CORONicles Day 1: Touchdown Coron
CORONicles Day 2: Coron Island Loop Tour
CORONicles Day 3: Malcapuya Loop Tour
CORONicles Day 4: What Should've Been An Awesome Calumbuyan Tour
Day 1, Town Tour Van airport to town/hotel Lunch Tricycle hire (Max of 3pax per tricycle, P500 per tricycle) Makinit Hot Spring Entrance fee Dinner Sub-Total Day 2, Coron Island loop Breakfast Tricycle fare from Gran Vista to wharf (P20 per pax or P50 for 2); Big Boat (up to 10 pax, P2,000; 11-15pax, P2,200) Tour Assistant/Guide Entrance fees (Banul 100, Skel wreck 100, Barracuda 100, Siete Pecados 100, Kayangan 200) Cottage Rentain in Banol Picnic lunch Tricycle fare from wharf to Gran Vista (P20 per pax or P50 for 2) Coordination fee Dinner Sub-Total Day 3, Malcapuya loop Breakfast Tricycle fare from Gran Vista to wharf (P20 per pax or P50 for 2) Boat (big boat P4000) Tour Assistant/Guide Entrance fees (Malcapuya 200, Banana/bulog dos sandbar 250) Picnic lunch Tricycle fare from whart to Gran Vista (P20 per pax or P50 for 2); or discounted fare to Castaway Coordination fee Dinner Sub-Total Day 4, Atwayan and Maquinit Breakfast Tricycle hire to/from wharf and Maquinit (Max of 3pax per tricycle, P500 per tricycle) Big Boat (up to 10 pax, P2,000; 11-15pax, P2,200) Tour Assistant/Guide Entrance fees (Atwayan 100, Maquinit 150) Cottage rental in Atwayan Beach Picnic lunch Coordination fee Dinner Sub-Total Day 5, Relax, depart Breakfast Tricycle to souvenir shops Lunch Van to airport Sub-Total Total for the Tours Total with 5% Service Charge for the Package (charged by Gran Vista) Other Expenses Snorkeling Masks (P100/pax/day) Accommodation (P400/pax/night) * with 5% discount as returning customer Airfare from MNL to BUS Cebu Pacific Airfare from BUS to MNL Airphil GRAND TOTAL | Cost per Group 500.00 500.00 2,000.00 500.00 100.00 150.00 2,750.00 4,000.00 500.00 150.00 4,650.00 500.00 1,000.00 500.00 100.00 150.00 2,250.00 120.00 120.00 10,270.00 10,783.50 1,800.00 6,080.00 4,152.82 10,158.00 32,974.32 | Cost per Pax 150.00 200.00 166.67 150.00 200.00 866.67 120.00 20.00 666.67 83.33 600.00 16.67 200.00 20.00 25.00 200.00 1,951.67 120.00 20.00 666.67 83.33 450.00 200.00 20.00 25.00 200.00 1,785.00 120.00 166.67 166.67 83.33 250.00 16.67 200.00 25.00 200.00 1,228.33 120.00 40.00 200.00 150.00 510.00 6,341.67 6,658.75 300.00 1,520.00 692.14 1,693.00 10,863.89 |
I know, I know. We could have saved a lot if we did a couple of things. Like joining budget tours. But that ain't my type. I saw how cramped people were in a tiny weeny boat and even if the tour's just P650/pax all-in, I still wouldn't exchange that for the comfort we experienced in Ms. Gigi's boats.
Our expenses for this trip were ~2k less than what we spent last 2009. Itinerary is almost the same except for the Calumbuyan tour. Even though Coron set us back by 10 grand, we had no regrets. I knew it was right to choose Ms. Gigi and Gran Vista again. It was the best way to end the summer vacation :) So long, Coron ♥