Philippine Travel Sale (Travel Mart/Travel Expo):

[eeatrice]

meron ba nakapunta sa travel expo this week sa MOA? any feedback?

[meimei]

^i just went there kanina, sis. pero domestic kasi ang habol ko, so i'm quite disappointed. pero yung mga international siguro ang habol, baka may nakuha silang great deals.

Coron kasi ang habol ko, kaso wala yung dates na kailangan ko, kasi may fixed date na ko. eh sa hinaba-haba ng pila ko, nadismaya naman ako nung walang Coron, so nag-book ako ng Caticlan, hehe. mura na, P2,200 roundtrip sa PAL Express.

pero nadismaya lang ako dun sa mga travel agencies na napuntahan ko. ang habol ko kasi ay accommodation sa Boracay and Coron kaso very limited lang yung accommodations na may package sila, wala man lang ako nagustuhan (either masyadong cheap yung accommodation or masyadong expensive, wala man lang yung shortlisted accommodations ko).

[RuChe]

Good deal na nga yan sis considering na PAL express. What are your travel dates?

Anyone one else who went to travel expo? I'm also looking for Mnl-KL-Mnl kaso me fixed dates na din ako, end of October this year sana.

[Mamita]

Scored RT to Incheon for June next year at 5,800/pax thru CebuPac. Also bought MLA-Dumaguete-MLA for 1,900 only, 2 pax. Hope it was a good deal 

[m_lim]

^sis, ganyan rin price sa Cebu Pacific website. piso fare sale

[eeatrice]

thanks for the update mga sis, baka pumunta din ako bukas

[theflygirl]

Was there tonight. Just collected some flyers for land arrangement for Seoul. Visited the booths of my airline colleagues at QR, TG and UL. Nice to see how my subordinates and former trainees have come a long way in the industry.

[a_recruitment]

i was there yesterday. wala akong nagustuhan sa mga deals/ promos, nag-collect na lang din ako ng mga flyers  ticket to batanes sana yung hanap ko, but walang sale for my preferred date. reg fare is at 11.1k RT on april 2014.

then, may promo yung lee boutique hotel (tagaytay) 5k lang for 2 nights stay pwedeng i-avail kahit di magkasunod na araw valid til mid-2014 yata. ok kaya yun? 

[meimei]

Sept 6-8, 2013.. Philippine travel mart.

woohooooo!!!! ito na ang susunod na aabangan natin! mga sis, update-update ha. domestic talaga ang habol ko, alam ko puro domestic itong sa September. sana maglabas na ng list of exhibitors. ito nga pala ang website:

http://www.philtoa.org/

pero sana naman mas organized yung sa September kaysa sa nangyari nitong nakaraang expo. ang gulo nung sa PAL organizers, dapat simula pa lang in-organize na yung PAL queue, eh inayos lang nila nung magbubukas na yung doors ng 10am. sabi in-announce naman daw sa bandang harap, eh pano yung mga nasa likod?!? ang olats talaga ng PAL organizers nung umpisa, kahit yung SMX organizers nabwisit na sa kanila kasi nagclo-clog ng line.

@pinay_superstar, ano ang travel dates offered ng travel agency niyo sa Phil Travel Mart sa Sept? sana naman merong summer 2014 (April-May 2014).

[rowan]

who went to last weekend's travel madness expo at smx? how are the pal prices? same promo deals ba as the one in feb?

[pretty_B]

SISTERS! question lang. paano ba nangyayari sa travel expo? hihi. my friends and i are planning to go to the phil travel mart this september. however, we dont know what to do...basically. i mean, need na ba ng money agad para makapagpabook? and usually what's the traveling period ba? TIA! ~cheers!

[pink_baby]

who went to last weekend's travel madness expo at smx? how are the pal prices? same promo deals ba as the one in feb?

USA (valid 1 month, w/all taxes except PH tax so addtl p1620 na lang)
Guam $164
Honolulu $623
LA/SFO $779

Vancouver $764

Australia
Sydney $649
Melbourne $635
Darwin $313 (bakit ang mura nito? pinakamalapit ba sya sa PH?
Brisbane $654
Perth $633

Japan
Narita / Nagoya $481
Fukuoka $465
Osaka $399

Abu Dhabi $622
Riyadh / Jeddah / Dammam $481
Dubai (by PAL express) $634

Singapore $207
Kuala Lumpur $161
Bangkok $212
Saigon $210
Jakarta / Denpasar $238
Hong Kong $146
Macau $144
Beijing $325
Shanghai $285
Xiamen $159
Guangzhou $151

Domestic flights na roundtrip all in are all less than P2,200 except for Davao and Gensan which is at P3237

Last feb's rates were cheaper, at $680 lang daw. Siguro dahil nadin sa mataas na ang dollar ngayon compared last Feb.

We were at SMX before 9am. Hindi pa ganoon kahaba pila pero grabe ang waiting time when the expo opened na! 2PM na ako naserve! 5 hours! Pero ok lang, we got the dates we wanted and PAL has the cheapest flights! And non stop naman ang entertainment sa stage ng expo which was heard all over so ok nadin Or super good mood lang talaga ako taht we got tickets hehe!

[wickedlovely]

^ wow great deals! sobrang sayang i wasn't able to go.

i wond what's the travel period for us flights for the september travel expo? meron kaya for september-october 2013?

[rowan]

pinkbaby,

kailan yung travel period ng pal deals? thanks for sharing the info pala:)

yes darwin is cheap coz less than 5 hours away lang siya from manila. sydney and melbourne, add another 3 hours pa:)

wow cheap pa rin pal, akala ko sa feb expo lang sila nagbbagsak presyo. i was able to get a promo deal rin kasi last feb kaya hindi na ako pumunta. cheaper pa rin nung feb but if compared to regular fares, laki pa rin ng discount. not bad hehe!

girls tip, huwag na kayo sa pal booth pumila. may mga accredited travel agencies sila who also participate in the expo. you can also score pal promo deals with them. ang tanong, sino sino dun sa travel agencies dun ang authorized agent nila so research muna before going there. last feb, i was able to get pal tickets within 30 mins! ang haba haba ng pila sa pal pero di ako dun pumila.

with travel expos, bring your passport or a photocopy of its info page and visa if you plan to buy international fares:) cash and cards are accepted, though may ibang booths na di pwede card or magdadagdag ng additional fee(kahit bawal). also sana may target dates and destination na kayo. yung iba kasi kaya napapatagal, pagdating pa lang sa counter dun namimili. imbyerna sa mga nakapila! hehe

[jazzlawyer]

pink_baby

ang PAL deals to US usually 1 month validity lang? was supposed to go there last weekend pero bumili nalang me online via Cathay pacific for my December flight to SFO.

Pero next year February try ulit ako pero nagaalangan ako sa 1 month validity... sana meron sila mas mahaba don.

[rowan]

jazzlawyer,

last feb, 1 month valid lang din yung pal deals:) i tried to get for 5 weeks pero regular fare na binibigay so i was forced to shorten it:s

[vain_kixie]

pink_baby waaaa amg mura ng LAX.Kelan travel dates niyan? 1140 quote sakin ng agency ko for
december 2013 then return jan 2014. Jazzlawyer how much bili mo sa Cathay to SFO for December?

As much as I want to not fly with PAL cheapest fare sila among all (according to the rates of my agency).

[neth29]

yes abangan ko tong sept6-8,  were planning pa naman. mga sis may question ako. kasi  yung friend ko nakakuha ng one way ticket sa cebu pac. mnl- coron. for feb. nextyear  meron kaya kami makukuha sa travel expo this coming sept if ever one way [textspeak!] pabalik to manila?? next year february pa naman travel date?? abot kaya ang feb.2014? or hanggang dec. 2013 [textspeak!]?

[jazzlawyer]

vain_kixie

$820 yung base fare. plus taxes $1,150 ko nabili. online lang sa cathay. dec 14 to january 5 2014

[vain_kixie]

I feel bad I did not go to the travel expo. Pero if the cheap fare does not include december flights
i'll feel better.

Thanks jazzlawyer. 1140 quote sakin ng agency for PAL. I do not want to fly with them anymore. I'll try to
look for an agency who can give me a better price compared to the online rate of CX.

OT: Your passport ba, your using your married name na? Im using my hyphenated married name in my passport
and I am medyo kabado sa POE lalo na if they ask for my marriage contract which indicates USC si hubby.