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[QUOTE=OldAndUgly;3035699]I never, ever had any problem entering with guests, except during the scamdemic when vax cards were checked and validated.

Needed or not, I always pass around 50's or 100's, depending on the nr of staff involved, if 2-3 of them 100 each if more 50 each, I'm used to it from Vegas where you tip for drinks, ushers, valet, etc. When I bring someone, I just pass them another 100 as usual, they remember you, and respect you, at least so that the tips keep coming.

If I stay longer in one place, I'll bring back with me when handy and it's on my way back, a cheap piece of fried something, a fruit, a doughnut from the street vendors, or a coke if stopping at 7/11. Never had a problem. Some guys are saying fuck that! I'm not doing that kind of shit, me I'm doing it regardless of needing their assistance, or not, just helping out some poor bastards that had the bad chance of being born in the wrong place.[/QUOTE]I think my mistake was that I didn't do the 50 and 100 thing. These small gestures will definitely help but the problem with these big condominium monsters is that they are too many staff. Anyway, good idea. Will use it. If I stay at some place 5-6 days, sooner or later I'll meet the same guy from the previous days. BTW rolling back the memories, in Kenya when I arrived, I gave the security guys something like the equivalent of 5 euro when I checked in, they helped with the suitcases, showed the aribnb, etc. And from then till the end of my stay they were my best friends! Arriving with 2 girls one night. No problem, no questions asked. Instead there was a big smile and even the door was opened for me LOL So yeah, thank you for the good advice Old and Wise brother.

Also I`ll text the owner of the airbnb in advance, just to confirm me that there will be no problem from his side. And if he confirms, I`ll make the booking. At least in Manila there are hundreds of good airbnb-s so there will be enough options

[QUOTE=Onojdi;3035715]I think my mistake was that I didn't do the 50 and 100 thing. These small gestures will definitely help but the problem with these big condominium monsters is that they are too many staff. Anyway, good idea. Will use it. If I stay at some place 5-6 days, sooner or later I'll meet the same guy from the previous days. BTW rolling back the memories, in Kenya when I arrived, I gave the security guys something like the equivalent of 5 euro when I checked in, they helped with the suitcases, showed the aribnb, etc. And from then till the end of my stay they were my best friends! Arriving with 2 girls one night. No problem, no questions asked. Instead there was a big smile and even the door was opened for me LOL So yeah, thank you for the good advice Old and Wise brother.

Also I`ll text the owner of the airbnb in advance, just to confirm me that there will be no problem from his side. And if he confirms, I`ll make the booking. At least in Manila there are hundreds of good airbnb-s so there will be enough options[/QUOTE]Last time I stayed at the Grand Riviera Suites at Padre Faura / Roxas, across the street from the US Embassy, because I had something going on at the embassy for about 10 days, it is within walking distance from Midnight Haven, Robinsons Mall, and the university, all great hunting grounds. Also next to the entrance there is an convenience store and Zus Cafe where you can screen the online rentals before bringing them in.

Did not had a problem getting in with girls, the elevators are in a hallway to the left out of the view of the front desk, but I still greased the 3-4 security guys.

[QUOTE=Goferring;3035653]The best solution is to take your booking number, add your shoe size and divide by the number of letters in your mother's maiden name. If the result is an odd number, then you will be ok. An even number is not good. It's that random.

I've had the full range from walking away from a week long booking the next morning because I couldn't get anyone in to walk right though, no questions asked and everything between. I'd make these comments about ways of improving your chances:

Bookings through Agoda, Booking etc go much smoother than through AirBnB.

High-end 5 Star Residences have far stricter rules and enforcement than lower tier options.

Girls who look like $20 hoes get stopped far more often than girls dressed like librarians.

Hoes alone get stopped far more often than with a resident guy.

Hotels are far more accommodating than Residences.

A good relationship with security and desk staff helps.

If you find a location that is guest friendly, stick with it. Don't risk moving to a unknown room just to try something different.

Sorry that I couldn't give you any hard and fast rules but it really is a crap shoot.

Good luck. G.[/QUOTE]This is literally why I stopped using Airbnb in Manila. The audacity to think they can take my money and also dictate who I can bring in for the duration of my stay is on a different level. Not to mention the other rules involving pools etc.

Might as well go back to hotels where at least I'm treated like a fee paying customer and not a retarded toddler.

[QUOTE=RainMania;3035755]This is literally why I stopped using Airbnb in Manila. The audacity to think they can take my money and also dictate who I can bring in for the duration of my stay is on a different level. Not to mention the other rules involving pools etc.

Might as well go back to hotels where at least I'm treated like a fee paying customer and not a retarded toddler.[/QUOTE]With AirBnB, we have three masters: AirBnB itself; the owner and; the tower operator. All often have different rules and levels of enforcement. With Agoda etc, I normally only deal with them and don't even contact the owner etc. I've never had Agoda tell me who or how I can entertain.

Now the distinction between hotels and apartments etc is getting very blurred. It's not at all difficult to find hotel rooms with multiple bedrooms, kitchens, laundries etc. The same can be said for booking sites. Agoda etc are making real efforts to have offerings well beyond the regular 20 sqm hotel rooms.

I do still use AirBnB in Manila and elsewhere but I'm very careful to remember the guidance I listed below and typically I've stayed there before so know what I can and can't get away with. Of course, the more specific my demands, then the less places that are available to meet all of those demands.

When in doubt, I book a night or two then extend or leave depending on what I find.

Enjoy. G.

Further to my post on Manila trip, want to share my experience in Siargao.

I love how Siargao place is, looks so calm and relaxing. Plenty of foreigners and local action can be had, Best place was to hangout at Siargao Beach club (SBC). Me and. Friends went there ordered for drinks, Its fun party night there where you can interact with locals, dance and vibe. I got a girl thru tinder and she was adamant on 8 k per 1 hour shot, didn't think it was worth it.

2nd day we went to Siargao Book club. Its a great coffee shop. I found one of the waitress had a crush on me, gave her my no while leaving. We went island hopping that day and believe me it was my best across Asia. Really loved te vibe. At night I got a message from the waitress and I offered to meet her for pizza. We went for pizza and she was kind of hesitating and shy. She was only 4. 9 height and small girl in 20's. I offered her to go to my place for hangout and she accepted. I could see she was shy but there was some tension between us. Once we reached the resort, we hangout for sometime, watched tv. Started kissing in no time. She was so horny, I could feel her body trembling with my touch. Sucked her small boobs to my heart content, she gave me a great GFE experience. We had 2 rounds that night, I gave her some allowance of 4 k and she was so happy with it.

Next day we went for beach and I asked her to take the day off. We had so much sex that 2 days. It was sad I had to leave Siargao for next trip to Oslab. Hope to go to Siargao again.

[QUOTE=Goferring;3035757]With AirBnB, we have three masters: AirBnB itself; the owner and; the tower operator. .
[/QUOTE]I own a condo in a building where the owners' association has voted to exclude Airbnb from operating on our property.

The property has mostly resident owners; there are several apartments available for long-term rental, but this is arranged through the property office.

Our security is cautious vetting of unknown people entering the condo, with intercoms used between the front desk and apartments.

If an OWNER allows access, then he or she is taking responsibility for the visitor.

We, as a group, do not want short-term renters (like Airbnb) to have access to our apartment floors; it follows that we also do not want them to bring in other unknown guests.

I can well appreciate where an owner might wish to take responsibility for allowing a friend or relative to use his / her apartment whilst away for a designated time, but then the owner must provide details of the visitor, and the visitor must have relevant ID when they arrive. This may explain why there are more strict measures in some places than in others.

In properties where many (most?) apartments are renters, the Airbnb can operate more freely with varying levels of security.

You should enquire in advance whether you can bring in visitors to your Airbnb apartment/house. If no, then find another property that will.

[QUOTE=RainMania;3035755]This is literally why I stopped using Airbnb in Manila. The audacity to think they can take my money and also dictate who I can bring in for the duration of my stay is on a different level. Not to mention the other rules involving pools etc.

Might as well go back to hotels where at least I'm treated like a fee paying customer and not a retarded toddler.[/QUOTE]In every other place around the world that I have been, renting an Airbnb for me have huge benefits. For the same price, its always much much better in terms of fancy design, quality furniture, location, privacy, everything. But not in Manila it seems. Its totally the opposite. So I'm very very tempted to book a hotel in Makati / Poblacion area and to just forget about that there may be a bad surprises.

By the way I am looking now at [URL]booking.com[/URL] website and when you open the property page, there is a section there below with "questions". In almost every hotel that I checked, there is always a question about "do you accept visitors / guests", and always the answer is yes. So it will be a hotel then.

Usually I'm renting an small apartment or stuio with sofa / lounge, or bar stools area, something like that. Its much more fun when you enter the place with a girl, to relax there, have 1-2 drinks if you want, fuck her on the sofa, the usual things hehe Then in the morning its nice to have a place to just sit and chat. But in Manila will go back to the usual hotel room. I prefer not to worry about in what mood is the security and to gamble is there a new rule from the Admin of the building saying "no guests or I'll fire you if I see that you allowed anyone".

BTW has anyone stayed at Herald Suites Polaris? I read that they allowed guests without a problem, the location seems fine, its a quite place and the price is good. Looks a little bit dated and the design is from last century but will do the job I think

[QUOTE=Onojdi;3035806]BTW has anyone stayed at Herald Suites Polaris? I read that they allowed guests without a problem, the location seems fine, its a quite place and the price is good. Looks a little bit dated and the design is from last century but will do the job I think[/QUOTE]While staying at Bel Air Soho recently, I saw plenty of fellas going in / out with hoes. You can consider all hotels and condos on this map area (first pic) to be girl-friendly. This is the red-light district. The curved red line is Burgos street where the gogo bars and FL are. The red arrow is the location of the Herald Suites. If you go to the Google map to this area and zoom in, many more hotel / condos will show up. Herald is an older building, on the same (cheaper) level as Soho and Sunette Tower. While older and run-down, Herald and Soho are just steps across the street from Lips gogo bar, my fav, and they are a half block from Burgos.

The blue box in the upper left is where Milano and Knightsbridge residences are (also see pic 3). Milano, KB, Y2, and Gramercy are the more upscale condos in the area, about a 6-8 minute walk to Burgos.

And for a better hotel: City Garden Grand. Nice joint, has an excellent rooftop restobar and pool, and is the most guest-friendly place in the area.

I think you are asking us for information that we can't give. Almost everyone here would tell you they have experience in most every accommodation on this map, with little or no issues. Things rarely change in this regard. But by the time you get there, something might change at this or that accommodation. Even if Westy says Herald is great, when you get there it might be different. The only sure remedy is for you to call the hotel or residence Admin and ask.

By the way fellas. The Argentinian steak house resto at the base of Trump Tower went out of biz a few months ago.

[QUOTE=Onojdi;3035806]In every other place around the world that I have been, renting an Airbnb for me have huge benefits. For the same price, its always much much better in terms of fancy design, quality furniture, location, privacy, everything. But not in Manila it seems. Its totally the opposite. So I'm very very tempted to book a hotel in Makati / Poblacion area and to just forget about that there may be a bad surprises.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Onojdi;3035806]In every other place around the world that I have been, renting an Airbnb for me have huge benefits. For the same price, its always much much better in terms of fancy design, quality furniture, location, privacy, everything. But not in Manila it seems. [/QUOTE]Mate, for me I usually get a decent hotel, but the fancy design etc. Doesn't matter a rat's arse.

It's the quality of your company and how long they'll be hanging around with you.

Sure, if you want a decent stay in a shithole like Manila or Angeles, you'll want to make yourself as comfortable as possible.

The things that matter to me, is hooking up with a great freelancer who will appreciate your room, and who'll spend hours, if not days, with you at a fraction of the price of grabbing a bar girl who'll brush you off as soon as you shoot.

Go for the better hotels for a decent stay. City Garden works for me.

Westie offers some really good advice as usual from Experience.

These hotels are in a red-light district, and the vast majority of their clients are like us, like-minded.

No need to feel 'the walk of shame' bringing a girl back.

They're used to it _ Phil.

[QUOTE=Onojdi;3035806]In every other place around the world that I have been, renting an Airbnb for me have huge benefits. For the same price, its always much much better in terms of fancy design, quality furniture, location, privacy, everything. But not in Manila it seems. [/QUOTE]If we are only talking about fit out, then Philippines AirBnB fall into two categories. Firstly, part time residents who rent out their condo etc while not in town. These tend to be very nicely and more completely furnished and in better quality towers. Expect complete kitchens, washing machines etc. Secondly, there are the investor specials designed to sustain life only. Equipment, paint etc will be old and minimal and there may even be restrictions on how much you can cook, use the pool etc. Strangely, the latter only comes at a $10 per night savings.

All I can recommend is to very critically read the listings, photos, reviews etc.

For a short stay, you're comments about tying a quality hotel is probably wise. The only benefit I see to AirabnB in Manila etc is for families or long stays.

Good luck. G.

[QUOTE=RedKilt;3035803]I own a condo in a building where the owners' association has voted to exclude Airbnb from operating on our property.[/QUOTE]This is happening world wide, including where I live back home.

Great for the neighbours but not so good for us who want a place to drag home a girl or ten over a few days stay.

AirBnB is falling out of favour with many groups: renters, Body Corps, other residents and even owners.

Enjoy G.

[QUOTE=WestCoast1;3035832]

I think you are asking us for information that we can't give....Things rarely change in this regard. But by the time you get there, something might change at this or that accommodation. Even if Westy says Herald is great, when you get there it might be different..[/QUOTE]There is also the risk that what Westie or G prefer may not be priorities for Sir Ono.

Recommendations are helpful but shouldn't be relied upon 100%.

G.

I prefer to be surrounded by beautiful naked female bodies, everything else comes second.

[QUOTE=RedKilt;3035803]I own a condo in a building where the owners' association has voted to exclude Airbnb from operating on our property.

The property has mostly resident owners; there are several apartments available for long-term rental, but this is arranged through the property office.

Our security is cautious vetting of unknown people entering the condo, with intercoms used between the front desk and apartments.[/QUOTE]Good point. A lot of renters, and even HOA unit owners (regardless condo or regular subdivision houses) have little idea that the HOA rules govern everything under its umbrella. In order of hieracrchy, there are HOA rules, airbnb rules, and owner rules. This can be a bit complicated. Most owners think their rules apply when renting airbnb, but airbnb slaps them back in place when owners try to overide airbnb policies. HOA rules trump most everything.

HOA rules are set in stone (eraseable stone), and are created by owners voting on them. Most HOA's allow their Admin to make temporary snap changes to rules for either calamity, health or safety sake, often leaving the decisions to a single administrator (the 'head' guy or gal). Additionally concerned owners might be able to call snap homeowner meetings for this or that issue, and vote in (or out) any rule on the spot, usually if they have a quarum (a quarum as previously defined by: them).

As an example, during the start of covid, bunches of HOA's made snap changes such as these: 1) No new renters (previous renters grandfathered in). 2) If new renters were allowed, no minors or senior citizens allowed. 3) Masks required in public spaces in the residence. 4) Immediate compliance with existing rules that were being ignored; such as maximum number of residents allowed in a unit. 5) Other such items. All of those disappeared after Covid. However for those of us in-country at the time, this severely limited our options for rental.

When you get to a residence that doesn't allow hoe-guests, most likely the upper-crust residents have put a stop to that. The Admin has to enforce it. Responsibility for this airbnb eff-up would seem to directly fall on the shoulders of the owner / host, who did not post that on airbnb. Airbnb has a policy of requiring full-home units, such a s house or condo unit (as opposed to renting just a bedroom in a home) to be YOUR (renter's) home for the duration of the rental, unless otherwise specified in the home description or pictures. Of course you can have guests, unless the residence / HOA rules prohibit it. OTOH if the airbnb description from the owner says you can't, then you can't (even if the HOA allows it, as you are agreeing to it in advance). But they rarely state that. More later on that.

[QUOTE=RedKilt;3035803]You should enquire in advance whether you can bring in visitors to your Airbnb apartment/house. If no, then find another property that will.[/QUOTE][B]Best advice ever.[/B] Forewarned is forearmed.

[QUOTE=RedKilt;3035803]I own a condo in a building where the owners' association has voted to exclude Airbnb from operating on our property.[/QUOTE]My AirBNB in BGC specified that I MUST tell everyone I'm a GUEST of the owner. They made it clear to me that if I ever mentioned AirBNB to the condo I would be charged a penalty and had to pay for it in addition to my prepaid AirBNB cost.

I thought this was lame. As if the condo doesn't know that unit is being rented out as an AirBNB with new guests coming every few days.