Tips to Make the Most out of your Business Trip

A trip to CDO City can be fun regardless of if you don’t have a budget or if you have one.

For both choices, it might be hard for you to stay away from the company’s planned itinerary. But a trip to CDO might become more interesting if you follow our tips below.

To help you get started on having a more fun time in CDO City, consider doing our tips below:

Those who prefer to splurge can have the luxuries offered by the high-end hotels like Seda Centrio, Limketkai Luxe Hotel, Red Planet Cagayan De Oro, Win Win Transient Inn, The Pacifico Boutique Hotel, Mallberry Suites Business Hotel, Rich Manor Pension House, New Dawn Pensione, New Dawn Hotel Plus, 1A Express Hotel, and more. Hotels sometimes provide chauffeurs leading you to locations they have pre-determined.

For the budgetarians, you can stay in nice hotels for affordable prices. They usually offer free breakfast meals but sometimes there are none at all. There are nearby carenderias or local restaurants that provide a hearty meal.

There are a lot of activities offered by CDO. In nearby municipalities there are plenty of natural attractions, but in the city proper itself there are nice places you can go to for an hour or two with business associates or by yourself.

To avoid a hotel-meeting-hotel lifestyle for the rest of your business trip, visit some of the malls in the city. There is SM City, Centrio Mall, Limketkai Center, and Grand Central.

If you don’t want to blend into a crowd but instead wants to relax in a cafe, you can go to the Porfirio Chavez St. 9000 Cagayan de Oro
and check out Bean Voyage. It might be better if you go for cafes found in Downtown for easier access. Bowerbird Coffee, Coffee Space, Coffee Up, H Proper Coffee Roaster, Modesto Coffee + Cuisine, Grounded Coffee, Milestone Coffee, Bean Park Cafe, and The Bike Coffee CDO are some local favorites.

Plenty of first-time travelers can underestimate the roads and routes of CDO City. Some abstain from exploring even Downtown thanks to the confusion they can get from the public transportation system. The humid air and traffic at peak hours is not very inviting to those who just want to explore the city.

On times that you have an appointment far from the city, it is good to have your own rental unit that you have all to yourself. Unlike public transportation where you have to wait for the entire vehicle to get filled before traveling, a self-drive rental gives you freedom of movement.

A good rental car from CDO Rent a Car can be easily arranged. With our diverse selection of rental vehicles at affordable rates, you can go to your business meetings in style and have more liberties when exploring CDO.

Explore the local options and skip from the fast food chains. When you’re in a new location, the best way to get to know the place is through their food and people.

They say the best way to get to know a new place is by exploring it through food. CDO is a city that is famous for its laid-back lifestyle. But the locals do take their food seriously. CDO delicacies are often made of simple ingredients, but they are given a uniquely CDO-esque gastronomic twist.
It is a first class, highly urbanized city in the Northern Mindanao region and is known as the White Water Rafting Capital of the Philippines, offering year-round rafting activity! Aside from its adventurous itinerary and the undeniable hospitality of its people, it is also home to flavorsome treats and refreshments.

Binaki, or Pintos, is derived from the Spanish words “vena qui” (“come here”). It is a known delicacy of Northern Mindanao and was originally a homemade dessert in Bukidnon and Cebu. It is a mixture of grated young corn, powdered milk, butter, and sugar that are wrapped and steamed in traditional corn husks to make delectable treats. This steamed corn cake is the easiest pasalubong to find as it’s commonly sold by vendors along the street or in bus stations. Surely, there’s no chance for you not to have a bite of this satisfying treat!

If you want a sweet treat to pair with your morning coffee, Pastel would be a perfect choice! It is a local product of Camiguin Province that has become one of the most sought-after pasalubong treats in CDO. The soft buns and its rich, creamy filling are just so irresistible you can’t stop wanting for more! Aside from its famous original yema filling, you can also get your Pastel in ube, macapuno, mocha, chocolate, durian, jackfruit, and many more! This heirloom recipe is a must-try and can’t be missed out when in CDO. Better yet, take it home with you to share with the whole family!

Another favorite pasalubong treat in Cagayan de Oro City is the Sylvannas. It is a frozen cookie version of the famous sans rival cake we all love! It’s made of the same main ingredient as sans rival, the buttercream! Sandwiched between meringue wafers then coated with crushed butter cookies, the whipped sweet buttercream gives the dessert an extra luscious texture in your mouth! This dessert would definitely make you close your eyes and make you feel like you’re on a cloud nine! One of the stores that makes the best slyvannas is Pane e Dolci. In fact, sylvannas became known to Kagay-anons and even to its neighboring cities only when Pane e Dolci started selling them. You wouldn’t want to miss getting Sylvannas from one of the best in CDO!

This particular pasalubong started in Iligan City but gained popularity amongst the tourists of CDO as it is one of the oldest peanut treats in the area. Cheding’s has been in the business for more than 47 years and has captured the hearts of many peanut lovers in the locale. Cheding’s offers a variety of peanuts – toasted, sugar-coated, salted, crispy garlic hot, spicy, peanut brittle, peanut barquiron, and peanut butter flavor. The store makes a bunch of peanut goodies that are perfect for pasalubong treat from the city!