Tips to Make the Most out of your Business Trip

A trip to Bohol City can be fun regardless of if you don’t have a budget or if you have one.

For both choices, it might be hard for you to stay away from the company’s planned itinerary. But a trip to Bohol might become more interesting if you follow our tips below.

To help you get started on having a more fun time in Bohol City, consider doing our tips below:

Those who prefer to splurge can have the luxuries offered by the high-end hotels like 717 Cesar Place Hotel, Amon Ini Beach Resort and Spa, Blue Star Dive and Resort, Loboc River Resort, Anda White Beach Resort, Kasagpan, Casa Amihan, MetroCentre Hotel and Convention Center, Kew Hotel, and more. Hotels sometimes provide chauffeurs leading you to locations they have pre-determined.

For the budgetarians, you can stay in nice hotels for affordable prices. They usually offer free breakfast meals but sometimes there are none at all. There are nearby carenderias or local restaurants that provide a hearty meal.

There are a lot of activities offered by Bohol. In nearby municipalities there are plenty of natural attractions, but in the city proper itself there are nice places you can go to for an hour or two with business associates or by yourself.

To avoid a hotel-meeting-hotel lifestyle for the rest of your business trip, visit some of the malls in the city. There is Island City Mall, Bohol Quality Mall, Alturas Mall Tagbiliran, Galleria Luisa Mall, Manga Mall, Moadto Strip Mall, Alta Cita Mall, Arcom Center, Alona Cube Mall, The Alley on J.A., and Luition Center.

If you don’t want to blend into a crowd but instead wants to relax in a cafe, you can go to the 121 VP Inting St Between NFA and Villa Alzhun, Tagbilaran City
and check out Mosia Cafe. It might be better if you go for cafes found in Downtown for easier access. Chido Cafe, The Buzz Cafe, Tamper Coffee and Brunch, Bo’s Coffee Club, Caffeine, Dunkin Donuts, Tuko Cafe, Brewpoint coffee Shop and Restaurant, Sticky Spoon Cafe, Freds Book Cafe, and sweet Home Cafe are some local favorites.

Plenty of first-time travelers can underestimate the roads and routes of Bohol City. Some abstain from exploring even Downtown thanks to the confusion they can get from the public transportation system. The humid air and traffic at peak hours is not very inviting to those who just want to explore the city.

On times that you have an appointment far from the city, it is good to have your own rental unit that you have all to yourself. Unlike public transportation where you have to wait for the entire vehicle to get filled before traveling, a self-drive rental gives you freedom of movement.

A good rental car from Bohol Rent a Car can be easily arranged. With our diverse selection of rental vehicles at affordable rates, you can go to your business meetings in style and have more liberties when exploring Gensan.

Explore the local options and skip from the fast food chains. When you’re in a new location, the best way to get to know the place is through their food and people.

Bohol is popularly known for the iconic Chocolate Hills, the cute primate, Tarsier, found only in Bohol, and the beguiling, natural tourist attractions enticing Filipinos and foreign tourists to stay and have a vacation in the province. But what is more interesting about the local Bohol delicacies you can indulge in while having the best in Bohol. While at it, do not miss out on bringing your Bohol pasalubong and native delicacies to complete your Bohol getaway this year.

Where to Buy: Bohol Souvenirs and Delicacies, Groceries and SM department stores in Tagbilaran, Bohol, souvenir shops, street stalls near air and seaports
Price Range: PhP250 to PhP280 per pack

Ksses Chocolate. Bohol’s take on the sweet delicacy has been loved by tourists and visitors, further evolving into a delicacy inspired by the iconic Chocolate Hills. This local delicacy in Bohol is made of egg whites and high-quality sourced peanuts. Decades of existence made this popular delicacy famous outside Bohol, making it to the national marketplace to delight more people to bring a Bohol pasalubong. Peanut Kisses serves as an iconic sweet delicacy of Bohol, signifying the Chocolate Hills-like form into a sweet and crispy delicacy.

Taste the mini Chocolate Hills and delight your mouth with this local delicacy which can come in 20 grams, 100 grams, or 200 grams. You can take home this Bohol delicacy as a pasalubong treat, as it also comes in travel-size packs. You can buy Peanut Kisses in pieces or big bags.

Where to Buy: Calamaderas, Jagna Calamay Makers, Calamay Stores, Jagna Gama’s Calamay Special, Tata Ranoa’s Calamay, Abing’s Calamay, Wilma’s Calamay
Price Range: PhP70 to PhP252

Your trip to Bohol will be incomplete when you miss tasting the sweet and delicious Calamay, a known Bohol delicacy in the country, with many different versions. Calamay is a sweet delicacy made of milled, glutinous rice, coconut milk, and sugar, with crushed peanuts as an additional ingredient. The well-milled rice is mixed with mild-heated coconut milk and constantly stirred to achieve consistency and stickiness. The peanuts give off a nutty and distinct flavor, but the Calamay can also be as delicious as those without the peanuts.

The Calamay is a local delicacy in Bohol that mirrors the patience, dedication, and hard work of the Boholanos that comes with making one. Give this sweet delicacy to a loved one as your Bohol pasalubong, or even enjoy one for yourself while you are on vacation in Bohol.

Seafood House, Alvas Chicken, Sr. Pedro Chicken Restaurant, Mano Resto, Payag Resto, Bohol Bee Farm, Farmville A Taste of Bohol Restaurant, Just Sizzlin’ Resto, other resorts, hotels, and restaurants
Price Range: PhP300 to PhP495

Taste the best of both worlds with Bohol’s local delicacy, the Chicken Halang Halang, a specialty mix of your favorite viands, the Chicken Tinola or Chicken Ginger Soup, and the Ginataang Manok or Chicken Curry. Both of these dishes are popular in the Visayan regions, and it sure is deliciously intriguing to try the Chicken Halang Halang. Halang means hot, which means that this local delicacy in Bohol is expected to be creamy, flavorful, and spicy. Chicken Halang Halang is also popular among restaurants and resorts in Bohol, and this exciting dish is one that you should not miss that will add literal spice to your getaway.

Where to Buy: El Tableya Chocolate Shop in Baclayon, Dalareich Chocolate in Tagbilaran, G Cocoa’s, Bohol Online Store, Estrella Bakery, Atbang Farm, Bohol’s Quality Pastries, Shann’s Tableya, Bohol Bee Farm, Jojie’s Painitang Bol-anon, Audrey’s Bakery
Price Range: PhP95 to PhP120

Imagine a ball of pure chocolate that you can heat to make a delicious cup of hot chocolate! Well, stop imagining because Bohol has this delicacy in Tablea Chocolate. This sweet Bohol delicacy comprises ground cacao beans formed into small, round balls. Tablea is derived from the word ‘tablet’. Tablea can be made into a hot chocolate drink called Sikwate. Boholanos and tourists love the taste of chocolate in another form, and the tablea is the perfect local delicacy for it. This local delicacy in Bohol is easy to prepare by boiling a cup of water and adding a round piece of tablea. You can also add a milk variant to add more creaminess and flavor. You can have your favorite breakfast chocolate drink in the morning when you wake up from your getaway hangover. You can also bring this as your Bohol pasalubong to your family and friends.