Originally Posted by
Kayano
It costs them nothing to allow for private transfer, well apart of loosing some profit on the sea plane transfer. On the following trips I used their sea planes and I really liked the experience, with the welcome lounge in both directions and even managed to ride twice their Bentley. But if you want to do two resorts then it is a pain to have to pay for transfer two times. I understand that there will be new Edition hotel relatively nearby St. Regis, it would be nice to be able to combine both hotels without having to connect in Male.
I am in total agreement with you and I don't know why many/most resorts are adverse to allowing self arranged transfers. I'm sure anyone that tries to stay at both the upcoming new Edition and STR will let us know if there is an allowance made to be able to transfer directly between the two resorts rather than going via Male. That would be truly great indeed.