It first entered my head while touring Ilocos. It popped up again on the way to Casa San Pablo in Laguna. It dawned on me one more time while we were planning our trip to Anawangin Cove, Zambales. How lovely it would be to own a car. I keep three jobs to fund my travels. When I still had a [...]

Here’s something I learned in my recent trip to Singapore. Tourists in Singapore can actually claim refund on GST (Goods and Services Tax) paid for items purchased from establishments that are participating in the Tourist Refund Scheme. Introduced in May 2011, the Electronic Tourist Refund Scheme (eTRS) allows tourists to get back the GST they paid on your purchases when [...]

Airphil Express and Cebu Pacific Air flights, domestic and international, fly in and out of NAIA Terminal 3. If you’ve flown out of the country before, then you’re probably familiar with the whole pre-flight thingamajing. But if it’s your first time,  read on as I discuss in detail the whole check-in and boarding processes so you could breeze through them. One [...]

Many of us have always dreamed of traveling abroad. But before you can do that, you will have to secure a passport. I am summarizing the passport application process and enumerating the requirements listed on the DFA website in this post to guide you and help you avoid the hassles of securing a passport that you might encounter along the [...]

If you’ve always wanted to travel but you’re always short on cash, you might want to consider traveling in a big group! Traveling in big groups has its disadvantages, of course. Imagine the following: the time spent waiting for the group to be complete the constant asking where a certain person is the taking of group pictures every part of [...]

Visiting a new and exotic locale is always greatly enhanced when the traveler captures plenty of memories with his or her camera. When it comes time to print out the pictures, some results turn out better than others. The keys to good quality travel picture printing involve some planning as well as selecting a good portable printer such as one [...]

In this day and age, nothing stays at one place. Everything moves. Everyone moves. But no matter where we are, we always have to be updated with what’s happening with the people we love and the rest of the world. That’s why we love the Internet. It breaks physical and even cultural barriers. So how about those who travel a [...]