Tips to Make the Most out of your Business Trip

A trip to Zamboanga City can be fun regardless of if you don’t have a budget or if you have one.

For both choices, it might be hard for you to stay away from the company’s planned itinerary. But a trip to Zamboanga might become more interesting if you follow our tips below.

To help you get started on having a more fun time in Zamboanga City, consider doing our tips below:

Those who prefer to splurge can have the luxuries offered by the high-end hotels like Garden Orchid Hotel, Ever O Business Hotel, City Inn Hotel, Marcial Garden Hotel, Winzelle Suites, Hotel Primera, W Hotel and more. Hotels sometimes provide chauffeurs leading you to locations they have pre-determined.

For the budgetarians, you can stay in nice hotels for affordable prices. They usually offer free breakfast meals but sometimes there are none at all. There are nearby carenderias or local restaurants that provide a hearty meal.

There are a lot of activities offered by Zamboanga. In nearby municipalities there are plenty of natural attractions, but in the city proper itself there are nice places you can go to for an hour or two with business associates or by yourself.

To avoid a hotel-meeting-hotel lifestyle for the rest of your business trip, visit some of the malls in the city. There is KCC Mall de Zamboanga, Canelar Barter Trade Center, City Mall, and SM City Mindpro
If you don’t want to blend into a crowd but instead wants to relax in a cafe, you can go to the Makenter Building MD Jaldon Street,
and check out Taza Coffee Bar. It might be better if you go for cafes found in Downtown for easier access. Tom N Toms Coffee, Tsokolate, Dennis Coffee Garden, Craft Kitchen, and Dennis Coffee Express are some local favorites.

Plenty of first-time travelers can underestimate the roads and routes of Zamboanga City. Some abstain from exploring even Downtown thanks to the confusion they can get from the public transportation system. The humid air and traffic at peak hours is not very inviting to those who just want to explore the city.

On times that you have an appointment far from the city, it is good to have your own rental unit that you have all to yourself. Unlike public transportation where you have to wait for the entire vehicle to get filled before traveling, a self-drive rental gives you freedom of movement.

A good rental car from Zamboanga Rent a Car can be easily arranged. With our diverse selection of rental vehicles at affordable rates, you can go to your business meetings in style and have more liberties when exploring Zamboanga.

Explore the local options and skip from the fast food chains. When you’re in a new location, the best way to get to know the place is through their food and people.

Whenever you travel, a destination becomes more personally when you get to have taste of its local cuisines. So, every time you visit, make sure to experience its local dining scene. Here’s the following dishes that must try when you visit Zambaoanga City:

1. Knickerbocker, a famous dessert/snack in Zamboanga City. It is a delightful mix of fresh fruits, jellies, condensed milk, and topped with strawberry ice cream. There are many restaurants that offer this yummy snack/dessert. But if you have to authentic knickerblocker, head to Paseo Del Mar.
2. Satti, a breakfast dish marinated, skewered and grilled meats, served with “puso” (rice wrapped in coconut leaves) then mixed with thick sweet and spicy curry-like sauce. There are many Satti Houses in Zamboanga City, but the most recommended is Jimmy’s Satti House along Del Pilar street.

3. Lokot-lokot, a local delicacy found in Zamboanga City and other parts of Mindanao. It is also called by the locas as “jaa” “lokot-lokot” Zambo Rolls” or “tagatak”, depending on where you fond this delicacy. You can buy from pasalubong centers, airport, and barter market.
4. Pianono from Tsokolate, a miniature chiffon cake roll with mustard filling. You can eat at Tsokolate by Linfood along NS Valderosa street ( near Lantaka Hotel and BPI).
5. Chicalang, a snack food in bilao or packed in a plastic usually sold by the street vendors in Zamboanga City. This snack can be tried at Vista Del Mar Beach Resort along Labuan.