Suppliers Review: Berjaya Manila Hotel (Hotel Accomodation)

Hotel Accomodation: Berjaya Manila Hotel ó (1 star)

Rates: P12,000

This hotel almost ruined our wedding preps and ruined our first day as husband and wife.  Sigh! Let me just re-post what hubby’s sister in law posted on her FB wall.

If you want to experience great DISAPPOINTMENTS, check in at Berjaya Hotel. 1) they told us we can check out at 2pm upon check-in but asked us to leave at 1230pm because they are fully booked. We were even willing to pay for an extension just so the groom will not be displaced since the wedding is not until 4pm. 2) We got stuck in the elevator and the emergency call/ringer was not working. The cctv, we also do not know. If my husband did not bang the door so hard and we did not shout for our lives nobody will know soon enough. When the elevator opened all we heard was "sira ang elevator lipat na lang kayo sa kabila". What!? they knew about it but still let people take that lift?!? 3) we found out yesterday that the bride & groom got locked inside their suite. And the hotel had the nerve to be angry because they locked the main door. Uh security?! Call was made at 6am but the staff said they can't do anything until 8am. WTF! --- with all these, not even a single apology was extended by the hotel management. As if nothing happened. NOT RECOMMENDED!

My husband trying to open the door. 

After they broke the door knob just so we could go out. WHAT if there was a fire?! 

Wedding Preparations: Berjaya Manila Hotel

The moment we booked our hotel for the reception, Mark and I decided to get the Honeymoon package on their wedding packages. However, after checking the rooms that are inclusive on their packages - everything had changed and we decided to shed and invest more peso power for our hotel room accommodation. Being an internet savvy bride to be, I found great deals online but quite hesitant to buy groupons since I have heard and read a lot of negative reviews from these fad websites.

Good thing, a friend of mine, recommended this reputable website (which I also confirmed from the hotel that they do accept bookings from this website) and I was able to book their LIMITED early bird rates. Though the taxes are not published on their website, the total charges we are going to incur are still way much lower as compared to their original rates.

Website: www.booking.com

Unlike other websites, booking.com doesn’t charge your credit card right away. You will only be billed on the day of your check in.

Here are the pictures of the rooms we were able to book thru Booking.com

Hotel Name: Berjaya Manila Hotel 

We booked 2 Deluxe Rooms (one for my family, then for h2b's family) - for wedding preps 

Then 1 Suite for the night after the wedding. ♥

If you may notice, both of these rooms are almost the the same. The only difference is that the Suite has a separate living room, and of course, bigger. The rooms are quite promising and I must say the rooms we were able to book are quite enough for our families. 

Deluxe 

Studio Suite

Hotel Room for Wedding Preparations at Berjaya Manila Hotel - Checked!

Last Saturday, after work hours, H2b and I got the chance to do an ocular visit to the rooms we have booked for our wedding preps.

 I booked this hotel way back the last quarter of 2011 but only got the chance to visit their show room last weekend. Honestly, I only based my judgment by looking at the pictures posted on their website, and I must say the pictures on their page were really promising. We all know that some pictures look more beautiful as compared to ‘real’ life; but that never stopped me from booking the hotel since I was able to get a huge discount by booking the rooms online.

When the attendant showed us the rooms last Saturday, h2b and I were very glad that we had the chance to avail this promo discount. The rooms were beautiful and clean, and the place really looks cozy.

We booked 2 deluxe room for wedding preparations, and 1 suite room for the night after the wedding. ;)

Sharing some pictures! :) 

Hotel restaurant

Deluxe Premiere

My camera shy husband to be and I.

After checking the rooms, we went straight ahead to St. John Bosco to submit our missalette. Unfortunately, Ms. Ging, the super kind lady who’s assigned to wedding inquiries wasn’t there, so we had to leave the copy to someone else. I am still keeping my fingers crossed and hoping that the missalette gets approved right away, so we can go ahead and make copies already.

I just can't stop taking pictures of SJB's lovely altar! :D

Parking ;) 

Afterwards, we went to SM Sucat to request copies of Cenomar. Fortunately, there was a season sale in SM, so we were able to buy cocktail dresses for our Secondary Sponsors! I’ll share the pictures once uploaded. :D