Prince James
American looking for information about Philippines
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Registration: 02 May 2023
EVA air heads up
Booked a couple flights a few months ago FLL to Taiwan. Few weeks later got a notice one flight was changed by 15 min and I needed to reorder my meals. So how many times will they change the times, will wait until a couple days before flight and ... Read More
Are any of you using starlink in rural areas? by Glongshore
Hello everyone. im George, my wife and 2 kids live on Bohol. we enjoy off grid solar farming and living simply in this gorgeous paradise. i am a retired ship captain and my lovely wife is tending the farm while i close out life stateside. Are any of ...
Just put in Starlink a couple days ago, had Globe which was ok. Reason for Starlink is brother in law is brilliant computer specialist. With Globe he could not work from home but had to commute to Manila. With Starlink he can work remotely from ... Read More
Transfer large amount of money us to PI's
Greetings in Naval Biliran Letey from US to visit wifes family. Wife of 18 years wants to buy family 3 ha coconut farm with her money. What is the best way to transfer US $20,000 from US to Pi's. The family does have a BPI account here and are ... Read More
Cheapest flights by Neville2012
Were can I get cheap flights from
@Gregsdigitalpics I took a look, you are correct it was ASAP tickets, when 50 company's are a $1000 and one is $750 the alarm bells go off! Looking at reviews, just loaded with complaints. No thanks. Read More
Cheapest flights by Neville2012
Were can I get cheap flights from
Asking here and poking around the net it is apparent that 3rd party sites are iffy. Perfectly fine if nothing goes wrong but can be a sheet show if there are issues. I booked directly with EVA air FLL to LAX then TPE spending the night in TPE and ... Read More
Lie detector Leyte. by Prince James
Always something, should have married an orphan! Anyway she said they said, who to believe. So I suggested a lie detector test. Anyone have any info on lie detectors in Leyte? The details are personal and sensitive so I do not want to chat ...
This does not affect me but has my wife very upset. I'm thinking one of the people involved is not going to want to take the test. Read More
Lie detector Leyte.
Always something, should have married an orphan! Anyway she said they said, who to believe. So I suggested a lie detector test. Anyone have any info on lie detectors in Leyte? The details are personal and sensitive so I do not want to chat ... Read More
Airfare ouch! by Prince James
Want to take the wife 6 weeks to visit family Apr-Jun. Airfares ouch! Looking at paying for one person almost what we paid for 2 people five years ago. I have tried every site on the net, I did notice Matrix air seems to be gone. Looking at ...
@danfinnBAck in the day I booked where I could get the cheapest most convenient tickets. Now when reading about delays and issues in transit it makes sense to buy directly. My inconvenience is no major carriers come to my city. Read More
Airfare ouch! by Prince James
Want to take the wife 6 weeks to visit family Apr-Jun. Airfares ouch! Looking at paying for one person almost what we paid for 2 people five years ago. I have tried every site on the net, I did notice Matrix air seems to be gone. Looking at ...
What I have learned with my limited international travel is I am going to be miserable at the destination so does not matter what class I fly. A year long hiking and camping trip in the exotic orient digging holes to sleep in makes a small seat a ... Read More
Airfare ouch! by Prince James
Want to take the wife 6 weeks to visit family Apr-Jun. Airfares ouch! Looking at paying for one person almost what we paid for 2 people five years ago. I have tried every site on the net, I did notice Matrix air seems to be gone. Looking at ...
Looked around trying to find out if I was going to have to pay baggage on Jet Blue and was going to call EVA air.聽 Decided to read tickets to see if everything is correct.聽 On the tickets is baggage info for flight.聽 Read More
Airfare ouch! by Prince James
Want to take the wife 6 weeks to visit family Apr-Jun. Airfares ouch! Looking at paying for one person almost what we paid for 2 people five years ago. I have tried every site on the net, I did notice Matrix air seems to be gone. Looking at ...
@tammas2000 Not my experience with travel insurance. What insurance?? OK you paid $2300 from where to where. Read More
Airfare ouch! by Prince James
Want to take the wife 6 weeks to visit family Apr-Jun. Airfares ouch! Looking at paying for one person almost what we paid for 2 people five years ago. I have tried every site on the net, I did notice Matrix air seems to be gone. Looking at ...
Big pain trying to figure this out and purchasing tickets! Hard to figure but I am sure I paid a bit more buying directly from the airlines as you suggested. But is cheap insurance, I'm cheap not stupid! I cannot book from Ft Myers RSW without ... Read More
Airfare ouch! by Prince James
Want to take the wife 6 weeks to visit family Apr-Jun. Airfares ouch! Looking at paying for one person almost what we paid for 2 people five years ago. I have tried every site on the net, I did notice Matrix air seems to be gone. Looking at ...
For me and the wife about 4 years since we traveled internationally. Lots has changed since then, This time I listened and booked directly with the airlines. Read More
Airfare ouch! by Prince James
Want to take the wife 6 weeks to visit family Apr-Jun. Airfares ouch! Looking at paying for one person almost what we paid for 2 people five years ago. I have tried every site on the net, I did notice Matrix air seems to be gone. Looking at ...
Airline is asking for passport # and expiry date. Passport was recently sent in for renewal and waiting for new one in 8 weeks. Can I make a reservation, Tried to ask EVA and they keep hanging up on me while waiting for agent. Read More
Airfare ouch! by Prince James
Want to take the wife 6 weeks to visit family Apr-Jun. Airfares ouch! Looking at paying for one person almost what we paid for 2 people five years ago. I have tried every site on the net, I did notice Matrix air seems to be gone. Looking at ...
Oh no sir that amount is for each person. Odd they do not deal well with anger and confrontation. Waited till we were close to the hotel and told the driver he did not turn on the meter. He put on a big show about forgetting. When we got to the ... Read More
Airfare ouch! by Prince James
Want to take the wife 6 weeks to visit family Apr-Jun. Airfares ouch! Looking at paying for one person almost what we paid for 2 people five years ago. I have tried every site on the net, I did notice Matrix air seems to be gone. Looking at ...
People called me cheap, they though it was an insult. I thought it was a compliment and still do! Read More
Airfare ouch! by Prince James
Want to take the wife 6 weeks to visit family Apr-Jun. Airfares ouch! Looking at paying for one person almost what we paid for 2 people five years ago. I have tried every site on the net, I did notice Matrix air seems to be gone. Looking at ...
Right now I am looking at driving to Ft Lauderdale FL FLL, flying Jet Blue code share to someplace then EVA to Taiwan, spend the night. Continue on to CEB with EVA the next day. We usually get a room when we get to Cebu, because I am to whopped ... Read More
Airfare ouch! by Prince James
Want to take the wife 6 weeks to visit family Apr-Jun. Airfares ouch! Looking at paying for one person almost what we paid for 2 people five years ago. I have tried every site on the net, I did notice Matrix air seems to be gone. Looking at ...
@bigpearl Of course money is an issue and the &^%$ Taxi's in Manila are the worst at trying to cheat people and I won't stand for it, so I like the shuttle included. You are paying for it, it is never actually free. Read More
Airfare ouch! by Prince James
Want to take the wife 6 weeks to visit family Apr-Jun. Airfares ouch! Looking at paying for one person almost what we paid for 2 people five years ago. I have tried every site on the net, I did notice Matrix air seems to be gone. Looking at ...
@Cherryann01 You really don't expect me to listen do you? So this time I did and found a couple that mention airport shuttle, so thank you for the input. However none that I find are free and say airport shuttle for a fee or some such thing. ... Read More
Airfare ouch! by Prince James
Want to take the wife 6 weeks to visit family Apr-Jun. Airfares ouch! Looking at paying for one person almost what we paid for 2 people five years ago. I have tried every site on the net, I did notice Matrix air seems to be gone. Looking at ...
@danfinn Having cut corners and bargain hunted all my life, not buying extended warranty's and such and mostly got away with it. Even If I take a big hit now I am still waaaaay ahead. Don't like it but still ahead. When life hands you lemons make ... Read More
Airfare ouch! by Prince James
Want to take the wife 6 weeks to visit family Apr-Jun. Airfares ouch! Looking at paying for one person almost what we paid for 2 people five years ago. I have tried every site on the net, I did notice Matrix air seems to be gone. Looking at ...
I do not know what I am doing wrong every time I check Taipei for airport shuttle on Hotel.com they say "missing airport shuttle" and Kayak will not even give me the option of airport shuttle??聽 Back in the day I would spend hours looking for ... Read More
Airfare ouch! by Prince James
Want to take the wife 6 weeks to visit family Apr-Jun. Airfares ouch! Looking at paying for one person almost what we paid for 2 people five years ago. I have tried every site on the net, I did notice Matrix air seems to be gone. Looking at ...
I have not read 1 good experience about travel insurance and not my experience either! Most of them are called travel guard, travel assistance and not insurance to skate US insurance laws. Read More
Airfare ouch! by Prince James
Want to take the wife 6 weeks to visit family Apr-Jun. Airfares ouch! Looking at paying for one person almost what we paid for 2 people five years ago. I have tried every site on the net, I did notice Matrix air seems to be gone. Looking at ...
Thanks, so they do have airport shuttle I tried on 2 different sites to select air port shuttle and did not show. I'll figure it out! Read More
Airfare ouch! by Prince James
Want to take the wife 6 weeks to visit family Apr-Jun. Airfares ouch! Looking at paying for one person almost what we paid for 2 people five years ago. I have tried every site on the net, I did notice Matrix air seems to be gone. Looking at ...
Still working on this, one of the cheaper fares is Asap tickets. Nothing but complaints, I know many are bound to complain but theirs are really excessive. Looked at a Delta flight to the West coast and no where is the baggage fare listed for ... Read More
Airfare ouch! by Prince James
Want to take the wife 6 weeks to visit family Apr-Jun. Airfares ouch! Looking at paying for one person almost what we paid for 2 people five years ago. I have tried every site on the net, I did notice Matrix air seems to be gone. Looking at ...
I have going to Asia occasionally for 20 years. I have used a travel agent once after finding a flight on Matrix air. I have only booked with a airline one time that I remember. Things surly have changed Matrix is gone and most are saying book ... Read More
Airfare ouch! by Prince James
Want to take the wife 6 weeks to visit family Apr-Jun. Airfares ouch! Looking at paying for one person almost what we paid for 2 people five years ago. I have tried every site on the net, I did notice Matrix air seems to be gone. Looking at ...
One airline has a short duration flight out of Tampa or Fort Lauderdale but I cannot buy tickets online from Ft Myers. So am trying to get hold of online sales to see if they will give me something out of Ft Myers. They fly Jet Blue from to JFK. ... Read More
Airfare ouch! by Prince James
Want to take the wife 6 weeks to visit family Apr-Jun. Airfares ouch! Looking at paying for one person almost what we paid for 2 people five years ago. I have tried every site on the net, I did notice Matrix air seems to be gone. Looking at ...
Thanks for the input, greatly appreciated.聽I see I overlooked saying 聽I am flying directly into Cebu and will pay a premium to stay away from Manila.聽 Every time I am in Manila I end up in arguments and disagreement's. I am too old ... Read More
Airfare ouch!
Want to take the wife 6 weeks to visit family Apr-Jun. Airfares ouch! Looking at paying for one person almost what we paid for 2 people five years ago. I have tried every site on the net, I did notice Matrix air seems to be gone. Looking at ... Read More
New guy looking for a better life by expander28
I am going to Cebu February 1st will be there until the 6th staying by the Ayala Mall in the IT Park then I'm going down to Panasaga beach ,3 or 4 hours south, for 10 days , I definitely need to go to Puerto princesa or El Nido which one do you guys ...
Philippines is an interesting place and not for everyone. I have noticed that the average person seems to last about 5 years there. Once past 5 years they tend to stay permanent. I start to get annoyed with it at 6 weeks and the most I have ever ... Read More
Greetings/hello by Prince James
Married to a Philippina, use to live in Cebu and rather lost since the Living in Cebu forum disappeared.
@pnwcyclist SW Florida, USA, till covid visited Biliran often. Read More
Greetings/hello
Married to a Philippina, use to live in Cebu and rather lost since the Living in Cebu forum disappeared. Read More