I lived in AC 7 years Hope this helps
The problem with renting an apartment for a single month is the bureaucracy to get your utilities turned on and the deposits you will lose if you leave in a hurry. It would be rare to find anything other than a shit hole that wouldn't require advance payment as well as two, or three months security deposit. If you are looking for a place to party anonymously you won't find it. Filipinos are wonderful people but a deep social characteristic is that they are extremely nosy. Your best bet is to find a good aparatelle. There are several in town. They are furnished, usually within walking distance of the Central Bar District and include all utilities. They have less security than a hotel but are fairly economical because they have the long stay discount. They range in size from a studio to a one bedroom. The one above the Camelot has a jacuzzi. When it's time to leave you pay and check out without ever having to visit and stand in line at the power, or water company.
[QUOTE=Capt Munch; 1210057]Satyr. I was sort of hoping that you had posted a link (I wanted to see if those apartments were something I might be interested in.). It might have helped to give you a better answer.
First. I don't think you will have any problem with the English that is used in Philippines, at least in the major destinations. In the provinces, you will definitely find less.
I am no expert on all the neighborhoods. But there are better / more ex-pat friendly neighborhoods and of course the opposite. I have a couple of friends that have lived there in Angeles for a number of years. One probably is paying in that neighborhood (approx. $350 to $ 400 per month) for a pretty new unfurnished apartment. 2 bdrms 2 baths with a secure driveway. This is in Villa Sol past the Clarkton towards the Friendship Gate. The others live in the area around the VFW and actually pay less, again unfurnished. Even some of the "Gated" neighborhood have had their problems. So no place is perfect in Angeles but with more money involved, the better the results. You would have to see the conditions that the average Philipino (some of the girls and their families live in. At $ 50 or so a month) to appreciate some of the neighborhoods.
There are a number of apartments listed as furnished / unfurnished in the Blue Book.
[url]http://blue-bookph.com[/url]
This local ad digest is available free every month around Angeles.
You could do what everybody is suggesting and only stay a few nights. I think Agoda had the Lewis Grand at $ 240 a night for a short stay. That seemed to be the high side with everything else coming in less. Prices are probably better if you deal directly with the hotel. The other hotels recommended here did not appear to be on Agoda. You will notice that most of the hotels offer a "discount", a littele when booked for a week or more for a month.
I am usually there for over a month (7 or 8 weeks) at a time and have stayed in a moderately priced hotel at $ 700 per month. It is NOT the Pacific Breeze / ABC / Lewis Grand / Savannah as are usually mentioned here. Those are considerably more.
But I seem to like the "shithole" and find that I enjoy many aspects of being in Angeles. I have friends there, play some golf and occasionally leave Angeles. This next trip I might go a little farther astray and see Cebu.
Without cute Filipinas for entertainment, it wouldn't be quite as fun. LOL.
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Forget about renting a standard apartment for 1 month in AC
There are no standard apartments that are worth staying in that will rent for a single month. The utilities bureaucracy alone would prevent this. In AC there are what they call apparatelles. They are furnished.
Some quite lavishly such as the one above the Camelot that has a large jacuzzi and are mostly within walking distance of the central bar district. They range in size from a studio to a one bed room. Google.
Angeles City Aparatelles. They are slightly more private than a crowded hotel lobby, but only slightly. Even a traditional apartment will have you surrounded by nosy neighbors. It's a national past time in
The P. I. To be nosy. They even have a name for it call Tsismis.
Forget about renting an apartment for a single month in AC.
There are no standard apartments that are worth staying in that will rent for a single month. The utilities bureaucracy alone would prevent this. In AC there are what they call apparatelles. They are furnished.
Some quite lavishly such as the one above the Camelot that has a large jacuzzi and are mostly within walking distance of the central bar district. They range in size from a studio to a one bed room. Google.
Angeles City Aparatelles. They are slightly more private than a crowded hotel lobby, but only slightly. Even a traditional apartment will have you surrounded by nosy neighbors. It's a national past time in
The P. I. To be nosy. They even have a name for it call Tsismis.
If you are paying 3, 000.
[QUOTE=Tiger Tooth;1210961]If you are paying 3,000 for an EWR / barfine in AC (most likely at the Dollhouse) you are being taken. The women at such highly capitalized bars are not a single iota better than the girls you will find out on the Perimeter where you will pay circa 1, 200.[/QUOTE]Tiger Tooth,
Couldn't agree more. Just call me kuripot. LOL.
Last year, I barfined a nice girl from one of the bars back by Agassya. Enjoyed my time with her. Then the next week went back looking for her. And found her.
She said that she was now working as a Mama-san (at 22 ). With a barfine of 3, 000 pisos. Of course I did a pass on that. Thinking that the extra 1, 500 pisos probably could be spent on a double with as good or better results or just spread it out over two nights, which I am more likely to do since I am still searching for a good doubles experience.
The trick is to find the diamonds in the rough at some of the Perimeter bars. So many are just sweet girls and not yet commercialized.
