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Are you looking for cheap, affordable, clean and reliable hotels, inns and pension houses at the heart of Cebu City, specifically near Fuente Osmeña? You know, Sinulog 2012 festival is just around the bend and most hotels are fully booked on the Sinulog weeks – 7 days before and after (January 15, 2012). Have you made your reservations?

If not Sinulog, maybe you want to be here one summer weekend to enjoy the beaches, or experience whale watching in Oslob. Your trip could also be for business, or just for the sake of travel, as some young people these days often do by buying airline promo fares to their favorite destinations, or to places they’ve never been before. As they say in Cebuano, “mga laagan, gyud”.

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The Philippine government was quick to announce the 2012 Philippine Holidays early in December 2011 thru it Presidential Proclamation 295 and as posted in their official website.

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Philippine Airlines’ Fly Pinas Pass is good news to frequent flyers and those with extra bucks to spend and wanting to travel around the Philippines. This cheap airfare promo, is I think the best deal of the year. Here is the announcement from PAL’s website:

Avail of unlimited travel to 20 domestic points (Bacolod, Cebu, Dumaguete, Iloilo, Kalibo, Laoag, Legazpi, Manila, Puerto Princesa, Roxas, Tacloban, Tagbilaran, Butuan, Cagayan de Oro, Cotabato, Davao, Dipolog, General Santos, Ozamiz, and Zamboanga) in the Philippines from August 08 to November 15, 2011 with Fly Pinas Pass. Fly Pinas Pass offers best value for multiple business and leisure travel.
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Malacañang issued Proclamation No. 84 today, declaring the regular holidays, special non-working days, and one special school holiday for 2011. To those folks who already bought plane tickets and made hotel reservations expecting the usual holiday economics of the previous administration, you might as well file your vacation leaves in advance.

Most of the holidays in 2011 fall on a Saturday or Sunday. Those employees without Saturday work, it’s going to be your usual weekend. Here’s the list of Philippine Holidays for the year 2011:

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(Note: This is a repost of a previously written entry which got lost during server transfer.)

Cebu is one vacation destination that you should not miss. Perhaps, there is no need for me to over-emphasize what the rest of the world knows already. So when you are in Cebu, do not just sleep in your hotel room. Go outdoors and enjoy what this island in the Pacific has to offer.

Cebu is White Sand Beaches

You can go to any world class resort in the nearby Mactan Island (the island where the international airport is located). We have Plantation Bay, Microtel Inn, Shangri-la, and now Imperial Palace. Of couse, there are other mid-range resorts within island. Just go to Cordova, Marigondon or in Maribago. You can also go island hopping.

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Razon’s Halo-halo, the famous halo-halo from Pampanga, will open its first outlet in Cebu City this March 26, 2010. They are located at Juan Luna Ave. Extension, just outside SM City Cebu (remember CNT Lechon?).

An officemate once told me about best-tasting halo-halo that he ever had. The name of the store escaped me then, until my wife mentioned to me Razon’s. “They’re opening an outlet in Cebu” she gladly told me over the phone. “Our next next-door neighbor owns the outlet” she added.

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Cebu Pacific vs Philippine Airlines (PAL), how do you like to compare the two? Since I started working in the corporate world, I traveled a lot to different places in the Philippines. And I can remember that in my 14 years of working, I flew with Cebu Pacific most of the time. Yet in those rare moments I flew with PAL, I really cherished the experience. I will tell you why in the next few paragraphs. Here is my personal comparison of the two leading airlines operating in the Philippines:

FARE

Forgive me if I start with the fare. It’s the Accountant in me that triggers this fare comparison. Is Cebu Pacific the cheaper airline? Most of the time, YES! And that is if you are not carrying more than 15 kgs of luggage, and that you booked ahead of time and perhaps, you booked it on a promo period. CEB has more promo fare offers than PAL.

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Cebu Pacific Air‘s peso (piso) seat sale is back. This is the cheapest plane fare promo around and promos as good as this made a lot of traveling converts. If you haven’t ridden an airplane yet, this is your chance. Imagine what your P1 can do.

Cebu Pacific P1 seat sale

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Good news for frequent travelers! Here again is the latest Cebu Pacific seat sale and fare discounts. I’ve availed of their recent domestic promo flights for my parents’ September trip to Manila and back to Cebu. And now I’m tempted to book tickets for me and/or wifey for October, November and December. Here is their press release:

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A planned road trip to Baguio City will finally happen this weekend. I haven’t been to that place they called the “Summer Capital of the Philippines”. I have been to many places in the Visayas and Mindanao, but I have yet to explore Luzon. My parents had been there in Baguio two decades ago. I watched in awe the pictures they took and the strawberries they brought. I think that was the first time my lips tasted the sweetness of strawberries.

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