Angeles City Hotels & Accomodations

[Kabul Guy]

I really appreciate your suggestions. It's hard for me to go with the flow. I even started a flow chart .....

LOL Go with the flow does not mean go with the flow chart, it means take things as they come without too much over planning or rigidity of adherence to your plans.

A lot of really good things can happen here if you are very flexible in your plans.

For example the first one up can knock your socks off and you may just want to stay with her the complete trip, or you may want to decide to keep looking. Instead of AC you might want to take her to a nice beach somewhere.

Although reading ahead of time about the experiences of others is good, m information is always an advantage, just be ready to change plans quickly if and when better options appear.

Just be careful, lots of scammers and other bad people out there.

[GoodEnough]

If you have the budget for ABC then you won't find any better place. I doubt if any other hotel will have better WiFi than ABC. Try to get a room closest to the WiFi repeater.

The ABC has the best, fastest Internet service I've found in Angeles, with speeds consistently above 20 Mbps and fiber optic connections available throughout the hotel. I've never had a problem there since the place installed the fiber optic system. Unless things have changed in the past 10 or 12 months, there's a modem in every guest room.

GE.

[Dg8787]

ABC says it has the fastest internet in town and also lets guests land on their roof if they come in by helicopter. I'll be arriving in town by trike so I don't need the helipad, but I do need good internet? Kokomos reviews say the internet is shit. Any good internet / hotel suggestions near Walking Street?

If you have the budget for ABC then you won't find any better place. I doubt if any other hotel will have better WiFi than ABC. Try to get a room closest to the WiFi repeater.

[Sidtip]

ABC says it has the fastest internet in town and also lets guests land on their roof if they come in by helicopter. I'll be arriving in town by trike so I don't need the helipad, but I do need good internet? Kokomos reviews say the internet is shit. Any good internet / hotel suggestions near Walking Street?

[Fizzman1970]

Best plan here is to simply go with the flow. A well researched hotel now, may not be in business or under different ownership oir have totally changed chatracter by the time you get here.

I really appreciate your suggestions. It's hard for me to go with the flow. I even started a flow chart but it sounds like I started way too early planning. Thank you for helping a newbie. I will keep ready the forum and hopefully I will become more comfortable.

[Fizzman1970]

Why did you narrow the picks to Brass Knob? BK is half the price of Orchid Inn. If it matters, I would double check they have true non-smoking rooms.

Why did you decide on using Southern Cross bus?

The reason I liked the Southern Cross bus is that I like the idea of a straight trip with out a lot of stops and seemed like a good price. From Manila the two places it stops in Angeles is the Brass Knob then Orchid Inn. Then the bus in the morning leaves these places to go to Subic. I was looking at them for convenience. I sorry for asking so many questions as a new member, but I'm a little nervous about the trip. Doing this by myself I don't want to walk into a bad situation.

[Kabul Guy]

You will have to wait a long time for that report. This will be my fist time to the Philippines, and the plan is to do this in February. I'm just trying to get my plan together for the 2 weeks I plane to be there.....

Best plan here is to simply go with the flow. A well researched hotel now, may not be in business or under different ownership oir have totally changed chatracter by the time you get here.

OK to think Manila first start dental work, look at Burros or other area where you want to see, gran transport to AC, don't worry about what bus line, there are lots available or you can go the luxury route and take a grab for about 2 k peso.

If you are going to hunt on the PL, SA, Tinder etc. Sites don't start that early. It is difficult to maintain a conservation on line with these girls for much more than a month. If you are going for SW or bar girls, the selection will vary drastically over the course of an evening, let alone several months.

My recommendation wold be once you fix your dental schedule, get an Airbnb close to the dentist and then a couple weeks before departure start chatting on line and get a likely candidate to meet you at the airport and start the adventure. Keep a couple on the line in case of no show, or other problem with first selection then move on.

[X Man]

Orchid inn is better and more expensive. Orchid has a nice pool. Brass knob has pool tables, and a tiny pool. And don't confuse Orchid Inn with Wild Orchid.

I haven't used Southern Cross Bus in a long time, but I was happy with the service. Last time I was in AC the (former?) expat manager of the bus service was the manager at Phillys Restaurant. I used to know his name, but forgot.

There is also "Fly the Bus", which operates mostly vans these days. They have three trips per day MNL to AC, compared to SC only one a day. They both leave Manila from the Ermita area. Leaving AC, they both are pretty good about picking you up at your hotel.

I was wondering how is staying at Brass knob or Orchid Inn Resort? I want to take the Southern Cross bus from Manila to Angeles for a night or two. Then off to Subic. As always I will take suggestions.

[Dg8787]

I was wondering how is staying at Brass knob or Orchid Inn Resort? I want to take the Southern Cross bus from Manila to Angeles for a night or two. Then off to Subic. As always I will take suggestions.

Why did you narrow the picks to Brass Knob? BK is half the price of Orchid Inn. If it matters, I would double check they have true non-smoking rooms.

Why did you decide on using Southern Cross bus?

[Fizzman1970]

Please post reports.

You will have to wait a long time for that report. This will be my fist time to the Philippines, and the plan is to do this in February. I'm just trying to get my plan together for the 2 weeks I plane to be there. I'm trying to get a base line plan together. It is a work in progress from airlines, dental in Manila, Angeles and Subic. Than need to do the trip again in reverse to get my caps.

[Dg8787]

I was wondering how is staying at Brass knob or Orchid Inn Resort? I want to take the Southern Cross bus from Manila to Angeles for a night or two. Then off to Subic. As always I will take suggestions.

Please post reports.

[Fizzman1970]

I was wondering how is staying at Brass knob or Orchid Inn Resort? I want to take the Southern Cross bus from Manila to Angeles for a night or two. Then off to Subic. As always I will take suggestions.

[Ekspat]

....not to everyones taste

Exactly. Everyones taste is different.

Both hotels, LG and ABC opened roughly 10 years ago, give or take. Around 2010 I stayed in both, but in ABC only once. I continued staying with LGH after that.

I can't remember why, maybe only minor things, it had nothing to do with the staff, but somehow I liked LG a bit better.

Here we are again, everyones taste.

And Madisonguy, there is no true high-end hotel in AC. Forget it, there aren't any customers for that. ABC and LGH are with a bit of good will somewhat 4*hotels, but far, far away of any 5*hotel.

[Member #4698]

I have two major problems with ABC. I stayed there on my first visit to AC. #I. Their pool sucks. Its way too small and offers no sun. #2. The hotel is a tad overpriced inho for the local market. I could be wrong, but I believe that #1 is the same problem with Fields Plaza, a poorly designed swimming pool.

These are the same reasons why I like the Lewis which has a very nice, sunny, pool / garden area open 24/7 and is reasonably priced for what it offers in the local market.

I have considered the Central Park Tower and might chose to book there sometime in the future just for a change of scenery.

[Engine Driver]

To Madisonguy.

Why you hated ABC what is the problem with this hotel, this is a good high end hotel that near all the actions there are casino resort near by like windus resort at Clark and Fontana resort casino with golf resort near by is 15-20 min away from field.

Fast Eddie 48.

Yes good question. Maybe there were too many freelancers at Aqua? Maybe he had the club sandwich and DIDN'T get violently ill? Maybe the skirts worn by receptionists were too short? Maybe he got sick of the free shuttle service to walking street and would have preferred a trike for 100 pesos? Who knows?

It is a bit over the top and is not to everyone’s taste