Are you looking for great staycation spots in Manila without breaking the bank when you check in? Do you want to level up your OOTD gaming in youthful and thematic spaces but still conscious of the budget? Good news because ZEN Rooms offers travelers quality and affordable room stays. ZEN Rooms is the top-rated budget hotel chain in Southeast Asia and has been the budget travelers’ favorite across 35 cities in 8 countries.

I’ve been into portrait photography lately. And finding a location for lifestyle shoot is seemingly difficult to deal with. That problem was solved when I found out some gems in the heart of the Poblacion, Makati. ZEN Rooms is offering rooms from the stylish Century Properties – ZEN Home Gramercy Residences, ZEN Home Knightsbridge Residences, and ZEN Home Milano Residences. These have been my default options. Each has its own theme perfect for lifestyle photography and outfit of the day posts. Since I discovered this hack, I’ve been inviting my fellow photography enthusiast friends and models to come over for a staycation and shoot!

ZEN Home Milano Residences

ZEN Home Knightsbridge Residences

Here’s an interesting story happened in one of my shoots. Sometimes friends ditch plans. One day, however, everyone decided to come through for a weekend stay and shoot. A bunch of photographers and a group of models were coming but I had only booked one room in ZEN Home Milano Residences. PayMaya saved my day once again. Without leaving the room to go to the reception to arrange the bookings, I was able to book a room in the nearby ZEN Home Knightsbridge straight from my phone. ZEN Rooms mobile app accepts PayMaya account. After few taps, we got two shooting locations in an instant. The girls were in Italy while the guys were in United Kingdom. Imagine that!

ZEN Rooms has a number of stylish rooms in an affordable price to begin with. But this holiday season, PayMaya is cutting the cost further as the two tied up for a promo. Just use the promo code PAYMAYA15 in the ZEN Rooms checkout page when you book at least one night and get 15% discount. If you don’t have PayMaya yet, you can always download it from AppStore or Google Play for free.

Speaking of holidays, PayMaya is also running Merry Millionaire promo. Booking online earns customers raffle entries to win P10K weekly and P1Million in the grand draw. This is PayMaya’s holiday gift to the #NowNation. 

Now that you know where to sport your new OOTDs, all you have to do is book a room in ZEN Rooms website or mobile app with your PayMaya account. Save money and save time thinking where to go next.

Thanks to Kir Ubungen for some of the photos in Milano.