YoungSoloTraveler

Scare mongering much? I forgot a couple minis in my check in luggage, arrived intact. No one is going to bat an eye, max they do is confiscate. Enjoy your $15 drinks.

RTW1

The property will inform you about timing of the transfer, and they try to minimize your transfer time..... There hardly a set table, and nothing you can do about it. So let the property take care if it and don't stress...

cdancer20

What airport does it fly into?

soonerfanatic

There is the odd whale shark, . The whale sharks are incredible at the Conrad.

markpappai

Has anyone opted for the all inclusive package priced at $210 per a person. What were your thoughts? Did any diamonds opt in for this option? I'm trying to get a sense of food an beverage costs to determine if this is a good option.

With regards to our meal plan options, please note that we offer our all-inclusive plan with the following components at the rate of USD 210 per person.

- Alcoholic beverages including a selection of premium brand spirit and liquors, beers and house wines in both restaurants and the bar.

- The Dining Room: Breakfast, lunch and dinner, excluding chefs specials are included in the package.

- The Island Grill: Dinner only, excluding Chefs specials.

- Complimentary inclusion to in-house Cuisine of the region and BBQ night.

- Includes one private beach dinner to be available on the evening of guests choice during stay, 24 hours’ notice for reservation is required. Alternative options will be offered if beach dinner is not available due to weather conditions.

- Complimentary Mini Bar- All mini-bar items are available and restored once daily.

lotrbfme

IIRC the gummy bears in the mini-bar were very expensive. If you eat a lot the package might be worth it.

As diamond we would get a lot of breakfast really late (the breakfast entrees are like lunch) eat a sandwich, small pizza or something light ,at 5pm get our free diamond drinks and appetizers and have dinner.during the night. Dinner was always about $100 for 2. So we spent on average $150 for 2 of us a night (we stayed 15 days). We did the private dinner once and it was VERY romantic I recommend it! We also did the beach BBQ and it was mediocre at best, they use A LOT OF MSG!!

Terminator8

$210 per person per night sounds extremely expensive.

Terminator8

Hey folks, looks like there is a pretty reliable way to book on P&C. The last day out that is currently available for booking is Feb 17 check-in. They load the inventory at approximately 2PM EST every day. As soon as its loaded, P&C is always available so you'll be able to book one day at a time.

P&C is GONE FOREVER once the next day is loaded so you have to stay on top of it and try to book it close to when they load it so you don't miss your chance.

It also doesn't appear to be capacity controlled so those of you who want to reserve speculatively, go for it.

kirkpt

This area is NOT known for whale sharks - they maybe see a handful each year.

kirkpt

We stayed in Villa 19 and thought that it had enough beach and a nice water entry. It also had enough shade in the afternoon if needed

wlp07

Thanks, Kirkpt. I appreciate it. I'd love to end up with 19, but it looks like it's a pool villa, and I'm a lowly plat and staying on free night certs/points at that, so I doubt they'll be looking to bump me up without charge.

cdancer20

Does anyone have the current upgrade rates? It looks like the Wiki was last updated in 2015.

patchan8984

I inquired in Nov 2016 for next months visit, funny...it is less than what wiki says.

Park Pool Villa : USD 205++ per night

Park Water Villa : USD 405++ per night

Park Sunset Water Villa : USD 610++ per night

cdancer20

Awesome. Thanks! I'm adding this to our honeyfund account to see if anyone wants to contribute money to upgrade us hehe. I'm really really keeping my fingers crossed though that we at least get a Globalist bump to Park Pool Villa.

kirkpt

Just returned and wanted to share Tips for keeping cost down on Food and allow for more diving etc. We did not have the breakfast option ( note: not for everyone - but worked great for us on budget)

We stayed in Villa 19. We stayed 9 nights and we did take a lot of snacks and food for lunches and lowered our cost alot.
Frozen Hard Cheeses- keep in plastic bags in refrigerator/Summer BEEF sausages, Smoked Oysters and crackers, nuts, trail mix,breakfast bars,peanut butter crackers and oatmeal and grits,favorite chocolate candies My favorite was Dehydrated backpacker foods - that you just add hot water to for lunches. ( kettle is provided in your room) You can get at REI or other backpacker stores and they weight hardly anything. We also took plastic bags/reusable bowls/utencils to keep our supplies in and avoid ants.
We took Hot Cider, hot chocolate, Crystal light and teas individual sticks for our water and loved it. ( Take 2 reusable water bottles for using)


We also enjoyed having our dinners out and having our drinks at the bar overlooking the beautiful beach. All the dinners we had out were very large and good. Loved the Prime rib for 2 at the island grill.
Some evenings we split a " Burger at the bar with our drinks and it was plenty to fill us up) ( burger and 2 drinks- approx. $78 with taxes.)

Individual breakfast items were also quite large, so did not need to order the entire buffet unless you are are extremely hungry.

Loved the fishing excursion and eating our catch on our return. A lot of fun. A great value.

We also signed up in advance for our diving trips. Their dive team was very professional and we enjoyed getting to know them.

We also ordered room service and ate on the beach.

Hope these help some. Not for everyone, but did keep our cost in line and we left very happy with our trip.