15 PHILIPPINES Scams, Rip Offs & Tourist Traps (Watch Before You Go To Manila in 2024) !

What are the BIGGEST Scams, Rip Offs & Tourist Traps to avoid on a trip to the Philippines in 2024? We walk around Intramuros, Mall of Asia, BGC and More and tell you what to watch out for. Make sure you leave a comment down below and let me know if any of these Rip Offs have happened to you!
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[@liezelvevang5306]

Scam is not all over Asia it's also in Europe so as Western world

[@johnmcaulay8448]

Scam 1 - Make sure it's a girl, and don't get a big surprise.

[@frankiefernandez9225]

True🤣🤣🤣

[@emilyacana341]

In Singapore whatever you purchase is chargeable 9% tax called GST.

[@Jaycation]

🤣🤣🤣

[@Jaycation]

Good to know

[@relskirod1016]

😅😅😅 good one

[@jarihult]

Good advices and tips for avoiding most of the rip offs🤔😎Thank you for sharing Jay🙂👍!!!

[@Jaycation]

Thanks Jari

[@richardcortez9903]

Appreciate the info brother love the channel keep the videos coming

[@Jaycation]

More to come! I appreciate it

[@loganz]

Not really a scam, but if you book a tour where a driver takes you around to different tourist sites, double check if your tour rate includes entry to those places you're visiting or if you need to pay for it yourself.

[@Jaycation]

Great tip! Definitely something tourists should watch out for though… def a tourist trap! Thanks

[@dinnes3375]

WOW! So well described and balanced. Thanks!

[@Jaycation]

Thank you! I appreciate the kind words

[@ahom9387]

Very helpful thank u!

[@lamartyler8096]

Great video!

[@bobblebunny219]

Thank Jay Jay, love these videos.

[@Jaycation]

Enjoy vegas my friend!

[@leaalegre8773]

Thank you for sharing.

[@momcation9786]

Awesome! Highly informational video. It’s helpful for tourists to have an enjoyable vacation experience not only in the Ph but anywhere else in the world! Thank you Jaycation for the effort!

[@Jaycation]

Gotta be in the know!

[@awesomeadamfrom2099]

Awesome job jay .

[@Jaycation]

Thanks Pertna!

[@alexwallace6120]

Thanks !for the good advice .You have to b careful anywhere.

[@Jaycation]

Exactly! Thanks

[@rickb8423]

Thanks Jay for being real

[@Jaycation]

Just want people to have a nice trip!

[@orlandozambrano8806]

Thanks Jay!

[@Jaycation]

Thanks for watching

[@williefufu2985]

Thank you for the advice, I really enjoyed your video, you are a cool cat.

[@SeanKaleponi]

Good tips Jaycation. I liked getting the fake jerseys and shirts. And good advice on not getting fake shoes since that could actually hurt your feet.. Also, I never thought about the drinks and how it could get spiked. Very valuable information all around. Although if the food looked good and the vendor may not be licensed. I might just take a chance. Lol. But I can say that you at least warned us😁Glad you have safe travels in 🇵🇭

[@Jaycation]

Thanks bro! I bought Jordan 11s there as a kid once and they hurt my feet so bad! I also got a louis vuitton suitcase that broke right as i got home haha lessons learned. I hope you get to visit the philippines someday my friend. Cant wait to finally release the Hawaii Series next month! I got carried away with the Philippines and wanted to finish that first before i got back to Hawaii. Lol talk soon!

[@philippines.lapulapu.maribago]

great video

[@Jaycation]

Thank you!

[@user-xq3px1hu1x]

Scams not only happened to the foreigner but to the local either. It is particularly if they notice you look like an ignorant person coming from the province.

[@Jaycation]

💯💯💯 can happen to anybody

[@rosst1]

Good video thanks for your advice. You reference a lot from the USA that I did not understand as I don't live there.

[@Jaycation]

Thanks for watching. Where do u live?

[@johnclark7973]

Well done, appreciate you. What are the Philippines' popular dating apps and websites, please?

[@user-oo3lh1ls4r]

You give the best advice kababayan. Some of these foreigner vloggers are dishonest and telling everybody that Philippines is safe and honest but its a click bate.

[@Jaycation]

Thanks, just keeping it real! I want tourists to have a great time but to also be aware of the unfortunate side of the PH

[@PhilippinesMyParadise]

Full support and best regards/Ned👍👏👍

[@Jaycation]

Thanks Ned!

[@cecilwampler8733]

The hand scale for the luggage is a new one for me. I didn't even know that thing existed. I just ordered one from aliexpress. Great info.

[@Jaycation]

Nice! The hand scale comes in huge

[@frankiefernandez9225]

What’s up my Freind 🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽

[@Jaycation]

Yooo

[@kinichi20]

Great tips but these scams are everywhere, not just in the Philippines

[@EvralTatum-Mcfield-ov2mi]

I learned my lesson regarding the weigh of my bags, and had to pay, $120 for 14 pounds over, got one of these luggage scales, now, before i head to the airport, i already know that is 50 pounds even, in each one, regards from Boston MA!

[@Jaycation]

Good call! It really saves money in the long run.

[@bartonpercival3216]

Yup I did the same thing when leaving Boston going to the Philippines in 2023. I had 2 pieces of checked luggage and weighed it before I left for Logan. Both were exactly 49.5 lbs and when I checked in at my airline counter at Logan Airport, the digital scale showed 49.5lbs on both!!!! 👍

[@user-oo3lh1ls4r]

Thanks for the scam info, even our own kababayans or balikbayan filipinos get scammed in the Philippines, especially the airport in Manila. That's the biggest scam airport there.

[@Jaycation]

Thanks! Yeah its u fortunate but it does happen a lot in Manila

[@Fk74303]

Also you don’t use your credit card…always use cash…..cuz they can swipe more the once and you are gonna be dealing with headache with the bank if you need to dispute it and having your CC cancelled

[@Jaycation]

Where that happen to you? Using my CC was totally fine

[@Fk74303]

@@Jaycation Fyre in Makati (if you know what I’m talking about that bar)

[@Jaycation]

@Fk74303 never heard but i kinda get what type of bar it is lol

[@yvonneacosta2539]

Thanks for the heads up on scams. Alot is true anywhere you go, even your own hometown. Just use some common sense.

[@Jaycation]

💯💯💯

[@TheHost345]

I thought you were rapping Parokya ni Edgar 🤣

[@Jaycation]

Bakit!

[@shadowtruck5991]

Expat will realized after.....they married a whole family !!!!

[@SS-yv9cq]

Philippines and scams should be synonyms.

[@AllenMcElroy]

first

[@Jaycation]

💯💯💯

[@pat75]

It seems like *many* of the scams you discussed are specific to or quite prevalent in the Philippines! Like, what ex-pat from an Asian country comes to North America looking for a wife? 😆

[@Jaycation]

You hit it right on the dot my friend!

[@gildizon6458]

Our mannerisms sticks out no matter what you do there. Luckily our driver was a friend of ours & watched out for us

[@Jaycation]

Yeah i stick out like a sore thumb 🤣

[@edwinmarquez3768]

Used the Grab app to make sure the price was the price for the taxi..no surprises there with that. Air Asia really tried to suck money out of me..but it's still cheap compared to the US.

[@Jaycation]

Yup! Way cheaper

[@jamesanthony7013]

Party like a rockstar

[@Jaycation]

Great song

[@JoeSteffe]

Airport scam is airports say bags are to heavy . Well I went thou 5 airports b4 i got to Manila so my bags were not over weight in the other airports . I told them i am not paying for over weight charges . And i can prove this . with all 5 airports i been thou already

[@erickayson588]

There's also Wells Fargo, Bank of America and major banks in Manila. You can access your money there with the peace of mind.

[@Jaycation]

I saw the wells fargo building!

[@frankiefernandez9225]

❤️❤️❤️🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭💯💯💯

[@Jaycation]

👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

[@shawngregg3796]

Scan 12 - From my experience, never give money to beggars, no matter who they are. Most of the time beggars work for crimanal operations, the poor never get to keep it. It is OK to buy them food if they say their hungry though. One time on the last night there I used the last of my pesos to buy a women with a little boy a meal. Am sure they won't take that burger 🍔 back to the crooks they deal with.

[@NeilMacedo]

Relationship scams can work for Men as well, I’ve been getting a lot of Filipino men asking for money

[@Jaycation]

Dont fall for it bro!

[@kvdgadj]

Sound like your back home?

[@forthesnowflakes7691]

I didn't know this until a few years back but using and saying the word "gyp" is a racial derogatory slur. Took me a while to remove it from my vocabulary like other words but I did. Is that being PC? Yes. Does that mean society is getting soft. No. It just means we're all being more aware or aka woke. And id rather be woke then asleep. I'm sure you didn't know, like i didn't know and I'm sure you don't want to offend anyone.

[@Peichen01]

28 pounds, that’s not even a kilo… Jay’s conversion is way off 😂😂😂. Kidding kidding😁

[@Jaycation]

Im confused lol

[@Peichen01]

@@Jaycation The joke is 28 lb. = 12.7 kg but you said “not even a kilo” so the lb. to kg conversion is way off. Bad dad pun joke😁😅😁😆

[@jwlindem1]

Are there men that really spend money on women. Why would a man do this. No woman is worth this. Am I missing something. I don't get why a man would spend money on a woman, just not worth it.

[@boraborabob1]

Money money money, money money money. Almost all these blogs end up discussing money. Her, family, friends, allowance, etc. When you get married and settle down half is hers. So why discuss it. You should be asking her if you can buy a new bike. It's "your" both of the $$. After "money" the second most used word is "give". The real activity should be "share", not "give" Yes I'm jealous. Wish I had same thing after loosing wife when I was 67 and in great shape. 82 now with cancer so a little late. Bank account full and nothing to spend it on. If I had the energy and time left I would spend $10,000 (american) a month to have such a young beautiful girl rubbing my shoulder. Well, maybe I should give it a go. Can't take it with me!

[@Jaycation]

YOLO!

[@boraborabob1]

@@Jaycation Take all your finances and put her name on the accounts too. That's what married people in love and married do. RIGHT. Haven't seen one blog where that's the case. Ah she loves me so I'll give a little money to her each month and maybe a little to the family. RIGHT.

[@heroreyes1219]

This guy talks like the scams he mentioned happens only in Manila, Philippines. This scams are all over the world. He should have titled this vlog as "Scams, Rip Offs & Tourist Traps when Travelling"

[@alvolutionary]

I'm filipino and I just prefer to avoid the Philippines. You should check out Macau if you get a chance. I heard a lot of Tagalog over there. Macau will be just like Las Vegas but fancier. The Wynn, Venetian and MGM are in Macau.

[@Jaycation]

Love your final boss pic! 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾ill make it to Macau someday

[@charlesdiputado28]

No offense for this content, it's obvious since the Philippines is still a developing country, sadly POVERTY is virtually evident in the Philippines society that's why scams, rip-off and even extortion is rampant everywhere even in tourists destination. That's my social observation, no offense to Pinoys seeing this✌✌✌

[@FiftyfourhundredWatt]

I've lived here in the Philippines for 13 years and moved from America when I was 35. I have never experienced a problem listed here. Here is what I suggest for foreigners. Most of all, BE NICE ALWAYS. People will never be rude to you like in the States. Things just are different here so learn to adjust. Learn there is much more to the Philippines than Manila and tours. Learn to not get angry or control it at lease. Learn to talk quietly and be patient above all. I have been married now in the Philippines for 10 years and we live in rural Bicol (the bondoks) Her family is important to you and how you interact with family and neighbors define your reputation. As a foreigner you should care a lot about your reputation. So just be good, easy on drinking like an idiot and treat everyone with respect. Remember there is a language difference and be patient of that.

[@anton-gn2ot]

Scam talaga mga kalesa dahil nag punta kami dyan sa intramuros sasakay sana kami ng kalesa sabihin ba kami 1k daw

[@thomasrider8221]

Thanks Jay!

[@Jaycation]

I appreciate you watching!