[ARCHIVE 2018 to 2019] Conrad Maldives Rangali Island {MDV}
Mar 2, 2018, 8:50 am
#436
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: LGB
Posts: 1,205
Anyone know if the resort is hiring?
Mar 2, 2018, 8:58 am
#437
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: ZRH
Programs: M&M SEN (*G), HH Diamond
Posts: 2,418
Mar 3, 2018, 9:23 am
#438
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: NY, NY
Posts: 695
Hmm... I was hoping that I could get a good price during that period as well, but my stay is over Easter weekend itself and it seems like occupancy's still really high during that period (e.g. no standard points booking available).
Wonder if it'll change as the date draws nearer?
Wonder if it'll change as the date draws nearer?
Mar 3, 2018, 9:40 am
#439
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 3,946
I have a reservation using points for the third week of February of next year and got a quote of $100 per night to go from the WV to the SWV. I wrote back and countered with $80 based on the info in this thread, and was pleasantly surprised to receive an email from them saying they accepted my counter-offer. Moral of the story: negotiate your upgrade offer :-)
Mar 3, 2018, 10:27 am
#440
Join Date: Aug 2013
Programs: HH Lifetime Diamond, DL PM, Hertz President's Circle
Posts: 920
Yes, I agree with everyone on negotiating. I have 2 water villas reserved for January 2019. They originally offered $90++ for the WV to Superior and $450++ to Deluxe. They accepted my response offer. We landed at $75++ for one WV to upgrade to SWV and $420++ for the other WV to a DWV for the first 5 nights of the trip. Then, we are spending the last two nights in a Sunset Water Villa for $1,505++ which I thought was a good price compared to the wiki.
Mar 3, 2018, 12:05 pm
#441
Join Date: Jun 2016
Posts: 2,257
Does anyone know if you can get standard OWV if you apply the Free Night Weekend cert on this property? I know BV is the case by default, but I wonder if there is an additional option now since OWV is also at 95K
Thanks,
Thanks,
Mar 3, 2018, 12:10 pm
#442
Join Date: Jun 2016
Posts: 2,257
I have a reservation using points for the third week of February of next year and got a quote of $100 per night to go from the WV to the SWV. I wrote back and countered with $80 based on the info in this thread, and was pleasantly surprised to receive an email from them saying they accepted my counter-offer. Moral of the story: negotiate your upgrade offer :-)
Yes, I agree with everyone on negotiating. I have 2 water villas reserved for January 2019. They originally offered $90++ for the WV to Superior and $450++ to Deluxe. They accepted my response offer. We landed at $75++ for one WV to upgrade to SWV and $420++ for the other WV to a DWV for the first 5 nights of the trip. Then, we are spending the last two nights in a Sunset Water Villa for $1,505++ which I thought was a good price compared to the wiki.
Considering they are both located at around the same location. Size wise, i think it's abt 50% more in SWV and probably spaced a bit further from each other. And apparently DWV is not even that swimmable bc of the strong currents, so SWV wins on this one. So curious to know what would be the (unknown to me) reasons for picking DWV over SWV? Someone who doesnt care abt snorkeling?
What else did I miss?
Last edited by gnomey; Mar 3, 2018 at 2:40 pm
Mar 3, 2018, 2:07 pm
#443
Join Date: Jan 2018
Posts: 40
Yes, I agree with everyone on negotiating. I have 2 water villas reserved for January 2019. They originally offered $90++ for the WV to Superior and $450++ to Deluxe. They accepted my response offer. We landed at $75++ for one WV to upgrade to SWV and $420++ for the other WV to a DWV for the first 5 nights of the trip. Then, we are spending the last two nights in a Sunset Water Villa for $1,505++ which I thought was a good price compared to the wiki.
Mar 3, 2018, 2:26 pm
#444
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Boston, MA
Posts: 102
Trip Report: Day 3 - half day in paradise
Our flight departing from Male was at 11:25 PM so technically I was only 45 minutes short of being in the Maldives for a full day. However, the seaplane from the resort to Male only operates during daylight so I requested the last seaplane but even the resort had no idea exactly when. We didn’t get a late checkout as Diamond member since the hotel occupancy rate was quite high so we need to check out by noon. We treasured every minute in paradise! Weather-wise, it was overcast so luckily we had an awesome day the previous day so we took all the photos I planned except at the overwater spa. Then, we walked over to Vilu to enjoy our last breakfast in paradise.
We ordered similar items as yesterday that we thought were good – Maldivian omelet, Thai omelet, oyster, mango sticky rice, and mango smoothie. Unfortunately, the Thai omelet was super oily and salty!!! Once again, they didn’t have Belgium waffles so we didn’t get to try it. I did checked out the buffet selections, not impressive and no Asian selections. After a long breakfast, we walked all the way to the Sunset Water Villas and saw black clouds rolling in so we went back to our room. Luckily, we made it back before it pour! Once the rain stopped, we packed up and said goodbye to our Superior Water Villa. The weather got better but I started to feel sick, I really think it was the salty and oily Thai omelet that I had in Vilu
Our host saw us over at the reception and told us that our flight will be around 3 PM so be back at the main reception around that time. I was feeling so sick that I had no mood nor energy to walk out so I just spent my afternoon in the reception area until 2 PM to have a late lunch. We had lunch at Ufaa since I wanted some hot noodle soup. I ordered the beef pulled noodle soup; it wasn’t pulled noodle but it was flavorful. Our last bill was interesting, somehow we got 20% off as Diamond member!!! Not sure if it was a Ufaa promotion or what!
At 3 PM, we went back to reception to “check-out” and prepared for the shocking bill, here it is for our 3 days 2 nights expenses. Of course we paid the bill with our Hilton credit card to earn 10x points and being a Diamond member got us extra points…no idea what was the earning formula, our 3 days 2 nights bill earned us enough points for another night at the Conrad Maldives LOL!
Date Description Charges
11-Jan Ufaa hot pot dinner $261.18
12-Jan Ithaa cocktail $184.80
12-Jan Atoll dinner buffet $251.33
13-Jan Ufaa lunch $72.93
2 nights room upgrade including taxes $492.80
seaplane transfer for 2 $1,120.00
Total $2,383.04
Complete trip report and photos here: Half More Day in Maldivian Paradise and the Total Bill for 3 Days 2 Nights ? Miss Vacation
Goodbye Conrad Maldives!!!
Our flight departing from Male was at 11:25 PM so technically I was only 45 minutes short of being in the Maldives for a full day. However, the seaplane from the resort to Male only operates during daylight so I requested the last seaplane but even the resort had no idea exactly when. We didn’t get a late checkout as Diamond member since the hotel occupancy rate was quite high so we need to check out by noon. We treasured every minute in paradise! Weather-wise, it was overcast so luckily we had an awesome day the previous day so we took all the photos I planned except at the overwater spa. Then, we walked over to Vilu to enjoy our last breakfast in paradise.
We ordered similar items as yesterday that we thought were good – Maldivian omelet, Thai omelet, oyster, mango sticky rice, and mango smoothie. Unfortunately, the Thai omelet was super oily and salty!!! Once again, they didn’t have Belgium waffles so we didn’t get to try it. I did checked out the buffet selections, not impressive and no Asian selections. After a long breakfast, we walked all the way to the Sunset Water Villas and saw black clouds rolling in so we went back to our room. Luckily, we made it back before it pour! Once the rain stopped, we packed up and said goodbye to our Superior Water Villa. The weather got better but I started to feel sick, I really think it was the salty and oily Thai omelet that I had in Vilu
Our host saw us over at the reception and told us that our flight will be around 3 PM so be back at the main reception around that time. I was feeling so sick that I had no mood nor energy to walk out so I just spent my afternoon in the reception area until 2 PM to have a late lunch. We had lunch at Ufaa since I wanted some hot noodle soup. I ordered the beef pulled noodle soup; it wasn’t pulled noodle but it was flavorful. Our last bill was interesting, somehow we got 20% off as Diamond member!!! Not sure if it was a Ufaa promotion or what!
At 3 PM, we went back to reception to “check-out” and prepared for the shocking bill, here it is for our 3 days 2 nights expenses. Of course we paid the bill with our Hilton credit card to earn 10x points and being a Diamond member got us extra points…no idea what was the earning formula, our 3 days 2 nights bill earned us enough points for another night at the Conrad Maldives LOL!
Date Description Charges
11-Jan Ufaa hot pot dinner $261.18
12-Jan Ithaa cocktail $184.80
12-Jan Atoll dinner buffet $251.33
13-Jan Ufaa lunch $72.93
2 nights room upgrade including taxes $492.80
seaplane transfer for 2 $1,120.00
Total $2,383.04
Complete trip report and photos here: Half More Day in Maldivian Paradise and the Total Bill for 3 Days 2 Nights ? Miss Vacation
Goodbye Conrad Maldives!!!
Mar 3, 2018, 2:38 pm
#445
Join Date: Jun 2016
Posts: 2,257
I am looking at the RWV numbering - from previous posts by Scubaroo and MF
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/27972611-post410.html
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/27980388-post423.html
They seem to contradict with the information in the link below
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/25260386-post2090.html
Assuming the former two links (which are more recent post) are correct, then
- Villas with even numbers (it includes 401, the outlying chap, and then continues from 402 to 420) are on the same side as C2 (Mandhoo restaurant), ie. they have sunrise view and closer to one of the house reefs
- Villas with odd numbers (it starts 403 through 421) are on the other side, ie. they have sunset view and can access a second house reef which is closer to DBV
Can someone confirm which is correct?
Anyway, which RWV villa # is the best bang for buck, when considering factors like sunset vs sunrise view, water current, water depth, underwater wildlife? I have read a couple of posts saying they stay in Villa 417 (but strangely not any others), so i should think this is the one that is secluded enough since it's far walk away from main island, comes with sunset view but not too close to the second house reef. Would appreciate more feedback
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/27972611-post410.html
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/27980388-post423.html
They seem to contradict with the information in the link below
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/25260386-post2090.html
Assuming the former two links (which are more recent post) are correct, then
- Villas with even numbers (it includes 401, the outlying chap, and then continues from 402 to 420) are on the same side as C2 (Mandhoo restaurant), ie. they have sunrise view and closer to one of the house reefs
- Villas with odd numbers (it starts 403 through 421) are on the other side, ie. they have sunset view and can access a second house reef which is closer to DBV
Can someone confirm which is correct?
Anyway, which RWV villa # is the best bang for buck, when considering factors like sunset vs sunrise view, water current, water depth, underwater wildlife? I have read a couple of posts saying they stay in Villa 417 (but strangely not any others), so i should think this is the one that is secluded enough since it's far walk away from main island, comes with sunset view but not too close to the second house reef. Would appreciate more feedback
Last edited by gnomey; Mar 3, 2018 at 3:55 pm
Mar 3, 2018, 5:00 pm
#446
Join Date: Aug 2013
Programs: HH Lifetime Diamond, DL PM, Hertz President's Circle
Posts: 920
It is $420 per night. I do agree that is quite a bit higher than the SWV and we went back and forth on it, but $420 is actually much lower than the offers they sent over for the DWV on previous trips by $200 or so a night. We stayed in the SWV last trip and loved both the location and the sunset view, but we found the villa and deck to be a bit cramped and it felt like our neighbors were right on top of us. The DWVs have the same great layout as the SWVs but are a bit bigger and spaced further apart, so we thought that option would give us the best of both worlds. Since the price is lower this year we decided to give it a shot. I'll report back down the road whether I would do it again. Since my parents will be the in SWV, I'll be able to do a detailed comparison between the two.
Last edited by Michael19887; Mar 3, 2018 at 5:10 pm
Mar 3, 2018, 5:19 pm
#447
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Dallas, TX
Programs: AA EX Plat. Hyatt Glob
Posts: 106
Yes you can get the OWV with Free Weekend Night. I did that for my stay next Jan.
Mar 5, 2018, 3:48 pm
#449
Join Date: Jan 2005
Programs: Aegean Airlines Silver, British Airways Gold, Virgin Atlantic Silver
Posts: 1,740
Mar 6, 2018, 7:56 am
#450
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Back in Hell
Posts: 4,178
Lobster at Vilu is live and is/was $28++ per 100g. I don't think they've ever had the frozen available there as it's never been on the menu. If you ask for it they might bring it over from the Atoll Market kitchen but I doubt it.