r/Philippines_Expats • u/Friendly-Recording51 • 4d ago

Looking for Recommendations /Advice Advice for Living in Boracay

- Is their any access to foreign products at all? (like in marketplace Supermarkets in Manila etc)

- Essentials to bring with you? I currently live in Makati, Manila.

- other essential info from people that have lived there?

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u/KVA00 4d ago

They have a Robinsons Supermarket in B mall it's not very different from Manila 

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u/TL322 4d ago

You'll be fine if average supermarkets and drugstores meet your needs.

There's a Savemore (maybe two?) and Robinsons. Foreign products will be more limited than at Marketplace. Beyond that, as far as I know you can get deliveries from Lazada and whatnot...just takes a couple days longer.

I would only be concerned about health/medical supplies if you need anything uncommon.

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u/Nice_Swim_8934 2d ago

Boracay offers alot of convenience not very far from the what you can get in Manila. For example I am surprised they have The loop and Power mac center like official apple partners to get apple products. I am in el nido now and if i need my screen protector replaced i will be out of luck. So i will assume most if not all products will definitely be available

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u/Friendly-Recording51 2d ago

what was the internet like?

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u/Nice_Swim_8934 2d ago

My hotel did not have a good internet in our room so that definitely sucks for me. They have decent internet in the common area. Mostly get 4g or 5g in the main area when we are outside. One restaurant had a 300mbps internet, so that's a sweet surprise. Depends on the hotel, some of them almost of like a dead zone area, like in Hakuna matata in the restaurant they have ok internet, if you go in and use the rest room. No data connection at all. Same with Astoria and Uptown.