Places I Have Stayed In The Philippines In 2012-2013

[ABCDiamond]

I thought I would share a list of the individual hotels etc in places I have stayed in the last 12 months.

 

Some were great, but some were not :)  I am happy to share my thoughts/experiences on some. 

 

Boracay

• 7 Stones Hotel/Resort
• Turtle Inn Resort

Manila 

• Berjaya Hotel, Makati
• Mayfield Residences, Pasig
• New Horizon, Mandaluyon

Legazpi, Albay

• Mayon View Apartelle
• Balay de la Rama Bed & Breakfast

Palawan, Puerto Princesa.

• Bulwagang Princesa Inn
• Daluyon Beach Resort
• D'Lucky Garden Inn
• Go Hotels
• Prima Residences
• Princess Armicha
• RAQ Pensionne

Cebu

• Lancaster Hotel
• Palazzo Pensionne

Puerto Galera

• Squares Apartments

I considered rating them, but then realised I couldn't do that as as even my own rating would vary depending on what I was looking for at the time, let alone what another person is wanting from an accommodation.

[Jake]

I thought I would share a list of the individual hotels etc in places I have stayed in the last 12 months.

 

Some were great, but some were not :)  I am happy to share my thoughts/experiences on some. 

 

I considered rating them, but then realised I couldn't do that as as even my own rating would vary depending on what I was looking for at the time, let alone what another person is wanting from an accommodation.

OK ABC.....may I suggest you start rating the various venues on how to meet potential GF's.  For example, can you

briefly describe the hotel lobbies if it's a target enriched environment?  Give each one an A, B or C rating......he, he.

 

DOM forever -- Jake

[ABCDiamond]

 

I thought I would share a list of the individual hotels etc in places I have stayed in the last 12 months.

 

Some were great, but some were not :)  I am happy to share my thoughts/experiences on some. 

 

I considered rating them, but then realised I couldn't do that as as even my own rating would vary depending on what I was looking for at the time, let alone what another person is wanting from an accommodation.

OK ABC.....may I suggest you start rating the various venues on how to meet potential GF's.  For example, can you

briefly describe the hotel lobbies if it's a target enriched environment?  Give each one an A, B or C rating......he, he.

 

DOM forever -- Jake

 

Sorry, can't do that.  I was with my one all the time.  However, the Berjaya Hotel was one that I had to run from the shop back to the lobby to avoid being chatted up.  One girl did follow me all the way back.  That was the last time I was allowed out on my own ;)

The lobby were very strict however, and when my relatives visited, they needed ID to get in.

 

However, I just remembered.  The single guys who arrived at the Squares Apartments were never single for long, but I don't know where they found them.

[OnMyWay]

Some were great, but some were not  I am happy to share my thoughts/experiences on some. 

 

How about a thumbs up or thumbs down on each?   :)

[ABCDiamond]

The problem is that I could give a thumbs down to 'Prima Residences', for example, but someone else might give it a thumbs up for value, as it was the cheapest decent place I found in Palawan.  However, I would prefer not to go back, but I can see its appeal to many. Bedroom with air con and ensuite, and a living area with kitchen.

 

But just not for me.

 

I could also give a thumbs up for the 7 Stones, and would happily there if I won lotto.  But some people don't like it, as it is on the wrong side of Boracay.

 

I did do a review for "Mayon View Apartelle", and I did say it was good for Filipinos to stay.  But again 'not for me'.

 

Where would I happily go back?

 

These three get my first thoughts

 

7 Stones Resort, Boracay

Daluyon Beach Resort, Palawan

Squares Apartments, Puerto Galera

 

Secondary:

Balay de la Rama, Legazpi

Berjaya Hotel, Makati

New Horizon, Mandaluyon

RAQ Pensionne, Palawan

Edited October 7, 2013 by ABCDiamond

[i am bob]

Over one summer a few years ago, I did membership to a vacation club. It only cost $25,000 Canadian to join - and this was when the C$ was pretty week at par. And, you know, the owners realized that it's hard to sell something when you have never been there. So I was fortunate enough to spend several weeks traveling around the world and staying at 5 star resorts. (And now For my point...) So many of these do called 5-approaching-6-star joints are dumps when you look a little closer! One place didn't even change the sheets from the last "guests". A lot of the rating came from a good looking lobby (yeah, the rooms were dismal and the halls stank), and a good view. Often this was a view down on the city because the land was purchased back when it was in the middle of nowhere and was really cheap. Tie in with an expensive name and a lot of advertising and- voila! A dump masquerading as a resort! Which would go a long way to explaining that Russia, at the time, had nothing rated higher than a 4 yet had some really beautiful resorts many of us considered better than what we saw in Europe... So please be careful when out shopping for a place to stay... You may find somebody else's dump to be your jewel in the sun!