Tag: Philippines

Holy Week in the Philippines: visit churches like the Jaro Catherdral

Flights for Holy Week in the Philippines: Your Semana Santa Homecoming Guide

A particular kind of quiet settles over the Philippines during Holy Week. TV stations scale back to reflection and prayer. Whole towns slow down. And across the country, something else...

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Family whose flight is delayed or canceled in the Philippines waits together at the airport during typhoon season

Flight Delayed or Canceled in the Philippines? Your Rights During Typhoon Season

Maybe you’ve been watching the news this week. Maybe you’ve been refreshing a flight board or a group chat instead. Either way, you already know: the weather across the Philippines...

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A Filipino family lighting candles together at a cemetery during Undas

Flights Home for Undas: Planning Your November Homecoming to the Philippines

If Christmas is the loudest, most joyful season in the Philippines, then Undas is its quieter, more tender counterpart. Every first of November, families across the country come together. Not...

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Christmas Flights to the Philippines

Christmas Flights to the Philippines: Booking Your Pasko Homecoming

There’s a moment every overseas Filipino knows by heart. The calendar turns to September, a mall somewhere starts playing Jose Mari Chan, and no matter how far away you are,...

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Balikbayan Privilege - What is it, how to get it

Balikbayan Privilege: How to Stay in the Philippines for a Year, Not 30 Days

If you were born in the Philippines and now hold a US passport, here’s something that changes how you plan every trip home. The balikbayan privilege lets you stay in...

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Trip to the Philippines: Visit Home

Your Trip Back to the Philippines: The Complete Guide

You know the feeling the moment it hits. It’s somewhere over the Pacific — maybe you’ve just crossed the international date line, the cabin lights have gone dim, and you...

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