It’s really fun if you will visit Boracay during summer time and Lenten season and other holidays. There a lots of events happening in the island during this peak season. It depends on you if you really want a non stop party in the island but it will cost you a lot. It’s hard to find a cheap resort, hotels and other resorts in this period of time. It’s also hard to have better accommodation if you happen to miss making reservations early.

So if your purpose is only to visit and feel the island’s atmosphere even with limited budget, visit during off peak season. This means from the month of June to first week of December. Better if you have friends in the island so you have someone to find you some good and better place to stay which is not so expensive. This is better than depending on what travel agencies offer. Do not stay in the beach front hotels and resorts. While the view is better, they are so expensive. Anyway you will not be using your room that much since all the time you’ll be on the beach. If you’re staying there for three days and two nights, you will need your room in changing attire and some personal use but other than that… oh well except if it is your honeymoon.

Maybe until 2-3am then that’s the only time you will use your room.just  to sleep. But if you’re single and have found someone in the island to spend your night outside or someone’s room. You have to be early in the next day if you want to have an island hopping and snorkeling because boats for island hopping usually embarked at 9:00 -10:00 am. Otherwise you will pay for a private pump boat and only few of you are the passengers. Then after that you will be back at maybe 2:00 - 3:00 pm.. Then that’s the time you will use your room again if you want to have some rest to prepare your self for all night long party again or dates. Because the following day you will have to prepare your things to catch up for your flight back.

I will tell you a story of what I have experienced in Boracay before so that you have an idea on what to do in case you will really try to be in that beautiful island in the Philippines and one of the beautiful islands in the world.

Let me share my experience on our first day and time we arrived in the island after putting all our things in our room. We then went outside to have lunch. We spent our time touring around the island. After that we did some walking along the beach (we’re the types who don’t want to go swimming till sundown, then have your dinner and spend all night long around live bands and some party along the beach).

I have acquired a cheap but beautiful, safe and cozy nipa hut or “Bahay Kubo’ type of cottage. Imagine that time it only costed us P750 for four of us because that’s the only cottage available where in the next day we only pay 500 for the two of us. But it’s a nice, beautiful clean duplex type of cottage with electric fan, a queen bed, shower and a balcony. It’s just a small walk maybe 100 meters from the beach front. I just forgot the name of that resort. But it’s nice.

A month before our planned date, I had a chat with someone in the internet. Someone that lives or works in the island. We became friends and she’s the one who gave us the idea on where to stay depending on our budget. We only spent P6,000 for that three-day-two-night stay which it will now cost you P10,000 -12,000 from travel agencies as we have consulted last month ago. This amount comes only with plane tickets, boat transfer and hotel room accommodation, without food and other expenses per head. Normally with this maybe you will have to prepare P15,000-20,000 per head.

Unforgettable trip in an unforgettable island. The only thing I forgot is the name of that beautiful girl who helped us find cheap accommodation.

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