Look people , all this talk about being cheated , by taxi drivers m vendors immigration and so on is not about the money , but just being ripped off . I you have tourist visit this country and they are ripped off assaulted , pickpocketed, and cheated by officials , would you recommend other people to come here as a tourist. President Aquino is spending billions of pesos to get tourist trade in here to approve the economy and these people are making a great effort to discourage tourist trade. I plan on living here for a long time, I want this to be a better country where people do not have to divide their families , by working in other countries to make a decent living . So to all of you people that encourage this kind of ripoff, I say you are hurting the Philippines and you should be the ones to leave.