Planning ahead for an accommodation is a great advantage. You come to browse and read reviews. At first, we checked for Kalachuchi Resort. Yet as I read some reviews, if we’re looking for a good beach area, we shall stay along San Juan. It is in San Juan area where we find a long stretch of white sand beaches.
I check for Coral Cay Resort. They have a very good review and an affordable price. When we ask for their vacancy, they are already fully booked. We ask them some recommendation on a nice and affordable resort, and then they have recommend White Villas.
Upon inquiring at White Villas, they have an available room for us so we book with them. We pay a total of Php 2,300 for the three of us.
To describe the accommodation, it’s like a bungalow type of house, with a private terrace and a medium-size air-conditioned room complete with toilet and bath. One queen-size bed and an extra bed for me. They have an open ground in front of the villa, a very walking distance beach area in front of the resort and a nice open lounge for dining.
We have dinner at the resort. They have a wonderful list of food choices on their menu and I should say, it’s quite pricey though the servings are good for sharing. We order shrimp, squid and pork. We still have lechon left on lunch so we ask them to re-heat it. After our dinner, I buy a bottle of beer outside to chill while chatting.
We have a wonderful evening; we have very good night sleep. I wake up early and walk out of the villa. I am roaming around the beach area and mesmerizing by the beautiful morning scene.
As they say that the greatest cliché in photography is the sunrise and sunset, yes it really is. The very inviting view of the calm seas blends with the colorful clouds reflecting the sunrise is really amazing. The effect of taking photos making the calm waters reflect the panoramic view of the clouds is perfect. What a wonderful scene to start my day.
As our agreed time to start our day tour was at 7am, we quickly fix ourselves and get ready for the adventure. Our tricycle service arrive ahead of time while we’re having breakfast. We finish breakfast late that we depart White Villas 30 minutes late as well.
Overall, our stay at White Villas is good. It should be very good yet; the downside is when we arrive at noon time for checkout.
It is my first time experience to be impeached in my room. As per resort policy, checkout time is at 12noon. We arrive at the resort at 12:30pm. Just 30 minutes late and they start fixing our room. We are surprised that our things are piled at the terrace. Though we are really for checkout that day, from Salagdoong (which is quite far) really takes more of our time to travel. We are just confident that our things are intact inside since they have not called or texted us if we want to extend. Had they informed us that they will make up the room at exactly 12 noon, we will not be surprised when we arrive.
They are just kind enough to tell us that we can still use the restroom before we go. We opt not to use it since we’re in a hurry to catch another schedule for Cantabon Cave.
We’re also thankful that they did not charge us for an hour of extension on the villa. But next time, they should have contacted us if we have plans on extending our stay or not.
Other than that, White Villa offers a good accommodation along San Juan.
Been here: November 18-19, 2015
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