Customer Travel Tips for Manila
Customer Travel Tips for Manila
Read a selection of great customer tips provided by HostelBookers customers like you
10 Sep 2017
Travel Type:
Alone
Trip Type:
Visiting friends or family
Age Range:
41+
Customer Travel Tip: Have fun!
Liked: Vibrant. Tropical. Philippine people are great.
Disliked: Insane traffic.
08 Aug 2017
Travel Type:
Alone
Trip Type:
Sports, adventure or outdoor activities
Age Range:
31-40
Customer Travel Tip: Intramuros golf club
Liked: Golf
Disliked: Dirty
12 May 2017
Travel Type:
Alone
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
Relaxation / spa
Age Range:
18-24
Customer Travel Tip: I dont like the city. But i made a daytrip to mt. pinatubo..great experience!
Liked: had just a stopover
Disliked: annoying taxi drivers,
20 Apr 2016
Travel Type:
With friends / other travellers
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
Age Range:
18-24
Customer Travel Tip: try to avoid peak times of heavy traffic
Liked: the shopping, food and culture
Disliked: pollution, traffic
14 Sep 2015
Travel Type:
Alone
Trip Type:
City break
Shopping
Sightseeing & culture
Customer Travel Tip: Find a nice hotel near sightseeing spots.
Liked: Its culture friendly people.
Disliked: Pollution
10 Sep 2015
Travel Type:
Alone
Trip Type:
Beach / sunbathing
Customer Travel Tip: No tips. Just avoid.
Liked: Nothing really.
Disliked: Dirty, violent, weird.
18 Aug 2015
Travel Type:
Alone
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
Customer Travel Tip: Stumble down streets that are less traveled, meet some locals and enjoy your stay.
Liked: My stay at Pink.
Disliked: .
14 Aug 2015
Travel Type:
Alone
Trip Type:
City break
Sightseeing & culture
Customer Travel Tip: Hop to one of the smaller islands.
Liked: The history and the culture are great draws
Disliked: Public Transport can be difficult until you get a feel for it. Crowded and a little dirty.
14 Aug 2015
Travel Type:
Alone
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
Customer Travel Tip: friendly people
Liked: warm people
Disliked: traffic
13 Aug 2015
Customer Travel Tip: Manila is just a stop over. The malls are fantastic though expecially if you haven't seen one for a while and need to stock up on essentials.
Liked: Fantastic shopping malls.
Disliked: I'm not a city person, it was hot, polluted. Get to the beauitful islands!
13 Aug 2015
Travel Type:
With my spouse / partner
Trip Type:
Family Holiday
Customer Travel Tip: Don't go there ... :/
Liked: Everyone speaks English.
Disliked: Traffic is horrible, food isn't tasty, expensive accommodation relatively to what you get. Please were not friendly neither (to my surprise).
05 Aug 2015
Travel Type:
Alone
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
Customer Travel Tip: provinces is better than manila
Liked: friendly and cheap food
Disliked: traffic
04 Aug 2015
Travel Type:
Alone
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
Customer Travel Tip: I was told not to even stop in Manila. Had a great time. Be safe but enjoy.
Liked: Life is happening everywhere
Disliked: Traffic!
30 Jul 2015
Travel Type:
Alone
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
City break
Partying / nightlife
Sightseeing & culture
Customer Travel Tip: take care of your belongings
Liked: the people
Disliked: the pollution
30 Jun 2015
Travel Type:
With friends / other travellers
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
Sightseeing & culture
Customer Travel Tip: dont just go shopping, see the buildings
Liked: the mix culture of west and east
Disliked: homeless poeple on the street
15 Jun 2015
Travel Type:
Alone
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
Sightseeing & culture
Work / volunteering
Customer Travel Tip: rent a motorcycle
Liked: interesting, busy
Disliked: very spread out, hard to get around
15 Jun 2015
Travel Type:
With my spouse / partner
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
Sightseeing & culture
Customer Travel Tip: Street food
Liked: .
Disliked: .
29 May 2015
Travel Type:
With my spouse / partner
Trip Type:
Visiting friends or family
Customer Travel Tip: Go there if you have to.
Liked: The shopping malls and the vast array of fast/mall foods.
Disliked: Safety,traffic,pollution and the taxi drivers.
20 May 2015
Travel Type:
With my spouse / partner
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
Beach / sunbathing
City break
Events / festivals
Shopping
Sightseeing & culture
Customer Travel Tip: Don't listen to what you read online about Manila "not being safe" etc. we walked round later at night, not in the best of areas and were perfectly fine, people just want to say hello
Liked: I just love the Philippines :)
Disliked: Taxi drivers trying to rip you off, as with anywhere! Use grab taxi or ask for meter
11 May 2015
Travel Type:
Alone
Trip Type:
Business / conference
Customer Travel Tip: Find a good place to stay with good accessibility.
Liked: Many places to go to.
Disliked: traffic