Traveling To Hong Kong With My Senior Citizen Parents

I love traveling DIY, but I realized how different it is when you're with your senior citizen parents.

During our Korea trip, I observed that the parentals get easily tired, from pulling luggages to walking non-stop. A vacation is supposed to be fun, and so that's what we gave mom and dad last October when we flew to Hong Kong.

Transportation that picked us up from the airport to our hotel, vice versa.




For Mom's 60th birthday, she requested a family trip instead of the typical surprise birthday in a resto with the whole clan (haha!). She prefers just going out of the country with dad and her daughters. After debating which country we should go that's in-line with our budget, with no visa requirements, and gets cold during -ber months... We ended up with Hong Kong.

My Ate was the one who hooked us up with Rakso Travel, also the travel agency that I went to before for my Korean visa. They proudly told me that Korea is their specialty. Anyway, aside from the visa application, they also offer other tour services. Ate got the Hong Kong package for the fam, which already includes the following:



TOUR INCLUSIONS

1) Roundtrip airfare via Cathay Pacific with 30 Kilos luggage allowance

2) Airline Tax, Terminal Fee, Philippine Travel Tax

3) Round Trip Airport to Hotel Transfers

4) 4-Star Hotel Accommodation for 3 Nights - Metropark Mongkok Hotel, with 1 Standard Twin Room for the parents, and 1 Standard Triple Room for me, Ate, and Cea.

5) Free daily breakfast coupon at nearby Mc Donalds

6) Half-Day City Tour (Avenue of Star, Aberdeen Fishing Village, Jewellery Store and Souvenir Shop)



The damages? We only spent a total of Php 24, 000 each for this package! We divided the fee for our parents as our birthday gift to mom, and just spent Php 40k each. I think I made sure to have around Php 20,000 pocket money for food and shopping, but it can get lower if you prefer to a budget trip. Prior this trip, we also bought our HK Disneyland tickets via Klook for Php 3781 each (with promo codes, we only paid Php 2858 each so make sure to check out existing promo codes before booking!).

Here are some details of our 4D3N trip to Hong Kong!

Weather

We went around late October to early November, and weather is not so cold. I brought sweaters, but was sweating the whole time! Buti nalang may 1 shirt ako for Disneyland day, na super mas mainit pa since we were always outdoors!



Hotel

We stayed at the Metropark Mongkok Hotel, which is already part of our tour package. They gave us 1 Standard Twin Room for the parents, and 1 Standard Triple Room for me, Ate, and Cea. This is already inclusive of daily McDonalds breakfast vouchers.

Since we all have been to Hong Kong before, our iti for this trip is more chill.

Day 1: Just Around The City

• Check in Metropark Hotel (Prince Edward Station)
• Lunch at Dim Dim Sum
• Street shopping / mall hopping
• Dinner at Mak’s Noodle

First meal for this trip!

• Avenue of Star
• Aberdeen Fishing Village
• Jewellery Store and Souvenir Shop

Beautiful scenery and vibe at the Avenue of Star:

• The World Of Studio Ghibli with Cea
• Flight Back To Manila

I really enjoyed this trip! It wasn't as packed as my usual trips, but we were able to enjoy our time together as family. My dream in the coming years is to have more of travels with my family. ❤