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05-14-22 03:28 #15208
Posts: 101Ok, all set! Maybe.
Once again, huge thanks for the advice, guidance and past posts provided here by those who have gone before. I have my non-stop flight dates booked (business class, thank you), my hotels booked and confirmed with guest-friendly policies confirmed by email and phone call. And I've sucked down enough YouTube VLOGS to never want to see another Walking Street and P Burgos vid again! I also have a good idea of navigating pre-departure paperwork: OHP, getting negative test results 8 hours before, Travel Insurance, local sim card purchase, airport to hotel, and inter-city transport, and pre-exit test facilities. Whew!
Now it's the little stuff:
1. Laundy from my hotel (if offered) or some local shop?
2 Weather in late July / early Aug hot, rainy, both?
3. Scouting out best areas for finding open bars and FL hangouts in Malate, AC and P Burgos. I think I have this figured out.
4. Setting up apps: grab, agoda, foodpanda, waze, xoom / remitly, PinayLove, Tinder, etc. Easy to do. I will wait until just before I fly.
5. Anyone have a good translator app for English / Tagalog? And a good learn Tagalog app? I know these are not critical, but I'd like to learn some basics.
6. Calculating how much US currency to use for paying hotels that offer a 20% cash discount, and for converting to pesos for sessions, bar drinks, shopping, and various crap.
It's a LOT of work to get to bang several dozen hotties. Worth it!
Anyway, thanks! I'll drop a post in the travel announcement board about a week before I fly.
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05-14-22 00:36 #15207
Posts: 11Great step be step report
Originally Posted by AsianPursuits [View Original Post]
G1.
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05-13-22 22:03 #15206
Posts: 1239VISA Extension
Originally Posted by LoveEastAsia [View Original Post]
You are probably eligible for a VISA extension upon arrival. Just make sure to notify the lead officer BEFORE you get to the booths. Look for the office / desk to the left and that's where you will pay for the extension. If any questions are raised, tell them you will be taking a side trip but it should be no problem. As long as they get their money (upwards of 2500 php). All this will save you a trip to a BI office.
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05-13-22 20:37 #15205
Posts: 3244Originally Posted by LoveEastAsia [View Original Post]
After arrival and before the 30 days expire you would go and get an extension on your visa.
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05-13-22 17:12 #15204
Posts: 53Can' t stay more than 1 month in the Philippines?
Hello,
I am fully vaccinated and from Europe. I was not aware that we can stay only 30 days in the Philippines at the moment and they don't process Visa anymore. Unfortunately, I took an airplane ticket of 1 month and a half. I have just read this "Nationals from the following countries are allowed to enter the Philippines without a visa for a period stay of thirty (30) days or less provided they have valid roundtrip tickets or ticket for another country and passport valid for at least six (6) months from the date of departure in the Philippines."
I phone the Philippines embassy and they told me that the airways that I will take to go to Philippines may not accept me because I will come back after more than 1 month. I thought I could extend my stay when I will be in manila? I can t cancel my ticket or change the date cause it is too expensive.
What can I do? Go out of the Philippines before 1 month and come back?
Thanks for your advice.
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05-13-22 10:22 #15203
Posts: 3375Originally Posted by WestCoast1 [View Original Post]
Don't tell me people think that never happens. 😱
Yes I've been in Asia far too long. 😁
Enjoy your flight. G.
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05-13-22 09:34 #15202
Posts: 462As a data point for the Philippines entry it was so easy and fast. Here are my tips.
Retain your boarding pass for arrival checking.
A) Do not start the OHP registration until you have scanned / PDF copies of both your vax cert and your PCR / RAT. As I was getting a RAT 16 hours before my first departure, that means I didn't start my actual OHP until 15 hours before.
B) You will need to know who you are, where you live, your birthdate and other pieces of info (like your flight) which some people have found challenging. Most won't.
C) You will need to know where you are going on your first day after arriving in Ph.
After completing those details I received the barcode which also now states it is acceptable for boarding the flight.
D) I was then able to answer the supplementary health questions which were straightforward.
When I check the next day and before board I had the QR code also.
In preparation for approaching the airline check-in I already know they will ask for four things. I had them printed and in my hand in this order.
A) OHP barcode or QR code. (I had the barcode printed).
B) Travel insurance.
C) Vax cert.
D) RAT result.
Check was completed easily.
On arrival in NAIA there was a signage directing people with barcodes down left alley, QR Codes to the right.
A) At the first desk I had to present QR code and boarding pass.
B) On to Immigration, standard questions.
C) On to baggage collection.
From aircraft door opening to taxi door was < 25 minutes.
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05-13-22 06:14 #15201
Posts: 6802Originally Posted by Dg8787 [View Original Post]
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05-13-22 03:03 #15200
Posts: 3244Originally Posted by BionicMan [View Original Post]
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05-13-22 02:54 #15199
Posts: 6802Originally Posted by WestCoast1 [View Original Post]
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05-12-22 22:41 #15198
Posts: 418Originally Posted by WestCoast1 [View Original Post]
I'm shocked you don't like option 4. Think of all those little filiipina asses you could tap in isolation with all of them.
GG.
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05-12-22 21:40 #15197
Posts: 6802Originally Posted by BiggusDickus9 [View Original Post]
1) They send you back to your condo to self-isolate, and test every few days, releasing you to return home when you've tested negative (or twice; or more times if your pinay is not happy with you).
2) They let you choose a Quarantine hotel (see pic), and you isolate there until testing negative.
https://onehealthpass.com.ph/quarantinehotels/
While that pic shows 3 hotels, there are more than 500 in that list if you scroll down.
3) They choose said Quarantine hotel for you.
4) They put you into one of their facilities until you test negative. These facilities are where they put their own folk who can't afford a hospital isolation. There is one on San Andreas St in Malate. You don't want to end up there.
Can't think of any other possibilities.
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05-12-22 15:15 #15196
Posts: 6079Originally Posted by BiggusDickus9 [View Original Post]
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05-12-22 14:12 #15195
Posts: 6802Originally Posted by CodeName47 [View Original Post]
How was the issue of the Quarantine hotel handled, both in OHP website and at the outbound airport? A day or so prior to flight, airlines are sending this requirement (see pic). In one of Jennifer Terri's previous BOQ videos, when she was walking thru the OHP website, she said something like: "Don't worry about this (Q hotel) anymore. Just drop down the list and choose one (hotel), it doesn't matter". Now the airline is wanting proof of a Q hotel reservation.
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05-12-22 05:05 #15194
Posts: 145QR Code
Originally Posted by CodeName47 [View Original Post]