By: Lydia

Lydia — Tue, 25 May 2010 05:30:55 +0000

I was excited to go to Badian. I got to the ferry pier to go to the
Badian Island Resort and Spa and met up with some men who said they’d
take my boyfriend and I over to the island for 700 pesos. We said it
was too expensive, they said it was more expensive to ride the
Resort’s boat over, we “bargained” the price down to 200 pesos. They
said that the price of the resort would be 7000 pesos. I didn’t trust
the price they gave us…so my boyfriend and I just decided to check
it out for ourselves. The men at the pier said that they’d take us
there and then take us back to the pier if the price was too high.
Anyhow, we got onto their boat and they took us over. We got off the
boat and found reception (I turn around and the boat left us on the
island). I was shocked. He was definitely not going to come back for
us. So, I get to reception and ask about the price and they quoted us
the published price of 9000 pesos. I was shocked again because my
travel guide showed a price of 2000 – 4000 pesos for a room. We
decided not to stay and asked if the resort could call the boat back.
They said they were not affiliated with those people and that we’d
have to pay 500 pesos to use their boat to get back to the pier. I
was so frustrated and angry at having spent so much money already that
I “bargained” the price down to 400 pesos and used the 100 pesos to
get back to Cebu City. It felt like the entire place was scamming me. We even asked if we could just walk around the beach and the staff said it would cost us 100 pesos to tour the island.
I’m not sure what the connections are with the hotel and the people
at the pier, but there were no published prices anywhere at the
reception. The reception desk had six to seven people discussing
prices or something when we arrived and asked about the price. I was
really disappointed at the entire experience. The other resorts that
I’d stayed at were all great and amazing (with published prices), but
the Badian Island Resort just seemed fishy to me. That’s my two
cents.

By: pinoyislands

pinoyislands — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:48:51 +0000

thanks for sharing the last time i went to cebu i visited malapascua island i guess it’s a 4-5 hour travel from cebu city. next time i visit cebu i’ll definitely drop by at this place

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