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Paguia's Cottages on Camiguin Island offers a comfortable and budget-friendly accommodation option, particularly for digital nomads, with reliable Wi-Fi and spacious rooms, though it notably lacks hot water in the bathrooms.
This video provides a room tour of Paguia's Cottages on Camiguin Island, Philippines, highlighting its advantages for travelers, especially remote workers. The host, Alex Connolly, moved to this accommodation due to unreliable Wi-Fi at his previous location, finding Paguia's Cottages to offer a stable internet connection. The exterior amenities include a bench for drying laundry and a table suitable for working, making it a practical choice for those needing to stay connected and productive.
Inside room number seven, the accommodation features a screen door, multiple lighting options, and decorative wall art. The beds are noted as being exceptionally comfortable, and the host received a complimentary upgrade to a double room, which he appreciated for the extra space. The room includes towels, two pillows per bed, and a marble floor. Storage solutions consist of a dresser with a hanging bar and shelf space, suitable for luggage and personal items.
The tour also covers practical aspects such as the availability of a Samsung TV, a thermostat-controlled air conditioning unit, and bottled water purchased from the front desk. The host discusses the affordability of local fruit and provides tips on water safety, advising against drinking tap water. While the bathroom is described as aesthetically pleasing with marble finishes, it notably lacks hot water, a common feature in budget accommodations on Camiguin Island. The room cost is approximately 1,600 pesos per night, considered good value for budget-conscious travelers.
The video concludes with a brief look at the exterior views, local plant life, and the front entrance, which includes a cooler stocked with water and other items. The host mentions the presence of a fire extinguisher and the typical security arrangement for the entrance. Overall, Paguia's Cottages is presented as a solid, affordable option on Camiguin Island, with the primary drawback being the absence of hot water.
Paguia's Cottages on Camiguin Island offers a comfortable and budget-friendly stay, ideal for digital nomads. The rooms are well-appointed with reliable Wi-Fi, comfortable beds, and ample storage, providing a good value for money.
Yes, Paguia's Cottages is a great choice for remote workers due to its stable and reliable Wi-Fi connection. The rooms also offer functional workspaces, making it easier to stay productive while traveling.
Rooms at Paguia's Cottages typically feature comfortable beds, towels, ample storage, and a functional workspace. Some rooms may offer upgrades for more space, and air conditioning is available.
No, Paguia's Cottages does not provide hot water in the bathrooms. Cold showers are a common feature in many budget accommodations on Camiguin Island.
The accommodation at Paguia's Cottages is budget-friendly, with prices around 1,600 pesos per night, which is approximately $21-$28 USD. This offers good value for the amenities provided.
It is advised to purchase bottled water for drinking and cooking at Paguia's Cottages, as tap water is not recommended for consumption. Bottled water is affordably available at the front desk or local stores.
0:03 Hey YouTube, Alex Conley here. Today we are at Paguia's Cottages. This is right next door to where I was at before, Hablas Cottages. The reason I moved over here is because the Wi-Fi at the previous place went out the first night, around midnight. I suspect around midnight, I'm not sure if it posted or uploaded or not, but anyway, I woke up and it went out. It stayed out up until today, so I moved over here because every time I did a scan for Wi-Fi, this place's Wi-Fi popped up. Since I wasn't a guest, I obviously didn't have the password, so I couldn't log on. But I thought it was a good sign that it stayed up.
0:42 I spoke with the owner, and she mentioned that they're on a different connection line. So certainly, if you're somebody who works online like I do, it's worth considering checking this place out over the other. So let's go ahead and get into the tour. So right here, we have a nice bench, and I'm using it to dry some laundry. Over here, there's a table perfect for me for working because the Wi-Fi works great, and I could just sit at this table and get things done.
1:11 I'm come inside here. I'm staying in number seven. So like the previous place, there's a screen door here, I presume. Or if the weather's not super hot, I'm not sure when it'll be, but anyway, take off my sunglasses. Yeah, so let's go. Several different lights here, a couple of overhead lights, pretty bright. Outside, but it's curtains. I see out there, they've got beautiful foliage. I'll take another step outside after I finish the tour. But pretty curtains, I really like the art here, wall art. They've got these wheels. I'm not sure if those pictures are taken in the Philippines. Certainly, the one on the left looks like some kind of island. I could see it being taken here in the Philippines, maybe from the Spanish-American War. That looks like some kind of war technology.
2:19 So first off, you might notice the beds are a little bit creased. Totally not their fault. I've been relaxing and resting when I came in here. They had done an incredible job of cleaning and holding the sheets. These beds are really comfortable, probably the most comfortable beds I've stayed on so far in the Philippines, to be honest. I was originally in a single, but I presume that they may have run out of the singles. They actually upgraded me to this double for free, well, double room, because it's got more space. And yeah, I like more space. As you can see, they've included a couple of towels.
3:02 For those who are wondering what kind of room key it is, they've got these really convenient, like wooden blocks that you can use. It makes it hard to lose them, basically makes it harder to lose where the keys are. Either gets a really cool touch. Two pillows on each bed. Pillows seem decent enough. I wouldn't bet friends here. Nice, can't tell a nice marble floor.
3:38 So over here, there's this kind of a dresser for your belongings. It does not have shelves, but it does have this. I take that back, this. I'm sure it's got a bar right there that you can hang your hangers on if you've got nice shirts or pants, maybe a suit you need to hang up. You go to a bar right there for that. Right here, there is a kind of a shelf. I'll back it up a bit so you can see it's got a smaller there, maybe for a smaller piece of luggage. If you have various knick-knacks, you can just kind of leave. And of course, you can use the top up here as well.
4:10 Actually, I'm storing a pair of some apples and an orange. I find this sack, you know, pretty during the day helps me keep satiated. Aprilia in that Philippines, the fruit is really affordable. Like, I want to say I paid 10 pesos per piece of fruit, so I got five pieces of fruit for 50 pesos, about $1. One apple in the United States will cost me over a dollar, maybe a dollar fifty. So that's depending on where I get it. Very sore, so that's pretty good value.
4:42 Now, I'm not washing them off with the faucet water. I don't know how their water system is. There are many places in the world where you cannot drink the tap water, so I'm being careful to avoid that. So I avoid getting sick, and so far on my trip, I have not gotten sick. I spent a month in Thailand about a year and a half ago, did not get sick. So I've never actually gotten sick. God, I don't know if that's just me having a tough stomach, me taking certain precautions, or what it is. But definitely be careful. I try to be as careful as I can and use common sense, logic, and reason when I'm picking out food or places to eat, things like that.
5:24 So this is a similar aircon unit to the previous place I was at. You've got, you've got a thermostat in each of the hotel rooms up in the Philippines. If there is, that's cranked to the coolest tent. In this case, every time I assume that they're just used to Western people, used to pretty hefty AC systems. So I do like that I have it on high cool, just because sometimes I find that if you're not removable for a really, really long time, I don't know about this one's like the previous place I've been, sometimes the air conditioning unit needs a second, like these a little bit of time to cool off or what, I'm not sure how that works. But so right now, concerns.
6:14 Now I'm moving around a little bit in here. I'm not just trying to cool off or being outside for an extended period of time. I've got a non-high cool, but I could easily turn it to turbo cool, no problem. And that this unit, the Condor Extreme, definitely seems to be pulling off this room effectively. What else we got here? We got a Samsung TV, so that's, that's a pretty cool touch. I haven't actually used it because honestly, I don't watch TV, really.
6:43 This looks to be, I can't tell, like I can't tell, I guess a 27-inch TV as well, similar to the last one. Maybe it's 29 and 30 inches. Those are uncommon for TV sizes, but I'm not from the Philippines, so I don't really know what the popular sizes are.
7:05 And art down here, of course, on the right, I purchased a bottle of water from the front desk for about 30 pesos, so about 60 cents for this natural nature spring 1000 milliliter, basically a one-liter bottle of water. Depending on how frequently I'm swimming outside, if I'm spending a lot of time outside during the day, I could go through two of those. If I'm spending most of my time inside, I do about one and a day. Of course, that doesn't include the water I'm also going to have with meals. Those would be additional bottles of water, typically at a higher price point.
7:42 To at a restaurant here, I could see myself spending 25 pesos, about 50 cents, on a 20-ounce or 16.9 ounce bottle of water, whereas that's going to cost a bit less, just because it's going to come from, well, in this case, a front desk or a sari-sari store where they don't have a captive audience like a restaurant does.
8:02 So I'm not sure about this telephone. I don't know if it's on or off or what the exact purpose is. I presume that most people coming here have some kind of cellphone that they can use to make telephone calls. Nothing to get into that.
8:26 Down here, for those who are interested, is a Bible. And we've got some extra shelf space here, so kind of three layers here, if you include the top inch. I really, three net, three, maybe more like two and a half, and you consider the space of the Bible. Also, yeah, the telephone here, once again, spacely. You can use the story of things. I'll probably store my camera here and perhaps some other things, maybe when I sort my change before I head up to Cebu.
9:00 So kind of moving on, we've got a trash can here. Yeah, virtually there's no bag. I may ask them for a bag tomorrow, or if I make a purchase of some more fruit, I'll probably use the bag from that in there, just so I can kind of keep my trash concentrated at one place, maybe a little bit easier for them to clean up afterwards. I like to do what I can to help the cleaning staff, even though I know it's not my job. Ventura and may not have time to do that, but I know what they do is not an easy job.
9:34 Kind of come into the bathroom here. It's a stupe plain dark blue shower curtain. There's a rack for, I presume, for drying towels after you're done taking a shower. Here's this showerhead. Actually, it's a pretty hefty so she'll. You probably had a couple of bars, so simple on there and another bucket. Once again, if you know what this is, let us know in the comments down below.
10:25 The one disadvantage I see with this setup, although the marble is very nice, it's really aesthetically pleasing, is the lack of hot water. So if this is something that's concerning to you, if you're not used to taking cold showers, if the idea of a cold shower bothers you, keep in mind that really here on Camiguin Island, I've noticed that it's relatively common to have a shower that does not have heated water. It's just an infrastructure or thing in the Philippines that's, you know, it's over 7,000 islands. There's certain things that they're simply not going to have here, at least at this price point.
11:02 I'm paying, I think 1,600 pesos per night here, and that's a pretty good value to me. I'm sure if I was spending more like seven or eight thousand pesos a night, that I'd have all these different luxury amenities, but concerning my budget at the current time, that's just not super private, especially when it could you consider long-term travel.
11:27 So kind of moving on, sorry for rambling. We've got just a standard sink here. Try $2 even, so that works just fine. I've actually used that soap to wash my clothes by hand. I haven't seen a laundry facility in this part of the island or where I stayed at before, so I decided I'm just going to wash my clothes by hand and dry them to the sun.
11:55 See the clothes here like normal, and then we're back in the manor.
12:03 So we'll take a step outside and I'll just share a little bit. We'll walk toward the entrance. Beautiful local plant life here.
12:32 Oh, and the fire extinguisher. That's I feel it's around 1,600 pesos for a night, which I think with my bonus would put this more on a $21-$28 USD per night rate. Now, I did get upgraded to this larger room, so if you were to book the two-bedroom, then you may end up paying something more like $25 USD per night. I can't guarantee that prices are subject to fluctuation, so keep that in mind.
13:34 But anyway, this is the front entrance, and thus towards the front where I picked up my water. As you can see, they've got a pretty nifty cooler, plenty of water, other goodies. And the gates, believe this is the front entrance. This entrance is probably what.
13:53 This entrance is probably what stays open at night typically. Security will lock the back and then open it again in the morning. Thank you for joining me. We're at Paguia's Cottages and I will see you guys next time.
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