Travel Agency Deals at Travel Tour Expo 2015

For those of you who are curious as to how much some of Manila's popular travel agencies charge for their tours during the Travel Tour Expo, here you go! 

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The photo above is Marvels of Travel's deal for a Hong Kong trip. And the photo below is their tour package for Macau.

Other Deals at Travel Tour Expo 2015

Hello dear friends! for those of you who are curious at more or less how much trips are at the Travel Tour Expo, here are photos of the flyers I took home from the expo! 

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The photo above is for this food stall that sells exotic foods from Taiwan. The photo below is a tour package from Universal Holidays Inc. for an 8 day Japan tour. 

Korea Tour Deals at Travel Tour Expo 2015

Hello friends! to give you an idea of more or less how much can you get Korea tours during the Travel Tour Expo, I took photos of the flyers I was given. 

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Philippine Airlines /PAL Deals at Travel Tour Expo 2015

For the curious folks out there, here are the rates of Philippine Airlines for Travel Tour Expo 2015! 

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 Above is the list of economy fares for international destinations USA, Canada, Hong Kong, Macau, Taipei, Singapore, Bangkok, Japan, Middle East, Australia, and others. 

Travel Tour Expo 2015

Hooray for tourism! It's my first time to visit an expo that has nothing to do with cosplay or food or consumer products, which is why it was very interesting to go to this year's Travel Tour Expo. The moment you step into SMX you know they mean serious business because they booked all of the function halls of the first and second floor. I have no concrete quotations of SMX, but based from what I know, to be able to rent all of those function halls, it will probably be at 10-20 million pesos depending on other terms and conditions. But well, that's not a 100% sure quotation, but for sure it does not come cheap. 

I understand why they do this though. Last year, I saw that they earned 500 million pesos in the span of three days! THREEEE DAYSSS! 

That's because of a few factors probably. One is that the people who go here are ready to travel and come armed with their credit cards and dream vacations in their mind. Another is that travel agencies and airlines give crazily cheap rates for their services. And the last and most important reason is because you can only avail of all those aforementioned crazy discounts when you go to the expo. 

My Beloved Mang Larry's

Whenever I'm tired, down, or weary. There is only one answer to any problem, and that is Mang Larry's 

To be honest, prior to entering university, I had no idea what isaw was, how it was prepared, what it tasted like, or even the mere idea of even wanting to try it. The only mental image I had back then related to isaw was hepatitis, so yeah, you kinda get the picture. 

But well, things kinda changed when there was this day when I just wanted to try isaw and find out for myself. I tried the fried isaw at Mang Ramon's stall in UP (yes their fried isaw is also very good, especially during dusk as that's when they prepare fresh batches of them). I ended up getting smitten. It was a gamey, sweet, but umami-full taste that I knew that it was definitely not going to be my last time to get isaw for myself.