Manila

Take the yellow taxi. It will range between 200 to 700. I was there last month, and from the airport to Makati was 300.

[QUOTE=Amavida; 1194905]Hi Guys, I'm coming 'home' to Manila in October to relive the madness for a month.

I just wanted to ask what are the taxi fares like from the airport to, say, Makati now?

I used to get a coupon taxi or yellow taxi for between 500php. 700php a year ago.

One of my girls there is trying to tell me the fares are like 1500php now. This sounds like complete bullshit to me.

I'm thinking of hiring a van with driver, what sort of daily rate are we looking at in Manila now?

Thanks to anyone who is on the ground there.

AV[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Amavida; 1194905]Hi Guys, I'm coming 'home' to Manila in October to relive the madness for a month.

I just wanted to ask what are the taxi fares like from the airport to, say, Makati now?

I used to get a coupon taxi or yellow taxi for between 500php. 700php a year ago.

One of my girls there is trying to tell me the fares are like 1500php now. This sounds like complete bullshit to me.

I'm thinking of hiring a van with driver, what sort of daily rate are we looking at in Manila now?

Thanks to anyone who is on the ground there.

AV[/QUOTE]Amavida, I think I paid about 600P from the Airport to Makati in June. I used the Yellow Coupon Taxi.

[quote=emale;1194966]amavida, i think i paid about 600p from the airport to makati in june. i used the yellow coupon taxi.[/quote]i think those rates seem high. i don't remember the exact price but it was definetely under 500, i think 260 to makati from airport in july. are you guys insisting on meters? from new world to mbc it was around the same distance and i never went over 300, usually 220ish. i had my taxi guy on speed dial he actually told me if anyone charged me more than him to have them call him. i got in a cab from hannah to icon which is maybe 2 miles tops and got charged 300 because i didn't insist on the meter, i walked back though because i will not support being extorted.

[QUOTE=Amavida; 1194905]Hi Guys, I'm coming 'home' to Manila in October to relive the madness for a month.

I just wanted to ask what are the taxi fares like from the airport to, say, Makati now?

I used to get a coupon taxi or yellow taxi for between 500php. 700php a year ago.

One of my girls there is trying to tell me the fares are like 1500php now. This sounds like complete bullshit to me.

I'm thinking of hiring a van with driver, what sort of daily rate are we looking at in Manila now?

Thanks to anyone who is on the ground there.

AV[/QUOTE]If you use a yellow metered cab it should be about 350/450php depending on traffic to Makati.

If you are arriving at the either the PAL terminal or the terminal Cebu Pacific use (can't remember the number) then go upstairs to arrivals and get a normal white cab. It will be a fair bit cheaper. 250/350php than the yellow ones. Always check the meter is on, and reading either 70 for the yellow cab or 40 for the white one!

They often 'forget' to turn on the meter, or leave it on from the previous fare!

[QUOTE=Bonker04; 1194985]If you use a yellow metered cab it should be about 350/450php depending on traffic to Makati.

If you are arriving at the either the PAL terminal or the terminal Cebu Pacific use (can't remember the number) then go upstairs to arrivals and get a normal white cab. It will be a fair bit cheaper. 250/350php than the yellow ones. Always check the meter is on, and reading either 70 for the yellow cab or 40 for the white one!

They often 'forget' to turn on the meter, or leave it on from the previous fare![/QUOTE]Thanks to all the guys for the quick replies. These prices are in line with what I have paid in the past. As usual when a pinay smells money it goes to their head hehehehe. Yeah 1500p is complete bullshit as I suspected.

On the subject of taxi meter's, guys its normal for the white street cabs to want to leave it off and haggle an agreed price before starting the journey.

It is against the law and as a puti you will be the one to pay the fine of course in the unlikely event that the taxi gets pulled up by the blue shirted cockroaches.

In the 5 years or so I lived in the Phils I never used a metered taxi and never was subjected to extortion by the traffic cops but bear in mind it theoretically could happen.

Just wondering how much to hire a van + driver for the day? I'm guessing about 5000p per day in Manila and about 2000 per day in the province?

AV

Hey everyone, I just wanted to introduce myself here in this thread. My first post. I'm a single guy, early 30's, never married / no kids. Never had much luck with American women, and I've basically just gotten to a point in my life where I'm sick of trying "here". And I'm not going to pretend to be someone I'm not. I consider myself to be pretty socially inept. But in relatively good shape / decent looking. I have been to the PI 2x. Had a pretty good time overall (and a really good time in bed). But I'm not really into the whole bar or club scene. At least, if I were there long term (my trips were 2 weeks and 3. 5 weeks each). I don't think I would visit any of these places more than 1-2x monthly.

I read Larry Elterman's book and I really like the idea of seeking out 1 (or more) girls needing help with education. And no, I'm not trying to say I'm above the bars or even picking up a street working girl if I feel like it! Also, I'm a fan of the rub and tug. I never sought this out over there, only recently discovered it here back home.

I've tried DIA. And not had alot of luck. Frankly most of these women bore the shit out of me. I think most on DIA are just slightly less desperate / educated than your average bargirl. Just my opinion. Not trying to pass judgement. And of course I'm not above sticking my dick in a dumb girl if we have chemistry.

I'm at a point in my career where I think it might be possible to take 3-4 months (maybe more) off per year. Base out of manila, and hit other spots in SE asia.

I love the USA and the freedoms that this country affords. But I feel like she (the women) doesn't love me. And getting a taste of delicious filipinas changed my perspective so I'm hoping to go back maybe for up to 6 weeks this winter. And much longer next winter. Who knows.

If I can I'll try to offer some insight here or if anyone has any questions feel free to ask!

Bus

[QUOTE=Amavida; 1194993]Just wondering how much to hire a van + driver for the day? I'm guessing about 5000p per day in Manila and about 2000 per day in the province?

AV[/QUOTE]I recently hired a regular white taxi for the day, to go down to a theme park about and hour and a half south of Manila.

Forgot the name of it now, something like 'Enchanted Kingdom'.

The plan was for him to wait there maybe 5 hours and then drive us back to Manila. He wanted 3500 php plus motorway tolls of about 120php each way.

[QUOTE=Amavida; 1194913]I agree with this. The longer you lived there the more you realise how little you understand. There are some generalisations you can make about the place but all in all its unfathomable.

AV[/QUOTE]No truer words. .

PS: PM Me, if you want me to look up 'charter' rates.

A couple of friends, have cars idling and they could pair up a driver for you. But, don't charter, unless you are really going to use it. Says my 2 cents.

[QUOTE=Bonker04; 1195045]I recently hired a regular white taxi for the day, to go down to a theme park about and hour and a half south of Manila.

Forgot the name of it now, something like 'Enchanted Kingdom'.

The plan was for him to wait there maybe 5 hours and then drive us back to Manila. He wanted 3500 php plus motorway tolls of about 120php each way.[/QUOTE]In the summer of 2010 I hired a regular tax driver in Manila to drive myself and gf to Tagatay, which is about a one-hour drive on the freeway from Manila. When noegotiating I offered him 1, 500 PHP if he drive us to two destinations in the Tagatay area, spent a maximum combined time of 4 hours at the two destinations, and then drive us back. So total 2 hours driving and 4 hours waiting. He accepted, but kept his meter running. When we returned to Manila the meter was around 1, 800 PHP. I wanted to be fair enough, so I gave him 2, 000 which thus included a 200 peso tip. He seemed less than happy about the tip, but would probably have repeated the whole thing again if I offered him around 2, 500.

So the 3, 500 trip to the amusement park may be a little high (I know the place, also about an hour drive from Manila) , but is in the ballpark of what I would expect.

Raz

[QUOTE=Busdood; 1195006]I'm at a point in my career where I think it might be possible to take 3-4 months (maybe more) off per year. Base out of manila, and hit other spots in SE asia.

I love the USA and the freedoms that this country affords. But I feel like she (the women) doesn't love me. And getting a taste of delicious filipinas changed my perspective so I'm hoping to go back maybe for up to 6 weeks this winter. And much longer next winter. Who knows.

If I can I'll try to offer some insight here or if anyone has any questions feel free to ask!

Bus[/QUOTE]Before you fly off to the Philippines take 1/2 of your savings and give it to a good friend and tell him to hold on to it for you. Then you will have something to come back to when those dumb Manila girls spit you out. They may seem dumb by your standards but they don't lack in social skills. Keep one hand on your wallet and the other on your dick. Goodluck!

[QUOTE=Busdood; 1195006]Hey everyone, I just wanted to introduce myself here in this thread. My first post. I'm a single guy, early 30's, never married / no kids. Never had much luck with American women, and I've basically just gotten to a point in my life where I'm sick of trying "here". And I'm not going to pretend to be someone I'm not. I consider myself to be pretty socially inept. But in relatively good shape / decent looking. I have been to the PI 2x. Had a pretty good time overall (and a really good time in bed). But I'm not really into the whole bar or club scene. At least, if I were there long term (my trips were 2 weeks and 3. 5 weeks each). I don't think I would visit any of these places more than 1-2x monthly.

I read Larry Elterman's book and I really like the idea of seeking out 1 (or more) girls needing help with education. And no, I'm not trying to say I'm above the bars or even picking up a street working girl if I feel like it! Also, I'm a fan of the rub and tug. I never sought this out over there, only recently discovered it here back home.

I've tried DIA. And not had alot of luck. Frankly most of these women bore the shit out of me. I think most on DIA are just slightly less desperate / educated than your average bargirl. Just my opinion. Not trying to pass judgement. And of course I'm not above sticking my dick in a dumb girl if we have chemistry.

If I can I'll try to offer some insight here or if anyone has any questions feel free to ask!

Bus[/QUOTE]We have no questions for you. We welcome you here, we understand your stance, and your newly anticipated sense of delight. We look forward to many posts of the good the bad and the ugly part of playing the game we do. Oh and enjoy rest of SE Asia too. Thailand needs no intro, Jakarta is lots of fun, Singapore can be good, HK can be super good, etcetc. Go out and enjoy. And welcome. !

I was in the Philippines about a year ago, with the g / f (at that time) in Manila. I believe we were in the EDSA area, and wanted to go slightly out of Manila to visit a cousin of hers. I forget what the name of the place was, but it was about 90-120 minutes to get there with heavy traffic in the city and a rainy rush hour. Much shorter on the return.

Originally the plan was that we were catching a taxi from our hotel to the bus station. But the driver started engaging my g / f in tagalog as to where we were going? I knew this routine and wanted her to shut up, but she was young and naive and started blabbing away. So the guy makes an offer to take us to destination (instead of using the bus) for 500 PHP. It was a rainy night, traveling was a pain in the ass, so we accepted. I wasn't sure what the plan was, how long we were staying, etc. Turned out it would only be about 1 hour.

As we were going there, the guy starts proposing that he wait for us and drive us back too. Proposed 1, 000 PHP to do that. I thought to myself "if he'd do a one way for 500, he should do a round trip for about 800. He's not getting any fares out there to go back to Manila." But, he was going to wait for us, so we agreed to 1000 for the trip. Both me and the g / f understood that.

We finished the visit and went back to Manila to our hotel. I gave him 1, 000 PHP and he starts whining that I owe him 1, 500. I told him "No way. You agreed to 1, 000." He wouldn't give it up and followed us into the hotel. Started a commotion in the lobby that got the concierge and others involved. I told my side of the story and said I was finished with this and went up to my room. It spoiled my mood for the evening.

About an hour later, I get a call from the manager on duty, he wants to come up to my room and talk about the taxi situation. The driver was STILL in the lobby whining, an HOUR LATER!

We talked to the manager. He said he knew that 1, 000 PHP was too low for where we went. I said "Why did he propose that price then? We both heard it." And it wouldn't have made sense to propose 500 one way and 1, 500 for a round trip anyway. Not even with an hour wait at destination. He just kept coming back to "it is too low." I compromised and gave the manager 200 PHP for the driver and told him that was the end of it, and he left.

I have to say it made me a bit paranoid then. If time was of such little value to that guy that he waited around a whole hour arguing his point, maybe he's waiting outside the hotel to ambush me with some of his buddies? We didn't plan to go out the rest of the evening anyway, but the next morning I stepped outside the hotel, looked all around, and promptly had some guy come toward me out of nowhere from across the street. He wanted to hawk something to me or take me somewhere.

Point of this story is that you're always being watched there, and these guys (taxi drivers) have way too much time on their hands, and time is of little value to them. Things that would seem improbable elsewhere might happen in the Philippines because of the small value they place on time.

[QUOTE=Busdood; 1195006]Hey everyone, I just wanted to introduce myself here in this thread. My first post. I'm a single guy, early 30's, never married / no kids. Never had much luck with American women, and I've basically just gotten to a point in my life where I'm sick of trying "here". And I'm not going to pretend to be someone I'm not. I consider myself to be pretty socially inept. But in relatively good shape / decent looking. I have been to the PI 2x. Had a pretty good time overall (and a really good time in bed). But I'm not really into the whole bar or club scene. At least, if I were there long term (my trips were 2 weeks and 3. 5 weeks each). I don't think I would visit any of these places more than 1-2x monthly.

I read Larry Elterman's book and I really like the idea of seeking out 1 (or more) girls needing help with education. And no, I'm not trying to say I'm above the bars or even picking up a street working girl if I feel like it! Also, I'm a fan of the rub and tug. I never sought this out over there, only recently discovered it here back home.

I've tried DIA. And not had alot of luck. Frankly most of these women bore the shit out of me. I think most on DIA are just slightly less desperate / educated than your average bargirl. Just my opinion. Not trying to pass judgement. And of course I'm not above sticking my dick in a dumb girl if we have chemistry.

I'm at a point in my career where I think it might be possible to take 3-4 months (maybe more) off per year. Base out of manila, and hit other spots in SE asia.

I love the USA and the freedoms that this country affords. But I feel like she (the women) doesn't love me. And getting a taste of delicious filipinas changed my perspective so I'm hoping to go back maybe for up to 6 weeks this winter. And much longer next winter. Who knows.

If I can I'll try to offer some insight here or if anyone has any questions feel free to ask!

Bus[/QUOTE]Looks like your Bus is pointed in the right direction. And is making the right stops. Enjoy the ride.

[quote=busdood;1195006]hey everyone, i just wanted to introduce myself here in this thread.[/quote]welcome bus! .

[quote=busdood;1195006]i read larry elterman's book and i really like the idea of seeking out 1 (or more) girls needing help with education.[/quote]been there done that, i would'nt recommend it but you may wish to have a little play at it just so you have something to reminisce about in bankruptcy court after visiting your psychotherapist hehehehe. seriously its more expensive than you think and unless you are a psychopath the head games will wear you down. rent don't buy is the golden rule.

[quote=busdood;1195006]i've tried dia. and not had alot of luck. frankly most of these women bore the shit out of me. i think most on dia are just slightly less desperate / educated than your average bargirl.[/quote]thats par for the course on any internet site where pinays advertise themselves. get used to being deathly bored. welcome to the philippines land of the dumb and the desperate. to be fair there are well educated not so desperate women available for sex in the phils also but the average sex tourist never meets them.

av

[QUOTE=Econo Tech;1195046]PM Me, if you want me to look up 'charter' rates. A couple of friends, have cars idling and they could pair up a driver for you.[/QUOTE]Thanks ET! I'll be in touch, I will need it.

AV