Every time we plan for an outing, I always consider Volets Resort, in Dasmarinas Cavite, as one of our choices. For one, it is near our place as I hate to spend more travel time going to a resort because of the distance and traffic that goes with it and back than the time spent in the pool no matter how enticing the feedbacks were of the said place. Second, it had 8 pools, including a wave pool and slides for kids and adults.
The last time I checked, I was disappointed because the wave pool was closed and the Lifeguard said that it's open only during the summer months of March until June 15. I was there with my family June 20, 2011 which was a holiday. It's maybe because the resort's income during off-summer season is no match to the wave's power generation charge. We rented a "cottage" which could accommodate 20 people for Php700.00. The Nipa Hut type also cost 700.00 but could only accommodate around 10. Entrance by the way on weekdays was Php200.00 for adults and 150.00 for kids below 4 feet. There was no entrance fee for babies. The entrance fee for weekends was Php220.00 for adults.
If you want to grill all your food, I suggest to bring your own as we have to wait for one family to finish grilling their stuff and when it was our time, the same family, which had to cook another dish had to wait longer for us to cook our barbecue. There were just three families at that time so just imagine if this happened during summer.
What quiet turned us off was the swarm of flies on each table everywhere which gave an impression that the area was not being cleaned. We had to wash the table ourselves with soap while our neighbor had lighted candles. (Update: Last May 2012, My family and I, more than 10 of us, went to Volets and I noticed that there were already several grilling areas, the facilities were improved, new walkways, and the entrance was renovated. The entrance fee though also increased.
The last time I checked, I was disappointed because the wave pool was closed and the Lifeguard said that it's open only during the summer months of March until June 15. I was there with my family June 20, 2011 which was a holiday. It's maybe because the resort's income during off-summer season is no match to the wave's power generation charge. We rented a "cottage" which could accommodate 20 people for Php700.00. The Nipa Hut type also cost 700.00 but could only accommodate around 10. Entrance by the way on weekdays was Php200.00 for adults and 150.00 for kids below 4 feet. There was no entrance fee for babies. The entrance fee for weekends was Php220.00 for adults.
If you want to grill all your food, I suggest to bring your own as we have to wait for one family to finish grilling their stuff and when it was our time, the same family, which had to cook another dish had to wait longer for us to cook our barbecue. There were just three families at that time so just imagine if this happened during summer.
What quiet turned us off was the swarm of flies on each table everywhere which gave an impression that the area was not being cleaned. We had to wash the table ourselves with soap while our neighbor had lighted candles. (Update: Last May 2012, My family and I, more than 10 of us, went to Volets and I noticed that there were already several grilling areas, the facilities were improved, new walkways, and the entrance was renovated. The entrance fee though also increased.
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