Hello - PPD I need your help. I am trying to plan a dive trip in from Jan2-Jan7 to Bohol. Was trying to make hotel arrangements on the phone with Alona Tropical. We call the hotel directly and the woman on the phone was very sweet, except that she doesn't understand why we need a hotel confirmation! She said she doesn't have a international fax machine so we asked her to send an email confirmation - but she kept saying no need! We even offered to pay money as a deposit in order to get a confirmation, but she kept saying there is no need and you pay in full when you get there, if you want to confirm again just call.... Is this the norm for Bohol hotels? I can't find much information on the web on Alona Tropical (there was one post - the photos look nice enough) and most other hotels are already fully booked for the period we are going. I just don't want to drag my dive gear all the way from the US and find out that I have no place to stay!Also we are planning to fly into Cebu and take the ferry to Bohol. Do you need to book ferry seats in advance thru a local agent? Will we run into not having enough seats thus getting bumped off? And where do you buy tickets? Apologies if the questions sound silly but so far I can't get a straight answer.
Thanks much!
