Batanes [Thread 2]

[ayionick]

I must be crazy because I booked round trip flights to Batanes in storm season - September (!) 

Oh well, I hope my trip gets to coincide with Batanes' Indian summer.

babalik ka sa batanes? anong dates nakuha mo? nagtatry uli ako ngayon eh. can't get promo fares sa papunta at pabalik, laging 1 lang..

[yikee]

^ awww... magkano na lang narefund sis? when ka nila ininform na cancelled ang flight nyo? as in kanina lang din?

[shinta]

pa-subscribe. batanes ang isa sa pinaka-gusto kong puntahang local destination. hopefully by next year makapunta ako dito

[Mr.Punch]

babalik ka sa batanes? anong dates nakuha mo? nagtatry uli ako ngayon eh. can't get promo fares sa papunta at pabalik, laging 1 lang..

I got September 8-12.

Bwisit na SEAir, nautakan ako.  They held a seatsale promo for travel dates na Feb1-March31 pero ang deadline was January 9.  Hindi ako nakaabot dun kasi puro taken na yung P2,835 na seats.   Then they made a seatsale for travel dates August1-September30 pero ang deadline January 13.  Doon ako umabot (I beat the deadline by a few mins.)

TAPOS (at heto ang nakakainis) nag-seatsale uli sila for Feb1-March31 (deadline January 16) kung kelan nakabili na ako ng ticket.  Grrrrrr....   Ayoko nang i-check yung website kasi kung makita kong nag-offer na naman sila ng P2,835 seats for Feb1-March31, baka mahampas ko yung laptop sa inis.

[LeStSkY]

^may promo ngayon mr. punch? weh di nga?

[Mr.Punch]

^Nakakuha ako ng tweet na may sale daw uli eh.  Check mo yung site.  Malamang unahan na naman yan.

If past sales are of any indication, Wednesday ang day na may natitira pang naka-sale na seats.

[LeStSkY]

balitaan mo namana ko pag nagsale sila ng april waaahh.. kahit mag - isa [textspeak!] ako pupunta na ko lolz adik..

[shegothim]

merong sale ngayon sis ang seair. sa fb ko nabasa.

[LeStSkY]

^oo nga sis,,, waaah parang tinutukso talaga ako haha.. mainit kaya ng march dun lolz... 22-25 lang nakita kong maganda date na pwede ako.. haiz asa pa

[ayionick]

may seat sale ngayon sa seair for batanes, nagtry ako kanina kasi frustrated ako sa flight naming nacancel. travel dates aug.1 to sept.30 pero hindi na P2,835 per way per person. almost 5k na sya wala pang tax. nagtry ako magbook, umabot ng 24k RT sa 2pax! kaya sumuko na din ako, nakakainis na talaga sila...nasasayang ang ganda ng batanes dahil sa hindi magandang service nila.

kwento ko na din yung nangyari kanina samin. we we're in MDA around 6:45am, 8:20am flight namin to basco. all was well naman at first. may nakachikahan na nga akong local ng ivana na pauwi sa kanila. 2nd time na daw na-rebook ang flight nya coz of bad weather sa basco kaya 3rd na nya kanina. gates will open daw 8:05am, so mega antay kame mga 20 passengers. around 7:55am may nagtext ata sa nephew ni manang na kachikahan ko, cancelled daw ang basco flights for 8:20am until further notice. imagine ilang minutes na lang saka lang nila sinabi na cancelled ang flight?! pati yung flight ng 10am cancelled na din daw coz of bad weather. pero sabi nung mga contact namin sa basco like yung sa hotel personnels, ambon lang daw at hindi consistent ang ulan. kaya yung ibang passenger na galing pang zamboanga galit na galit. pero kame ni bf cool lang kasi naisip na namin posibleng magkaganun. we went to the seair ticketing office, hindi nila masiguro kung kelan kame makakasakay at di din sure kung may byahe na bukas. in case may byahe na chance passenger ang labas namin kung konti lang sa mga babyahe ngayon ang magpapabook bukas, priority yung nakabook talaga bukas. in case naman na madami sa passengers ngayon ang magbook for tomorrow, pwedeng magkaron ng special flight pero di sure kung anong time at possibility lang daw yun hindi pa din final na may special flight nga. knowing na walang final na sagot ng seair, at base sa mga nadinig ko sa sagot nila sa ibang passengers na weekdays na ang pinakamalapit na sure na flight eh nagdecide na kame na iparefund na lang yung fare namin. online booking kame using credit card, nakasulat sa rules na non-refundable yung ticket namin. pero pinayagan nila marefund yung whole amount (credit back sa cc ko) siguro kasi hindi nila sure kung kelan ang next flight talaga at ang dami ng pabalik-balik for rebooking, so di na nila mailagay sa ibang dates yung mga pabalik-balik kaya parang nag-eliminate na sila ng ibang passengers. madami din ang nagcancel ng flights, yung iba swerte kasi 1 year valid yung ticket nila eh samin 1 month lang. sayang lang yung advance payment ko sa hotel na P2,000.

kung meron sa inyo na pupunta ng batanes at wala pang accommodation baka gusto nyo kunin na lang yung hotel reservation ko kasi valid for 2011 yun sabi ni ate noemi ng DDD Habitat. para lang din maibalik yung binayad ko kasi di na nila ibabalik, kasi di na kame makakabalik this year sa batanes dahil busy na sa work. PM nyo lang ako para mabigay ko sa inyo yung info. kahit na di kame natuloy ok lang, hindi pa siguro time for us.

[mama squeak!]

Yan talaga problem sa Batanes, konting hangin lang cancelled na flights. It may be sunny sa ground pero yung approach ng eroplano ang may problema. So advisable talaga pag summer months ang  punta kundi ubos ang bakasyon mo.

[ayionick]

kanina tanghali lang may aug.1-sept30 na seat sale. now iba na agad.

sis mama squeak, kelan ba summer sa batanes?

[mama squeak!]

Sis pareho lang ng summer months sa Manila, March to May.

[LeStSkY]

^^sis meron until march 31...

[peachtraveller]

sana hindi matulad yung flight ko sa experience sis ayionick... sayang kasi yung time anf effort haaayysst... sis don't worry madami pa namang flights... wait ka na lang ulet... wag ka ng ma-sad 

my travel date is on march 31 - april 3 hopefully ok ang weather by that time... 

[Mr.Punch]

Weather in Batanes can be likened to a confused mix of the typical Philippine wet&dry seasons setup on one hand, and the 4-season setup of those countries further away from the equator, on the other.

SO here's what actually happens:

December-February is "Winter" in Batanes because it's at its coldest. 

Following the 4-season pattern, March-May is supposedly "Spring".  However, since this is also the time of the year that Batanes is at its sunniest, it's also referred to as "Summer" - same as the rest of the Philippines.

Still following the 4-season pattern, June-August should be "Summer", except that it is during this time that winds and rains pick up in intensity, ushering in the stormy season.

Finally, September-November is supposedly autumn, but is more similar, in fact to the previous 3 months of windy and rainy weather.

To complicate matters, Batanes experiences what is known as an "Indian Summer" - wherein for a few days or 2 weeks at most, summer-like weather takes place in September or October.

So to be absolutely accurate, I'd say Batanes does not actually have 4 seasons - contrary to what the guidebooks say.  It's just the same wet and dry season as the rest of the country - with its dry season experiencing a cold and warm phase...and its wet season experiencing a very brief Indian Summer inside it.

[LeStSkY]

kakalimutan ko nalnag muna batanes.. babalik muna ko sa bohol... sa 2015 ka na nakakafrustrate.. pag iipunan nalang kita fater ko manganak kung kelan man wahahaha

[ayionick]

^ganun din gagawin ko, i-priority ko muna ang el nido. i had too much pressure talaga days before our flight. nung ma-cancel kanina parang saka lang ako nakahinga at parang thankful pa ko. balik uli sya sa dream destination before i die. ok lang, it's too precious naman eh and it's worth the wait. mag-iipon muna ko ng madaming pera at madaming leaves para wala ng makakapigil sakin! hehe!

[LeStSkY]

^hehe korek... ako rin ganyan nalang

[l_neveph]

naka avail kami ng promo of seair for only 6972 RT travel date mar 21-24..anyone coming on those dates para makisabay nlng kami sa group that way it'll be cheaper=)