Pack Your Bags: Abaca Resort, Cebu

This travel dispatch is just in from the fabulous Amy (mom to precious Jack!) in Clearwater Bay:


When you have a baby, the recipe for a perfect weekend getaway includes a quick and easy flight, no visas, a super fast and efficient airport pick-up, zippy travel time to the hotel, yummy food and wine (reasonably priced is always a plus!), a gorgeous resort property and moreover – a staff that goes out of their way to accommodate you and your baby! It’s rare that all these boxes get checked – there’s always something that goes a little sideways when you’re traveling with a baby.  But I can tell you, a recent long weekend at the Abaca Resort in Cebu, Philippines renewed my belief that you can indeed have it all.


From the moment we were picked up by the gracious and accommodating staff, we knew we were in for some special treatment.  As you can imagine, we weren’t traveling light – in fact with two wee travel companions, we were carting along a ton of gear – two strollers, a couple baby bags each, plus our suitcases…..Our driver whisked all this away, helped us into the van, offered us a cool towel and a bottle of water – and, just like that, we were on our way.   A mere 15 minutes later we were already at the resort and being greeted (by name) by the lovely General Manager.