"Wish you guys were all here with me".
[QUOTE=PhilJoy;2995123]Just tell them you're staying in Manila. They should be able to get in touch with you via phone or email if they really have to.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Alexandra2525;2995089]Thanks for your replies.
I completely understand that logistically it makes much more sense to stay at the places that you have all mentioned. Unfortunately I have family back home who need to know where I am staying, I can't just go off radar. If I stay somewhere that is in the heart of a red-light area with very little else there to do it will raise eyebrows to say the least. I'.[/QUOTE]An alternative might be to book the fancy hotel for sake of your fam, and also keep a lesser hotel near Walking Street for the joy time. Check in to the fancy place, take a few selfies of you in your fancy hotel and send one each day to the fam. Then head over to the Eurotel, Kandi Towers, the ABC, or Royal Amsterdam and check in, get the room key, and bring in your girls left / right as needed. Who would know the difference? Go back to the fancy place once a day in different clothes and take another selfie for the fam. Have lunch in their nice resto and take another selfie.