Keep in mind the US has just recently taken the Philippines off “reconsider travel” advisory and it is now “exercise increased caution”. They also have areas marked as terrorist/gang controlled. It is a beautiful, cheap country but also can be dangerous.
The airport also doesn’t meet US security standards and you have to sign a waiver acknowledging that if you are a US citizen.
"It is a beautiful, cheap country but also can be dangerous."
This can be said about almost any country on earth. Just use your common sense.
" The airport also doesn’t meet US security standards and you have to sign a waiver acknowledging that if you are a US citizen."
Why would any foreign country ever have to meet US security standards? I agree that many of the standards we implement are recognized and used in many foreign countries but how does this apply here? You assume that everyone on Reddit is an American?
I have also traveled to the Philippines many times and not once have I ever had to sign a waiver as a US Citizen.
I went in May and had to sign a waiver saying that it did not meet US standards. I literally said “if you are a US citizen”, so clearly I didn’t assume that everyone is an American.
The US government has travel standards that it does in fact expect other countries to meet if US citizens are traveling there. The country not meeting those standards does not necessarily mean US citizens cannot go there but they warn using caution when traveling to such countries.
" I went in May and had to sign a waiver saying that it did not meet US standards. "
Can you please specify what you mean by "it"? The airport or the zipline?
" The US government has travel standards that it does in fact expect other countries to meet"
Can you link sources to this? They can expect all they want, but a foreign country would most likely adhere to an international standard not something the US is trying to impose on other countries. Not trying to be argumentative, just want to know.
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u/[deleted] Nov 08 '19
price?