what is admirable about this is the manifestation of how calm and respectful he remained despite all the fiasco that they have been through on their way to the philippines. it is evident that he has a grateful heart, which obviously trickled to the members of rhe family, to see the positive amidst all the obstacle they encountered.

This vlogger has a good soul. Tularan natin sya.. Ito ang dapat na influencer! Sobrang dami natutuwa syo. God bless this guy and his family!

I love how you and your family remained calm the entire time.The experience is horrible and yet, you still choose to look at the good ones. I wish all the craziness and issues was eventually resolved and that you guys were compensated for all the hassle.

Salute you Sir for being so patient.Kahit you and youre family have a bad experienced on youre flight to Phil. still napaka optimistic mo at mostly highlighted ung good things kesa sa mga bad .Keepsafe always

Humility is truly a virtue. Panlasang Pinoy, you're a great source of inspiration to Filipinos... Your patience, humility, and positive attitude are one of a kind.

I've never had one good experience with PAL. I go out of my way to avoid them, but because PAL is the name carrier of the Philippines, every few years or so, I do fly with them to give them a chance, to support them, and to see if anything has improved. Unfortunately, every single time I've flown with them, it's always a bad experience. I'm really hoping that they improve in the near future, but after our recent experience with them in December, I'd probably avoid them until I hear of any improvement. I've written their corporate before, but I felt that I wasn't heard and was just ignored. I'm hoping that this video and the comments within it can reach their corporate, so they can address the many issues surrounding their company. If we want improvement, hindi pwede bahala na, or okay lang yan. The more voices who speaks up, the better they will hear us.

Sorry to hear such experience especially since a lot of people was looking forward for the things that got stolen. Really admire your grace Sir Vanjo.

I like the way you tried to be POSITVE in spite of your BAD experience going home to the Philippines. I can assure you that the things your family lost did not happen in Chicago or in San Francisco. Did you remember that you said you waited for about one and a half hours before the carousel started to move in the NAIA. That was the time the pinoy's started to open the luggages. They have special keys prepared for all kinds of luggages. Why don't you ask why they don't put CCTV's around those areas where the luggages were stocked after they were brought from the plane. I hate to say this but it is our "kababayans" who are stealing things at the airport. I have several friends who did lost a lot of things there. Personally I lost several shirts that was for my relatives but they never received it. We checked the post office here in Bloomingdale, Illinois and they said it arrived in the Philippines but from there they can't go on to find out how things are. I also lost the medicines I sent to my brother. Again the post office here said they tract it and it got to the Philippines too. TRUTH hurts, I know. But we have to accept that the people working in that airport were the same people who were doing these things. Next time, guys try to put DUCK TAPES around you luggage aside from the lock. The duck tapes when it is tampered can show sign of it. A lot of duck tapes will discourage them to open the luggage. Watching from Illinois USA; 02-17-2023. 🕓AM 😎👍👍👍

Ang gusto ko sa vlog na ito ay malinaw ang pagsasalita, hindi mayabang very Filipino. Parang ang sarap maging teacher sa Language and Literature😂😍❤ kahit sa pagluluto,mauunawaan mo yong kung papaano ang pagkakasunod sunod😂🤣😍❤❤❤

An IT guy that created legendary cooking vlogs now showing his travel adventures. You are amazing idol. Napaka humble na influencer.

I admire you and your family's patience and consideration and as a fellow balikbayan, I am frustrated and upset for you all. It takes so much effort, money, and love to go home. I'm sorry that these things happened on your trip home but glad you were all able to get there safely

This is soo painful to watch but thank you for putting the video together and still brought positivity to all of us! Patience ia indeed a virtue! A lot of people does not realize that we have to save up to come home, we don’t buy the pasalubongs just like that!I personally wait for all the big sale events like Black Friday and such just so my family can have better gifts without breaking my bank! We look forward to making our family happy and it sometimes takes us a decade to go back home! The situation where the trays,temotes and headphones were unacceptable but you are so kind and humble! Business flights aren’t cheap! We paid for comfort and saved up for a long time to get those tickets!They knew first hand which plane you will be flying so a courtesy email would be great unless it barely broke.The business flights are expensive for a reason,We could have taken the basic fare if that was the case! The stealing is really sad but you thought us alot of things in this video,to be humble,to be patient especially whenyou were explaining it to your daughter and to be forgiving! Thank you!I hope your next trip home will have a better experience!I really admire your humility!

He's just to good to handle those epic fail moments, such a nice and honest person. hats off to you SIR!

I was expecting this LOST. Praise to your family for being so calm, patient, friendly.

panlasang pinoy Sir, ikaw na po ang pinaka kalma at napaka positibong tao na nakita ko, god bless po at mabuhay po kayo!

So humble. Love this family.

I'm so impressed by how calm you are under all the circumstances.

Yung may somethinga pagtatagalog ni Sir Vanjo habang nakikinig, kahit sa America nakatira. Ang sarap pakinggan!

You are a Great Narrator...i LOVE the way you Narrate... very CLEAR and HONEST...

Watched your whole video and admired your being so calm with self control all the time in spite of the odds you experienced in your travel. I did feel how you felt and God bless you for your patience and how you handled the situations and forgiveness. I do watch your Panlasang Pilipino videos as well and thanks a lot for your help in some of the recipes.

Naiiyak ako sa sobrang bait at kalmado mo Kuya Vanjo ❤❤❤

Napaka humble at simple ni Sir Vanjo at mabait pa. 🙏

MY CONCLUSION after watching d video is dat,,,,this man is very positive sa outlook sa buhay,,,mahabang pacenxa is with him,,,super galing ng video,,,,d details is perfect ,,,GOD BLESS u more sir,,,,sana all katlad mo na npka wide thinker and madaling mka move on,,,

Lots of travelers have a negative experienced that they will never forget. For stolen stuff from personal luggage, that was already plan after they scan the luggage. The sad part is, it's difficult to replace the items and it's wasting time. The people that open the luggage were all expert for stealing.

You have my respect Sir for being so well mannered.

Hi Vanjo - great video! I just retired after working for a leading conglomerate for over 33y. I was fortunate to be given the opportunity to travel around Asia as part of my business development work. Unfortunately I had my own share of bad trips. I was also a victim of theft. To be honest it is not a coincidence that NAIA and PAL are not rated positively due to very poor service. We tend to accept excuses especially if the NAIA or PAL staff will say: "Pasensya na Sir". This is unacceptable especially when you worked hard to pay for the tickets; you and your family deserve appropriate level of service. NAIA should install CCTV for all outgoing and incoming luggages so customers can monitor how these are being handled (or mishandled or worse being opened where your/our valuables are stolen). This is basic management practice which we should demand from Government.

Ngayon ko lang napanood ang bad experience nyo last year pauwi ng Pinas. Pero nakita ko naman ang saya nyo sa pagpunta sa Palawan. God bless you and your family. More power to you.

I admire your cool family..you are cool and positive...God bless..

Only in the Philippines 🇵🇭 The best ka talaga Philippine Airlines! You never fail to disappoint your customers.

Tinawag pang Phil.Airlines...maraming kapalpakan...Hanga ako Chef sa pagiging CALM mo...at family mo...💖💖💖

Same thing happened to my youngest brother and our nephew. PAL flight from San Francisco to Manila. When they arrived home, they found out a lot of their things are missing including their pasalubong and even the pair of rubber shoes na padala.

Napakahumble, for somebody who’s been in the US for a while. Am not saying in general pero madame Pinoy na nangibang bansa lang, akala mo nakalimutan na ang pagiging Filipino and looks down on our country especially kapag nakaranas ng ganitong mishap. Pero masarap maging Pinoy kapag may mga tao gaya ni Kuya na sobrang humble and proud despite all the inconveniences and bad experience he had in our country. I’m a US citizen na, but anywhere I go, proud Pinoy pa din. And I looked up to you Kuya! Salute.

What a cool guy. He's so calm. We all know that if satin nangyari to nagwawala na talaga ako. But dammmmnnnnnnn he's so positive with all the things happened to them.

I admire your positive and diplomatic attitude as well as your patience, sir Vanjo. Very humble pa. I wish you all the best and your family. God bless po.

Hearing your experience is something to think about the airline and the airport. I had my own experience when my first flight going abroad. On my second fight back to the Philippines I tried another airline and found the difference about their services and since then I never flew with PAL. I flew with PAN AM, CHINA AIRLINE, DELTA AIRLINE, HAWAIIAN AIRLINE, AND UNITED AIRLINES . I flew Pal on domestic flight but never fly with them to other country since that first experience

I really loved this video. Your family unit is sooo loving with a strong and loving Dad and Mom. Children so well behaved. I really liked your story and your story telling. I have many horror stories about PAL. So nice to see you overcome adversity. Great Job! and thank you!

Nakakalungkot at the same time makakapulutan ng aral ang experience nyo. Sobrang nakakamangha ang pagiging kalmado ng buong family nila at positive pa rin all throughout the travel.

Hi Sir, please let NAIA authorities as well as PAL know about this incident by reporting it. This is one way of showing our concern to our country and kababayans and to help our country improve its services, avoiding similar incidents from happening. Thank you.

Lesson I learned from this video: do not fly PAL! My husband & I haven't been back in over 20 years. I'll be sure to ask relatives their experiences with whatever airlines they flew on when we do make plans to visit.

ang humble mo po.. kahit naiinis ka nakaSMILE ka pdin kausapin sila.... :) napaka POSITIVE mo..

Thanks for the warning. I flew with PAL in the 80's till early 90's meron na balita sa mga missing items sa mga maleta. Never flew with PAL again after that. Di bale na may stop over sa Japan or Korea yung ibang airlines na nasakyan ko, mas ayos ang service at feel safe kami. Pero pag darating sa Pinas at paalis kana, sablay ang airport natin. 😁

Way to keep your cool and staying positive. It’s unfortunate the theft happened and I sure hope the airlines will take the necessary actions to prevent these things happening in the future.

Great content. Lessons learned. Forewarned, hence forearmed. Continued blessings to you and family(-ies!). Looking forward to your post re your return trip and accompanying problem(?) you alluded to in part 1. And always, your entertaining and helpful cooking videos.

Thanks for translating , I was really interested in what you had to say . Your kids have no idea how lucky they are to fly business class , I first flew business class when I turned 55.

The best ang attitude mo towards the unfortunate event that happened during your flight. God bless you and your family. Stealing from luggage is not new. I remember, a relative of my brother-in-law came from US after 25 years. Unfortunately she lost a lot of items from her flight as well. We hope that this time with your influence, they will address this issue and make the balik bayan experience a hassle-free and we can be proud of our heritage.

Vanjo-- i admire your coolness and positivity throughout your journey. I hope you did take travel insurance to compensate any losses you have in this trip.

I can see you face your smile hmmmm have a good trip back and forthcoming home sir. Awareness and keep your self safety always.

sir, are you a famous chef or a former filifino broadcaster or documentary show host, very clear ang tagalog and english so professional and confident, your more amazing than the place, or nagmamadali lang siguro kayo, enjoy...god bless us all.

Salute to you Sir Vanjo. The way you calmly handled the challenges was truly amazing - a very good example to everyone, especially your kids. More blessings always to your family and your channel!

Sir, youre such a positive and humble, calm person. You’ll be blessed more in some other ways. Continue to be an inspiration of kindness , positivity and humility.

I admire the way you calmly dealt with the dilemma you were given. Even when you said that you were already angry, still, you were calm and the way you talked did not change a bit. For the pasalubongs that were lost, God bless those who took them. Maybe they needed it more than you or were desperate. And again, you fixed the situation by buying again the shoes for your father-in-law which was admirable. Thank you for sharing your story with us. Experience and lessons learned for a lifetime.

Admired your strong determination to stay positive no matter what happened! Take care and GOD bless you and your Family!

I like how you handle your frustrations… very calm 👏

I admire how chill and cool you are considering the bad situation. I think if it's me, I may be shouting already and already on a scary temper. I wouldn't be able to control my anger.

Wow! Ang galing niyo po Sir mag handle ng situation. Salute to you!!!

It took me almost a minute to realize sino pinapanuod ko. Sabi ko “Why is this voice so familiar? Kaboses ni Vanjo” 😂 Then I finally saw I am watching a Panlasang Pinoy’s video. You have taught me to cook so many Filipino dishes when I first moved to the US on my own. Okay back to the video, I haven’t made it to 2minutes yet. Na excite lang ako, I have not watched a video of you in it pa kasi. 😁

Ang bait ng family mo panlasang pinoy. God will bring back all na nawala sa inyo. It happens everywhere. Meron din ako napanood sa news a pinoy couple nagbakasyon sa Madrid then proceed to marchaille, in France, nag shopping sila sa Madrid ng mga branded items, coming to marchaille wala Nang laman mga suitcases Nila. And that happened in Europe. Am a subscriber of your panlasang pinoy...

Nakakalungkot naman ang kwentong ito pero habang pinapanood ko ang video na to natutuwa ako sa pagkukwento nila na kahit malungkot sila at nawalan sila pero maayos ang pagsasalita nila, magalang, walang tinuturo kung sino may kasalanan, wala din silang pinagbintangan. Maingat silang magsalita, magalang at mahinahon. Saludo ako sa buong pamilya nyo. 👍

Tks for sharing ur experiences. We hv to be extra careful when we travel esp our luggage’s going back home in Phils. U hv a lovely family.

I watched the full video! I admire how you were still able to smile throughout the video kahit mejo hindi maganda ung experience nyo. It’s unfortunate this happened to you and your family.

You can try to email siguro each airline that you experience this. Give all the details sa flight . Baka imbestigahan nila. At least malaman nila kasi if wlang magcomplain wla din talaga.

So sorry that this happened to you. Thank you for sharing. I will make sure to secure my things when I go to the Philippines.

Thanks for sharing your good and little failure of experiences, saludo din ako sa haba ng iyong patience at pagkainis, pero ako ang nanood ng iyong video ay ang na stress. I cannot handle.

Thanks for the info of your travel. We learn a lot from your experience.

You know watching you interact w the day’s delays inconveniences were impressive . You made your experience still enjoyable and non nerve wrecking. It’s shows side of your ‘easy going ‘ character, I always thought it’s better to be nice and communicative w others. Sometimes,T there are things beyond our control no matter how much planning we make. But when we change our perspective we are able to make something good out of the challenges. We always gained a good insight out of anything negative ! Awesome attitude so as the rest of your family. Well handed ❤

I admire your positivity Vanjo. I’m a follower of your Blog since 2009, you’ve come a long way & very successful with your cooking channel. Keep your great attitude, thank you for turning the negative experiences to a positive one. God bess you & your family.🙏🏽

Dko man nasusubaybayan yun mga pagluluto mo pero nkakapanuod dn Ako at nasisiyahan SA mga recipe mo pra SA mga niluluto mo God bless at ingat nlng lagi

Learning lesson. My partner and I always traveled. And anything that we knew was worth something we always carry it in our roller bag. Send the money or buy it in Manila when u arrive. Good luck on your next trip.

Sorry to hear all the inconveniences that happened to you and to your family especially the stolen items from your baggage, the important thing is you arrived safe enjoying the company of your loved ones.

Sobrang compose nyo , as you telling your experience in your travel , we saw your patience & understanding in your travel experience.

Mabuti na lang napaka COOL ng familyang ito...thank you so much kabayan💕💓💞 God Bless you all🙏

I feel sorry for you and your family. I learned a lot watching your vlogs. I’m heading home next weekend. Thank you for all the sharing and I’ll always be beware of my surroundings.

Thank you for showing us what's behind a traveler on a PAL flight and what's really happening to some baggages

You’re a better man than I am. I thought I was a patient man but you broke the mold on being the most positive person in the world. Nice to know that there is still hope and faith in humanity. When we went to visit I box it with home depot box and tape it all over so it’s hard to open it. Thank goddess it wasn’t open and all our pasalobong was safe . Cudos to you and your family

Loved how Panlasang Pinoy handled this situation with humility and gracre. However, ensuring the basic amenities of aircrafts especially if you paid business class because of comfort need a lot of improvement.

I am always watching you're youtube channel Panlasang Pinoy,I admire youre patience,calm and very understanding,thats a true Filipino tamang tama sa title na Panlasang Pinoy ang di ko lang nagustuhan yung title ng blog na ito BAD TRIP SA PINAS.

Hello Chef! Thanks for sharing your experience. It is indeed a good lesson for everyone who will be travelling to be aware of what to put in their luggages. By the way, I simply admire your calm attitude, decent and still poised even though problems were coming. Such a good role model. I was also a victim also prior times...but not like yours but simply while I was vacationing with my husband and my passport and cash were stolen in our hotel room. The hotel manager was very accomodating. He did helped us thoroughly. Only the hassle of processibg the passport and my visa were so much stress...But in the end, the problem was also remedied.

Whatever happened to your kitchen, I'm sure there will be a new and better version coming up soon. For now, hope you and your family find enough time to rest and recuperate. Baka lang po sir blessing in disguise rin to para makapahinga kayo. You've given us more than enough content to provide both a learning and entertaining experience, whether it's pure cooking or your daily escapades. More power to you, sir!

i miss the cook vblog hehehhe dami ko natutunan na luto habang nasa abroad... ayos ang pinas travel...hustle and happiness

God will continue to bless you and your family. You are a good man with great humble heart. High respect from me. Your virtue and value cannot be taken away from you. You will continue to blessed.

An eye opener to PAL Management and to us Filipinos..thanks for sharing this Sir Vanjo❤

I like your attitude, super calm and hinde nasira ng bad situations yung reasons and the feelings of the season....good job!

Salamat sir sa MGA kwento mo,

Idol talaga kia. I'm always watching your video panlasang Pinoy you are so patient and very cool inspite of what happened. Godbless you more and your family. Walang kayabang yabang si vanjo Merano. Take care always and more power. Marivic Sugon from the Philippines

Thank you for sharing your experiences. A lesson learned. Most importantly is the sweet memories with your family back in the Philippines.

Having their direct flight schedule from NYC to Manila and back is the only reason why I fly PAL. I have never been stolen from my luggages but I heard this had happened to anybody, any airline, anywhere. Travel tips, mix up your gift items with clothes, toiletries, etc in one luggage. I would remove the gift from the original box and wrap them with old clothing and plastic grocery bags. For any pair of shoes, especially the expensive ones, remove them from the box and put one pair to one of the luggages and the other pair to another luggage. I can’t stand hearing this kind of travel experiences especially to a nice family like you. ❤

Parang nakakatakot naman. Pero ang dami ko ngang nababalitaan na nawawalan ang gamit. Pinaghirapan ang mga pasalubong para maging happy ang love ones natin. In a way parang thankful kami sa vlog nyo po. Kasi madami kayong followers chef at madaming magiging aware. Thank you chef. And grabe ang patience nyo. Salute ❤.

Thank you for the information I haven’t been back home for almost 20 + yrs this information is very knowledgeable

You are very kind and a very good example to your kids. I’m not sure if I will be as calm as you with everything that happened. I’m really sorry these all happened to you. But your positive spirit and kindness will bring more blessings to your life - more grace will come to you. Your children are lucky to have you. I’m a frequent traveler and had a bad experience with Philippine Airlines in the past. So I never fly them anymore. It’s really sad because I prefer to support everything Filipino. Anyway, my point is, you remind me to try to be kind when bad things happen to me. So thank you. It’s nice to be important but more important to be nice. 😀

Thank you for sharing! I really admire your patience and positive attitude to all the mishap you experienced during your trip to the Philippines!

Ang ganda ng ganitong vloggg para kasama ka din sa journey nya ito ang the best na vlog sana lagi ganitooo ❤

mama ko din ofw sya.. Since 1986 to 2010 Kahit kailan di na sya sumasakay sa PAL.. Emirates airline ang sinasakyan nya paguuwi ng pinas.. Ska safe pa ang mga bagahe nya..

I am glad Filipino viewers took this experience in an empathetic and respectful manner. If he is a foreigner sharing this kind of experience in the Philippines, he will be mocked, condemned, and banned to go back. I hope filipinos are able to grasp this kind of stories in an open minded and educated form of thinking. Without bias and double standards.

We went back to the Philippines just me and my 6 yr old son last year of august. I am just so glad that we didn"t encountered any problems from PAL. We're on a direct flight from LA to Manla. I am amazed on your patience!

You are very pleasant that is why you are a well- loved and respected vlogger. Bagay Ang temperament mo sa food content mo. Tapos in na in pa Ang language. Swak! Kudos!

Napa ka humble po ninyo.

I appreciate your thoughtful comments and this vlog presentation. Thank you for making us part of your journey and the series of unfortunate events that trnspired. However the silver lining at the end is your optimism and broad perspective on how to manage each situation with a sound mind and calm demeanor despite the many challenges you faced. Kudos to you and your Fam! safe travels !

Not just a good Cook, but you are indeed a good father as well with a good and a beautiful family. salute to you sir! Mabuhay ka. :) GOD BLESS ALWAYS.

You have patience and understanding pare. You are a wise man 👨 Despite of all the negative things that happened, you still made it positive ✨️ Hopefully, you'll have a better experience next time. I watched your video till the end. Good v at salamat sa mga advic 👍

Godbless you Chef Vanjo for being calm and positive.Thank you for sharing your experience.Big help talaga sa mga kapwa pinoy natin..lalo na sa mga OFW na nagsacrifice at mga nagipon para may maipasalubong sa mga mahal sa buhay na magdoble ingat sa mga bagahe nila.Mahirap magaccuse talaga,pero napapaisip ako kung bakit sobrang tagal kayong naghintay sa mga bagahe ninyo.? Isa at kalahating oras...enough time para buklatin at makuha yung mga gustong kunin,opinion ko lang naman...