[ARCHIVE 2014 to 2017] Conrad Maldives Rangali Island {MDV}
Oct 17, 2016, 2:59 pm
#3286
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Montreal, Quebec
Programs: AC*SE100K , HH DIAMOND, MARRIOTT PLATINUM
Posts: 332
Oct 18, 2016, 10:07 am
#3288
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: London, UK
Programs: BA GfL, Marriott PlatfL/Ambassador, TP Gold, IHG Spire
Posts: 1,656
Is there something wrong with points availability at this hotel? I can't see a single night available from now until April!
Oct 18, 2016, 1:32 pm
#3289
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Back in Hell
Posts: 4,178
If I were you I'd be hoping for the opposite. Based on rainfall averages for this month with, on average, half of the days with rainfall (and a lot of it at 200+mm/month), it would be ideal for you if the weather wasn't so good for the first half of this month. Chances are you'd have better weather in the second half of the month.
Oct 18, 2016, 1:54 pm
#3290
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Back in Hell
Posts: 4,178
Maybe just a temporary glitch or an update within the system because I get availability for a 5-night points stay (tried both this and next month).
Last edited by MaldivesFreak; Oct 18, 2016 at 1:59 pm
Oct 19, 2016, 2:34 am
#3291
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: IL
Posts: 270
Overcast almost always, with rain maybe 20% of the time. Sun poked through a couple times yesterday and today in the morning. Fairly windy around the storm times.
The weather is pretty interesting. I know it was a crapshoot during shoulder season but it was the right tradeoff between price and weather risk. There are a couple layers of clouds, the uppers don't move so you wait for the sun to move into the openings. The lowers are the rain clouds and those do move quickly usually from the west/northwest. So what you are hoping for is everything lines up, and then you have sun for a bit.
I did find you can use the Foreca App for free, which is the datasource for the paid app in the Wiki.
The weather is pretty interesting. I know it was a crapshoot during shoulder season but it was the right tradeoff between price and weather risk. There are a couple layers of clouds, the uppers don't move so you wait for the sun to move into the openings. The lowers are the rain clouds and those do move quickly usually from the west/northwest. So what you are hoping for is everything lines up, and then you have sun for a bit.
I did find you can use the Foreca App for free, which is the datasource for the paid app in the Wiki.
Oct 19, 2016, 2:37 am
#3292
Join Date: Dec 2014
Posts: 47
I'd been looking for 5 night availability through the next 12 months using the flexible dates & got nothing at all. I then looked for single night availability and there was plenty, so I'm guessing some sort of glitch.
Oct 20, 2016, 9:24 am
#3293
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Essex
Programs: BAEC, Amex, SPG Gold, VA Red, HHonours Gold
Posts: 116
we had good weather for our stay up to the 6th Oct. It rained in the night a few times.
We were told weather in early September wasn't that great, they had a big chunk of consecutive days of overcast and rain.
When i finally sort my pics I will post a small review, we had a disappointing room service breakfast but other than that everything else was great!
We were told weather in early September wasn't that great, they had a big chunk of consecutive days of overcast and rain.
When i finally sort my pics I will post a small review, we had a disappointing room service breakfast but other than that everything else was great!
Oct 20, 2016, 10:42 am
#3294
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Back in Hell
Posts: 4,178
Looking forward to your review!
Oct 21, 2016, 2:23 am
#3295
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Montreal, Quebec
Programs: AC*SE100K , HH DIAMOND, MARRIOTT PLATINUM
Posts: 332
First of 7 nights done here and the place is as magical as I anticipated. Thanks to everyone especially MaldivesFreak... I will do a detailed review at a later date but the weather has been decent for anyone checking in this week was partially sunny yesterday, rained a lot at night and was a beautiful morning with full sun until 1pm now its raining again perfect for nap time ... hopefully will stop soon enough for tea and happy hour.
Oct 21, 2016, 3:17 am
#3296
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Back in Hell
Posts: 4,178
Two upcoming reviews, then. Even better! Enjoy your stay. So envy you.....
Oct 21, 2016, 7:21 am
#3297
Join Date: Aug 2013
Programs: HH Lifetime Diamond, DL PM, Hertz President's Circle
Posts: 920
Oct 21, 2016, 7:38 am
#3298
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Tyrone,EU
Programs: Avios Hunter
Posts: 2,811
mkcol, do you have enough points for 5 nights? Hilton has a 'thing' that means it doesn't show you availability for durations for which you don't have enough points. However if you don't log in, it will show you the correct availability.
Oct 21, 2016, 12:53 pm
#3299
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Back in Hell
Posts: 4,178
You need 380,000 to be exact.