“MAKE YOUR PASSION YOUR PROFESSION” – INTERVIEW WITH JAYBEE’S TRAVEL DIARIES

I hope you don’t mind me asking, what do you do for a living po?

I’m currently working as Content Editor in a BPO company and on a night shift schedule.

What made you start traveling and when?

What made you start your travel/travel blogging and when?

I’ve started travel blogging last February 2015 but traveling since 2012. I’ve always feel a “post travel depression”. And by creating this personal travel blog site, I have the world to listen to my stories and experiences. It’s one of my coping mechanism with my “not-so-normal” feeling leaving place/s after my adventure.

What’s your favorite post from the blog?

From your blog, what’s your favorite post you’ve published so far? What/Why makes it memorable?

All of my posts were special to me and memorable. If I have some spare time, I always read all of my blog entries.

Post with most visit?

What’s the one with most interaction/visits? Is it the same post or different?

One of my posts “About the Author” had the most interaction. Every blog posts by every travel bloggers always have the same statistics about interactive post due to every reader wants to know the person behind those stories of adventure.

Blog entry with most number of visits is about Acedeo Resort in Rizal. I don’t know why it is visited by many readers, wherein,

I’ve just blogged my experience and the resort from our team building haha! 🙂

Are you a member of any Travel blogger community?

Are you or the blog member of any travel blogger community? Facebook group or online groups?

I’m with Filipino Bloggers Worldwide and Circle of Travel Bloggers in Facebook. But looking forward to be part of some travel blogger community and hopefully will able to meet some of well known bloggers so that I can learn something and how to improve travel blogging.

Have you learned a new language/words on your travels?

Were are you able to learn new language/dialects.. or did it take you a while to learn it?

Not really but what I’ve learned is the way they speak Tagalog or English language (for my international travels).

Scariest Moment?

Scariest moment? What was the moment that happens that almost stopped your from traveling again?

I’m always on the go. Nothing can stop me from travelling except for natural disasters.

Favorite food during travels?

For every trip you’ve made, were you able to taste their local food? Any strange thing you ate that’s memorable?

Chori Burger hahaha! Maybe it’s not too special but I love it. One of said to be attraction in the paradise of Boracay.

Next in Bucket List?

What place is still on the top of your bucket list you have yet to crossed out?

Batanes, of course! I was not able to book properly whenever airlines have their promos due to slow pacing of their website during promo period. And also, be able to visit all 81 Philippine provinces. 🙂

Favorite Place of travel?

Is there any particular place you’ve visited that you feel so at home that you were open in moving to that place?

La Union. Because when I’ve traveled here solo, I feel welcomed in this place. I like the ambiance here. Also, it’s accessible to some places like Baguio and Ilocos which you can manage to travel not more than 5 hours 🙂

Other hobbies besides travelling?

If you are not travelling, what keeps you busy?

I always do research. So when time comes that I need to visit certain places, I’m not always having my last minute research which can lead to travel glitch. Of course, no travel is perfect, it’s just that we can manage our trip properly.

Advice, tips or other travel hacks?

Do you have any advice, tips or a travel hack to help them save time, money, energy?

Travel at your own pace. It’s important that you enjoy all of your travels. Always research, that’s important so that you can save time, money and energy.

You can do your research by joining Facebook travel groups, online travel blogs and asking your peers who have been there in certain places you want to visit.

Favorite Philippine Beach?

Do you keep count of the Philippine Beaches you’ve visited? What’s you’re favorite so far or most memorable, like the first beach that comes to mind just now?

I’m more of beach bumming rather than mountain climbing haha! Most memorable beach that I’ve visited is Tambobong Beach in Dasol, Pangasinan. It was very memorable since it was my first time to celebrate my birthday out of town and on a travel.