Photo credits from MetroDeal

" P770 instead of P11000 per Person for a Full-Course Dinner by the Bay with a 1-Hour Luxurious Yacht Cruise in Manila Bay " very catchy right? Yes, it definitely caught my attention while I was browsing at MetroDeal's website. This happened last June 2016, I was looking for something to do for my birthday celebration (My 25th Birthday Celebration). Apparently, all plans were not really working that time and MetroDeal was my last resort so I bought this "Dinner by the Bay with a 1-Hour Luxurious Yacht Cruise in Manila Bay" deal offered by Legworks Luxury Cruise. I have bought multiple vouchers in MetroDeal before and so far I didn't have any issues. I tried calling the phone numbers listed on the fine print before buying the voucher but none of the numbers worked and since I trust MetroDeal I continued with the purchase.

It has been more than 2 months since I celebrated my 25th birthday, i'm now a quarter century old! I'm happy and blessed to have reached this age and looking forward to many more birthdays to come. So far, this has been my super relaxed and "self-pampering" unplanned birthday celebration. 

I had few plans on how will I spend my 25th birthday. First I thought of spending it by doing charity works. With my 2 friends/workmates, we planned to have a lunch/party for the street children but due to lack of time preparing and looking for sponsors, it didn't go through. So my second plan was to spend my birthday by travelling to a place where I've never been before. I planned to go to Bicol but then again due to time management issues it didn't go through. My third plan was to just spend my birthday here in the city but should be somewhere comfy and something first-time so I bought a Dinner by the bay with Yacht Cruise at metrodeal. When I emailed them for reservation, I was told that the yacht is on dry-dock and that it will resume its service by August or September. (Read more about my frustrating experience with Legworks) Okay! Finally I gave up. Plans were not working plus work was really not doing good, lots of challenges to a point that I stopped thinking and planning about my birthday.

Travel Expo's is where we can find discounted travel packages, plane tickets and other travel deals. This year, the Philippine Tour Operations Association (PHILTOA) held the 27th Philippine Travel Mart, the longest annual travel event in the country. The event lasted for three days (September 2-4 2016) allowing everyone to book an affordable travel deal to their favorite destinations. The event was held at the SMX Convention Center Mall of Asia Complex in Pasay City.