First Helium Balloon In Ph - Be Prepared To Pay More

[MikeB]

There in the Phils, the discounts are for locals that pay taxes that subsidize.

The problem is too many people do not pay taxes. Enforcement is seriously lacking. All the more reason they need tourism. Charging tourists double is not a good business strategy. My opinion.

In the end is $50 too much for a ride like this?  I think not.  Something similar in Kissimmee, Florida is $70 per person and $100 if you want a video remembrance for it.  The ferris wheel in Singapore is over $40 for an adult ticket.

I wouldn't go no matter how much they charged but I think $50 is too much for the Philippines when you consider that's a week's salary for most people. Maybe not too much in Kissimmee or Singapore. Odd that they showed the local fee in pesos and foreign fee in US dollars. I wonder how much that Crown Regency "sky walk" is, anyone know if it has dual pricing? 

 

I didn't mean to be offensive.  Hope nobody took it that way. 

Not at all. I respect your opinion.

[GregZ]

I wonder how much that Crown Regency "sky walk" is, anyone know if it has dual pricing?

 

In summer of 2012 there was no dual pricing.  http://www.skyexperienceadventure.com/page/rates-and-schedules is their site.  I think is is 600 pesos.  You have to figure it out from there.  VERY confusing site because of all the different things they have going on there.  I was very confused even when I went there.  What is the price and combinations???  Looks like cheaper student pricing is all, maybe.  We went on the skywalk and edgecoaster.  Interesting is all I have to say for either one.

[cebu rocks]

I used to live in Banff Canada huge tourist draw and just about everything had 2 prices  the gondola ride to the top off the mountain was 25 bucks each but for locals with ID it was free (most locals would walk up to be healthy) The golf courses all had a local rate Eg; 250 bucks for a tourist and 80 for locals .

A lot of restos gave pretty good discounts if they knew you were from the valley.  

Although I would feel resentment at paying more it happens everywhere when I see a sign with prices for locals and prices for foreigners in dollars I just keep walking

 They may rethink this shortly because of people who will walk away unless by chance it becomes a great hit with the locals 

[MikeB]

Not a bad view but not worth $50 to me. And don't these things sometimes fall? 

 

[cebu rocks]

You can fly to manila for 50 bucks get a window seat 

[Jack Peterson]

Not a bad view but not worth $50 to me. And don't these things sometimes fall? 

Join the Airborne (Parachute Regiment for the UK) and get the View for Free   :rolleyes: about 8 jumps a week I hear.

and Lunch provided. [i also hear a lot of it comes back though]   :unsure:

 

 

JP :tiphat:

[Americano]

I'm not a tourists so the higher rate doesn't apply to me.  A permanent resident isn't a tourist. Maybe I should go there and pay to local rate to see what happens.

[Old55]

I'm not a tourists so the higher rate doesn't apply to me.  A permanent resident isn't a tourist. Maybe I should go there and pay to local rate to see what happens.

I'm thinking the only discount you'll receive is "da Kano discount".

I'm with Mike, not to be negative but safety in Philippines is commonly an afterthought.

[MikeB]

I'm not a tourists so the higher rate doesn't apply to me.  A permanent resident isn't a tourist. Maybe I should go there and pay to local rate to see what happens.

Nor am I but I will bet they charge anyone looking non-Filipino the foreigner rate, regardless of legal status. It's a "perception of wealth" issue. I drive the same crap roads, put up with the same lack of infrastructure, lack of law enforcement, lack of services, etc that everyone else does. I don't work so I don't pay taxes on wages but I do on everything I buy and, since that's way more then the typical local, I'm already paying my share. One article said the higher rate applied to "foreign tourists", the other said "foreigners". Either way it's wrong.   

[Tukaram (Tim)]

Yeah... the perception is all it takes.  I have a friend who is a Brahman - but white.  He can't go into a lot of temples in India.  But another friend who is half black half Filipino is let in.   Just on skin color alone.

 

But the double pricing is very common all over the world.  I had a sticker on my military ID, when stationed in Hawaii, so I could get the local price instead of the tourist price.  Too bad our ACR-I card won't get us a local price here ha ha  :tiphat: