beware: cauleric boat crew in boracay

[zero]

may bad experience ako in Boracay last wednesday.
the crew of the boat-for-hire headed by a certain Eric (Cauleric was the name of the boat) offered my group (we're 6 then) for an island tour/snorkling around boracay for P1400. after snorkling and surrendering to them the googles, they're charging us for snorkling fee (ok lang, nagbayad kami). after having lunch, eto na sila and claiming 8 daw ang googles nila at nawawalan sila ng isa. they want us to pay P2500 for the missing (daw) google. lintek, mahal pa ang google sa boat rental! we insisted that we wont pay for it because its not our fault. we called some authorities and the hotel manager of true house hotel (where we stayed) to help us deal with these people. we said that, why bring 8 googles when we're just a group of 6? we dont even know if they have 8 googles then. probably they were doing this kind of racket for a long time na.
good thing that the authorities and the hotel manager there, after hearing each other's statements, sided with us and gave the crew some sermon and warning. may history na pala itong mga ito before with some korean tourists, sabi ng mga vendors dun.

iwasan nyo na lang makipag-deal with this people baka ma-gimikan kayo ng mga ito. naka-station sila sa Dave' Place between ng Cocomangas at True Homes Hotel in Boracay.

[ssaloon]

pare, baka goggles? akala ko nagsearch sila sa net habang nasa bora kayo hehe

peace!

[Ungas]

Racket yan! Kaya nung nagrent kami ng goggles, binilang ko muna isa isa para malinaw kung ilan ang rented units. Natural na may snorkelling fee 60/head. One time payment maghapon na yun kung gusto nyo, kahit saang part ng island.

[zero]

Originally posted by ssaloon
pare, baka goggles? akala ko nagsearch sila sa net habang nasa bora kayo hehe

peace!

hahahaha!!! goggles nga pala, excited na kasi sa mag-internet kaya siguro google nailagay ko. at inulit-ulit ko pa yata sa kuwento ko, ngek!! umaalon pa ang utak ko kc.

eto ako ngayon, back to work ulit and back in tsikot.
pare, ok yung Jona's fruit shakes na ni-refer mo.

[ssaloon]

sureshot yan pare! ako pupunta palang bukas ng 6am

[Ungas]

Wala ka bang aftershock nung alon at bangka? :puyat: :suka:

[chieffy]

maraming loko na boat service talaga dyan...may cases pa noong late 80's na hinoholdap pa nila ang tourist kapag nakarating na sa isang island or liblib na lugar...

[Ungas]

Kaya karamihan ng boat agents at tour guides may respective IDs na issued ng DOT. Dapat hingan mo muna sila bago makipag areglo sa mga activities. Willing naman sila pakita yung ID na accredited.

[zero]

oo nga, may aftershock pa akong alon-alon.
may mga i.d. nga mga tao dun pero may manggagancho pa rin.

dinala nila kami sa puka beach at duon daw kame maglunch. masarap naman dun at ***y na maganda yung waitress (si Ruby).
badtrip lang, na pag-alaman ko na kuya pala ni Ruby si Eric (the boatman), kaya pala yun ang recommended site nung Eric to have lunch.

[Ungas]

Hmmm... bat wala naman kaming waitress dun sa Puka beach!

Umikot pa kayo dun sa isang beach sa likod?

[Tifosi]

Ang ogags naman nun. Actually ganyan din nangyari sa min last week eh. Pero nahanap naman yung goggles
Yung mga kasama namen ang nagrent, kami ng g/f ko bumili na kami nung googles at snorkel namen; parang kadiri kasi eh,kahit sabihin pa nilang malinis at pinakukuluan pa yun hehe.

Grabe may Boracay hangover pa rin ako!!! Ibalik niyo ko dun!!!

[odell]

kaya tayo nawawalan ng tourist eh.. **** mga yan. grrrrrr

[torque]

hehe ganyan ang pinoy...

[NightRock]

Ang MAHAL naman kami nga whole family 700 lang rent namin ng boat tapos tour pa talaga kami ng matagal... nag fish feeding din ako wala naman extra charged kahit na muntik ng mamatay sa takot yung bangkero dahil bigla ako tumalon heheheh na carried away ako sa ganda ng dagat hahaha..

Good thing is dinala pa kami sa ok na place para mag lunch mura na sariwa pa

[ARB]

it also happened to us two years ago. they tried to get money from us using the same scam. lost snorkel and mask. but we said that we did not know the person that went with us, naki share lang kami. maybe they did it also to the one na naki share sa amin. and we did not pay. ang pinoy talaga they can make money the right way, will find to make extra doing it the wrong way.

[NightRock]

uh dami na pala ganito nangyari.. Buti nalang mabait yung boatman namin...Sayang I lost his number binigay nya nga sakin just in case daw na meron ako kilala na mag boating sa boracay refer ko daw sya..

[boybi]

Originally posted by NightRock
Ang MAHAL naman kami nga whole family 700 lang rent namin ng boat tapos tour pa talaga kami ng matagal... nag fish feeding din ako wala naman extra charged kahit na muntik ng mamatay sa takot yung bangkero dahil bigla ako tumalon heheheh na carried away ako sa ganda ng dagat hahaha..

Good thing is dinala pa kami sa ok na place para mag lunch mura na sariwa pa

NightRock, naaalala mo pa ba kung saan nyo naarkila yang boat at kung anong pangalan nung bangkero? mas ok kung meron kang pic

[garyq]

I go sailing everytime sa Boracay when I'm there and had many island tours na and sa awa ng Diyos never had these experiences. Kailangan kasi mukhang may alam ka dun sa gagawin mo kahit wala kang alam. Yung nagpa-panggap ba.He!he! Pag mukhang first timer ka yayariin ka talaga niyan mga yan. Tawaran mo kaagad at don't look to be very interested. Marami naman boat rentals diyan. Tell him pag iisipan niyo muna and hold out until gagawin niyo na. Get also referrals from your hotel concierge (si boy o si manong, he!he).

[slip-slick]

swerte din ako yata a. i've been to boracay many times, i've never had any bad experiences. last time nag snorkeling kami, i paid P350 per head, that includes snorkles, goggles, fins and eat all you can food. nagdala ng fresh meat and fish ung mga bankero. around lunch time, nag punta kami sa isang place, dun sila nag ihaw.. tsalap! all you can eat and drink talaga! nalimutan ko na name nung bankero na un e, pero may table sila dun sa station 2, malapit dun sa store ng hand painted shirts, near la luna court ba un?

[ARB]

most scam artists are the agents siguro. they look for clients then go to the real owners of the boats, the they get comission. then they scam you you that you lost something without even the owner of the boat really knowing about it.