Living In The Philippines

Hey Benny,

That's interesting stuff. I hope my wife and i don't run into any
major "surprises" when we relocate to PI in 2009/2010. I think that
this thread is just the starting point for me to start researching
costs of shipping housewhole goods from CA to PI. The car stays
here... that I promise. We want to bring mostly all our furniture
and some appliances and electronics, not to mention clothes and such.
Has anyone on this Forum done such a thing before and are big$$
expected? Anyway, I'll start with the customs link and then explore
ours over here, etc...

Cheers.

Mark.

--- In LivingInThePhilippines3@yahoogroups.com, "Benny Harper"
<bennyoki69@...> wrote:
>
> 'FYI: I posted the following on 9 Dec. 06 (I also posted this
> earlier); in response to a 'Poster's' question about how much
> 'customs' charges would be made on a particular item(s).'
>
> You're welcome to search for the information:
> http://www.customs.gov.ph/boc_index.jsp
> The above URL is the site for the Philippine Bureau Of Customs.
>
> I previously searched for a listing such as they have for the US;
> where they list items (such as china, pearl jewelry, etc.) and give
> the percentage of customs that will be charged.
>
> I was never able to find that type information; on several
Philippine
> sites I searched. I did find that Philippines customs seem to be
> ruled by an ASEAN Agreement that seems to boil down to the fact that
> what you pay/paid for an item has nothing to do with what 'Customs'
> charges will be assessed. It even stated that they could use the
local
> price as being the 'cost' that they will use to compute the customs
> charges.
>
> If I didn't mess up my computations; it appears that you are paying
> 20% customs fee. - Be happy it isn't a car you shipped to here;
since
> I understand (from member's posts) that they usually pay 100%. :-)
>
> BTW: I'll remake the same request I made in my previous response. IF
> anyone can find such a listing I would certainly appreciate knowing
> it's URL/Site.
>
> 'BTW: Until now (3 Jan. 08); no one has ever been able to show me
such
> a list; as they have in the U.S.' :-)
>
> Benny
>

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--- In LivingInThePhilippines3@yahoogroups.com, Brian
<brian_guy2004@...> wrote:
>
Brian the least you could have done is give the name of the travel
agent where you got your ticket so i can purchase one from chicago to
PI for 920.00 dollars.
thahk you.

> Those prices do not strike me as a bargain, $550 one way to Manila
from LAX seems to be a lot. I fly out of Chicago which usually is at
least $200 more than flights from LAX on round trips. I just paid
$980 round trip total cost for 6 month open ended ticked leaving Feb
12Th and could have gotten it for $920 if my stay was under 2 months.
>
> From my experience those travel web sites have NEVER beaten pricing
from a good travel agent/ ticket consolidator.
>
>
> Brian
>
> Calatrava, Negros Occ / Chicago, IL
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Alec <acloba@...>
> To: LivingInThePhilippines3@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Tuesday, January 1, 2008 8:56:59 AM
> Subject: [LinP3] Bargain airfare USA to Philippines
>
> If there is anybody on this list in the USA and wanting to come to
the
> Philippines this might interest you. I used to work for a couple of
> different airlines and dealt with international fares and tickets. I
> still play around and look for bargains just for the fun of it.
>
> January is usually a good time to get bargain seats since most folks
> travel in the previous two months if they are going to travel. So in
> January the airlines will offer bargains to just fill up the planes
> that would otherwise go out with empty seats.
>
> If you go to travelocity. com or orbitz.com and book a one way
flight
> from LAX to TPE (Taipei, Taiwan) on January 16 you'll find a
Malaysia
> Air ticket available for only US$443 including taxes (US$453 on
> travelocity) . The flight arrives in TPE at 6:10 am on the 18th.
Next
> step is to book online at www.cebupacificair. com for 18 January TPE
> flight to Manila. Cost is 2444 Taiwan dollars or about US$75 and
> leaves 1:55pm that same day, the 18th. Not a bad connection.
>
> When you arrive in the Philippines you'll need an onward ticket to
any
> other destination. Just go back to cebupacificair. com (or
> www.tigerairways. com or airasia.com: these are great because they
fly
> out of Clark) and book a flight out to any regional destination,
like
> Singapore or Kuala Lumpur or Hong Kong or Taipei. Just book the
flight
> ten months or so from now. If you actually use the ticket, fine. If
> not, that's okay too since the price is so cheap it's a throw away
> ticket. That will satisfy immigration when you come in to the
Philippines.
>
> These will be electronic tickets, booked online with your credit
card.
> All you have to do is print up the receipt the airlines send you by
> email. Note that if you go to Malaysia Air's website you won't get
the
> same fare. This must be a special deal they worked up with Orbitz
and
> Travelocity for sales only on their websites.
>
> Alec
>
>
>
>
>
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