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Car Rental and Car
and Pickup Truck
Ownership in the Philippines
You can easily rent a car with driver at the Dumaguete Airport or the Bacolod Airport if you have a major
credit card with which to secure and pay for your car rental. Car rental in
the Philippines usually requires that you have the rental vehicle be driven
by a rental car company driver because you [as a new visitor to Philippines]
would find it both difficult and unsafe to drive yourself among the
undisciplined and untrained Filipino drivers. The cost of having a company
driver is low and the benefits to you are wonderful, especially since the
driver will know how to find all of your desired destinations and get you
there safely.
If you are living in the Philippines
year-round, you can buy a good condition, pre-owned Japanese utility truck
["easy-ride"] for US $2,000 to US$3,000. A new Japanese motorcycle will
cost you about $1,000. You can buy a smaller-size, NEW Japanese pickup
truck or NEW small sedan car for about $10,000 to $12,000. A NEW
luxury sports utility vehicle or full scale, full-featured pickup truck
[such as Ford F150] will be in the $25,000 to $30,000 range or more.
Americans and Canadians appreciate
the important fact that Filipinos drive on the right hand side of the road,
just like the USA and Canada. Car/truck steering wheels are on the left hand
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As you drive on Negros
Island, or other Islands [car ferries can take you from one island to
another], there are three American/foreign owned service station chains [Caltex,
Shell, and Petron] with many convenient locations offering diesel oil [most
commonly used in Philippines vehicles] and unleaded gas,
clean restrooms [known as "CR" for "comfort room"], and
fully-stocked convenience store with lots of delicious
snacks and drinks [including American products] to give
you added energy during your car travel in the
Philippines. |
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Mabinay has three modern service
stations: Shell, Petron, and Caltex. The Caltex in the photo above is on
the right hand side of the National Highway in Dumaguete as you enter the
city after driving south from Mabinay, Bais City, and Tanjay. |
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stay at beautiful,
comfortable, affordable Econotel on the National Highway, Bulwang, Mabinay, Dumaguete
City Negros Oriental Philippines. |
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