice and some munchies. To relieve the boredom, the flight attendants play games with the passengers and the winners take home prizes (ballcaps and t-shirts). In Manila, I was upgraded to first class just for being nice to the ticketing lady. I'm not sure about their excess baggage policy but it should not be too much of a problem. The real hassle is if your flying on to another destination in the P.I. because you must shuttle to the domestic terminal.

Happy Landings

[Mianbao]

Firstly, for airline reviews check out skytrax.com, but anyway back to what we are here for…

Spent one evening in EDSA recently. Very easy to find if you tell the taxi driver EDSA/Roxas (“ed-sah”/”roh-hass”) and look for the Heritage diagonally across the road.

Went into Bullets & Arrows first. Some real talent up on the stage as well as sitting down around tables on the right hand side of the bar. Tables were all free on the left side so sat at one. It was a Monday night so only a couple of customers, plus was still only four days after the recent typhoon.

After a few minutes the atmosphere, or lack of, started to get to me however. There was very little eye contact from the girls sitting around the tables, and none at all from the stage. They all looked thoroughly bored, as if they would rather be anywhere else. Could not blame them and started to feel the same myself so headed into Firehouse.

Firehouse was instantly better, with a large number of girls and a much better atmosphere. I made friends with one of the mamasans, who was happy to give me space and take my time to pick a ‘special friend’. I must say it was hard choosing, so in the end started chatting to one who had sat down in front of me and flashed a couple of smiles. She was quite petite and cute, however there were a large number of ‘types’ in this place, something to please everyone really.

A drink and P1,000 barfine later and we were in the taxi off to my hotel in Makati (1 hour there at 10pm, 20mins back after midnight). Despite the GFE appearance in the bar service was pretty disappointing, however. Functional, no passion and complaining of starting to hurt after not very long (yeah right). Don’t like to continue in case they really are suffering so stopped after that. If service had been better I had hoped she would stay into the next day, however she was keen to leave. Offered P1,000 tip considering we hadn’t really finished, however she was none to pleased with that so ended up giving another P500.

Not a great experience but I can say I’ve done EDSA. Stayed in Makati the next couple of nights, separate post in the relevant thread coming shortly…

[Martians]

Cebu: Email or phone to see what is on their HK-Mla flight. They are ok on things like that.

PAL: is an arrogant airline run by a well connected Chinese guy. They do as they please, fly when they like and treat you like shit. Exercise care with them. Cebu cannot undercut htem on domestic flights or Pal's pals will zap them.

[DirtyCanuck]

Wading through 100's of messages to try to get a feeling for what's best options for my trip to Manila and then on to Boracay. Have been to Manila once before and had a great time in Makati. The plan this time is to spend 3 to 4 nights in Manila possibly to find a bed friend to take onto to Boracay. Suggestions on the top 10 places to go in Manila to find great talent would be appreciated.