Temporary housing in Manila, in the district you will actually work in
A lease in the Philippines takes viewings, a Letter of Intent and a negotiation; none of that happens in a week. Asia Relocation Philippines books the serviced apartment or the hotel stay that covers those weeks, in Makati, BGC or Ortigas, in your name, before you fly.
Most arrivals in the Philippine capital spend their first weeks somewhere they did not choose well: a hotel booked from abroad, on the wrong side of the traffic, with no kitchen and a rate meant for a night. The permanent home takes longer than that to find, and the weeks in between are where a family either settles or tires.
A temporary address chosen against the office does two things. It removes the daily hour on the expressway, and it puts you in the district where the home search will happen, so viewings are minutes away rather than a morning's drive.
Asia Relocation Philippines has placed arriving households in serviced apartments and partner hotels around Makati, Fort Bonifacio and Ortigas since 2011. The consultant who books the stay is the one who then finds the home, in English, French or Filipino.
Booked for you, and what the permanent home still needs
A temporary stay is a bridge, and the second column is where the bridge ends.
Carried by the service
- A brief on the stay: arrival date, size of the party, the district you report to, how long the search is likely to take, and what the household needs from day one.
- A selection of residences from the serviced apartments and hotel partners we work with in the three business districts, matched to the brief rather than to availability alone.
- The booking in your name, with every inclusion confirmed in writing: housekeeping, internet, utilities, parking, the pool and the gym.
- Check-in on arrival: someone who knows the building meets you, and the first errands of the week are already mapped.
- The extension, requested early when the search suggests the lease will take longer, so the family is never packing twice.
Every inclusion is written into the confirmation before you commit.
A different service
- The lease itself. Viewings, the Letter of Intent, the negotiation and the handover are home search in Manila, run from the temporary address by the same consultant.
- The school that fixes the district. A family's permanent home follows the school; comparing them is school search in the Philippines.
- The first day on the ground. Traffic at your hours, clinics, banks and the errands of a normal week: city orientation.
- A workspace for the company. Where the office goes decides where the stay should be; that search is office search in Manila.
Any of these joins the same file. Say so in the inquiry and the stay is booked with them in mind.
Serviced apartment, hotel, or a block of units for a team
No residence is named here: partners and availability change with the season.
Serviced apartment
A furnished unit with a kitchen, living and sleeping space kept separate, housekeeping, and the building's pool and gym. The format for a family, or for anyone whose search will take more than a few weeks in Makati, BGC or Ortigas.
Extended hotel stay
A room or suite in one of our partner hotels, at a rate set for weeks rather than nights. The format when dates may still move, or for a single professional who will be at the office more than at home.
Boutique hotel
Smaller properties among our partners, for arrivals who prefer a quieter building to a tower. Same booking, same extension terms, in the same three districts.
Corporate booking for several arrivals
Several units in one residence or one district, on one invoice and one contact, for a team arriving together. Each household then gets its own consultant for the permanent home.
Dates in, residence held, keys at the airport
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The brief
Arrival date, party size, the district you report to and the likely length of the search. If children arrive with you, the school is placed on the map at this step.
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The proposal
Two or three residences matched to the brief, with what each includes and how an extension works, so the choice is made on facts rather than photographs.
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The booking
The residence is held in your name, or your company's, with the inclusions confirmed in writing. You receive the address and the check-in details before you fly.
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Arrival and the first week
Check-in with someone who knows the building, then the home search starts from a base that is already in the right district. The consultant is the same for both.
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The extension, or the handover
When the lease is signed, the move to the permanent home is scheduled from the residence. When it is not yet signed, the stay is extended, asked for early rather than on the last morning.
Four arrivals in the Philippines, and the stay each one needs
Households waiting for the lease
The commonest case: the home search runs from the residence, and the stay is extended if the Letter of Intent takes longer than the calendar allowed.
Professionals on a short assignment
A stay measured in weeks or months, with no permanent home to find. A serviced apartment near the office in Makati or BGC is the whole answer.
HR teams landing several people at once
A block of units, one invoice, one contact, and a policy that says how long the company pays for the bridge. We book to the policy and report to HR.
Families arriving before term starts
School opens before the lease is signed more often than anyone plans. The residence is chosen for the school run as much as for the office.
Three districts of the capital, and two other cities
Residences and hotel partners in Makati, Bonifacio Global City and Ortigas; bookings in Cebu and Clark for households posted there.
In Metro Manila the district is the decision. Makati and BGC hold most of the serviced apartments and the partner hotels we use; Ortigas has its own stock for companies based there. We book where you will work, because the daily crossing between two of these districts is what turns a good stay into a bad one.
In Cebu and Clark the stock is smaller and more hotel-based, and we say so when we propose it. The booking, the extension and the handover to the permanent home work the same way, with the same consultant.
What arrivals ask before booking a stay in Manila
Serviced apartment or hotel: which one should we book in Manila?
Which district should the temporary address be in?
Can the stay be booked before we arrive in the Philippines?
What if the lease takes longer than expected?
What does a serviced apartment in Manila include?
What decides the cost of a temporary stay?
Do you book temporary housing outside Metro Manila?
Can our company book for several arriving employees at once?
Where this page hands over
You are ready to sign a lease
Viewings with a broker, the Letter of Intent drafted and negotiated, the move-in supervised: the search that starts from your temporary address.
Home search in Manila →The whole relocation service
Housing, schooling, orientation and settling-in for the Philippines, on one file with one coordinator.
Relocation services in the Philippines →Give us the arrival date, and a residence is held before you fly
One consultant, in English, French or Filipino, for the stay and for the home that follows it.
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