MaldivesFreak

Mandhoo is the island directly north of Rangali, not that one.

jphripjah

There is certainly some trash that washes up in the breaker rocks at Ithaafushi, especially around the odd numbered 200 villas. I did see staff going around picking it up. It doesn't look like trash from the island, it's plastic water bottles and stuff that would have drifted in from far away.

alanslegal

Maybe it is really deserted? like someone camped there once or twice and the island got deserted and left as is


Yep we were in 618 and had stuff wash up or was floating on a daily basis (plastic mainly, cut wood used for building materials), threw them onto the beach so the workers could pick them up.

MaldivesFreak

Just a theory but maybe the closer you are to Male the more trash there is floating around. There are so many populated islands there that maybe they can't control all of it as they'd like (and send it to the rubbish island to be burnt) and some must go flying into the sea in bad weather.

scwam

Sad to say, but at the rate of what I saw alone at just one deserted island, these beautiful beaches will be destroyed before 10 years. I mean, here even on Faarufushi island, I was picking up bits of plastic here and there of various origins (consumer, industrial, etc.). And it seems they use a hell of a lot of plastic netting and miscellaneous polymers to hold down rocks and breaker barriers and other concrete objects in the water I can't identify. I guess the tidal erosion is so strong here that they have to use something. In fact, I can't see the rooms holding up in this hotel I'm at for another 3 years due to water coming within 2 meters of the bungalow pools in a hotel that is only 5 months old. They were even sand-bagging the bar gazebo because the tidal waves were actually about to pull out the base of the pizza oven and gazebo. Bad planning or normal errosion, I don't know.

For those of you who know the Maldives, is upselling a common tactic here?

gnomey

i think so, though i would say it is a little uncouth to give this kind of pressure too much at high end hotels, where i feel they are supposed to leave the client alone and also be attentive enough to be there when it's needed.
we were constantly asked to join this and that dinner event while at Conrad. i think it's just the F&B manager's job, though yes, we did feel a little bothered but a simple "no" was suffice.

MaldivesFreak

Tip: You can easily avoid this if you book restaurants before you arrive. We have done every time and never ever had an upsell for evening meals, nor anything else for that matter.

WorldTravl

A new option on atoll transfer showed up for transfers to WA. For USD1924RT
I think the resort will reject it anyways, but it looks up to their "standards"
https://www.atolltransfer.com/beneteauyachtmaldives

alice50734

Eyesonthepoints

Lol well at least they offered you something. 50 bucks is better then nothing right lol.


How bout breakfast is free breakfast included with points stay and as a diamond member?

goliath

Yes.

Eyesonthepoints

Thanks for the reply. Appreciate it.


Anybody Know of other freebies that my fam should be aware of? I remember at conrad Maldives there was a free happy hour is there such a thing here at Waldorf Maldives? Any other freebies?

Eyesonthepoints

By the way not going to maldives for the freebies lol, I am expecting to shell out LOTS of Dough haha.. was just curious on what the resort offers complimentary...

goliath

All the freebies are listed in the Wiki at the top of this thread. @:-)

Eyesonthepoints

Oops my bad. Thanks sorry bout that.