First Trip & Travel Survival Guide
From what to expect at the airport to meeting her parents — the complete starter pack for your first Philippines trip.
20 videos in this collection, spanning 2020 to 2026.
1. Meeting Your Filipina's Parents - What To Expect
Pea walks foreign men through exactly what to expect when meeting a Filipina's family for the first time, from what gifts to bring to how to address her grandparents, what dinner will look like, and what the invitation actually signals about your relationship.
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2. 15 THINGS YOU DONT KNOW About The Phillipines
Pea walks through a collection of surprising cultural quirks and everyday realities of Philippine life that most foreigners don't know about, from the absurdly over-packaged food to why you'll never find tampons in a Filipino store, and what it means when you stumble across a dead body surrounded by people playing poker on the street.
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3. WHAT KIND OF MEN DO FILIPINAS LIKE: 20 Things You Should Know
Pea runs through a comprehensive list of physical attributes, personality traits, and dating etiquette that matter to Filipinas, explaining not just what they prefer but WHY — rooted in cultural norms, what's common in the local population, and how Filipino social expectations differ from Western ones.
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4. THINGS YOU WANT TO KNOW FROM A FILIPINA Life Of A Filipina - An Interview With
After viewers repeatedly asked Pea to answer her own interview questions, she sits down in a mountain setting and works through nearly every question from all the interviews she's conducted (plus some that haven't aired yet).
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5. 10 FUN THINGS YOU OUGHT TO KNOW If You're VISITING THE PHILIPPINES
Pea continues her popular series on quirky aspects of Filipino life that will surprise, confuse, or amuse foreigners planning a visit to the Philippines.
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6. MARRYING A FILIPINA WATCH THIS FIRST: What To Prepare For A Wedding In The Philippines
Pea brings back attorney Gracie Bellingham-Bennett of Dumaguete to walk through the exact legal requirements for a foreigner marrying a Filipina in the Philippines, timed to the borders reopening post-pandemic.
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7. 12 Things Not To Do In The Philippines — Get Along With The Locals
Pea delivers a practical survival guide for foreigners in the Philippines, explaining twelve specific behaviors that can get you deported, ostracized, or physically harmed.
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8. 10 THINGS YOU DIDNT KNOW ABOUT FILIPINOS - What Its Like To Be Us
Pea walks through a collection of surprising cultural facts about daily life in the Philippines, aimed at foreigners considering a visit or move. She covers everything from the absence of video game culture and the country's universal crying style to the lack of jury trials, gasoline sold in Coke bottles, and the scarcity of fire hydrants outside...
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9. 12 BIGGEST MISTAKES FOREIGNERS MAKE In The Philippines - Dont Be Fooled
Pea walks through the twelve most common and costly mistakes foreign men make when moving to the Philippines, drawing on conversations with hundreds (possibly thousands) of foreigners.
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10. How To Get A Tourist Visa To The US - Tips and Tricks
Pea breaks down the entire process of how she obtained her US B1/B2 tourist visa as a single, self-employed Filipina — a demographic that faces extra scrutiny from consular officers.
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11. Don't Make These Mistakes - Scams, Frauds, and Bad Real Estate Deals in the Philippines
Pea sits down with J.R. Coca, a licensed real estate broker and visa specialist expanding from immigration services into real estate, to walk through the most common rental scams targeting foreigners in the Philippines, what paperwork to demand before handing over money, and how to protect yourself from getting evicted or losing your deposit.
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12. 10 Things You Need To Know About Filipinas - Our Secrets Revealed
Pea interviews Ann, a returning guest (one of five students who received laptops in a previous Christmas video), about common Filipina behaviors and cultural traits — why Filipinas won't admit fault, what "tampo" is, why they seem insecure, and why they insist on pampering their partners.
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13. Things You Dont Know About Filipinas - You WILL Be Surprised
Pea films a candlelight chat during one of Negros's frequent power outages, covering a grab-bag of quirky Filipino habits and cultural behaviors that foreigners living in the Philippines will inevitably encounter.
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14. So You Think You Can Handle The Traffic In The Philippines? Watch This First
Pea takes viewers on a real driving tour through Dumaguete City to show exactly what foreigners are up against on Philippine roads. This isn't a theoretical warning — she recently had a motorbike crash into the side of her car, and despite doing nothing wrong, she had to pay all costs including hospital bills because she was driving the bigger...
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15. Your First Visit To The Philippines - The Ultimate Guide
Pea addresses viewers who have never visited the Philippines and may feel overwhelmed by the logistics of actually going. She walks through every practical step from budgeting and documentation to navigating airports, food safety, and getting around, delivering a single organized checklist so viewers don't have to piece together advice from dozens...
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16. First Trip To The Philippines - Will You Find What Youre Looking For
Pea interviews Bobby, a 55-year-old from British Columbia who just returned from his first trip to the Philippines. Bobby went with no romantic agenda and a compression bag the size of a shoebox, and came back with a phone full of new contacts, a bag full of Ding Dongs, and some hard-earned practical wisdom for first-time visitors.
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17. 7 Things You MUST Know Before Your First Trip To The Philippines - Watch This
Pea delivers a comprehensive, street-level survival guide for first-time visitors to the Philippines, covering everything from what to pack (almost nothing) to how not to get scammed by taxi drivers.
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18. Tips And Tricks For Surviving The Philippines That Will Save Your Vacation
Pea delivers a comprehensive boots-on-the-ground survival guide for foreigners visiting the Philippines, covering accommodations, travel companions, food safety, transportation, money handling, and vendor negotiation.
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19. 10 Things You Never Say To A Filipina - Unless Youre Done With Her
Pea walks through ten phrases that will destroy a foreigner's relationship with his Filipina partner, explaining not just what to avoid saying but exactly why each statement detonates — rooted in Filipino cultural values around jealousy, family obligation, food-as-love, and deep insecurity about being replaceable.
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20. 10 More Things You Never Say To A Filipina - We Hate These
Following the popularity of her previous installment, Pea delivers ten more phrases and behaviors that will get a foreigner in serious trouble with his Filipina partner.
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