19th Travel Tour Expo 2012

Another travel expo is coming up! I’ve always been a “suki” of travel expos because of the low airfares, cheap accommodations, and discounted travel packages you can score.

The 19th Travel Tour Expo will be from 17 – 19 February 2012  at SMX Convention Center, Halls 1,2,3, and 4 at the SM Mall of Asia Complex. Entrance fees  are PHP 50/day for general admission and PHP 20/day for senior citizen.

Last year, we were able to book a 3D/2N hotel accommodation with daily breakfasts + 1 night free accommodation at La Carmela de Boracay.  For a 4D/3N trip, we paid around Php840/person. Great deal! Read the related blog entry here.

Although I promised that I won’t book anything, I’m still excited with all the travel promos and discounts offered during the 3-day travel expo. There’s no harm in looking and I’m really gonna try to control my impulsive self to buy anything. Haha. Wish me luck!

 Seeing the list of exhibitors makes me ecstatic! For the full list, check here.

Anyways, I will be there on the 18^th. See you  travel junkies!

Scoring Great Deals at the Philippine Travel Mart 2011

So last weekend, we went to the Philippine Travel Mart to see what we can buy. Erick was actually sick but still went to see the travel expo. Thanks love! The last time we went to a travel fair, we were able to get a good deal at La Carmela de Boracay. It was a 3D/2N stay with daily breakfasts plus 1night free. So we were really looking forward to get a value deal from one of the participating resorts and hotels. 

And we were not disappointed!

We’ve always wanted to stay at Thunderbird Poro Point in La Union when my bestfriend, Yana, arrives from Dubai for her vacay. It’s dubbed as the Santorini of the north. So while we don’t have a budget (just yet) for the real Santorini in Greece, we’ll be more than satisfied to experience Thunderbird Poro Point has to offer.

We booked a one night stay for 2 deluxe bedrooms since we will be 6-8 in the group. They only allow a maximum of 4 persons in one room. And yes, we got a 10% discount on the rooms.

Since we will be staying on a weekday, we got the rate of Php5998 plus 10% discount. That’s Php 5390. We had to add Php2000 for the two extra persons (with breakfasts) staying in the room. Yey!

There were really a lot of tempting deals at the travel mart including discounts offered by various hotels here in Manila. Really whooping discounts that made me want to book’em all! I wish! They’re actually cheaper than Agoda. I took advantage of this and I booked an overnight stay at a hotel in Makati for my birthday. Woot woot!

I can’t wait for October! And yeah, I want a repeat of this!

White water rafting!!

Philippine Travel Mart 2011

As I was browsing the net, I learned that the Philippine Travel Mart will be on September 2-4, 2011 at the SMX Convention Center, Mall of Asia Complex, Pasay City.

This year’s travel mart will feature Philippine’s travel and tourism industry from all over the country. I heard that that there around 200 booths of travel agencies, airlines, hotels. resorts, etc offering huge travel discounts. Really sounds tempting!!

I’ve been to the 2011 Philippine Travel Expo where we were able to score super discounted hotel rates from La Carmela de Boracay. See my full blog entry here. 

So I’m really looking forward to get more or less the same deal.  I’m marking my calendar! September 2-4 it is!