Philippine Travel Notes

To continue my previous post , I arrived at HIE Newport or Holiday Inn Express Manila Newport City on a Resorts World Free Shuttle Bus . You already know why , right? Oh at 0020H, check-in wasn't a breeze! Oh, I am still describing my travels diary style , but this time, let me use this topic to give way to a very long-standing 'plea' of one of you my dear young readers: more 'hotel matters/insights' to learn from! Sige I will oblige, but note that everyhing I say, is from a guest's point of view, only :) Check-in Midnight Check-in Yep, at midnight there were something like 20 of us checking-in about the same time. Sige lang, go ra! Many in the line were foreigners. I think they arrived via the (usual) late-evening to midnight flights of Low Cost Carriers (budget airlines). Yep, travel patterns (therefore, hotel check-in also) keep changing. Imagine that, check-in time is 2PM (at some it's even 3 or 4PM); check-out time is 12NN; but you ar...

I know what some of you would 'exclaim' by reading the title of this post - "Holiday Inn na naman"? But don't go away just yet, you'll thank me for sharing important details down to the last pic. Promise yan! Take note, while I am already starting to sound like a marketing ambassador of Holiday Inn or even its mother brand ( IHG ).., I already said that before and I'll say it again, no I am not! This blog just recounts my travel experiences as they come. Its just that my recent travels, involves/d staying at places where there are/were available IHG hotels, and as said before, they're a hard habit to break , a default for me! More are even coming! But let's talk about this one - Holiday Inn Manila Galleria. From the name alone, you would know where this hotel is located, right? On the eastern end, and just above Robinson's Galleria Mall. One of two towers, the other being Crowne Plaza (also an IHG Hotel). When I checked-in, the smiling...