Philippines

• Designed for Scuba, LLC highly recommends you purchase travel and dive insurance as soon as possible after confirming your travel plans. We recommend Dive Assure or DAN for diving insurance.  We recommend Dive Assure or DAN for diving insurance. Dive Assure offers a Dive and Travel Insurance annual and short-term (per trip). You can purchase it here: https://diveassure.com/en/home/?pid=18662 

• Evidence of adequate travel and dive insurance must be provided prior to departure. 

• Bookings made more than 100 days out from the start of a trip require a deposit of $800.00 USD per passenger in 2024 and a regular deposit schedule will commence in late 2024/early 2025. 

• All deposits are non-refundable. 

• Bookings made less than 100 days out from tour commencement require payment in full to secure your booking.

• Payment in full is required 100 days out from the start of the trip.  We will email you a final payment reminders. No refunds will be given within 100 days of the start of any trip, under any circumstances. 

• If you cancel your spot more than 100 days before the start of a trip, and we are able to resell/fill the spot, a trip credit for your remaining balance (minus a $300 USD service fee deducted) will be issued for use on another Designed for Scuba, LLC trip within 2 years of the cancellation. 

• If you cancel your spot less than 99 days prior to the start of a trip, no refund or credit will be issued for deposits that have been paid. 

• If our In-Country Providers cancel or if aForce Majeure Event occurs, meaning any act of God, war, terrorism, fire, flood or any other extreme weather conditions, loss of power, epidemics or pandemics, industrial disputes, slow-downs or other strike activities, riots or civil disturbances, acts of government, semi government or other authorities, inability to obtain any necessary license or consent and delays caused by sub-contractors, suppliers or other third parties (including telecommunications carriers), material shortages or other disruption to the trip beyond our control, Designed for Diving shall not be held responsible for matters outside of our control or any failure to deliver the trip.

• The affiliated and established company such as Edgewater Dive Resort & Spa and Aggressor Adventures , hold the relevant insurances and maintains responsibility for the dive and snorkel insurance policies and procedures.  As such when in the water diving, snorkeling or swimming you are diving under the affiliated company's policies and procedures and must adhere to either the Captain, Dive Instructor or Divemaster’s instructions. 

• Designed for Scuba, LLC takes no responsibility for loss, damage or injury arising from any shortfall, error or omission in the information passed to the customer during the course of the sale or subsequent delivery of the product. The company takes no responsibility nor can be held liable for loss, damage, or injury that occurs on a supplier’s or service provider’s premises or transport, or between two such premises.

• Participation in any of the Activities involves certain risks which may result in injury or death. This warning does not purport to describe or disclose all risks associated with participation of the Activities. There are a wide range of inherent risks when engaging in sports and particularly underwater sports; for example, with diving there is the risk of decompression sickness, embolism or other hyperbaric injury can occur that requires treatment in a recompression chamber.   Open water scuba diving trips may be conducted at sites that are remote, either by time or distance, from emergency services or recompression facilities. Scuba diving, snorkeling and tours will involve uncontrolled encounters with wild animals which bears the risk of stings, bites, and at the extreme end, more serious injury and death. Participants should be responsible and aware of animal behaviors and their own interactions and engage in these activities entirely at their own risk.

• We will not be liable to you in respect of any personal injury (including without limitation serious injury or death) that you may suffer or sustain directly or indirectly as a result of attending the Trip or participation in the Activities.  Nor will we be liable to you in respect of any other losses arising as a result of any such personal injury (including without limitation loss of profit or earnings or other consequential losses).  We will not be liable to you in respect of any of your personal property that is lost, stolen or damaged before, during or after a trip.

• Please ensure you understand our cancellation policy prior to providing any deposits and agree to the booking and trip. By placing a booking with Designed for Scuba, LLC, this implies that you accept these booking terms and conditions and cancellation policy. 

As of April 27, 2023: 

• At least six (6) months of passport validity remaining at the time of entry

• For temporary visitors: valid onward/return ticket

• Countries requiring a Visa to enter the Philippines click here.  Most travelers (including US, Canada, Australia, UK, etc) can enter for up to 30 days visa free.

• Unvaccinated/Partially Vaccinated Travelers:  A laboratory-based rapid antigen negative test result within twenty-four (24) hours prior to the date and time of departure from the country of origin is required for entry to the Philippines.

• Fully Vaccinated Travelers:  Pre-departure COVID testing is no longer required for fully vaccinated travelers, to include Filipinos and foreign nationals.

• Additional entry details can be found here.