Bohol is Expensive?

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Hi guys! There's a recent incident involving the food sold at Virgin Island in Panglao, Bohol and the scandalous post included a bill written on a piece of paper which holds the total bill value of a whooping Php 26,000+ for the tourists' lunch meal and another photo attached of small ample of sea foods laid on a boat floor.

I was shocked when I first found that post. It was in Bisaya and so the guests who were billed at such price are, of course, Bisaya too so I was at first thinking that might be a joke but as the days went by, I figured, it might have been a real experience and then the island's mayor had ordered canceling out of all those businesses in Virgin Island except for sightseeing. I surely agree with what the mayor had done as an action to the incident.

Bohol is expensive!

I have been a victim of overpricing too back in the days especially when I travel in Tagbilaran City from Cebu. I mean people will always try to take advantage of us when they find a chance. In Tagbilaran Port, hailing a tricycle will cost at least Php 50 based on my experience. I always thought this was the actual rate but then I soon found out that the minimum rate should not even be more than Php 20 per person but these tricycle drivers would take advantage of these passengers.

Soon, the mayor of Tagbilaran City ordered that tricycle drivers will be fined and sanctioned if they'd attempt to give overpricing rates to those passengers coming from the port and even in the entire city.

Tagbilaran City is just a small one, so moving from the port to the parts of the city won't really take a lot of time plus at that time, gasoline was not yet that expensive. So, today, there are already rate flyers posted at the port area as well as inside the tricycles to inform passengers of the correct rates.

With that action, the tricycle drivers are no longer doing what they were used to doing before. If they'd try to give overpriced fares, the passenger can report them to the city mayor's office through the numbers posted all around the port.

Virgin Island Seafoods

With this new scandal, I thought why did the customer didn't ask for the prices of those that they ordered in the first place? We Filipinos are used to asking the price first before getting such an item or food.

I wonder if they were informed first hand and they ordered so many that caused their bill to reach that high. Also, the bill didn't even show the number of orders that were served. It should have been mentioned too.

Overall, this incident could have happened to others too but they didn't have the courage to post about how expensive and overpriced Virgin Island foods are.

I have not been to Virgin Island in Panglao, but my brothers had and they also exclaimed how expensive one buko was. In Cebu City, one buko costs Php 35 but it was priced at Php 100 on Virgin Island.


No More Vendors on Virgin Island

I hope that this will serve as a lesson to anyone on Virgin Island and everyone else in Panglao and in the entire Bohol that overpricing will stop. An investigation is still being done though to check if this was indeed true and to point out who were the vendors.

Unfortunately, the image of Panglao has been already damaged. I have seen posts and read comments of those who were planning to visit Bohol or Panglao but ended up changing their plans because of this incident.

Tourism is definitely affected and most of the people in Panglao are dependent on tourism so hopefully, this case will come to an end soon, and a better Panglao will come out after all of this.


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Comments

Cebu City is expensive already so katong naglayas ko sa amoa, i only stayed 3 months in cebu city. i checked boracay if i can live there but expensive. I went to taiwan and stayed for 2 months. tried manila but still expensive. a friend invited me to stay with her in Palawan until I moved out and found a place in puerto princesa city. My expenses were way cheaper in PPC compared to Cebu City. Sulit na kaayo ang island hopping sa El Nido. In short, feeling dato ko sa Palawan. hahaha

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1 year ago

Ma'am jean kagabi ko lang talaga to nakita sa Facebook at super na shocked ako. Sobrang mahal ma'am jean. Grabe kaayo. Ang saging nila 900. Kamahal kaayo. Overpricing gayud. Bitaw ma'am jean buko nila P100 isa. Perti kamahal. Dili na gayud tama ilang pricing. Dili na makatarungan.

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1 year ago

korek jd sis ay...

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1 year ago

kagrabe sad sa 26k oi! mura man ug naa sa 5 star hotel heheh

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1 year ago

mao gani sis ba

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1 year ago

I was wondering why did they customers agree with the price? Could it be they have no food brought with them? Still, the prices are way too much. Good thing the mayor closed business there.

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1 year ago

probably they didn't bring any food and that they ddint' ask for the pricing first before ordering

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1 year ago

i saw it when i'm scrolling on my feed, and i was also shock to be honest. there are many negative comments that i read, it's just sad that they're taking advantage of the tourist. i hope it won't happen again in others, kailanman hindi ikayayaman 'yung pag take ng advantage to anyone when there's a chance.

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1 year ago

tama po kayo! sana eto ay maging lesson sa mga vendors jan

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1 year ago

Nakita ko to sa facebook tapos naisip kita ate alam ko kasi taga Bohol kayo eh. Pero ung gantong siste kasi maski dito ss Pasay city eh may ganyan. Alam ko ung mga resto na malapit sa baywalk ganyan din noon eh. And hirap tuloy kapag na sense nilang tourist ka.

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1 year ago

kaya salamat at nangyari to para mastop na sila

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1 year ago

nabasa ko pa ate sabi ng ibng nasa comment eh nasira na image ng bohol tuloy.

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1 year ago

uu nga eh... anyway, it's a blessing in disguise para wala nang mabibiktima pa

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1 year ago

I was also shock nung nakita ko to ate sa social media, even though na sabihin po nila na mahal seafoods pero masyado naman po atang overprice ginawa nila.

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1 year ago

super duper overpricing talaga.... kaya hopefully this won't happen again

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1 year ago

Nag trending sis. Parang gustong lumevel sa amanpulo ang pricing huhu. Hindi na makatarungan.

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1 year ago

true..huhu but it's a blessing in disguise para mastop na ung ginagawa nilang pandaraya

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1 year ago

I thought it was also a joke rumored on social media. Why this can be happened, they were already overpricing.

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1 year ago

super overpricing, glad this issue had surfaced para mastop na din ung mga ginagawa nilang ganyan sa tourists

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1 year ago

Oo nga eh. D na gnun ka friendly ung spot nila ng dhil sa bilihin.

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1 year ago

na shock pud gani ko mamsh kay grabe ka mahal oi...gipakita man ang picture sa ilang gi order unya gi compare nila ilang experience sa katong didto silag siargao nga ang ilang kaon mura nag ga fiesta pero kulang kulang 9k lang ila nabayaran...

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1 year ago

hahaha grabe take advantage jd tong taga bohol... mao karon wa na jud namaligya didto..mas maau nuon ba kay abusado sila

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1 year ago