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Joseph F.
Couples
United States of America,
July 15, 2009
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more than meets the eye
excellent facility, wonderful environment, and rooms are awesome. excellent aquatic activities.
7
though the resort is beautiful and they offer some good aquatic activities for the amount of money that I spent for the duration of 5 days I would not waste my money on an insensative resort.
Hotel Feature Tip:
wonderful aquatic activities and very lowkey area.
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Colin O.
Solo travelers
New Zealand,
July 14, 2009
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White Sands - Not A White Elephant
Friendly staff, decent beach, sizeable room, lush greenery on resort itself.
6.7
This resort is great if one wants a beach setting that is well tended.
The gardens are lush and trimmed, the koi ponds have abundant life in them and the staff friendly and helpful.
Travel to town takes around 40 to 50 minutes, depending on traffic conditions. Use the second (new) bridge and save some time on the journey.
Hotel Feature Tip:
Koi ponds are great if you like this sort of thing. Resort has two decently sized pools and scuba tryouts.
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Susanna G.
Couples
United Kingdom,
July 05, 2009
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Cebu White Sands
Everyone was so friendly. There were a good range of tours and watersports - we were the only ones on our tour as we were here mid-week which was excellent! The fresh bbq each night was fantastic with plently of seafood and meat. Both pools were lovely and the sun loungers were very comfy.
8.7
Overall this hotel was excellent value. The total bill for all the extras was so reasonable considering the amount we did. It was very relaxing and the boat tour was great and we were able to snorkel. I would definitely recommend this place as it wasn't too crowded and was nice and clean and friendly.
Travel tip:
Go for the bbq food as it is much fresher and tastier than the a la carte.
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Wanchi C.
Families with young children
Hong Kong,
July 04, 2009
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real bargain for cebu resorts
good bargain for a beach-side resort. friendly staff. comfortable rooms and restaurants.
7.3
we had a pleasant stay for 4D3N here on a diving trip till the day we check-out. We checked-out at 7am and then went to our dive shop. After knowing our dive schedule was cancelled, we returned to the resort at 9am to see if the hotel could allow us to stay at our room till 12nn (the official check-out time). The front desk manager apparently couldnt handle this with flexibility and emphasized it's hotel policy. we're desperately disappointed since we've stayed for 3 nites already. Finally with a dozens phone-calls to the senior management and stuff, they allowd us to use the room till 12nn but that was 10:15am.
Travel tip:
if you check out early in the morning, don't do it officially. Just place your key to the front desk and tell them to check-out for you if you dun return by 12nn.
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William M.
Couples
Australia,
July 03, 2009
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An Oasis in Mactan!!
Large swimming pools, immaculate grounds, good size room, good breakfast, obliging staff.
7.3
Have stayed here before, and White Sands offers a very nice manicured grounds, huge main pool - a smaller facility overall than the Hilton etc further along the island, but immaculate. We enjoyed eating out in the adjacent resto's along the road outside the resort which offered good food, and very affordable.
Restaurant Tip:
Resto's just over the road outside front gate - very good value
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Geoffrey S.
Couples
United Kingdom,
June 23, 2009
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Beauty of White Sands
The staff are very friendly, rooms clean and spacious
8.3
I have stayed at this hotel with my Philippine wife twice now and intend to return, what you see is what you get. This by European standards is a hotel not a resort. The staff are very friendly, buffet breakfast superb, dinner at night can be hit or miss, but they have theme nights which are very good. Both swimming pools are excellent and having visited supposedly better hotels in the same area, this is by far the best value with the best staff, highly recommende
Travel tip:
Quick tip, arrange your own taxi outside the hotel entrance and ensure the driver uses the meter
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Jongkeun L.
Couples
South Korea,
June 21, 2009
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nice resort to stay
white sandbeach resort is not the best resort in cebu, but one of the best place where we can take a rest
7.3
nice place to take a rest, friendly staff
in my opinion, this resort is better than maribago resort which is more expensive
Hotel Feature Tip:
friendly staff
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Peter L.
Couples
Australia,
June 20, 2009
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our stay at white sands
cleanliness friendly staff very helpful tidy grounds and gardens good security
10
to the management and staff at whie sands both my wife and i felt very welcome and the service and food excellent we were always greeted with smiling faces nothing was a problem we will most definatly stay again in the future i would recomend your hotel very highly to anyone traveling to cebu
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Lam M.
Groups
Hong Kong,
June 18, 2009
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Warm welcoming resort
2 swimming pools
very very friendly staffs
8
the local tours offered by the hotel (for island hopping) are a bit expensive comparing with others.
just opposite the hotel, a few Korean restaurants there, good taste for the one with BBQ
next to the hotel, the bluewater hotel has good value seafood so no need to go to floating restaurant where they charge unreasonable high price
Hotel Feature Tip:
nice to stay for 2-3 days given the price
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Christian B.
Couples
Denmark,
June 18, 2009
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Ok but not worth the money
4
We had a quick stay for one night and must say we payed to much compared with the service we got. Staff was polite but only when given tip's where they interested in helping you. My advice is go down south on the island where there is les people and the beaches are nice.
Hotel Feature Tip:
Pool is nice but you see that for your self!
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