This seems to be a very popular question so I will be addressing it through this post. Relative to other places of interest in the Philippines, Sagada is affordable. Accommodation is reasonably priced and the guided tours are of standard price. As with any budget, one must break it down to its components to be able to see the parts where additional savings or allowances could be made.

Transportation

This is the biggest chunk of the expense list. If you’re planning to go to Sagada from Manila via Baguio City, you have to pencil in 460 pesos (~12 USD) for the Baguio-Manila trip and 236pesos (~6 USD) for the Baguio-Sagada ride. You also have to keep in mind that the buses make stops at certain locations that may force you to by higher-than-usual priced items. To save money, try packing light snacks like sandwiches. Once you reach Baguio you will have to take a cab from the Victory Liner station to the Lizardo Bus Station at Dangwa. This would cost about 40 pesos (~1 USD). (more…)

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I remember someone asking about this so I’ll be posting this offer from a wife of a SEGA guide. If you’re not to thrilled to take public transport and lug your bags in between bus rides, then this could be the option for you. It will cost more, but maybe the comfort is worth it, right? Personally, I think the journey is as important as the destination, but if you really value comfort and convenience, you may enjoy it better if you do it this way.
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SAGADA TOUR PACKAGES at your convenience
Select tourist spots you want to see and explore
Travel and Tours to be arranged by us Sagada Tours by Biag’s Mark Shop
(Manila/Bulacan/Banaue/Baguio/Bontoc pick-up and drop-off points) (more…)

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Janette Toral recently launched the second edition of the annual Ten Emerging and Influential Blogs to give citations to the the ten best new blogs in the world. The project is 100% democratic and anyone in the world who owns a blog could vote for his or her top 10 before July 26, 2008. The blogs that are eligible to be cited are blogs that were started on July 1, 2007 or newer.

As you would have guessed Visit Sagada is in the thick of things and is getting considerable support. But dear readers, we also need your support. A vote from any blog will do – whether it’s a dot com, multiply, wordpress, blogspot, tabulas or livejournal. If you think Visit Sagada has had a positive contribution to the online world since its launch, then please do vote for the site along with nine other sites whom you think are also deserving.

To join this effort, please do the following:

• Write a blog post and pick your choice of 10 (or less) emerging influential blogs.
  • Any blog in the world can be picked.
    • You can update the same post entry up to July 26. However, please inform us of any changes.
      
  • Old blogs who move to a new domain are disqualified
  • Blogs who remove their archives just to fit in the cut-off date are disqualified
• Include a link to this post(http://www.influentialblogger.net/2008/04/top-10-emerging-influential-blogs-in.html) to help spread the word and encourage others to participate.
• Post a comment and let us know about your entry. Only one entry per blogger. Cut-off date and time for submission of entries is on July 26, Saturday, 5:00 pm (GMT+9:30). Afterwards, submission of comments in this page shall be closed.

WHY VOTE FOR VISIT SAGADA?

• In a few short months (we started the site last February 21), Visit Sagada has become one of the more prominent and relevant sources of information for backpackers and travelers going to Sagada. We have answered hundreds of queries left on our comment boxes and dozens more on our mailbox. If you search for “Sagada” on Google, we will not be place lower than fifth – sometimes, we’re even the top result.
• A win in this project will make the site more popular and thus, other people who may not have heard of it could be inspired to visit Sagada for themselves. When we all came back home from Sagada, didn’t we wish that a lot of our friends could experience the thrill of spelunking and the mystic calm of the mountains?
• Voting for the project could net you $100 (yes, US Dollars) that could very much finance your next sojourn to the mountains. At the end of the project, ten participants (those who voted) will win the cash prize decided via raffle. (more…)

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We figured you folks would like to have a place where we can just gather around, sit down, have a cup of mountain tea with Yogurt House’s Hiker’s Delight on the sides. Obviously that’s not possible over the internet, but this should come close:

Say “Përshëndetje!” to the Visit Sagada Forum! (That’s Albanian, by the way. For no specific reason.)

Brought to you by the same wonderful people who created WordPress, the Visit Sagada Forum is powered by bbPress. If you have previously signed up with a Visit Sagada account, you’re good to go; otherwise, you can register here. Thanks to a little geek voodoo (which had me pulling my hair for a good few days trying to get it to work) the same user name and passwords will work between the forum and the blog. (note: changing your password for the blog will also change it for the forum)

A little bonus: Gravatar support is built right in! If you don’t have one yet, take that same email address you used for your Visit Sagada profile and sign right up with the good folks at Gravatar.

I have started an Introductions thread, so if you’re too shy to post a comment, please visit the forum and get postin’! Don’t limit yourself to the one thread that’s in there though; feel free to start one – questions, comments, anything you want featured on the site.

Best regards,
Master Chief-slash-Mr Producer
Jeff

UPDATE: I just realized why no one’s been posting – WordPress has not been email-ing the passwords for those who have signed up Indefinite hold on the forums I guess. Stay tuned

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