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Bohol tour on a budget with Ritchie
On our last day in Bohol, we met this great guy Ritchie Vasquez who brought us to the airport. Before we went to the airport, we asked him to take us to a place for an early lunch. He brought us to Chicken Ati-atihan which is cheap and delicious by the way and we invited him to have lunch with us.
Since he’s so nice to us, I asked him if it’s ok if I give him and his services a free spot on my blog. He gladly obliged so I asked him tons of question over our lunch.
A little something about him
Ritchie has lived all his life in Bohol and has been doing the tourist tour business for quite a long time now. He’s married and is expecting their first child real soon (as of this writing).
He’s a member of the tourist transport co-op in Bohol so you can be sure that he’s trustworthy and won’t take you for a ride. His rates are fair as well and he owns two vehicles, a Toyota Avanza for a small group and a Pregio for a large one.
Rates (this excludes any entrance fee)
- P2,000 using Avanza
- P2,500 using Starex
- P1,500 either vehicle
Going to Danao (can include in the Chocolate Hills Tour)
- P3,500 using Avanza
- P4,000 using Starex
Transport only
- P500 either vehicle
Contact Number: 0915-448-6772 (GLOBE), 0919-765-4571 (SMART)
His Toyota Avanza is very nice because it’s quite spacious for a small group unlike the sedan of other drivers.
Ritchie can also take care of your hotel accommodations and boat tours so he can be your all-in-one guy. He’s a trusted driver of Dumaluan Resort by the way. So if you’re looking for someone to tour you around Bohol or just a driver during your stay there, Ritchie’s your man.
Hehehe, I don’t have any cut or discounts from posting this. Just helping out a good man.
You might also be interested in:
- Touring Bohol Part 5: Panglao Tour
- Touring Bohol Part 2: Chocolate Hills Tour
- Touring Bohol Part 4: Dolphin Watching and Boat Tour
- Touring Bohol Part 1: The Plan
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Very helpful blog post indeed! Thank you very much.
Would you recommend availing Mang Richie’s services, instead of the one offered by the hotels/resorts? Thank you.
well i can’t say dun sa mga offered ng resorts but i do recommend ritchie kaya ko sya sinulat dito. and if you read the comments marami na rin natuwa sa serbisyo ni ritchie.
Hi just to add
I tried to get countryside tour offered by our travel agency although the hotel accommodations from the travel agency is very helpful esp. if you don’t want to worry on where to stay at Bohol back @ countryside tour I prefer to just hire a ride (like Kuya Ritchie) than to get the tour package.
But what we did we tried to get one of the tour packages (chocolate hills, etc) positive side of the package tour if you don’t like the hassle of buying tickets on each destination then go with the package but very limited time unlike when you go with car/van rentals you hold your time the negative side is you have to buy your own tickets on each destination (not much of a hassle when buying). With the countryside tour that I got there was no Bohol Bee Farm included which is one of the most destinations that I enjoyed when we went in Bohol. You miss the experience if you don’t try their malunggay ice cream, their flower salad and of course their farm tour we went there thru a car rental and we manage our own sched we just talk to Kuya Ritchie on what time that he’ll pick us up.
This is only base on my experience, still it’s up to you to decide on which is convenient to you.
Thank you very much. Very helpful!
first thing i will do tomorrow morning is call Mang Richie! 
I will post comments for updates. I am very excited for our Bohol trip.
he was our guide when we went there too!!!!
php3,500.
2d/1n
all of bohol!
hi! just want to ask if that is still the numbers used by Ritchie. Want to inquire about Bohol tour. Thanks!
still is!
What is Mr. Ritchie Vasquez’s email? I have no luck getting hold of him by phone. What is the correct way to dial his number from the USA? I very much appreciate any help.
hi antonio, ritchie has no e-mail that i’m aware of. to dial replace 0 with 63 in the prefix (e.g. 63915-448-6772).
hi calvin , i just want to know ano ung included s chocolate hills tour,
hi anne, you can find it here…
http://www.calvinshub.com/2009/02/touring-bohol-part-2-chocolate-hills-tour/
Is that per person? If yes, I think mas mura yung nakuha namin. We went there last Feb lang.
1500 – bohol countryside tour
1000 – panglao tour
450 – one way airport transfer
That rate was based on 2 pax and avanza yung sasakyan.
Got their contact here: http://www.boholdaytour.com/
Iba yung price sa website kasi binigyan kami ng discount
can u help me to decide. if im going to book seperate for countryside tour and another booking for kuya richie. or book ako ng package with countryside tour including the car.
why separate pa yung countryside tour and car? sayang yung transpo rental niyo. kunin nyo na pareho sa isang operator para tuloy tuloy na.
conected b cya sa dumaluan? so pede rin cya n mag arrange ng resort?
di sya affiliated sa dumaluan pero kilala na sya doon so yes pwede sya mag-arrange ng accommodation sa dumaluan.
hi jukno… ung 1500 bohol countryside is this good for 2 already? nid ur help in deciding… im having a hrad time to make an iterinary and look for the packages eh.
hope you can help me
thanks
Hi Calvin,
C boss Ritchie ung nakuha nmin n driver for 3nights 2days sa bohol last week weekend lang.. (thanks to your site), I really recommend him, guide na, driver pa.. hehe active p ung smart number nia. ^_^
thanks for the feedback of ritchie rex!
bait din yan.