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Quick update on my Cebu vacation

This will be a quick update as I have to go back to my vacation / review of Plantation Bay. I do want everyone to know that my wife and I are having an excellent time. Plantation Bay is a large resort and if you count trying out all the different swimming pools, there's a lot to do here.

I mentioned in my previous post that I felt a review was necessary because there were a good number of negative reviews mixed in with the positive online. I can see both sides of the assessment fairly clearly now. The resort is beautiful and the staff is friendly. The rooms are very nice and there is more than enough to keep you busy if you don't like relaxing on vacation. There were a few issues with both the room and with the staff but nothing too serious. I'll describe them in detail when I write my review.

Many of the complaints involved price and I'll be giving lists of what we did and how much it cost. Certainly, if you're used to all inclusives and you plan on coming to Plantation Bay and not spending any money beyond the room rate you are going to leave unhappy.

I knew that we would spend money while we were here and while some people call me cheap, I am willing to spend money when it means having more fun. So we're spending a good bit of money - I don't know if I can give you much of an estimate now but in one full day we might $75 (beside the cost of the room obviously). This includes lunch, renting snorkeling stuff, a mango shake at the swim-up bar (I love swim-up bars), and a car ride to the Ayall shopping mall. We ate dinner in the mall and took a taxi back and that was a lot less expensive than the resort.

No surprise there. Please excuse any typos - I'm not using a word processor.

Posted by James Trotta at April 21, 2007 1:55 PM | TrackBack