So the wedding stress was finally over but the euphoria of the whole wedding affair was still so fresh for me. Anyway, congratulations to us (me and husband along with our siblings) for pulling of a DIY wedding with a very minimal glitches. Hooray because we didn't go broke after the wedding.

Two days after the wedding, husband and myself hopped on a plane and headed to Iloilo! We were joined by our travel buddies John and Doris and newcomers Julie and Jonathan. It was a fun-filled 4 day escapade!



Here's my 4 Nights, 5 Days Iloilo (DIY) Itinerary and expenses:

Day	Details	Cost
1 (Thursday)	Departure from Davao	prepaid plane tickets
	Iloilo airport to SM City by van (30 - 45 mins travel time)	70
	Lunch at Sbarro	225
	SM to Tagbak Terminal	10
	Tagbak Terminal to Sara Terminal (via Estancia Van) - van fare is P120 **you may opt to ride Ceres Bus going directly to Concepcion (they have their own bus terminal)**	120
	Sara Terminal to HJB Pan de Azucar Hotel (via single motorcycle - travel time is around 20-30 mins)	50
	Check in at HJB Pan de Azucar (aircon room for 2 with free breakfast for 1 person - P1400)	700
	Snack (Halo-halo)	75
	Dinner	140
	Day 1 Total Expenses	1,390
2 (Friday)	Breakfast (for the additional person)	100
	Food and drinks for Lunch + paperplates and plastic cups (P980 divided to 6)	163
	Cooking Fee (for the shrimp; P175 divided to 6)	30
	Island Hopping (boat rental P2500 to 1 island destination; add P500 for additional island destination) **we went to 2 islands: Bulubadiangan Sand bar and Agho Island. So we paid P3000 and divided it to 6)**	500
	Entrance fees (Bulubadiangan Sand Bar Resort - P25; Agho - P30)	55
	Cottage at Bulubadiangan Sand bar (P130 divided to 6)	22
	Hotel to Ceres Bus terminal (should be P5 trisikad fare only but we got duped by the driver and he asked for P10 per head)	10
	Concepcion to Sara Terminal (via Ceres Bus -- travel time is just around 20-30 mins)	30
	Sara Terminal to Paon Beach Club Inc (via jeepney -- travel time is around 1 hour) **There are vans going to Estancia and there are also Ceres Bus going there. But the bus already left so we took the jeepney as per advised by the friendly locals. Luckily the driver offered to take us straight to Paon Resort for P50 per head**	50
	Check in at Paon Beach Club Inc (cheapest airconditioned room is P600) **checkout time is 12PM. We paid P200 penalties for late checkout)	400
	Snack (2 burgers at 60 each and halo-halo at 80)	100
	Coast Guard fee + environment fee	8.50
	Dinner (our dinner costs P975 and we divided it to 6)	162.50
	Day 2 Total Expenses	1,631
3 (Saturday)	Breakfast	110
	Island Hopping to 5 islands (boat rental that's good for 10 pax costs P6000 divided to 6)	1000
	Sand Bar Environmental Fee	150
	Cabugao Gamay entrance fee	50
	Cabugao Dako entrance fee	30
	Semi Boracay Island (free)	0
	Antonia Island	40
	Pack Lunch c/o Paon Resort (3 viands, rice, choice of drink, and 1 whole mango fruit)	250
	Scallop Shells (P1/piece; minimum of 100 pieces. We ordered 200 pieces)	34
	Paon Resort to Estancia Terminal (via sidecar)	15
	Estancia Terminal to Tagbak Terminal (via van - travel time is 3 hours) **you may also ride the bus but we opted for the van because it was faster**	150
	Tagbak Terminal to GoHotels (via jeep -- travel time is 20-30 mins)	13
	Check in at GoHotels **If you wish to stay at GoHotels, then better book in advance because they have different rates for advance booking and walk-ins. Advanced booking is cheaper**	1555
	Dinner at Chikaan	183.50
	Day 3 Total Expenses	3,580.50
4 (Sunday)	Breakfast at Ministop	82
	Buy snacks for the Guimaras Land Tour	75
	Hotel to Ortiz Port	7
	Ortiz Port to Jordan Port, Guimaras (via motorized banka -- travel time is 15 mins)	14
	Register at Tourism Office (they will assign to you your transportation of choice for the land tour) **registration is free. We chose Multicab as our transpo and it costs P2000 for the whole tour**	333.50
	Pasalubong from Trappist Monastery	797
	Guisi Point/Guisi Lighthouse donation (any amount will do)	5
	Raymen Beach Resort entrance fee (we had lunch here and swim for an hour)	25
	Cottage	75
	Lunch	132.50
	Jordan Port to Ortiz Port	14
	Ortiz Port to hotel	7
	Hotel to Roberto's	6.50
	Snacks	96.50
	Biscocho Haus pasalubong	484
	Biscocho Haus to Museo Iloilo	6.50
	Museo Iloilo to Jaro Church	6.50
	Jaro Church to Smallville (via taxi; fare was divided to 3)	28
	Dinner at Punot	153.50
	Smallville to Hotel (via taxi; fare was divided to 3)	28
	Day 4 Total Expenses	2,376.50
5 (Monday)	Breakfast at Ministop + buy pica2x for our flight	108
	Hotel to Airport (via van; total Van rate was P450 divided to 6)	75
	Additional Pasalubong at the airport	1440
	Departure to Davao	prepaid plane ticket
	Day 5 total Expenses	1,623
	Total Expense for 5 Days 4 Nights in Iloilo	Php10,601

I was lucky enough to have booked a Cebu Pacific promo fare that costs P1,196.72 (Dvo to Iloilo at P699 and Iloilo to Dvo with 15kg baggage at P497.72).

Check out my separate blog posts for the activities we did in Iloilo.

ISLAND HOPPING AT CONCEPCION


ISLAS DE GIGANTES ISLAND HOPPING


GUIMARAS LAND TOUR


EATS AND ACCOMMODATIONS