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During my first experience traveling alone, I wanted to have a step by step guide so that I wouldn’t look stupid at the airport. However, I haven’t found a guide then, so I am now creating one for whoever are in the same situation as I was before.

I was dropped at the Iloilo airport by my mother and cousin. I have with me a backpack and a medium size luggage. So here I start with the steps:

• Upon entering the airport, present your ticket and an ID at the security within the area.
• You will then enter a scanner area, where you have to put all your bags and luggage’s to be scanned.
• After doing that, you will be scanned as well, by an airport personnel upon entering the area.
• You then need to check your flight fall in line to get your boarding pass. You need to present your ticket here. If you are early, you will be asked if you wanted a window seat or otherwise. Leave your luggage here, if it is uncomfortable for you to “hand-carry” it. If you decided to leave your luggage, a sticker will be placed on your luggage to mark it and a part of that sticker will be placed either on your boarding pass or ticket. You will need to keep this to present later after claiming your luggage/s.
• Now, you could keep your ticket in your pocket and hold on to your boarding pass. Climb the stairs or use escalator to go up to the “gate lounge.”
• Upon reaching the top, you would see this area. Here, you need to pay Php 200 for the airport or terminal fee. (This may change.)
• Another scan. This time, much strict. You need to have all your bags scanned. Plus, you need to take off your shoes before entering for a body scan.
• Shocking, there are birds inside the airport. Now, you could sit and relax in one of these benches then watch as other people being checked upon entering. You have an option to eat on the kiosks within the area. That, I grabbed. See, this is my food. YUM!
• After eating, now time to relax. I watched movie on my notebook, while waiting for boarding time.
• Be sure to locate the right gate for your boarding. This could be seen on your boarding pass. I have located mine.
• Long wait is over, boarding time. Now I am on my seat. Seat letter and number is located on your boarding pass, which you should present upon boarding in.
• Relax and enjoy the flight.
• Time to leave the plane.
• Now, need to pic-up the baggage if ever you have one.
• Baggage located.
• Now, you exit the airport. A guard will be asking you for a sticker if you have a luggage, just present your ticket or boarding pass, wherever that was placed during your boarding pass claim.
• Ride a taxi or look for your “sundo.”

That’s it!