Most luxurious beach resorts in the world?
Apr 19, 2018, 9:29 pm
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Las Alamandas, Costa Alegre, Mexico, south of Puerto Vallarta
http://alamandas.com/
La Casa Que Canta, Zihuatanejo, Mexico
La Casa Que Canta
Cap Juluca
https://www.belmond.com/hotels/carib...nd-cap-juluca/
Ventanas al Paraiso,Cabo, Mexico
https://www.rosewoodhotels.com/en/la...anas-los-cabos
Laucala, Fiji
Laucala Island - an exclusive private island resort in Fiji, South Pacific with 24 luxurious and secluded private accomodations for rent in Fiji
Last edited by KatW; Apr 19, 2018 at 10:32 pm
Apr 20, 2018, 4:45 am
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Apr 20, 2018, 6:10 am
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Apr 20, 2018, 6:37 am
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Also what is absolutely not luxury for me is having to fight for sun loungers at one of the FS resorts in Hawaii, regardless of how expensive/celebrity endorsed they are.
Apr 20, 2018, 6:56 am
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Apr 20, 2018, 8:40 am
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resorts vary from big box hotels to private islands, some islands are exclusive-use
charter yachts actually look really sad until getting into $50K > $500K per night range
that thread remains the best and the only unique thread idea here, glad it was created
charter yachts actually look really sad until getting into $50K > $500K per night range
that thread remains the best and the only unique thread idea here, glad it was created
Apr 20, 2018, 9:21 am
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Apr 20, 2018, 9:39 am
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If I have, here is the solution. Simply ask the hotel if they have any 'sun bed reservation system'. If the answer is no, which is quite likely, you have no problem. Simply look for what are obviously 'reserved' sunbeds with nothing around them to indicate someone is actually using them. Then remove the towel from the sunbed and make yourself comfortable. If someone shows up and says, 'I had my towel on that sunbed', refer them to the hotel management. Let the hotel deal with them.
If the hotel does have a reservation system, then again you have no problem. Simply reserve a bed for your stay. If the hotel says, guests can indicate they plan to use a sunbed by putting a towel on a sunbed but that there is no 'formal' reservation system as such, simply ignore that response and go to plan A.
Having lived in a highly touristed location I am well aware of this belief some people have that they can 'reserve' a bed with a towel. Hotels are obviously well aware of it also. What the hotel and the people putting their towels out at 7am are counting on, is that no one will do anything about it. Stop complaining, start acting and leave the towel people and the hotel with the problem.