[ARCHIVE 2018 to 2019] Waldorf Astoria Maldives Ithaafushi {MDV}
Apr 9, 2019, 2:42 pm
#706
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Back in Hell
Posts: 4,178
A money-grab, pure and simple
Oh, and yeah, added to the wiki in bold red, enlarged text. Moved to the top where it belongs.....
Well, an hour return and add lets say two, 15-minute periods to get the passengers and their luggage loaded and offloaded. That's at least 90min.
Last edited by MaldivesFreak; Apr 10, 2019 at 11:34 am
Apr 10, 2019, 8:43 am
#707
Join Date: Jan 2015
Posts: 783
It's all part and parcel of their lamb to the slaughter approach. I mean forcing a couple an extra $3176.63, or a family of 4 with 2 adults and 2 kids $3915.83, if they wanted to celebrate Xmas and New Years there is just asking for the place to be barren of all those whose money doesn't grow on trees. What if I'm a Muslim or some other religion and I don't celebrate Christmas or the new year. What if I'm an atheist or agnostic or Hindu or whatever. Why should I have a festival, or two, rammed down my throat. I would differ and say it's not a pricing strategy, it's an ugly corporate money-grab.
Oh, and yeah, added to the wiki in bold red, enlarged text.
Well, an hour return and add lets say two, 15-minute periods to get the passengers and their luggage loaded and offloaded. That's at least 90min.
Oh, and yeah, added to the wiki in bold red, enlarged text.
Well, an hour return and add lets say two, 15-minute periods to get the passengers and their luggage loaded and offloaded. That's at least 90min.
Apr 10, 2019, 11:04 am
#708
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Back in Hell
Posts: 4,178
There was some talk about this earlier in the thread. I assume that they will have the use of the Conrad's new lounge if they are not going to build their own.
Apr 10, 2019, 12:57 pm
#709
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Rochester, MN
Programs: UA Silver, Hilton HHonors Diamond, IHG Plat
Posts: 1,830
A lot of negativity. This place not off to a great start...
Apr 10, 2019, 1:09 pm
#710
Join Date: Feb 2009
Programs: HH Diamond, BAEC
Posts: 1,341
Those surcharges for Christmas and NYE are absolutely insane. I assume their room rates will be astronomical at that time also since it is peak season so why do they need to charge even more for Christmas and NYE? Madness.
Apr 10, 2019, 1:18 pm
#711
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Back in Hell
Posts: 4,178
Suits. They have no idea what the people they are charging actually think. Either that or we, i.e; normal folks who don't have oil wealth (AKA: not their target market) are in the tiny minority that will make up <5% of their clientele.
Apr 10, 2019, 1:19 pm
#712
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Gulf Coast
Programs: Hilton Honors Lifetime Diamond; National Car Rental Executive Elite
Posts: 2,323
$34,960 (room rate)
$2,576 (mandatory meal charges)
$4,674 (taxes)
$3,496 (Service Charge of 10% per room per stay)
$45,706 (GRAND TOTAL)
I made another dummy booking for a random week in October and rooms were $1,800/night or 120k points which is a great redemption value.
Apr 10, 2019, 3:33 pm
#713
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Back in Hell
Posts: 4,178
I did a dummy booking around Christmas and NYE and the lowest room rate I could find was $3,500 per night. So, an 10-night stay for two guests from 12/23 to 1/2 is:
$34,960 (room rate)
$2,576 (mandatory meal charges)
$4,674 (taxes)
$3,496 (Service Charge of 10% per room per stay)
$45,706 (GRAND TOTAL)
$34,960 (room rate)
$2,576 (mandatory meal charges)
$4,674 (taxes)
$3,496 (Service Charge of 10% per room per stay)
$45,706 (GRAND TOTAL)
I assume they aren't going the route of other places where they have the Festive Season prices roughly 3.5 - 4 times what the low season prices are. I guess even their blatant greediness doesn't blind them to the fact that they aren't going to get a lot of takers at $7K per night for a standard villa over Xmas / New Year.....
Apr 10, 2019, 5:13 pm
#714
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Homeless
Programs: Hyatt Glob; Hilton Dia; Marriott AMB; Accor Dia; IHG Dia Amb; GHA Tit
Posts: 4,841
I will not travel to the Maldives for Christmas and New Year, so my opinion might not be worth much. That said, is it not fairly standard for high-end resorts to have such mandatory charges / dinners during such events? If they charge too much then they won't fill the rooms, and they are not stupid, they will adjust down. But if they can fill the rooms, then good for them.
Personally if I do not want to celebrate a certain event then I try to avoid staying in hotels which do celebrate such events, and that consequently have high rates. For example, if I don't want to pay a lot for my room at new year then I might go to China (for example) where January 1st is not as important of a date than in many other countries. And if I must travel on a specific date and it's expensive, well it's because lots of other people like me also must travel for that date so of course it costs a lot
Personally if I do not want to celebrate a certain event then I try to avoid staying in hotels which do celebrate such events, and that consequently have high rates. For example, if I don't want to pay a lot for my room at new year then I might go to China (for example) where January 1st is not as important of a date than in many other countries. And if I must travel on a specific date and it's expensive, well it's because lots of other people like me also must travel for that date so of course it costs a lot
Apr 10, 2019, 5:40 pm
#715
Join Date: Oct 2018
Programs: Bonvoy Plat
Posts: 153
I will not travel to the Maldives for Christmas and New Year, so my opinion might not be worth much. That said, is it not fairly standard for high-end resorts to have such mandatory charges / dinners during such events? If they charge too much then they won't fill the rooms, and they are not stupid, they will adjust down. But if they can fill the rooms, then good for them.
Personally if I do not want to celebrate a certain event then I try to avoid staying in hotels which do celebrate such events, and that consequently have high rates. For example, if I don't want to pay a lot for my room at new year then I might go to China (for example) where January 1st is not as important of a date than in many other countries. And if I must travel on a specific date and it's expensive, well it's because lots of other people like me also must travel for that date so of course it costs a lot
Personally if I do not want to celebrate a certain event then I try to avoid staying in hotels which do celebrate such events, and that consequently have high rates. For example, if I don't want to pay a lot for my room at new year then I might go to China (for example) where January 1st is not as important of a date than in many other countries. And if I must travel on a specific date and it's expensive, well it's because lots of other people like me also must travel for that date so of course it costs a lot
Apr 11, 2019, 5:04 am
#716
Join Date: Jun 2013
Posts: 194
I don't get why there are already 27 Google reviews for this place?! Some are workers which is kind of cool to see their development/construction pics. But a lot are just random no comment reviews and surprisingly the reviews have a couple 1s scattered in there too
Apr 11, 2019, 8:38 am
#717
Join Date: Aug 2017
Location: SAN
Posts: 1,306
TD
Apr 11, 2019, 12:49 pm
#718
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Back in Hell
Posts: 4,178
Does anyone take notice of Google Reviews?! 
Apr 12, 2019, 10:40 am
#719
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Rochester, MN
Programs: UA Silver, Hilton HHonors Diamond, IHG Plat
Posts: 1,830
Place probably does not cater to firm middle classers....
Apr 12, 2019, 1:52 pm
#720
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Back in Hell
Posts: 4,178
Hey, I just had an idea. Why don't they do a promo with the slogan; 'A slick, half price deal!'. "Prove you're not an oil magnate and get 50% off yacht transfers and gala dinners!"