It’s LIT! Youtube Creator Day Manila 2017

Hello, it’s been a while since my last post. I was extremely excited and kinda nervous about this event that I’m going to post. Okay uhmmm… I was invited by Youtube Philippines for Youtube Creator Day Manila last August 19, Saturday that was held at Relik Restaurant and Bar in BGC Commerce center.

I was nervous for some reason because my content was not really a vlogger type so I expected that all people that will attend are specifically a vlogger. As I got into the venue, they ask my name to register and gave me my name tag and a ballpen.  Since I am alone and don’t have any close “YouTuber” friend I suddenly became shy….. I feel shy when I don’t know anybody in general. Well, although I feel shy I start socializing and approach with the person beside me and he’s into techie and WHAT?! So I’m not the only creator that has different content.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BX-zi4UjF-7/?taken-by=limshai

Did I just say that I’m a creator? Oh yes, I didn’t expect that I could attend this kind of event also the fact that I could earn in this. I started first account when I was in 1st-year high school I guess? It was my first account “shairalim025” my channel got suspended or deleted by Youtube and I don’t know what’s the reason………limshaira (former shairalimlyrics) is currently stable and I’m still using it. I created limshaira in 2010. I just love making a video and put some lyrics on it. I consider that it was REALLY a hobby of mine while I was in my teenage years. I didn’t imagine this could go so far and to become part of the community and the event as well is just sooooooooooo AMAZING!!!

I’m the one who’s wearing glasses, a white top, a denim skort with a green backpack.

It was super duper fun and exciting event I got connect with some creators and inspired by the Youtube Ambassador. We did games and raffles. too. Overwhelmed feeling to see people with the same passion as you.

Nice meeting you all 😀 ❤

 

 

Travelbook.ph shoulders the 12% VAT on your hotel bookings

Travelbook.ph, the leading online travel agency (OTA) in the Philippines, launches a very generous offer that everyone will surely love!

Starting July 18, 2017, all hotel bookings made through Travelbook.ph will be free of VAT as it will be subsidized by the OTA to all participating customers.

 

“We understand that all people in the Philippines are really burdened with high VAT as it is present in almost all commodities that they need. We feel that we can help more. That’s why we’ve come up with this campaign: We will shoulder the VAT cost for every booking made with us,” according to Takumi Nakazawa, General Manager of Travelbook.ph.

As customers proceed with their hotel bookings with TravelBook.ph, the VAT will be automatically paid by the company and will be deducted from the total cost. Furthermore, discounts from promos and insider deals may be added on top of 12% discount. Customers may enjoy this offer by booking with any of the 3,300 affiliated hotels and resorts of TravelBook.ph nationwide.

 

Book Now @TravelBookPh

 

This offer from Travelbook.ph also aims to help travelers have stress-free and budget-friendly transactions when planning their trips.

“This is our way to let people know that we care. We want to appease their burden and give them the best deals and opportunities to travel,” Mr. Nakazawa continues.

VAT-free means more money for your trip! Book now with Travelbook.ph to get the best pocket-friendly deals on hotels and resorts in the Philippines! Avail of our Pay-at-Hotel No Credit Card Needed payment option for easier and convenient booking!

This campaign will run for a limited time only. Campaign period may end without prior notice.

Book Now @TravelBookPh

[Press Release] TravelBook.ph Affiliate Program commends bloggers on 1st anniversary celebration

TravelBook.ph, the leading online travel agency (OTA) in the Philippines, celebrated the first anniversary of its Affiliate Program last June 24, 2017 at Oakwood Premier Joy-Nostalg Center Manila in Ortigas Center, Pasig. In addition to celebrating an important milestone, the edevent was the OTA’s way of thanking its 2,700 blogger affiliates and acknowledging each of their contributions to the success of the said program since it began.

The event, entitled TravelBook.ph Affiliate Program 1^st Year Cheer, highlighted and celebrated the many firsts that the Affiliate Program has achieved on its first year.

Anniversary celebratory toast led by TravelBook.ph’s General Manager Takumi Nakazawa, Business Development Manager Pinky Librada, and Business Development Officers
Pia Bernaldo and Toni Reyes

Present during the event is Affiliate 001 Awardee David Bernabe, owner of Crowd Travel and the very first affiliate to sign up for TravelBook.ph’s Affiliate Program. DIY Travel and Tours was also awarded for being the first affiliate to incur a completed booking through their website. The awards and tokens of appreciation for the affiliates were presented by Ms. Pia Bernaldo and Ms. Toni Reyes of the Affiliate Team, along with Mr. Takumi Nakazawa, General Manager of TravelBook.ph.

From L-R: Event host Allan Bobis of The Filipino Rambler and Mon Villaverde of Terrific Traveller, the first guest to unlock the surprise point giveaway given to affiliates.

TravelBook.ph also prepared an audio-visual presentation of their first blogger getaway, where 15 lucky bloggers won an all-expenses-paid trip to the lovely island of Caramoan in Camarines Sur. Two of the bloggers who attended the Caramoan getaway, Me-An Clemente of Yogo and Cream and event host Allan Bobis of The Filipino Rambler, received tokens of appreciation from TravelBook.ph and gift certificates from Trampoline Park.

The attendees also looked back on their first affiliate training, which took place last year. Dianne Rosqueta of Curly Dianne was invited on stage to share her experience and how much the affiliate trainings helped her in optimizing the content of her blog. Afterwards, Ms. Pia Bernaldo of the Affiliate Team expressed her gratitude to the attendees and discussed the future plans of the program for the affiliate bloggers.

Also present in the event is Charmaine Belza of The Project Maine and the first affiliate to withdraw commission earned through the program. She was also given a certificate and token of appreciation from GetGo PH and Novellino Wines.

 

Lucky affiliates who won prizes from Novellino Wines, GetGo PH, Jam Liner Inc., Fast Cat, Philtranco, Hideo Wakamatsu, Trampoline Park, and Oakwood Premier Joy-Nostalg Center Manila

 

During the event, Ms. Pinky Librada, Business Development Manager of TravelBook.ph, discussed the Affiliate Program’s new commission structure, wherein the affiliates can score up to 65% commission rates once accommodations have been booked through their websites.

TravelBook.ph Affiliate Team with Team Timan, blogger affiliates who won Trampoline Park gift certificates and roundtrip tickets from Jam Liner

All attendees received PHP 2,000 worth of TravelBook points as well as loot bags with freebies from PhotoBook Wordwide, Hideo Wakamatsu, Celeteque, Vivo Lumio, and Bo’s Coffee.

Wines from Novellino Wines, backpack and trolley from Hideo Wakamatsu, Trampoline Park gift certificates, roundtrip tickets from Philtranco and Jam Liner Inc., roundtrip business class tickets from FastCat, and an overnight stay with breakfast for two at Oakwood Premier Joy-Nostalg were among the raffle prizes given away to the blogger attendees.

Affiliates proudly wore their certified affiliate shirts as they celebrate the 1^st year of TravelBook.ph Blogger Affiliate Program

TravelBook.ph Affiliate Program’s 1^st Year Cheer, which was attended by members of the media as well as top travel and lifestyle bloggers, is TravelBook.ph’s last hurrah for the said program’s week-long anniversary celebration.

About TravelBook.ph

TravelBook.ph is the leading online travel e-commerce company (online travel agent or OTA) in the Philippines dedicated to offering great value hotel bookings and with a varied selection of Philippine hotels and resorts in Baguio, Batangas, Bohol, Boracay, Cebu, Davao, Laguna, Metro Manila, Palawan, Pampanga, Tagaytay, Zambales, and more. A total of 3,200 affordable hotels are currently listed in Travelbook.ph.

TravelBook.ph also offers the best / lowest prices with attractive discounts for hotels and resorts and innovative payment options without credit card – “Pay at Hotel, No credit card needed.”

Travelbook.ph also offers exclusive reward points: Customers also automatically earn back 5% of the total amount they spend as reward points, which they can use to get discounts on their future bookings (1 point is equivalent to PHP 1.00).

Customers can also use TravelBook.ph’s convenient mobile app to book accommodations on the go. It is available on the App Store and Google Play.

Lastly, TravelBook.ph is a proud Philippine-based company with 24/7 support. It has a Filipino call center ready to assist customers anytime. They can be reached through these numbers:

 

Landline: +63 2 662 1111                   Globe: +63 917 850 9029

Sun: +63 925 887 2835                       Smart: +63 998 961 3012

To know more about convenient and affordable hotel bookings all over the Philippines, visit www.travelbook.ph. Follow TravelBook.ph on Facebook at www.facebook.com/TravelBook.ph/, Twitter https://twitter.com/travelbookph, and Instagram https://www.instagram.com/travelbookph/.

 

 

La Vie Parisienne

There’s no need a passport and visa for your next Paris tour. I’ve visited Cebu last month. La Vie Parisienne has a vibe of being in Paris. Very instagrammable place too! I didn’t try any foods or wines I was fully loaded during my buffet stay at Pino Restaurant. I’ll sure to try it next time. Rain suddenly drops during my visit and I’m soooo frustrated that I didn’t take many photos of the place.

 

Credits to http://www.beadeegee.com for the photo

 

 

Stunning paradise – Britania Island

Untouched white sand beach, the Naked Island in Surigao del Sur. It matches the way they name on the island. Just like a painting with blue sky, a sunlight, coconut trees and tourist.

Sand Bar

 

My Butanding (Whale shark) Experience

My Travel Diary: Wanderlust 5.0 | Oslob Whale watching

Last week, I had a 3 days tour in Cebu. We planned to go first to Oslob, 2 hours from Cebu City. Oslob whale watching has a lot of foreign tourists around. 30 minutes to enjoy taking pictures and swim with the Butanding (Whaleshark)

They are tooo big! I never imagined seeing how big they are. The boatman is feeding them every morning. I have a water syndrome when I was young, but then I conquered it. This time I had to challenge myself to remove my life jacket and hold my breath for the best shot.Opens at 8:00 AM – 8:00 PM. For taking a picture with the Butanding it’s only up to 12:00 noon, A fee of Php 500.00 with snorkeling gear plus the boat.

Majestic and Truly Enchanting

My Travel Diary: Wanderlust 7.0 |  Hinatuan: Enchanted River

Around 3:00 PM as we arrived in Enchanted River. a short briefing area for the tourist reminding the do’s and don’t inside the river. After the briefing, we rode a shuttle going to the river for free.  The facilities closes at 5:00 PM

Seeing the river is truly enchanting, it’s very clear!

Do’s and Don’t’s

1.  Make sure to attend the short briefing first
2. Avail life vest for Php. 15.00 per hour. No life vest no swimming policy
3. Observe CLAYGO (Clean as you go)
4. Taking pictures is allowed but beware to the restricted area
5. Don’t cross the border lines. – Before, tourist are allowed to swim all around the river, the Local Government of Hinatuan, puts border lines for the tourist to swimming

MORE! Endless exciting adventure awaits you in Hinatuan

1. C-Fish Cage & Sand Bars Resort – 09465396680
2. Margarett Island Peak Resort – 0929624217
3. Pacific View – 09173081243 / 09399308705
4. White Blue Resort – 09217299304 / 09129003623
5. Rock Island – 09486769779 / 09773544947
6. Sibadan Fish Cage – 09465634927 / 09103447524
7. Umbrella Fish Cage – 09462904917 / 09075573706
8. Harip White Beach Brgy. Harip
9. Tarusan River Brgy. Tarusan
10. Vanishing Island Brgy. Portlamon
11. Ligad White Beach Brgy. Campa
12. Tinago Lagoon Brgy. Cambatong
13. White Sand bar Brgy. Aquino
14. Eco Park Brgy. Bitoon
15. San Juan Wharf Brgy. San Juan
16. Tipdos Island Hinatuan

Municipal Tourism Office: 09399243278

Bucas Grande Island Hopping – Sohoton Lagoon

My Travel Diary: Wanderlust 6.0 |Bucas Grande Island Hopping – Sohoton Lagoon 

What to see in this wonderful paradise? I’ve saw and become fascinated on it’s natural beauty. White sand, native houses can be found in Cinnamon Island, Jellyfish and starfish swimming along the shore, star studded crystal clear water. Bucas Grande Island is  located in Socorro, Surigao del Norte, Philippines. We had an Island hopping tour

 

From Hayanggabon Port, we went first to Cinnamon Island so that we can have our lunch and put our bags to the cottage.

 

We found pitcher plants. a prey trapping mechanism that catches  flying or crawling insects su

The mouth of Hagukan Cave

 

Things to do while having the island tour?

Hagukan Cave An underwater cave that has a small passage going inside. When entering the cave you have lie down facing the sky and the boatman will pull you. You can a snake formation inside the cave. You can also witness the water having light when you splash the water because of the water reflection.

Magkukuob Cave Are you fan of cliff jumping? Me, I’m not… the boatman told us that if we like to try we’ll enter to the cave then upon exit, we have to jump to the ciiff with 12-meters high. If your not a swimmer it’s not a problem, the problem is when you don’t jump.

 

Crystal Cave Different formations of stalagmites and stalactites can be seen. There are bats inside too.

Jellyfish Sanctuary I held a transparent jellyfish and a brown jellyfish!

How To Get To Bucas Grande Island?

 

What’s on my travel Bag?

Hi! It’s 3:17am in my clock and still wide awake! Maybe because I slept too much yesterday.Today is our flight to Cebu with my fam for 10 days. I packed all my things that I need and there you go my travel essentials.

 

Camera
Nikon Dslr and Sjcam for taking pictures!!! Who wouldn’t want to take pictures? All of us of course, I love taking pictures of the places I’ve seen.

PS: I’m not a pro of using Dslr yet in the process of learning. I usually use my phone camera and that’s it.

Powerbank
A life saver for my gadgets!

Monopod
Because I use my cell phone for vlogging monopod will be a big help.

Charger

Wet wipes
Just for emergency or anything that I need those.

Mentos
I feel so dizzy every time I ride a plane. So, I need this to endure that dizziness of mine.

Beauty essentials
I have a very sensitive skin sunblock, lotion and toner will do.

Sunglasses

Medicines

Earphones
Last but not the least my earphone. Since I feel dizzy in the plane. Music will entertain me with and comfort me.

 

Note: My first vlog is out!! I suppose to upload this last week but there’s always a hindrance in my internet connection. Check it out 🙂 Hope you enjoy!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pililla Wind farm in Tanay Rizal

Travel Diary: Wanderlust 4.0 | Pililla Wind farm

There’s no need to get far to see windmill. Rizal province has it!  located in Barangay Halayhayin in the municipality of Pililla in Rizal province. It is the first Luzon-based wind farm outside Ilocos Norte. There are 27 wind turbines in all.

Witness this new attraction in Tanay, Rizal. This is my second time already, the first time I came to visit was last 2 years ago (as I remember)  and the site is not yet finished. No entrance fee needed just simply follow their rules and regulations.

Laguna de bay view

 

Keep educating yourself! Take time to read this facts… 

Basic facts of Rizal Province

Basic facts about Pililia, Rizal

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