Book at Cebu Pacific promo low fares (How to book a flight? A guide to first time bookers)

Cebu Pacific is one of the airlines in the Philippines that offer super low fares especially to local destinations. Before, booking a flight is a luxury living because it is so expensive, but Cebu Pacific and some airlines has been very generous to offer low flight flares especially when they are on sale nowadays. This blog will serve as a guide for first time bookers of Cebu Pacific who wants to take the opportunity to fly paying a cheap price.

During on sale, travellers will usually stay in front of their monitors for hours to catch the lowest and best flight schedule possible. Take note, booking a flight on sale needs a lot of patience in looking for low fares, there will be a lot of people who will be your competitor in looking for the cheap price. Aside from that, the website will also be slow due to a huge traffic of people visiting their page, sometimes, the site crashes, if this happens to you, just keep on refreshing the page.

Ways of Cebu Pacific Sale:

1. Cebu Pacific announces their sale on their Facebook page or you can subscribe on their mail so that sale notifications will be sent to your email. Cebu Pacific usually don't announce the date of sale in advance, they announce it an hour before the sale sometimes.

2. Make sure to check the poster for the travel period. The only low fare that they will offer is during the dates that they will set.

3. The prices that will be shown on your search will be the all-in promo. Meaning, base fare (your seat), taxes, fuel charge, etc. are already included, there should be no additional payments (Unless if you will purchase add ons).

2. Cebu Pacific has a limit on their sale per date and per flight, you need to look for a date and time that has a low fare. On sale, your preferred date will not be followed (You are lucky if your preferred date has a promo). Some bookers are complaining because their preferred date has a high fare, if you will look for cheap fares, you need to follow the date that has low fares.

3. The promo fares is first come first served basis. You need to book as fast as you can to get the best schedule.

4. After searching for flight, Cebu Pacific will trick you on their ad-ons offer. Don't be shocked if the total price went up after clicking the continue button, you just need to uncheck or remove some of the add-ons for the price to be lowered again. Keep on reading to know how.

In booking, just follow the following steps for successful booking of cheap flights:

Search for your desired destination, date and how many persons you need to book. Take note, If you will book for someone, make sure that you know their full name and their birthday. If you need to confirm the details to them after booking, you might loose the system due to idle. Booking a lot of passengers will show few slots of cheap fares, better to book 2 to 5 persons only.

In this example, I'm trying to book for Manila - Bacolod - Manila. Select the best schedule and price for your desired trip.

Manila to Bacolod (P385.92) per person.

Bacolod to Manila (P200.92) per person.

In this low fare promo, I will fly from Manila - Bacolod - Manila for a total of P586.84 only, cheap right?

After selecting the best schedule for your desired trip, scroll down and just click next or continue.

Upon clicking the continue button, you will notice that the fare price on the right side will went up. Don't be shocked, you can return the price to cheap fare again. Enter the information of the passenger first (Full name, Email, Birthday, etc) then scroll down to see the add-ons that you need to uncheck and remove to decrease the total price.

                                                            

The price became 1,706.84 roundtrip because of automatic ad-ons.

Enter your details or log in. Cebu Pacific will contact you through this details for flight cancellation, delays, etc. The itinerary receipt (Electronic Ticket) that you will present to the airport will be sent to your email.

Enter the passenger's name and birthday (Same as your I.D. that you will present to the airport).

After entering the passenger's information, scroll down and the next thing that you need to do is to adjust that expensive price by removing the automatic add on services of Cebu Pacific. Uncheck the add ons, follow this example:

Click the "NO THANKS" to remove the baggage allowance that costs P358.40 each trip for extra 20kg. 

You don't need an extra baggage unless you are bringing more that 7 kilos of luggage with you. Cebu Pacific offers free 7kg. of hand carry baggage for free.

Next is to Click "CHANGE MEAL" and it will show the food that they offer.

Click "1" and change it to "0", then click continue.

After doing this, the price will return to its original cost of the all in fare. Click the "Next/Continue" button after this page to proceed.

The price is P586.84 again!

The next page will be the seat selector, you don't need to reserve a seat because it will be given to you upon your check in. Reserving seat will be just a waste of money. You can actually choose a seat on their kiosk machine on the airport upon checking in for free. Just click the square beside your name (the seat number) and click "Remove seat" on both trip.

Click "seat number' then click "Remove Seat".

After removing the seat reservation, click next and you will be directed to the payment page. In this page the site will automatically check the insurance service. It's up to you if you want to be insured but if you want to cancel it to save P350, same thing, uncheck it as well. (I don't suggest getting an insurance for local travel)

Click "Manage per guest" to see the check add ons.

Uncheck "Yes, I will travel safe with Travelsure" to remove insurance.

After all of these, review your details and travel information, check the confirmation that you have reviewed your booking and click continue/next again. 

It will direct you to the payment options. If you have credit card, you can pay online by clicking the "Credit Card/Debit Card Box" and enter your card details. If you want to pay over the counter, Click the "Payment Centers Box" wherein you can pay at 7/11, SM payment centers,etc. After that, click confirm to process your payment.

For Payment Centers / over - the - counter payments, make sure to screen shot or take down the "confirmation number" and the "exact amount" of your booking that the site will be given after you click the confirmation button. The system of the payment centers will reject the payment if you will not declare the exact amount, take note of it even the centavos.You need to pay within 24 hours after you book or else, your reservation will be lost. I usually pay at 7-eleven or SM malls.

After your payment, check your email for the itinerary receipt (electronic ticket). Cebu Pacific will be sending it to you in PDF form, you can print it or save it on your mobile phone. It will serve as your ticket to the airport. 

If you need help on your booking, feel free to comment and I will reply to you as soon as possible!

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The Windmill Farm of Pililla Rizal

Don't have time to travel to Ilocos Norte to witness the air blowing the windmill of Bangui? Pililla Rizal has that! Yes, it's just Two to Three hours away from Manila and people can visit the Pililla Windmill Farm of Rizal province.

This Windmill Farm is a project of Alternergy Corporation that is dedicated to harvest clean energy by using renewable source of power. This 54MW windmill farm can support almost 66,000 households in Metro Manila and it is also good for the environment because it is clean and renewable. The farm has a total of 27 giant wind turbines scattered around 64 hectares of land / mountains in the province of Rizal and building this facility costs US $145 Million (P6,525,000,000) and it started operations June 2015.



Going to this place is just easy especially if visitors will travel via private vehicle. From Manila, go to Antipolo City then head to the roads going to Tanay Rizal, after this town, you need to go up to the zigzag road of Pililla going to Real Quezon and you will find the "Pililla Windmill farm" sign on the left side on your way.

If visitors want to travel via public transport, ride a jeepney or UV express going to Tanay Rizal. This transportation's terminal can be usually found at Cubao, Quezon City. At Tanay town's intersection, visitors can rent a tricycle going to Pililia for P180 to P200, ask them to wait for you because going back to Tanay's intersection via public transportation will be hard.

While on the road, make sure to discover the beautiful sceneries of Rizal province. Traveler can also spot the wind turbines while on the way to the farm.

The Zigzag road of Pililia Rizal, One wind turbines has been spotted.

This time, it's more than 1 wind turbines while on the road! Beautiful scenery! 

Turning blades you can see on the road

I can't stop but watch the beautiful surroundings of this town while on my way to the farm, the residents has a simple and normal life. It seems that they don't have any problem living in province, unlike in Metro Manila that is full of pollution and stress. haha! While on the road, I saw the welcome sign of the windmill farm, make sure to slow down to avoid being bumped by the car behind you (Cars on the zigzag roads of Pililia are fast). Good thing they have the sign to avoid being lost.

Welcome sign of Pililla windmill farm

Finally, upon seeing this sign, we turned left and I was so excited to see the windmills of Rizal up close. While going to the parking area, I was mesmerised by the beauty of this scenery.

Roads of Pililla windmill farm. My favorite view.

Giant wind turbines in front of us!

Upon reaching the parking area, visitors can see this windmill turbines lining in the mountain, this are just part of the farm that is not accessible to the people. 

View from the parking area.

A closer look of windmill turbines in line.

In front of the wind turbines in line, visitors can go to the turbines up close! There will be a facility that receives tourist and a small exhibit that shows information about the windmill farm. Here are some of the pictures that visitors can see:

Visitors can eat here. This is also their tourism office.

Wind turbines, so close to us!

Closer look. I believe "Gamesa" stands for the brand of the machine used for this turbine.

Renewable energy - Windmill turbines.

In front of this place is the viewing deck of the Bay.

The viewing deck of the bay, I'll catch the sunset next time I visit here.

Green landscape on the viewing deck

Visitors taking photos with giant windmill turbines

Three Windmills

Learning section - Information about Windmill machines

World Wild Fund Philippines (WWF-PH) mascot, his name is Chi Chi. WWF-PH is anEnvironmental Non Governmental Organization (NGO) in partnership with Alternergy Corporation for renewable energy and conservation efforts.

More windmill turbines.

Great view of wind turbines

This is just a backdrop poster of the site. You can take pictures here. :)

Being in this farm is so relaxing, the air is fresh and it is so peaceful. I will keep on coming back in this place to have a picnic. Yes, you can have some picnic here because locals are offering a kubo for rent for P100 per hour and visitor can bring some food.

Kubo for rent (100.00 per hour)

This farm became a tourist spot in the province of Rizal, like in Bangui, Ilocos, visitors can buy some cute windmill souvenirs. Buying this cute windmill models help the locals on their daily living, at least, this new farm boost their economy.

Windmill models for display (P100 to P120 each)

Keychain wind turbines (P40 each)

White windmill souvenirs (P85 each)

I myself is an environmentalist and I am happy to see this kind of facility that harvests clean and renewable energy. This windmill turbine type of power plant do not damage the environment, unlike coal power plants that some government officials want to build for cheaper energy. I hope that there will be more renewable energy farm to be built throughout the country to preserve the beauty of this nation. This farm is not just a tourist spot, but this farm can also show the world that the Philippines can also build this kind of expensive but clean energy power plants.

Visit this beautiful farm soon and you won't regret going here. See and witness how this company deliver us a clean and renewable energy. Wondering how they build this windmill farm? Watch this video by alternergy:

Boracay Philippines - A Paradise Island

Boracay is one of the popular beach around the world, it is in fact voted as the world's best island in 2012 by popular travel magazine - the travel + leisure. No wonder why many tourists consider going to Boracay from different countries and they don't regret visiting this promising paradise. However, some of the tourists don't see Boracay as a good destination because they say that the island is over crowded, dirty on some areas and not so relaxing due to many tourists. I believe that the situation depends on the season, Boracay island is surely overcrowded during summers and peak seasons.

I was on Facebook and saw one of the sponsored ads of Skyjet Airlines. That time, they are offering a roundtrip promo to Boracay that has a low cost. As an opportunist of low cost flight fares, I didn't hesitate to book a flight for 3 days and 2 nights and planned the trip after paying the booking. Going to Boracay has 2 options from Manila, visitors can book a flight to Kalibo Airport (Which is 2 hours away from Boracay port) and they can also book a flight to Caticlan Airport (10 minutes away to Boracay port). Caticlan Airport is the most convenient way to fly to Boracay but people consider flying to Kalibo Airport instead because it is cheaper. In this blog, I will share my experience on my trip to Boracay to prove that this island is still one of the best beaches not only in the Philippines, but in the world.

My flight via Skyjet air was really fast and takes only 35 minutes, this airline is the only plane who can travel that fast to Boracay (The usual flight time is 1 hour and 15 minutes in some airlines). Skyjet is luxury flight as they claim but their plane interior is not properly maintained.

 

  Skyjet airlines window seat to Boracay from Manila

Outside our plane.

During the flight, the attendants will be distributing complimentary Goldilocks bread and a mineral water. Compare to Cebu Pacific and Philippine Airlines that offers no complimentary snacks, the free food impressed me a lot! After few minutes, the pilot announces that we will be landing shortly.

Upon arriving the Caticlan Airport, the tourism department representatives welcomed us with a smile and they asked us to register for their record.

The Boracay Airport

Waiting for my checked in baggage.

After getting my baggage, we proceed to a tricycle terminal beside the airport and we paid P50.00 for every tricycle rent, good for 3 to 4 passengers. This sidecars take us to the port that will be our gateway to Boracay Island.

Tricycle terminal beside Caticlan airport.

At the port terminal, there are fees that visitors has to pay, P25.00 for the boat fee, P75.00 for environmental fee, and P100 for terminal fee. I have no idea why it is so expensive but we have no choice but to pay. After waiting for a long queue, we rode a passenger boat that will bring us to the next island.

The port terminal.

Passenger boat to Boracay Beach.

Boat from Caticlan port to Boracay Island will be shaky, the waves are huge sometimes, but everyone are required to wear a life vest for safety. Upon arriving to the next Island, visitors will see this abandoned place on the beach waters.

Abandoned Place. This is part of the port terminal. 

In this island, if the tourists booked a hotel online and don't have a port terminal to hotel transfers arrangement like us, they can rent a tricycle for P100.00 each to bring them to their hotel, but if visitors don't have a place to stay yet, there's a lot of booth around the port that offers accommodation. When choosing a hotel in Boracay, tourists has to be careful because not all hotels here are beach front and very far from the shore. My suggestion is to book before arrival and do research first if the hotel is on beachfront, Agoda is the best website to look for a beachfront accommodations that includes some reviews from their former guests.

Boracay has Three stations, Station 1 is where the expensive and luxury hotels are located and the sand here is better than the Two. On the other hand, station 2 is the usual over crowded place and where the night life usually happens. The Station 3 is where the boats are parked that affects the view of the beach, cheap hotels can also be found at that station. For the person who wants to relax, better stay on Station 1 and 3 but for the night life and bar parties, stay at station 2 and expect an overcrowded place there. However, tourists can explore the 3 stations by walking.

 Map of Boracay. Stations 1 to 3. (Map grabbed from boracay.com)

We choose to stay at Station 3 and It was relaxing and not too over crowded. I decided to roam around and discover the place at sunset time after we checked in. This is the usual happenings at the beach of Boracay in the afternoon:

Tourists enjoying the beach.

Foreigners are chilling at shore.

Animals can chill too! Cute dog!

This little boy is creating sand castle for living.

The La Carmella De Boracay

Yellow Cab pizza by the beach.

Hair braiding and tattoo services also available in Boracay!

The Boracay beach and the sun.

Look how fine the white sand is and how clear is the water of Boracay.

Boats parked at Station 3.

Fine weather. Great skies. Awesome Beach.

Beach uniform? Cool fashion bros!

Pine trees and Umbrella at the shore. Perfect!

Keychain souvenirs for sale. 7 pcs. for P100.00

Sun preparing to say good bye.

The signature sunset view of Boracay Island.

The sun finally laid to rest. That's kuya, a vendor from Boracay.

After walking for hours, I decided to go back to the hotel and take a nap to prepare for dinner. After resting, it's time to check the facilities of our nice hotel located at station 3. This hotel is the 2nd Astoria in this beautiful paradise, it's new and just opened last 2015 I guess. We only stayed in this hotel for 1 night, good enough just to experience Astoria in Boracay.

Colourful pool, the lights change every 5 seconds.

Relaxing area.

Those are lighting chairs. It looks like a flower.

Close up view of the lighting chairs. I want to take it home!

This one turns green!

With kuya the photobomber.

The hotel is cool right? hands down to the designer. :) It was already dinner time so I decided to look for dinner outside our hotel (Because their dinner buffet is expensive). The straight of Boracay has too much to offer for dining from different varieties: Seafoods, pork or any, you can also eat in a buffet restaurant that offers international cuisines. While looking for something to eat, I take the opportunity to shot this amazing night life photos at Boracay:

Huge Lobsters! That's cheap in Boracay compare to Manila.

Getting ready for drinkers to come.

I bought an appetizer from this stall. It was great!

Entertainment schedule displaying their drinks to call you.

Great singer, he sings love songs!

Rocker band. 

This man singing "We built this city" is so lively!

Talented Filipino bands at Boracay.

Hand painting on a sando shirt.

Foreigners having fun drinking with Boracay girls.

Oil painting.

Fire dancing performer.

Shopping some souvenirs!

Toys for kids? Her eyes posted on my cam.

Awesome artworks, the same time, scary.

Nightlife continues at the beachfront.

After a long tiring day of experiencing and exploring Boracay beach and its waters, I can say that spending a day in this paradise is definitely One of the best experience I had. I've been here twice but I will keep on coming back to still experience this beautiful place has to offer.

Tourist can do a lot of things in here and many vendors will offer you their tour services that visitors can try, examples of those activities are here:

Photo grabbed from (http://www.boracaygo.com/)

If you will decide to visit Boracay, prepare to be astonished and enjoy this paradise in the Philippines. If you want to relax, the best season to go to Boracay is during June - November or January to February because summer season in Boracay will be very crowded (March to May). But if you just want to experience this place and not into relaxation, you can do it on summer. During the hot season, the beach has green algae on the shore and it is normal according to experts due to the temperature. If you have enough budget, stay at Station One, 4 to 5 star hotels are usually in that place. If you are into party and night life, stay at Station Two and you will experience Y.O.L.O. in that area. If you are on a limited budget, stay at Station Three, there will be a lot of hostels and budget hotel in that station.

I hope that tourists and the government officials will do their part to protect this paradise to maintain its beauty. Boracay has a prestigious beach and clear waters that make it famous. Hopefully, its on demand status and prestige will not destroy the wonders of this place. Many tourist are trying to get some sands, corals and rocks on the beach that is being confiscated at the airport going back to Manila. please don't do this and take nothing but pictures. Boracay will maintain its beauty If you will help and do your part to protect the beach on your visit.

I will go back again soon and I hope to see you there! ~