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[QUOTE=SrChivo;1974173]Hey guys,

First off I would like to say I have read several reports and I would like to Thank you guys for keeping this PH forum relevant. Second, I need some straight advice. I know about RTFF, but I am a owner operator of a business and barely have time to wash clothes let alone read here. I don't even use fb. I am visiting Cebu and looking for a reasonable and clean place around Cebu and IT park or Mango area. Around 50 a night a little more if it has 2 bedrooms for approx 4 to 6 days. I am then going to AC for a week and back to Cebu and Palawan.

I appreciate the input, I do not use my laptop much but when I do its usually work related. I'm a small business owner coming to PH for February. I hope to fish in Palawan. I am talking to some normal women with jobs not working girls so I need it guest friendly and not a horror house. Again, Thanks for all the info WC and all you others.[/QUOTE]Like you I am a business owner and have no FB and I fly 100-150 miles a year and never in one place much apart from Cebu. So if you read the Cebu thread and find the time you will find lots of idea just like others have.

Me? I know the answers but am so busy on planes and working with clients, chasing payments and washing my clothes that I have no time to PM you (but I still find a way to read something and search before I ask if I have to as can be useful and a contribution) - try the Cebu thread as am sure your busy eyes must have missed as lots of info there on the price range? Try it as is fun finding out for yourself.

[QUOTE=SrChivo;1974173]Hey guys,

First off I would like to say I have read several reports and I would like to Thank you guys for keeping this PH forum relevant. Second, I need some straight advice. I know about RTFF, but I am a owner operator of a business and barely have time to wash clothes let alone read here. I don't even use fb. I am visiting Cebu and looking for a reasonable and clean place around Cebu and IT park or Mango area. Around 50 a night a little more if it has 2 bedrooms for approx 4 to 6 days. I am then going to AC for a week and back to Cebu and Palawan.

I appreciate the input, I do not use my laptop much but when I do its usually work related. I'm a small business owner coming to PH for February. I hope to fish in Palawan. I am talking to some normal women with jobs not working girls so I need it guest friendly and not a horror house. Again, Thanks for all the info WC and all you others.[/QUOTE]I hear you, bruv. I'm so busy I don't even have the time to p00p. I've fixed that by no longer eating, which of course I didn't have time for. I also wear a nappy - just in case.

I think your best bet is checking out condos on airbnb. I don't know the reason for your prejudice against horror houses (who doesn't like a sex dungeon, right?), but with airbnb you'll see the photos of the actual unit and read guest reviews. With this you may find the level of horror acceptable to you. I think your budget of $50 for a 2 BR unit may be a bit low; looking at Cebu listings for 2 BR units I see many are about $100+.

Fair warning. This endeavour will require time to look through the listings and perhaps contact the owners.

[QUOTE=SrChivo;1974173] I hope to fish in Palawan. [/QUOTE]Really? Where in or near Palawan, and for what kind of fish? The Philippines is not exactly known as a sportfishing paradise, largely because rural Filipinos are so focused on putting food in their mouths that they can't afford to leave many for sport. But maybe you have some inside information that you could share with others of us. Noting, as others have, that you have no spare time, where did you find time to research fishing possibilities?

Whine, whine, why don't you do all the work for me WR.

[QUOTE=WickedRoger;1974196]Like you I am a business owner and have no FB and I fly 100-150 miles a year and never in one place much apart from Cebu. So if you read the Cebu thread and find the time you will find lots of idea just like others have.

Me? I know the answers but am so busy on planes and working with clients, chasing payments and washing my clothes that I have no time to PM you (but I still find a way to read something and search before I ask if I have to as can be useful and a contribution) - try the Cebu thread as am sure your busy eyes must have missed as lots of info there on the price range? Try it as is fun finding out for yourself.[/QUOTE]

I posted this on the Cebu forum thread but might be missed by guys who don't go to Cebu.

You should recheck the whole new line-up for Cebu Pacific flights.

The "new" badged airline as part of Cebu Pacific is called "CebGo" and will be departing from Terminal FOUR, the oldest of the 4 NAIA terminals.

Lots of new flight destinations scheduled along with additional flights to current destinations. Examples are Clark to Cebu; 2 extra daily flights to Cauayan in Nth Luzon (makes 3 instead of 1), and many others.

You will now need to be ULTRA cautious in checking your airport departure point because it might no longer be Terminal 3 for all Cebu Pacific flights.

[QUOTE=SrChivo;1974173]Hey guys,

First off I would like to say I have read several reports and I would like to Thank you guys for keeping this PH forum relevant. Second, I need some straight advice. I know about RTFF, but I am a owner operator of a business and barely have time to wash clothes let alone read here. I don't even use fb. I am visiting Cebu and looking for a reasonable and clean place around Cebu and IT park or Mango area. Around 50 a night a little more if it has 2 bedrooms for approx 4 to 6 days. I am then going to AC for a week and back to Cebu and Palawan.

I appreciate the input, I do not use my laptop much but when I do its usually work related. I'm a small business owner coming to PH for February. I hope to fish in Palawan. I am talking to some normal women with jobs not working girls so I need it guest friendly and not a horror house. Again, Thanks for all the info WC and all you others.[/QUOTE]For you and other busy gents, here is what I did to get by, as I am always busy on my laptop and hardly have time to eat and sleep. You know, work work work. I stopped wiping my ass (sometimes I wear [url=http://isgprohibitedwords.info?CodeWord=CodeWord131][CodeWord131][/url] if I am really busy), I quit cooking (eat raw meat, fresh pukie is nice, if I have time that is), I quit park in my garage (it opens electronically but the wait for it to open can take a minute, a minute I use for extra work) and I go to bed 30 min later than I used to. This gives me around 40 min extra time each day (stop wiping my ass really made a difference since I go toilet often), time I can use to RTTF here if I had some questions. Just try.

You can try St Mark Hotel on Queens Road, Redemptorist Plaza near the Mango Square.

[QUOTE=SrChivo;1974173] I am visiting Cebu and looking for a reasonable and clean place around Cebu and IT park or Mango area. Around 50 a night a little more if it has 2 bedrooms for approx 4 to 6 days. [/QUOTE]

Well I really appreciate all the input, after reading your reviews your pots made sense and I found time.

I now took the seat out of my semi and replaced a nice air bucket seat with a bench toilet with arm rails its the kind with a toilet seat so I can shit and drive at the same time. And now instead of parking this semi in truck parking I just park in the fuel island while I shower and fuel at same time. I can now eat and drive since its automatic and instead of sleeping I just squirt lemon juice and hot sauce in my eye! So thanks for all the info, I mean really. I didn't know there was a hotel thread on Cebu.

So now I'm driving down the road again with 80 k lbs of goat meat for Akbar and in-climate weather, but that's OK no worries for public safety or crashing. Thanks to the RTFF, I'm just going to put it on cruise control and wrap a coat hanger around the steering wheel and take a 30 minute break. Again, Thanks for all the advice, this is my first trip to Asia but have over 20 to central and south america. I plan to review on the plane in transit where I go.

Booked ABC for a few nights in Cebu, We shall see!

If you see any goat shit trails don't worry its just me, Chivo out!

Sitting an a province fast food joint recently, 6:15 am-ish. Had breakfast there several days running. The wifi was much better than previous trips there, as on this trip I could actually connect to it. For several days, the download speeds at the fast food joint were running 15-20 mbps. I was pleasantly surprised. But on this particular day, I could not connect to it at all. I switched off the wifi to use my unli data, and was most pleasantly surprised to be hitting 60-65 mbps. In the province -- nice! Went back to the hotel, switched off the hotel wifi on my laptop, and hotspot-ed to the phone, running 50-ish mbps.

Heads up for you guys thinking about getting out of Ice Hell here in the NE United States. RT JFK to Manila $502 on China Airlines. Check Fareboom.

[QUOTE=WhatsUrName;1979048]Heads up for you guys thinking about getting out of Ice Hell here in the NE United States. RT JFK to Manila $502 on China Airlines. Check Fareboom.[/QUOTE]Note: that is cheaper than flying to the P. I. From Hawaii. Twice the distance, half the cost. Maybe I should move to New York. On second thought......no.

Booked a PAL non-stop from the US west coast to Manila. Chose it because its non-stop, and the aircraft had all the goodies I wanted (in-seat electrical outlet being one of them). At the gate, they pulled an aircraft switch-a-roo. My 777 was replaced with an A-340. I never noticed the switch till I was onboard (there was no announcement at the gate). There was no AVOD system on the seatback, no wifi, and no electrical charging system. Dammit, don't I know better than to book any Philippine airline? Not so fast there Westy. The F / A brought me an individual charging unit (which kept my phone topped off the entire flight), and they brought iPads w / headphones for anyone wanting to watch movies (the iPad has all the movies, TV shows, and music from the AVOD system). The service was overall on par with any other airline I've flown.

The only other downside was that the A-340 could not fly non-stop to Manila, and had to layover for an hour in Guam for refueling.

Other than the switch (maybe not controllable by the airline), I take back all those rotten things I've said before about PAL (People Awfully Lazy and such).

In addition, I took a flight from Manila to the province the next day, also PAL. Booked a premium economy seat for some extra pesos. Wonderful choice, as the seat pitch is greater (plenty of legroom), I got to board the plane before economy. Does CP offer this? And there is a small meal included (sandwich, drinks).

[QUOTE=WestCoast1;1980499]Booked a PAL non-stop from the US west coast to Manila. My 777 was replaced with an A-340. I never noticed the switch till I was onboard (there was no announcement at the gate). The F / A brought me an individual charging unit (which kept my phone topped off the entire flight), and they brought iPads w / headphones for anyone wanting to watch movies (the iPad has all the movies, TV shows, and music from the AVOD system). The service was overall on par with any other airline I've flown.The only other downside was that the A-340 could not fly non-stop to Manila, and had to layover for an hour in Guam for refueling.
In addition, I took a flight from Manila to the province the next day, also PAL. Booked a premium economy seat for some extra pesos. Wonderful choice, as the seat pitch is greater (plenty of legroom), I got to board the plane before economy. Does CP offer this? And there is a small meal included (sandwich, drinks).[/QUOTE]Were you business class? From HNL to MNL PAL uses the 320 aircraft, and I always fly business class. Yeah, spoiled now. But chose PAL because they fly nonstop, have their own terminal, and at the time, the business class price was only 2 x the coach price. Have used the miles on occasion for free upgrade. Anyway, I will be doing the same flight in March; one night in Manila and on to Cebu the next day, business class also. CP is way cheaper, but comfort rules. You don't want to be the richest man in the cemetery. Happy New Year to all.

[QUOTE=WickedRoger;1973310]Unfortunately the a**holes cause the nice guys (such as myself LOL) to suffer and no wonder they are wary of us sometimes.

As for WC method I can be fairly strict on time also and I tend to give an earlier time than that intended and generally this works but is not fool proof as I have found out.[/QUOTE]And sometimes the monger can screw up. Happened to me in Cebu just a couple weeks ago. WR was most kind to introduce me to a lovely young Pinay, who he insisted I 'must' meet. I managed to find a gap in my schedule where my long-stay girl was off at work for several hours and arranged to meet said vision over in SM Mall at 5 pm. I then checked into the new hotel (Pacific Sands. Way overpriced for the quality of facilities, though nice room and nice staff) for the second half of the stay then grabbed a taxi to go to a place where I was going to rent a scooter. Got there, no scooters left, rented me a 175 CC bike with a dodgy clutch (and I am not an experienced rider! And off I went. I went North, I went South, I went East, I may have even temporarily entered Singapore, I'm just not sure. I had 45 minutes to get from mid-Mactan to SM Mall by bike. Should have been fine. Sigh. No data on my phone (my repeat honey insisted I hadn't needed to get a local sim, hmmm.), and texts cost like $27 trillion a line. Texted the lady at several points while on my adventures, and she was very gracious, but I ended up being more than 1.5 hours late! I was pleased and somewhat shocked to find she was still there when I finally arrived.

Took her to dinner, had a nice conversation, walked around for a short time then slipped $1,000 into her purse and sent her on her way. Banking that one for a future visit. Lovely lady and I would have really loved to have taken her back to a hotel for some playtime, but it would have been less than an hour at that point, and I hate to rush these experiences (I'm a LT kinda guy). Jumped on my bike, dropped into the other girls work and then went dancing with her and another half dozen girls from her work for the next few hours. Ended up an OK night!

I must say, if I had not been late to meet someone I would have quite enjoyed being lost and on a motorbike, but instead it was just stressful! So if you aren't there on time, just communicate well and it will work out. Most of the time.

[QUOTE=WhatsUrName;1979048]Heads up for you guys thinking about getting out of Ice Hell here in the NE United States. RT JFK to Manila $502 on China Airlines. Check Fareboom.[/QUOTE]Thanks for the Fareboom tip. I got a Reno to Cebu ticket for $1,029 in May of next year. Almost $200 cheaper than last year, and probably my cheapest ticket ever.