Hi, I've chose to stay with Blue Ribbon in Puerto Galera. They are asking me to pay the entire hotel bill up front. Wondering if that is usual with hotels in the Philippines? Perhaps it's because I am there during Christmas?
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I don't know about the Philippines in general (our trip there was prepaid but it was with a dive shop.) But it's pretty common at resorts in many places,..
sure, the sorts of places I'm thinking of, probably 99% of their guests are tourists from overseas.Maybe it's a thing done with tourists coming from overseas? Because I've never encountered it here (expat/resident).