General points about the resort
It’s great to be appreciated . . . thank you to all our visitors who have pushed us even further up the rankings this year. It’s been a difficult time for everyone in the tourist industry, especially in Cebu which has a very tourist-focussed economy.Thanks to all our staff who every day put in that bit extra to look after our guests and show why since we opened in 2017 we have been consistently ranked in the top five places to stay in Cebu province.
Thank you all!
After years of work, Eskapo Verde is finally complete! Well, it’ll never *really* be finished since we have a stream of ideas for improving the resort, but major construction is now all done :).
We have four cottages and four 10-bed dormitories so you will be able to find somewhere to stay within your budget and soon we’ll be adding Laser-class sailing dinghies so you’ll be able to explore further afield in Badian Bay.
Eskapo Verde is happy to announce that we can now take payment by credit and debit cards, guests can now use their local or international cards to pay at our resort and restaurant.
After lots and lots of work and thought and sweat, the first of our four cottages are ready to rent :). Until the other cottages are ready, we will be offering a “construction discount” since there will be a small amount of activity in the area of the cottages for a while. However all the heavy stuff on the remaining three is done and the activity will just be a few of our guys doing light work. You can see the detailed photos on booking.com but here are some tasters:
Cost of the cottage is 2,500 per night – double or twin beds, a private balcony and bathroom with hot showers – and of course our normal resort advantages: an excellent restaurant with delicious Filipino dishes and wonderful desserts, happy, cheerful & professional staff, peace and quiet almost all the time, lovely sunrise and sunset views, mangrove exploration, environmentally friendly, sustainable development . . . . What more could you want? 🙂
Mail us, use our online system, go through booking.com or Airbnb to experience the delights of Eskapo for yourself!
We now have a detailed FAQ on the web site. We hope that this will answer most or all of your questions about Eskapo and the area, if we’ve missed something then feel free to drop us a note and ask!
2018 has been the first full year of operation for #EskapoVerde; we didn’t know that booking.com platform gives out certificates for our review rating at the end of the year so we were quite surprised to receive a certificate from them through the post the other day.
Just so that you know, the review score is based on the average score of all guest reviews over the year and is out of 10. We scored 9.5 which ranks us at number 8 of all the properties listed on booking.com in the whole of Cebu province and – particularly pleasing! – number 1 in Badian & Moalboal area. Scored categories are: cleanliness, comfort, staff, location, facilities and value for money.
Well done team and thank you to everyone who submitted a review for us after their stay! We’re happy to have pleased (almost) everyone and we will keep working to improve further in the months and years to come. #GuestsLoveUs.
We’ve been working on four cottages, suitable for couples or people who would like a little more privacy than our dormitories can offer, to add to our accommodation options for a while now. We’ve happy to say that we’re close to having two of them ready and hope to have them available for booking around early next year. Of course this depends on a whole raft of other things happening as well but it’s looking good :). We’ll post here and of course you will be able to book and pay for them through our booking.com page when the cottages are available.
We won’t post photos yet but we can promise spacious, airy comfort in the middle of our island, a lovely balcony, plenty of electrical outlets, a ceiling fan, hanging space and shelves for clothes, a security locker, twin beds that can be fixed together or separate, a spacious bathroom with a hot and cold shower . . . and a reasonable price! Plus of course easy access to our restaurant and watersports area :). All the cottages are constructed in our signature style: blending into nature rather than imposed on nature, raised above ground on posts and mostly built of wood and bamboo.
A small milestone achieved . . . we are now registered with PhilGEPS and you can find us under Supplier ID 236630 in the system. This means that for government departments and LGU’s we are now an approved supplier and you can pay us directly. Hopefully this makes it easier for some of you!
We did think that we were stabilising our staff . . . however Joelle has decided to return home to pick up the threads of a “normal” life and take advantage of new opportunities! We wish her all the best of course but it does leave us searching for a replacement manager rather earlier than we were expecting!
So if you (or anyone you know) think you might be a good fit in our growing company, please have a look at our advertisment on MyNimo:
https://cebu.mynimo.com/jobs/view/255648
and drop us a line. We look forward to hearing from you :).
After literally years of hard work, Eskapo Verde is now fully open! We had our test opening last weekend with a small group of family and friends and with the feedback from that we are ready to take bookings and reservations 🙂
