🇬🇪 Georgia or 🇵🇭 Philippines
Which one, honestly
Georgia leads on food, cities and getting around. Philippines leads on the sea.
A normal day costs about $60 in Georgia and $85 in Philippines.
Side by side
- 🇬🇪 Georgia🇵🇭 Philippines
- May, Jun, Sep, OctBest monthsJan, Feb, Mar, Apr, Dec
- $60A normal day$85
- 5h 30m to TbilisiNonstop from London14h to Manila
- Not the drawBeaches and seaExceptional
- Very goodCities and cultureNot the draw
- ExceptionalFoodGood
- ExceptionalNature and hikingExceptional
- ExceptionalValue for moneyExceptional
- GoodEasy to get aroundNot the draw
- Shared minibuses and cheap drivers, the roads are the slow partGetting aroundDomestic flights and ferries, cheap but often delayed, leave slack
- The mountain roads from November to April, when the passes closeWhen to avoidThe typhoon months, roughly August to October
Pick by what you want
🇬🇪 Choose Georgia if
you want the Caucasus, eight thousand years of wine and food nobody has heard of yet, on the smallest budget in Europe.
🇵🇭 Choose Philippines if
you want water and islands above everything else, on a small budget, and you can handle slow travel days.
Full Georgia guide →Full Philippines guide →
And what the world thinks
🇵🇭 Philippines leads by 5 votes.
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Written and checked by hand. Nothing here about visas or entry rules: those change often and depend on your passport, so check an official source.