Hi Ardy
Jon, the owner of Blue Ribbon here.
It's a 240km round trip, with tolls along the way and in bad traffic can take more than 6 hours. It is the going rate around the area, as you are looking at around 1000 pesos fuel, 1000 pesos for the driver, just under 1000 pesos on tolls, then car maintenance and then credit card fees and taxes. It is expensive for one person but gets cheaper with more people obviously, but it is a long way.
You can get a buss down for a few hundred pesos to Batangas and then get picked up by us for 2000 pesos, but that is still a two hour round trip.
You could also then get a jeepney from Batangas to Mabini, for next to nothing, but it goes right through San Pascual and Bauan which has horrible traffic which we avoid, and then a tricycle from Mabini to the resort. It really isn't a fun journey but the option is there.
Some people have tried with grab, a taxi service in Manila and we always end up having to argue with the driver's when they arrive as they want more money for the tolls and don't realise how far away we actually are. You could probably get a grab taxi for 3000 pesos but then agree to pay tolls, which would put it up another 1000 pesos, which is a very good price.
All local van businesses here charge is 4500, we then add 500 for bank charges and taxes that we incur.
Just let me know if you really want to travel the cheaper way and I'll give you additional details
Look forward to meeting you soon
Jon
