[ARCHIVE 2018 to 2019] Waldorf Astoria Maldives Ithaafushi {MDV}
Jul 30, 2019, 10:47 am
#1786
Join Date: Mar 2016
Posts: 95
There was a previous post a couple weeks ago about "glitches" where you couldn't see availability if you didn't have enough points in your account. Try searching incognito and you will see some availability. You're not going to find a lot of consecutive nights and there's still "very little" award availability, but not zero. I see the following availability currently for Jan/Feb:
1/6, 1/11, 1/12, 1/16, 1/25, 2/8, 2/14, 2/19, 2/22
1/6, 1/11, 1/12, 1/16, 1/25, 2/8, 2/14, 2/19, 2/22
Jul 30, 2019, 11:11 pm
#1787
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Sydney, Australia
Programs: HH Diamond, Marriott Titanium/LTG, IHG Platinum
Posts: 1,921
Over at the IHG forum there is a thread that is about to "blow up" because IHG proposes to be more environmentally friendly and remove all single use plastic products such as shampoo, conditioner, body wash etc.
Now for those who have stayed at this Waldorf Astoria, bath wash/soap/lotion are dispensed by way of large ceraimic dispensers which I think is a positive; not only are they saving plastic, I felt it more luxurious than dealing with plastic bottles and it looked more visibly appealing in the bathrooms and shower areas - some may agree and some may not. I personally have no hesitation with these type of dispensers. Those that disagree believe it is risky, unhygenic or that it exposes for someone to tamper with it, like putting hydrochloric acid in the bath wash etc. In all my years of travelling, reading travel news and what not, I have not read of a single situation where someone wanted to tamper with these things especially at higher end properties anyway.
What are your thoughts about these dispensers?
Now for those who have stayed at this Waldorf Astoria, bath wash/soap/lotion are dispensed by way of large ceraimic dispensers which I think is a positive; not only are they saving plastic, I felt it more luxurious than dealing with plastic bottles and it looked more visibly appealing in the bathrooms and shower areas - some may agree and some may not. I personally have no hesitation with these type of dispensers. Those that disagree believe it is risky, unhygenic or that it exposes for someone to tamper with it, like putting hydrochloric acid in the bath wash etc. In all my years of travelling, reading travel news and what not, I have not read of a single situation where someone wanted to tamper with these things especially at higher end properties anyway.
What are your thoughts about these dispensers?
Last edited by alanslegal; Jul 31, 2019 at 12:23 am
Jul 31, 2019, 12:22 am
#1788
Join Date: Aug 2017
Location: SAN
Posts: 1,306
Over at the IHG forum there is a thread that is about to "blow up" because IHG proposes to be more environmentally friendly and remove all single use plastic products such as shampoo, conditioner, body wash etc.
Now for those who have stayed at this Waldorf Astoria, bath wash/soap/lotion are dispensed by way of large ceraimic dispensers which I think is a positive; not only are they saving plastic, I felt it more luxurious than dealing with plastic bottles and it looked more visibly appealing in the bathrooms and shower areas - some may agree and some may not. I personally have no hesitation with these type of dispensers. Those that disagree believe it is risky, unhygenic or that it exposes for someone to tamper with it, like putting hydochloric acid in the bath wash etc. In all my years of travelling, reading travel news and what not, I have not read of a single situation where someone wanted to tamper with these things especially at higher end properties anyway.
What are your thoughts about these dispensers?
Now for those who have stayed at this Waldorf Astoria, bath wash/soap/lotion are dispensed by way of large ceraimic dispensers which I think is a positive; not only are they saving plastic, I felt it more luxurious than dealing with plastic bottles and it looked more visibly appealing in the bathrooms and shower areas - some may agree and some may not. I personally have no hesitation with these type of dispensers. Those that disagree believe it is risky, unhygenic or that it exposes for someone to tamper with it, like putting hydochloric acid in the bath wash etc. In all my years of travelling, reading travel news and what not, I have not read of a single situation where someone wanted to tamper with these things especially at higher end properties anyway.
What are your thoughts about these dispensers?
I have no issue with them. I can see/understand people’s thought on “gross factor”. If they bother you bring your own. My wife/daughter bring their own stuff from home, in travel bottles. Sometimes I use that sometimes I grab the hotel stuff.
I am no ecofreak, but the single use (effectively what hotel products are) products is getting out of hand. Having just spent a week on a boat in the Maldives I can tell you the waters around “the perfect vacation destination” are a floting trash can. I realize not everything a saw came from the Maldives. But I support their efforts to do their part.
TD
Jul 31, 2019, 12:25 am
#1789
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Sydney, Australia
Programs: HH Diamond, Marriott Titanium/LTG, IHG Platinum
Posts: 1,921
Which thread? I assumed the new IHG opening soon, but did not see this topic mentioned.
I have no issue with them. I can see/understand people’s thought on “gross factor”. If they bother you bring your own. My wife/daughter bring their own stuff from home, in travel bottles. Sometimes I use that sometimes I grab the hotel stuff.
I am no ecofreak, but the single use (effectively what hotel products are) products is getting out of hand. Having just spent a week on a boat in the Maldives I can tell you the waters around “the perfect vacation destination” are a floting trash can. I realize not everything a saw came from the Maldives. But I support their efforts to do their part.
TD
Jul 31, 2019, 12:32 am
#1790
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Tokyo
Posts: 586
Over at the IHG forum there is a thread that is about to "blow up" because IHG proposes to be more environmentally friendly and remove all single use plastic products such as shampoo, conditioner, body wash etc.
Now for those who have stayed at this Waldorf Astoria, bath wash/soap/lotion are dispensed by way of large ceraimic dispensers which I think is a positive; not only are they saving plastic, I felt it more luxurious than dealing with plastic bottles and it looked more visibly appealing in the bathrooms and shower areas - some may agree and some may not. I personally have no hesitation with these type of dispensers. Those that disagree believe it is risky, unhygenic or that it exposes for someone to tamper with it, like putting hydrochloric acid in the bath wash etc. In all my years of travelling, reading travel news and what not, I have not read of a single situation where someone wanted to tamper with these things especially at higher end properties anyway.
What are your thoughts about these dispensers?
Now for those who have stayed at this Waldorf Astoria, bath wash/soap/lotion are dispensed by way of large ceraimic dispensers which I think is a positive; not only are they saving plastic, I felt it more luxurious than dealing with plastic bottles and it looked more visibly appealing in the bathrooms and shower areas - some may agree and some may not. I personally have no hesitation with these type of dispensers. Those that disagree believe it is risky, unhygenic or that it exposes for someone to tamper with it, like putting hydrochloric acid in the bath wash etc. In all my years of travelling, reading travel news and what not, I have not read of a single situation where someone wanted to tamper with these things especially at higher end properties anyway.
What are your thoughts about these dispensers?
Jul 31, 2019, 12:52 am
#1791
Join Date: Aug 2017
Location: SAN
Posts: 1,306
Most of the WA items were re-fillable, but they also offered bars of soap and mouthwash, not in “bulk”...
TD
TD
Jul 31, 2019, 2:30 pm
#1792
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Back in Hell
Posts: 4,178
Personally I agree with what IHG are going to do and it's about time. I absolutely hate making waste, especially plastic which almost never gets recycled. The only problem for me is I prefer a real bar of soap, you know, a solid object that you can actually scrub with and that gets a lather up. All this lotion-to-clean-your-body nonsense.....I don't know how folks can clean themselves properly with a liquid - it takes so much longer and you end up using a huge amount of it which in itself is a waste. When travelling I always tell housekeeping to not replace bars of soap until I ask and stick the bars together when the first one gets too small and then take the remainder with me in a travel soap box when I check out. Zero waste.
Jul 31, 2019, 2:52 pm
#1793
Suspended
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Southern California, USA
Programs: Marriott Ambassador and LTT, UA Plat/LT Gold, AA Gold
Posts: 8,764
Amanresorts, the most luxurious brand of all by almost any accounting, has been doing this with shower/bath products for decades at some of the world’s most impressive and most expensive resorts.
This outcry is about a whining and paranoid minority who don’t like change, don’t travel as much as much as they think they do, and see conspiracies at every turn—and/or those who don’t care at all about environmental health.
This outcry is about a whining and paranoid minority who don’t like change, don’t travel as much as much as they think they do, and see conspiracies at every turn—and/or those who don’t care at all about environmental health.
Jul 31, 2019, 2:55 pm
#1794
Join Date: Feb 2009
Programs: HH Diamond, BAEC
Posts: 1,341
Typical. So they are not allowing people with luxury yachts, i.e; their primary target market, to sail to the resort. Complete BS! Just ignore it.
Exactly! For a good deal of the passengers, the only unforgettable thing they will experience is how their pockets were sucked dry by this joke of a transfer fee.
Oh, and just a tidbit FEI. Adam Areef used to work at Rangali.
Exactly! For a good deal of the passengers, the only unforgettable thing they will experience is how their pockets were sucked dry by this joke of a transfer fee.
Oh, and just a tidbit FEI. Adam Areef used to work at Rangali.
It means The World won’t be docking outside the WA lagoon anytime soon Every cloud eh!
Jul 31, 2019, 2:59 pm
#1795
Join Date: Feb 2009
Programs: HH Diamond, BAEC
Posts: 1,341
goliath, just on this - I thought the base points only was capped but it looks like the double points promo (double points after 2nd stay) is also capped? So if your base points get maxed out, then your bonus is only the base points. Previously bonus points didn’t have the cap?
Jul 31, 2019, 3:02 pm
#1796
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Sydney, Australia
Programs: HH Diamond, Marriott Titanium/LTG, IHG Platinum
Posts: 1,921
Same as my wife, we rarely use hotel products because she packs our own things because she says its bettter and also minimises unnecessary waste at the sme time
Amanresorts, the most luxurious brand of all by almost any accounting, has been doing this with shower/bath products for decades at some of the world’s most impressive and most expensive resorts.
This outcry is about a whining and paranoid minority who don’t like change, don’t travel as much as much as they think they do, and see conspiracies at every turn—and/or those who don’t care at all about environmental health.
This outcry is about a whining and paranoid minority who don’t like change, don’t travel as much as much as they think they do, and see conspiracies at every turn—and/or those who don’t care at all about environmental health.
The only problem for me is I prefer a real bar of soap, you know, a solid object that you can actually scrub with and that gets a lather up. All this lotion-to-clean-your-body nonsense.....I don't know how folks can clean themselves properly with a liquid - it takes so much longer and you end up using a huge amount of it which in itself is a waste.
Jul 31, 2019, 3:19 pm
#1797
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: ZRH
Programs: M&M SEN (*G), HH Diamond
Posts: 2,418
goliath, just on this - I thought the base points only was capped but it looks like the double points promo (double points after 2nd stay) is also capped? So if your base points get maxed out, then your bonus is only the base points. Previously bonus points didn’t have the cap?
If as a Diamond, you spend 10k USD, you get
100k base points
100k double points promo
100k Diamond bonus
Total 300k (+ any other promos / credit card points if you are eligible)
If as a Diamond, you spend 57k USD (just as an extreme example), you still get
100k base points
100k double points promo
100k Diamond bonus
Total 300k (+ any other promos / credit card points if you are eligible)
The same was true for any other "multiple points" promos I can remember, the were always based on the amount of base points received. See also the FAQ on the current promo.
As I mentioned above:
400k+ are possible based on spending 10k USD, but with the right promos. The current "double points" isn't one of those "right ones". For example in Q4 last year (10SEP2018 - 03JAN2019), there was a promo that gave you "triple points" for "Luxury & Resort" stays, there you would have received 400k, based on spending 10k USD.
Jul 31, 2019, 8:16 pm
#1798
Join Date: May 2019
Location: Australia
Programs: Hilton Honors Diamond
Posts: 59
Personally I agree with what IHG are going to do and it's about time. I absolutely hate making waste, especially plastic which almost never gets recycled. The only problem for me is I prefer a real bar of soap, you know, a solid object that you can actually scrub with and that gets a lather up. All this lotion-to-clean-your-body nonsense.....I don't know how folks can clean themselves properly with a liquid - it takes so much longer and you end up using a huge amount of it which in itself is a waste. When travelling I always tell housekeeping to not replace bars of soap until I ask and stick the bars together when the first one gets too small and then take the remainder with me in a travel soap box when I check out. Zero waste.
Jul 31, 2019, 11:22 pm
#1799
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Phuket Thailand
Programs: HH Diamond, BA Gold, IHG Gold, Oman Gold
Posts: 1,038
Or just take your own empty little bottles and fill them up from the big ones
Aug 1, 2019, 4:39 pm
#1800
Join Date: Aug 2017
Location: SAN
Posts: 1,306
Can confirm both my wife's Aspire card and mine posted the $250 credit. We had them run $250 on each card with no hassle.
As a side note, before arriving in the Maldives we had a stop-over in Singapore. I had them put my incidentals of $244.92 on my Aspire card. Those never triggered the credit.
TD
As a side note, before arriving in the Maldives we had a stop-over in Singapore. I had them put my incidentals of $244.92 on my Aspire card. Those never triggered the credit.
TD