AIRLINES

Aside from Philippine Airlines and Singapore Airlines, shown below is the list of budget airlines to/from Singapore. Prices vary from time to time, but one thing to look out is for promos which could go as low as 3,000 pesos or even lesser.
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TigerAirways: http://www.tigerairways.com
(* leaves at Clark, lands at Budget Terminal*)
Jetstarasia.com http://www.jetstarasia.com
(* Leaves at NAIA Terminal 1, lands at Changi Terminal 1)
Cebu Pacific http://www.cebupacific.com
(*leaves at NAIA Terminal 1, lands at Budget terminal)
What currency should you bring?

Singapore’s currency is Singaporean Dollar (SGD). Use 1SGD = 30Php for easy conversion, you can refer to the local paper or online conversion for the exact updated amount.

You can bring U.S. dollar, SGD dollar or Philippine Peso (and even other currency) but be reminded of this rule:
  • There is an existing law (anti-money laundering) that states that you cannot bring more than 10,000 units for any currency. In short, you can only bring 10,000 Philippine peso as maximum pocket money.
You can convert your Philippine peso to U.S. dollars or straight away to Singapore dollars.  Better to change everything to SGD for lesser hassle on your part. Immigration Officers conduct random wallet inspection, even in Singapore Immigration which will be their basis if you can afford your stay as a tourist for 30 days or 3 months of stay.
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The Philippine Peso (Php) is still the best currency to bring when you’re going to Singapore and convert to SGD when you reach there. Foreign Exchange is a little bit higher if you’re going to trade your Philippine peso to SGD compared to if you’ll trade USD or SGD in Philippines. That is if you have a lot of money to bring, but if not, you can directly trade your Php to SDG in Philippines. If you’ll do a comparison, you’ll get to lose from 1 dollar (around 30 pesos) to 20 dollars (around 600 pesos). 


Converting Philippine Peso to U.S. Dollar and eventually convert it to Singapore dollar when you reach there you’ll be discouraged. Remember that you lose something (even small amount) when you convert a currency twice. 


How much pocket money should you bring?
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Pocket money varies on how long you intend to stay, how you’re going to spend it and other factors.

To be safe, it is recommended to bring at least 30,000 if you intend to stay for 30-day. This 30,000 is a conservative value of living, if you have a lot of money, you can bring more will be better. This will eventually save you for losing money if you have savings or someone will give you through banks. 


Recent update tells that P30, 000.00 may seem not to be enough for a 30-day visit. The big part of which this money goes will be your housing accommodation. Most transient rooms charges $15SGD a day per person. This takes half of your 30,000 budget already. 
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Where you’ll exchange your money in Singapore?
 
The Changi Aiport has lots of ForEx stores if you need quick cash to eat and to buy an EZ-link card.

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