Icon Hotel North Edsa Manila

ABBEY: Since we visit Philippine as fast as the blink of an eye, we need to maximize our time there. So it means we're either in our friends' house, cafe, or restaurant. Going back home is not an option for us due to security reasons. We always plan to crash at a hotel to spend the night. And then we came to know of Icon Hotel North (near North EDSA MRT). 

In their name itself, the hotel is all about worldwide icons like Steve Jobs, Cleopatra and Marilyn Monroe. They named each room with an icon and treated their guests as star. As promotion, a 12-hour stay costs approximately 1300 pesos. This includes buffet breakfast for two, wifi, and a premium room. They accept cash and credit cards for payments. 

WILL:  After working for almost 5 years in Singapore we don’t have a home that we can call our own. When we go back to Philippines, we always stayed at our parents’ home. And every time we’ll hang out late, we always decide to go in a hotel to check-in rather than bothering our parents. We are so lucky to go to Icon Hotel in EDSA. Thank you Denise for the recommendation. Why we are lucky? We got a decent room in a very affordable price.

The lobby is wonderful. The room is neat. The sheets were clean. Oh they have quilt, awesome! We only paid Php1,299.00 for 12hour stay with breakfast buffet. Although they offer only 5 main courses it is still better than nothing. This is a family hotel, a budget hotel that you can spend time with your whole family. You can totally relax as you cannot hear the honking of buses and revving of the vehicles. They also housed a pool and a mini theatre at the lobby. Almost perfect until I got to touch their faucet. Please scrub it before the bacteria will build up on that small portion of your room.

Concierge is always smiling and ready to accommodate all your needs. Salute to this brand new hotel. Already recommended to my family and friends. Please do check them out.

Amorita Resort in Panglao Island Bohol

Abbey: I was so excited na makapunta dito. Imagine, whole family kami at out-of-Luzon :) Friendly city daw sila, and napatunayan nila yun. Sa sobrang kulit namin sa kanila, courteous at smiling pa rin sila. The amemities were great. Pagkagaling mo sa labas na sobrang init, iwe-welcome ka ng sobrang lamig na room. Uubuhin ka sa lamig.


Breakfast is superb. 2-hour breakfast from 8am and variety of foods. Bread, cheese, jam, omelet, waffle, corn flakes, bacon, eggs, tuyo, dilis, name it, they have it. At ang juice, fresh pineapple and watermelon juices.


What we did is go there at 8, then swim, then eat breakfast till 10. Ang takaw. haha.


The resort also provides transportation from airport to their place. Other modes of transpo are taxis and rented motorcycles.


There are other bars and restau outside the resort and they served variety of local foods.


Ang saya ng stay namin dito. Salamat sa treat, kuya at ate :)

WILL: Through Philippine Airlines, I paved my way to Bohol. I spend 3 days 2 nights with Amorita Resort..FREE...courtesy of Kuya Roy and Ate Gail.

      

I have been in too many resorts, yet this one still gives me an amusement. The marketing office here in Ortigas told us, they are one of the high end resort in beach of Alona, and it is! Quality of service, good food, and very scenic view of the sea, you will never go wrong staying in Amorita. 

      

They have a very polite staff, magsasawa kakagreet ng "good morning" and "good evening". On food, hayyy, I ate almost 2 omelet and waffles for each breakfast. And the scenic view, you can judge it on our video. They are literally on high end, kasi nasa cliff sila, LoL. Oh, did I mention the complimentary massage?, well, it gave us a good night sleep lalo na kay Papa RS. No wifi sa rooms sa restaurant lng, out of communication sa office, it will give you more time to relax. ;) 

     

Hope to see Kuya Junathan ulit. He is very helpful when we can't find Abbey's blackberry.