Manila Hotels

[ShinyCrazy]

Their response to my inquiry:

"We would like to clarify that, after inquiring at our front desk, if your visitor is the only person accompanying you as the guest, we can allow your visitor to share your room without any charges. In such a case, the charge will remain at P1,200.00 per person if multiple visitors are present and if they surpass the designated curfew hours (past 10 pm". ".

[ShinyCrazy]

Here is their response to a question about overnight guests:

"Please be informed that our visiting hours are until 10:00 PM only. (Penalty Charge of Php 2,000 per person shall apply beyond 10:00 PM). Party rooms are STRICTLY prohibited. (Penalty charge of Php 10,000 shall apply). ".

[Dcfan77]

I love that hotel. Never had any trouble with getting my multiple GF in a 24 hour period. The reception staff are always so busy, they don't pay close attention to who comes in and out. The Thai restaurant is decent and the bar makes good drinks. I'm staying there in August with my main shorty piece.

Anyone has any review on Dusit Thani? Is it Girl friendly? General review?

[CoolDumble]

Very girl friendly. It wasn't rare to see hookers or John's waiting in the lobby for the other party to arrive.

A pretty good location but, unless they were renovated during the shutdown the rooms would be getting pretty old by now. I do remember good breakfasts.

Thank you!! I am more inclined towards I'm now.

[Goferring]

Anyone has any review on Dusit Thani? Is it Girl friendly? General review?

Very girl friendly. It wasn't rare to see hookers or John's waiting in the lobby for the other party to arrive.

A pretty good location but, unless they were renovated during the shutdown the rooms would be getting pretty old by now. I do remember good breakfasts.

[CoolDumble]

Anyone has any review on Dusit Thani? Is it Girl friendly? General review?

[CoolDumble]

Thanks for your advice. I was wondering between Coro and CGG, which would you pick?

Do you also have any advice for places near LA Cafe? I see a lot do people recommend New Coast, and I may stay there a night. But are there any good cheaper recommendations for that area?

When I compared the pics and all, I found Coro to be newer and more modern. CGG looks a bit dated to me. I stayed in Coro in January. The only thing I did not like is the noise on the lower floors because it is so close to the road and the P Burgos mess.

[CoolDumble]

Is Coro hotel girl friendly. It's a new hotel.

It is. I stayed there in January. Tons of girls being brought in. You off course need to show the ID at the reception.

[TjBrazil]

New Coast is in Malate. Coro is in Makati. Opposite sides of town. Coro is 1 block from the Burgos gogo bars. NC is several blocks from LA Cafe and Robinson's Mall Malate. Both good locations and hotels, but not close. When traffic is light on a Sunday (or late night), taxi time is 20 minutes from one to the other. The rest of the time when traffic is heavy, plan 45 minutes from one area to the other.

Same timeframe from Burgos to the airport. Light traffic its 15-20 minutes, heavy traffic 45-ish minutes.

Is Coro hotel girl friendly. It's a new hotel.

[WestCoast1]

My initial plan was just to book an airbnb near Makati but after reading through some listings it seems getting guests into the building could be an issue, a number of listings outright say no guests allowed in the building.

Is this common and is it enforced? And is a hotel a much better bet than an Airbnb? Will be working remotely while in Manila so prefer an airbnb for desk + wifi but if no guests I'll go hotel.

This topic has been covered. Little has changed.

I just booked in Jmmsuites in Malate. No problem with guests. Neither is Bayview suites. There are a swag of condos around Mall of Asia. Most of hotels in Malate have no issues with visitors.

Adriatico Grande, Birch Tower (JMM Suites and another organization have about 30 units each in BT for rent on airbnb, with much lower prices on airbnb than if you walk in to the lobby and inquire), Bayview, Baywatch, the Robinson's group, and Malate Bayview Mansion all have allowed guests in the past year. Previous to that, in the heavy covid-era lockdowns, many such residences (and hotels) limited access to the building or room to you, or you and 1 guest.

Having said that, one of the main / large residences among those near Milano (purposely not mentioned here) abruptly stopped me late last year from bringing in a guest. Oddly it was the same guest (lady) who had departed and then returned. I was at the lobby guard to escort her up, but they wouldn't allow her to sign in. I informed the guard that the girl would stay for only 5 minutes. "Sorry po. We have 24 hours rule. When a guest will depart, you must wait 24 hours to bring in another guest". Well, I'd never heard of that before, in fact I'd been bringing in this / that lady, easily 2 (or more) in any 24 hour period, with no problems to that point. Not even the same lady? "Sorry po". Later I checked with the residence Admin and they confirmed the un-announced, unheard of '24-hours' rule (which they later changed / dropped, due to not announcing the rule).

In addition, most owners are woefully unaware of restrictions. They make several errors:

1) They are not aware of the building Admin's restrictions (often times not the owner's fault, the Admin simply makes decisions and then notifies: NOBODY). Owner: "Yes you can bring in your guests as you need". Then the guard stops you, using Admin's policy.

2) The owner makes up his own such restrictions (which he can do), then does not tell the renter about them (which is not allowed on airbnb). When the sh*t hits the fan from the angry airbnb renter regarding the owner's un-announced restriction, airbnb will force the owner to stand down on the issue. If you didn't use airbnb, you might be screwed.

3) The owner thinks the Admin's rules are very strict, when in fact Admin might have no such policy at all. "Our building Admin don't allow any guests. Just you and your registered partner sir". This often turns out to be completely wrong; the Admin has no such policy. I heard this from an owner just a few months ago. BTW, those wrong ideas in the owner's head, they didn't just make that up. It was policy a year or more ago, for 2-ish years, during Covid. Many residences here went to harsh lockdown restrictions, such as: No rentals; or no rentals to anyone over age 59 or under 21; or no outside guests. As covid dropped off the radar many of those restrictions were dropped by Admin, who told: Nobody.

You can protect yourself by calling the Residence / Hotel admin before renting to check guest policy. Also look closely at any such language on airbnb. An owner's failure to mention it on airbnb means you can bring in your guests. Again, call the Residence to check before renting.

One last airbnb owner issue: Three times in the last year, owners insisted that I show them my PP picture page (as ID), and also my most recent inbound PP stamp and my most recent / current / valid BI extension. Either before renting, or before extending my rental for another month.

I'm not aware of any hotels with restrictions at this time.

[Macho Dik]

A high percentage of the girls in your category 1 - girls looking for a husband, will still put out as P4P while they wait for their forever after.

1000% agreed! Thanks.

[GDreams]

Flight to Manila booked for next month, now just to sort out accommodation.

My initial plan was just to book an airbnb near Makati but after reading through some listings it seems getting guests into the building could be an issue, a number of listings outright say no guests allowed in the building.

Is this common and is it enforced? And is a hotel a much better bet than an Airbnb? Will be working remotely while in Manila so prefer an airbnb for desk + wifi but if no guests I'll go hotel.

I just booked in Jmmsuites in Malate. No problem with guests. Neither is Bayview suites. There are a swag of condos around Mall of Asia. Most of hotels in Malate have no issues with visitors.

[Python75]

Dear All, after having a long timer using dating site for my prospect temporary partner in my trip to the Philippines, I found out mostly can be categorized in two portion: 1) girls that really looking for a foreigner husband to be married and thee other one is to go for P4 P. In terms of percentage, base on my experience about 2 : 5 respectively. But normally, ended girls coming to my room a big difference from their pictures posted on the site 🤣128514;128514;.

So I am making it a point to pick girl at la cafe! For freelancer at Robinson? Never have any success in terms of quality!

MD.

A high percentage of the girls in your category 1 - girls looking for a husband, will still put out as P4P while they wait for their forever after.

[Macho Dik]

Dear All, after having a long timer using dating site for my prospect temporary partner in my trip to the Philippines, I found out mostly can be categorized in two portion: 1) girls that really looking for a foreigner husband to be married and thee other one is to go for P4 P. In terms of percentage, base on my experience about 2 : 5 respectively. But normally, ended girls coming to my room a big difference from their pictures posted on the site 🤣128514;128514;.

So I am making it a point to pick girl at la cafe! For freelancer at Robinson? Never have any success in terms of quality!

MD.

[Fever77]

Flight to Manila booked for next month, now just to sort out accommodation.

My initial plan was just to book an airbnb near Makati but after reading through some listings it seems getting guests into the building could be an issue, a number of listings outright say no guests allowed in the building.

Is this common and is it enforced? And is a hotel a much better bet than an Airbnb? Will be working remotely while in Manila so prefer an airbnb for desk + wifi but if no guests I'll go hotel.