In general, if you are going to the Maldives for the first time, choose AI is the best, you can travel without spending more time and energy to consider what to eat and play, most of the hotel’s one-price package covers eating, drinking and fun, choose AI after the island basically no longer need to consume.
Of course, if the budget is limited, you can also consider HB, get up a little later in the morning, eat a brunch, and then eat dinner, is also good, at present, many hotels in the Maldives breakfast time to 11 noon, very convenient.
In addition, some hotels will include floating breakfast, spa experience, sailing activities and other honeymoon benefits, as well as flower bed arrangement, dinner for two.
Tip:
Unlike the domestic, many countries have a tipping culture, so is the Maldives, so tips are not free consumption, if you do not know how to give, or when making a budget, the following standards can be referred to:
1. You can pay 1-2 US dollars for carrying luggage;
2. The butler can give 10-20 US dollars at a time, and it is generally beneficial to pay more;
3. Clean the room, you can put 1-2 dollars on the pillow, it is recommended not to save;
4. For Chinese service, you can pay 5-10 US dollars at one time
Budget 4: Other entertainment expenses
Other entertainment costs, mainly sea-related costs, different projects, different hotel prices vary, overall consumption is relatively high, perhaps a few thousand yuan on the sea, so if you want to play a little more, you can also pay attention to the hotel’s welfare part of the content, most packages may have gifts. Of course, this is not a necessary expense, so you can choose according to your budget and hobbies.
To sum up, the total cost of a trip to Maldives = air ticket cost + island package cost + catering cost and gratuity + other entertainment costs, among which the first two items are necessary expenses, the third item can be avoided by choosing packages and eating arrangements, and the fourth item is determined according to personal preferences and budget.
Other hotel options to consider
In fact, under normal circumstances, after choosing the approximate range according to your own budget, you can basically make a choice by referring to the star rating, of course, for people who enter the finals more hotels, you can also consider the following factors:
Hotel and Related Facilities:
The establishment time of the hotel, generally speaking, the new hotel facilities and equipment are relatively new, but the snorkeling may not be so good, if the hotel time is too long, it may be the room facilities are relatively old, the experience is not good; Therefore, it is recommended to choose the new as far as possible not to choose the old (if you re-decorate, consider it according to the time after decoration).
Size of the island:
The size of the island, with fewer small rooms and fewer people, is usually quieter; There are more large rooms on the island, more activities and entertainment facilities, and more people will be more lively. If you want to have fun, you can consider large islands.
Hotel rooms:
Maldives hotel rooms generally have two kinds of sand house and water house, some islands are single-family villas, duplex villas, double bedrooms, three bedrooms, etc., there are many choices, and some islands have a limit on the number of people per room, such as only two adults, or two large and small, two large and two small, if it is a family with children can pay attention to the number of hotel rooms.
For the sand house and the water house, the water house is built on the sea, the sand house is located on the beach, relatively close to the beach. Water house can directly dive into the sea, some water house with net bed and glass floor, the photo is very good, but the sound of the sea will be relatively large, and the sand house is relatively quiet, go to the beach to play or go to the restaurant bar are more convenient, the scenery is not too bad. There is no certain definition of water house is better than sand house, you can determine according to your own preferences, if you go for the first time, you can choose 2 nights of water house +2 nights of sand house package, you can experience.
Hotel features:
Different hotels have different characteristics, such as rooms with private pools, infinity pools, sea slides, undersea restaurants, water Internet beds, glass floors, sea swings, bathtubs, tree houses and other net red elements, in addition to children’s clubs, water parks, etc., is also a big consideration for families with children.
Travel member content:
Are you a family trip or a couple’s honeymoon or a company group trip? If you are a family trip, then you can choose some children to eat and live for free, there are children’s clubs, there are special people to help look after the children’s hotel will be better, for parents is a worry and money saving choice;
If you are a couple honeymoon, then privacy may be more important, after all, there are too many people on the island, or the rooms are too close to each other some things are not very convenient, it is recommended to consider some rooms less, room density island;
If it is a company group tour, then the room on the island, facilities and equipment must be more, so that everyone on the island will not have no place to play, it is recommended to consider large islands.
Island Hopping Tour:
There are many islands in the Maldives, and if the distance is far, you need to transit through the capital Male, which will be more troublesome and not recommended; But there will also be some islands (hotels) that are relatively close, you can transfer directly, you can pay attention, and you can arrange island hopping Tours in this way.
Other reminders
Maldives is a national Islamic state, Islam is the state religion, belongs to Sunni. Skinny-dipping is illegal in the Maldives.
How do I book?
For the Maldives, it is not recommended to book yourself, because the full booking process is trivial, may also involve the transportation on and off the island, more importantly, the price of booking yourself is not necessarily better than the agent’s price. (Including all our sales of hotel products, the hotel in order to maintain the entire sales ecology, the official website will generally be equal to or higher than the agent’s price, will not hurt the entire sales system because of individual orders. So the official website booking, in most cases the price is not necessarily the best.)
