The major factor in keeping your Boracay vacation cost at the minimum is getting low, low, low airfares. Next is knowing the various options in going to and around Boracay Island, plus an efficient itinerary, to avoid unnecessary transportation costs (spoken like a true auditor, eh?).
Cheap airfares are usually offered for the off-peak months (May to October). In our case, we asked our friends from Explore Eight Travel to help us find great fare deals to Boracay. It was important to be in constant communication with them to ensure we get the booking we want right then and there because promo seats sell really fast. On our 3rd attempt, we got round trip tickets priced at P3,818 for two (2) persons for the Manila-Kalibo (and vice versa) route thru PAL Express. The Manila-Caticlan flights for the same dates were priced at P8K. We also opted for a Saturday to Monday schedule to get even lower fares (since Friday to Sunday fares are quite higher).
Side note: If you plan to look for low fares by yourself, there is an app (on Android) called Skyscanner which allows you to search for flights with no particular dates. Just provide the airport of departure and the destination. Since we got our friends from Explor8 Travel to find the cheapest flight available, we didn't get to use this app. We might use them for our future trips though. :)
What follows here is our step-by-step guide on how we went about our trip.
Cheap airfares are usually offered for the off-peak months (May to October). In our case, we asked our friends from Explore Eight Travel to help us find great fare deals to Boracay. It was important to be in constant communication with them to ensure we get the booking we want right then and there because promo seats sell really fast. On our 3rd attempt, we got round trip tickets priced at P3,818 for two (2) persons for the Manila-Kalibo (and vice versa) route thru PAL Express. The Manila-Caticlan flights for the same dates were priced at P8K. We also opted for a Saturday to Monday schedule to get even lower fares (since Friday to Sunday fares are quite higher).
Side note: If you plan to look for low fares by yourself, there is an app (on Android) called Skyscanner which allows you to search for flights with no particular dates. Just provide the airport of departure and the destination. Since we got our friends from Explor8 Travel to find the cheapest flight available, we didn't get to use this app. We might use them for our future trips though. :)
What follows here is our step-by-step guide on how we went about our trip.