RedDoorz @ Caimito Drive Dampas

RedDoorz @ Caimito Drive Dampas sits on Mansasa-Dampas Road in Tagbilaran’s Dampas district, a barangay in the city’s Dao-adjacent area that BPTO tourism records sometimes group together given how closely the two neighborhoods sit. The property is a 12-room budget hotel operating under the RedDoorz brand, a Southeast Asian network that partners with independently owned buildings — rather than constructing or owning them outright — to standardize amenities like air conditioning, private bathrooms, and WiFi under one recognizable name for OTA visibility. It carries a Booking.com score of 6.9 from 106 reviews, with guests specifically praising cleanliness, value for money, and attentive staff.

Rooms and Amenities

Each room comes air-conditioned with a private bathroom, a television, free toiletries, and its own private entrance — a layout more like an apartelle unit than a hallway hotel room, which several similarly configured RedDoorz properties in the city also use. A shared garden gives the property some green space despite its urban, road-facing location, and free WiFi covers the grounds. Guests get free on-site private parking, a paid airport shuttle option, housekeeping, and luggage storage — a fuller service list than the RedDoorz brand’s reputation for bare-minimum budget lodging might suggest.

Dampas: A Port-Adjacent District

Dampas is close to the Tagbilaran seaport, which sits in the same general district and functions as the primary maritime entry point for visitors arriving from Cebu via OceanJet, SuperCat, and overnight RORO service. That proximity is part of why several budget properties, including this one, cluster in Dampas rather than in the more commercial Poblacion core: ferry passengers arriving or departing at odd hours want a short ride to the terminal, not a trip across town. The property is also within a five-minute drive of the Lite Port Center and the National Museum of the Philippines – Bohol, and about 1.8 miles from the Cathedral of San Jose.

The RedDoorz Franchise Model in Provincial Cities

RedDoorz’s approach — partnering with existing small hotels and pension houses rather than building new inventory — matters for how Tagbilaran’s budget-lodging market functions. An independent owner in a barangay like Dampas gets access to app-based booking, standardized pricing, and brand recognition without needing to build that infrastructure alone, which is a meaningful advantage in a city where most travelers book through OTAs rather than walking in off the street. It also means the physical building and day-to-day staff often predate the RedDoorz signage — the brand is a booking and standards layer on top of a locally run property, not a replacement for one.

A Street Named for a Fruit Tree

Caimito Drive takes its name from caimito, the star apple tree common across the Philippines and grown widely in home gardens and along residential streets for its purple, sweet-fleshed fruit — a small but telling detail about how many Tagbilaran streets in the outer barangays are named for local flora and geography rather than historical figures, in contrast to the CPG Avenue and Rizal-named streets of the Poblacion core. The property also sits close to Mansasa, another barangay in the same general district, a roughly 13-minute walk away according to property listings — useful context for anyone trying to place Dampas relative to the rest of the city’s barangay map.

Getting Around From Dampas

From Caimito Drive, the Poblacion core — Saint Joseph Cathedral, the old provincial capitol now housing the National Museum, and the Tagbilaran Boulevard waterfront — is reachable by a short tricycle ride, typically PHP 8–15 per person shared. For countryside day trips, the Dao integrated bus terminal on Carlos P. Garcia Avenue North runs Dao Transit and Aliga buses toward Carmen for the Chocolate Hills and toward Loboc and Baclayon; the Philippine Tarsier Sanctuary in Corella sits along the same corridor. Panglao’s beach coast is a causeway crossing south of the city.

Rates and Reviews

The property lists from roughly PHP 1,730 a night, estimated from comparable Tagbilaran properties with a similar review score; confirm the live rate on Stay22 or Booking.com. With 106 reviews behind its 6.9 score, this is a reasonably well-documented budget option — enough of a sample to trust the cleanliness and value themes that come up repeatedly in guest feedback.

Who Should Book Here

This suits ferry travelers and budget-conscious visitors who want a private, apartelle-style room near the seaport rather than a shared-hallway budget inn, and who value the RedDoorz brand’s consistency across its standardized room format. It’s a reasonable pick for short stays timed around a ferry crossing, less so for travelers who want to be within walking distance of the cathedral or the main downtown market district — for that, the Cogon- and Poblacion-area inns are the better fit.

Getting There & Booking

Book through Stay22 or Booking.com for current rates and availability.