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A blog on being an expat in the Philippines and retirement to the Philippines. Mainly based on our experiences and travels within Cebu.
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Internet cafe under construction
New business venture starts on Friday our internet cafe. I looked at various buildings in the area to operate from and after taking a bit of exploring into the rental costs it simply wouldn’t be viable at least for the near future until we had...
Understanding love
May sound an odd question and answers. But some people find me and my wife April a bit of an oddball because we are so happy. Married two years December the 7th and not one argument between us. We have had misunderstandings but we sit and talk about...
Coin slot internet Cafe – Philippines
The latest type of internet cafe machine are the coin slot type with allocated timers may not be the solution for a big internet cafe as they are coming in at around P20,000 each instead of P6,000 – P10,000 for a computer system. Altho...
Weird, wonderful and strange internet cafe buildings
I thought this article is important because we have to look at a sustainable business aswell as what the local community can afford. There is no point spending P1m on an internet cafe cant support it. Or ...
Internet Cafe Interior design – Philippines
When designing the layout you really need to look at different factors. If you go high end all pretty and unique you may actually put a lot of your customers off using the location. Because without even looking they will assume its expensive. Altho...
Ultimate Internet Cafe
I was busy looking for some table designs for my next article in Internet Cafes and stumbled across this post on another blog. A friend of mine has found out a gem in Genting Highlands resort the other day. Believe it or not, they have just setup a...
Ideas to maximise an internet cafe – Philippines
The first thing is to get an idea of your customers. Students for example love snack foods, need things printing or photocopying where people keeping in touch with family are more likely needing things like photo printing and sending photos. Food st...
Why do people use internet Cafes?
The reasons for using cybercafes are very varied:- A friend had gone away – need to contact them. Have friends who live abroad Travelling the world, want to keep in touch Living abroad – read home newspaper and keep in touc...
Internet Cafes 101 – For the Philippines
Firstly you cant write a 101 on a topic that is so varied.. so I am going to write it in sections in the hope we can get a few of you readers to give some input as you know what are the best things you like about the internet cafes if you used them ...
How to setup an internet cafe in the Philippines
I came across a post by someone I know called Tim and thought I would add it in and then add to it. First it is about location. You first need a location that has street access. It must be visible for everyone to see. People are lazy so close to...
