SeamasterLux,
which aman determines comparison to "alternatives"
there is lots of discussion of aman and aman vs other properties, including from same exact perspective
Originally Posted by
Pausanias
Yes, I like Amanresorts and I may be one of the founder members of the Amanjunkie club
I really dislike people abbreviating the hotels to Puri, Jiwo etc: that isn't the Aman way
typed abbreviations (save time) dont mean spoken abbreviations
Originally Posted by
Pausanias
Anyway, as I get older and even more widely travelled (a modest 140-odd countries now), I find expedition cruising the most convenient way to get seriously off the track. The hotel goes with you. You don't need a harbour or even a jetty. You get ashore by zodiac.
you are doing so in luxury, yet you criticize even amanresorts ("aman limo") ?
Originally Posted by
Pausanias
You have maybe 100 like minded souls with you - and that's a crucial difference. At an Amanresort, or any hotel really, you rarely have a conversation with much less share a dinner with other guests. On these ships your travelling companions are part of the experience.
so at least part of the criticism
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/luxur...periences.html >
Originally Posted by
vuittonsofstyle
of course, memorable hotel stays have often involved meeting interesting people - many of whom have become firm friends over the years.
Our great friends from the US came from an impromptu meeting at The Oberoi Bali, way back in the early 1980s when The Oberoi was the only/best option on the island. We shared a transfer from the airport, then we got talking over breakfast the next day and the rest is history. Another good friend was discovered at Amanpuri in 1989. I looked up from my place at the pool as she and her husband arrived, garlanded with flowers and on a show-around, and our eyes met and we got talking. We are still great friends. And, I could go on - so many extraordinary people that I met at hotels. Life changing? Definitely.
Originally Posted by
vuittonsofstyle
there are few places in which you can get together with like-minded people these days. Our lives are relatively insulated, so when we do make life-changing connections, this has a huge impact, and you do, of course, remember the initial meeting in terms of the location. Certain hotels draw specific types of people (especially Amans) - not always people I get on with by any means, but over the years there have been a substantial number of good friends that I have met in hotels/resorts that I would not have met otherwise.
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Originally Posted by
Pausanias
And then there are the places you get to visit. In the past few years I've been to so many places without an airstrip, without a hotel...I find this terribly exciting
considering one can only travel in the present and future, im not sure it makes sense for one to never go somewhere just because it is not as good now as it was before (the nature of time)
(referring to comments like this most recent one)
Originally Posted by
Pausanias
Amalfi? That was lost decades ago.
related >
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/luxur...ion-ideas.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/luxur...ot-missed.html