i stayed at holiday spa for the 2nd time in january,i loved my 1st stay but even though i still like many things about the hotel, quality of the bed, friendly front desk, superb pool & gym(50% discounted for guests)there is definately not been any improvements done since my previous visit nearly 2 years ago. The wi-fi is still hopeless & food average..

We have stayed here twice in Feb 2013. The hotel has great potential but seems to be poorly managed. The staff were friendly and helpful but the atmosphere in the lobby was terrible. The TV in the cafe was always on and turned up full blast. Most of the time the only people wartching it was the bell boy and the cafe staff. The rest of the staff were always on their Facebook when ever we walked up to the front desk. As the free wifi was only in the lobby the noise from the TV was distracting, we also had some friends come and visit us and there was nowhere to sit and talk that wasn't loud. The pool area had some nice tables and chairs but it was usually crowded with smokers so that wasn't an option. Also you had to walk through all the smokers to go from the room to the lobby..... I hate smoke. The gym was ok... lots of broken equipment so when it got busy I had to wait. Again so much potential but just poorly managed. Rooms were clean and comfortable... no smells, showers were good and Spa was good as well. I had 1 massage.

During our 10 day stay over in Cebu, we decided to stay at the Holiday Spa which came highly recommended by one of ours friends. We booked a pool view room, 1500php. We arrived early, before check in time and unlike the previous hotel, the receptionist, simply said check in is at 2pm, Sir. Our bags were stored and we went off to the hospital to visit a friend there. When we returned in late evening after a busy day, hospital, mall, lunch meeting, shopping, dinner meeting, we discovered that our check in form had been lost, consequently i had to do it all again. The porter carried the one small shopping bag to the room even thought i insisted not to, just give me the key, i hate others carrying my bags. When we arrived at the room he proceeded to turn on the tv air con and every light, and then waited for his tip . . i proceeded to turn off the aircon tv and most of the lights and waited for him to leave. My wife and i got changed to take a 2130hrs swim in then huge pool. We went to the pool side only to be informed it was closed for cleaning !!! grr this was the sole purpose for booking this hotel, so we could take a late night swim. The room was however very large and gave the impression of high quality, the bed massive, however only 4 terrible pillows. A large amount of budget had been spent on the room, but the shower head was aweful, saved money there . .
In the morning i was woken to the noise of swimmers right outside my window, and also the bright sunlight streaming in. No black out curtain used here. We got up and had a little swim in the pool, however its not a fun pool it was filled with serious swimmer types, kind of off putting if ur a terrible swimmer... Whist its in a prime location, the facilities are good, but i wouldnt stay here again . . over priced for what we recieved, like so many other hotels . .

Just spent two weeks at this hotel at the promo rate of 1500 per night, for deluxe room with no window. Great value for money. Room was large and well presented, fan a/c, good selection of tv channels, Cinemax had some good action films on. The room was cleaned daily, with fresh sheets and towels. Shower worked well, with plenty of constant hot water. A bath would have been nice, but not the norm, I think. Cleaning staff where friendly and helpful. Eating in was nice, not bad choice, well priced and plentiful, my favourite was the chocolate shake, hehe. Gym and pool was nice also.

Wi-fi, worked well in the room, but not so good in reception. You have to pay for wi-fi in room. Reception staff were always friendly and happy. Location was pretty good, with food outlets fairly close. I will stay here again in the future, great.