Luxury at its Finest -- Shangri-La's Boracay Resort and Spa

I travel often but I don't get to stay in very nice and expensive hotels for reasons 1) budget constraint; and 2) I only leave my things in the room as most of the time I am out. However, whenever I get the chance to score a good deal (wink wink here), I take it. 

Last January, our family visited Boracay and stayed at Shangri-la resort as we got an employee discount because of my aunt. We are a party of 6 and we stayed in 2 Deluxe rooms with sea view. Maximum capacity of each room is 3 pax with of course a fee for the extra person. The room is very big and it has 1 Queen size bed and a sofa bed (which 2 people fit in), without breakfast. The room rate we got is really reasonable considering it is Shangri-La however, it still does not include the speedboat fee of PhP 750 per way. The moment we arrived at Kalibo airport, we were greeted by the Shangri La staff and head us to our van for the 2 hour landtrip to Caticlan. Then we waited at the lounge of the resort for the speedboat. Shangri-La has its own air-conditioned lounge with welcome drinks and wet towels for you freshen up. The speedboat ride was roughly around 10 mins. One we arrived at the resort we were greeted by the guest officer and brought to the main lobby of the resort to facilitate our check-in. Ohhh, and we also had a chance to have a tour of the expensive villas =)

Here are some of our pictures:

Resort main lobby (the guest relations will facilitate the check in for you)

View from our room (we stayed at the 4/F)


lunch at Cielo's
Inside one of the villas which actually has its own pool and access to the beach
the beach area
Resort Information:
Shangri-la's Boracay Resort and Spa
Address: Barangay Yapak, Boracay Island, Malay, Aklan, 5608, Philippines
Contact Details: T: (63 36) 288 4988 F: (63 36) 288 5088

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