Editorial Methodology

What this site is

An independent comparison of the activity packages and airport transfers sold for Boracay, plus the practical information needed before booking one. We are not a tour operator, a travel agency or a seller of travel. We hold no bookings, take no payments and have no staff in the Philippines.

Every booking happens on the operator's own platform under their terms. If something goes wrong with a trip, the operator and the platform are who you deal with.

Where the tour data comes from

Prices, durations, ratings, review counts, inclusions, group caps, operating hours and cancellation terms are read directly off each operator's listing and reproduced with the date they were read. Every tour page carries the same fields in the same order so six very different products can be compared line by line. We do not reuse operator marketing copy.

Where an itinerary time, a pickup boundary or a surcharge is quoted, free pickup within Stations 1 to 3, ₱500 outside them, ₱1,000 for a cruise-ship pickup, it comes from the listing's own text.

• Tour listings checked: 11 August 2026
• Last price check: 11 August 2026
• Ratings and review counts read on the same date as the price
• Product IDs published on every tour page so you can verify the listing yourself
• 256 traveller reviews read across the six listings

Where the fee and entry information comes from

The ₱300 environmental fee, ₱150 terminal fee and ₱50 boat fare are the figures charged at Caticlan Jetty Port in 2026, cross-checked against provincial information, the Boracay iPass prepayment system and recent dated visitor reports. The accredited-accommodation requirement is stated in current entry regulations for the island. This matters more here than at most destinations, because several long-standing guides still publish a ₱75 environmental fee and a ₱50 terminal fee, figures that expired years ago.

Where sources disagree we show the date attached to each number and use the most recent verifiable one. Currency conversions use ₱61.18 to the dollar as of 11 August 2026. Climate figures are long-term monthly averages of rainfall and daytime highs, not a forecast.

How traveller feedback is used

Reviews are quoted with the reviewer's published name, the listing they reviewed and the month they travelled, exactly as written, and never edited into something more flattering. Critical reviews are quoted next to positive ones. The February 2026 review describing a boat itinerary replaced by e-trikes in high wind sits on the highest-rated listing on the site, and it stays there because it is the most useful thing a traveller has written about booking a boat day in advance.

We never write testimonials.

What we cannot verify

We do not ride the boats, inspect the vans, meet the guides or audit safety records. We cannot tell you whether a particular skipper checked the forecast this morning, whether a listed lunch was good, or whether a jet ski was serviced. We also cannot guarantee a price.

Platform prices move with demand and exchange rates, and the figure that binds is the one shown at checkout on the operator's site.

How affiliate links affect this

The site earns a commission when a booking is made through a link here, at no extra cost to the reader. It does not buy placement, wording or a rating, and the affiliate disclosure sets out the arrangement in full. The practical test is in the comparison itself: the jet ski listing is described as costing several times the local walk-up rate and as being non-refundable, and the transfer that earns least is the one recommended to nearly everyone.

How often this is re-checked

Prices, ratings and review counts are re-read on a rolling basis and the date on each page is updated when they are. Statutory fees are re-checked when a provincial announcement moves them; as of August 2026 a review of Boracay tourism fees has been reported but nothing has been enacted. If you find a figure here that no longer matches the listing or the fee window, the contact page is the fastest way to get it corrected.