St. Regis Maldives Vommuli Resort [Master Thread]
May 19, 2020, 9:10 am
#3706
Join Date: Nov 2018
Location: SFO
Programs: DL Gold, Hilton Gold, SPG Gold
Posts: 46
Free seaplane w/ 7 night stay
I was messing around with some bookings last night and it seems like they waive the $1500 seaplane (for two) if you stay seven nights or more on points. Can anyone confirm?
Also, when I was looking at a 5-day booking, they had overwater villas available, but when I switched the a 7-day booking only garden villas were available. Is my best bet to just book the garden villa and then call and switch to overwater for the 5 nights that it’s available?
Thanks!
Also, when I was looking at a 5-day booking, they had overwater villas available, but when I switched the a 7-day booking only garden villas were available. Is my best bet to just book the garden villa and then call and switch to overwater for the 5 nights that it’s available?
Thanks!
May 19, 2020, 10:46 am
#3707
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: UK/TZ
Programs: QRPC Plat; Marriott Plat; Hilton Gold
Posts: 353
I was messing around with some bookings last night and it seems like they waive the $1500 seaplane (for two) if you stay seven nights or more on points. Can anyone confirm?
Also, when I was looking at a 5-day booking, they had overwater villas available, but when I switched the a 7-day booking only garden villas were available. Is my best bet to just book the garden villa and then call and switch to overwater for the 5 nights that it’s available?
Thanks!
Also, when I was looking at a 5-day booking, they had overwater villas available, but when I switched the a 7-day booking only garden villas were available. Is my best bet to just book the garden villa and then call and switch to overwater for the 5 nights that it’s available?
Thanks!
May 19, 2020, 11:32 am
#3708
Join Date: Nov 2018
Location: SFO
Programs: DL Gold, Hilton Gold, SPG Gold
Posts: 46
May 19, 2020, 11:13 pm
#3709
Join Date: May 2020
Posts: 1
Check Weather at Resort
Not a very meaningful question (apologies as I'm new to this website), but is there any easy way to check the current weather at the resort on a given day? My partner and I had a trip planned for this week and we are just wondering how the weather turned out on the island so we can live through it vicariously 
(and more importantly determine if a late May or early June trip during rainy season would be likely for next year!)
(and more importantly determine if a late May or early June trip during rainy season would be likely for next year!)
May 20, 2020, 1:37 am
#3710
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: UK/TZ
Programs: QRPC Plat; Marriott Plat; Hilton Gold
Posts: 353
That is a good point, I would contact the hotel directly to confirm. The offer is too good to be true as you can just simply buy the points for 2 extra nights which given the current promo is cheaper than the seaplane cost!
May 20, 2020, 2:23 am
#3711
Join Date: Nov 2008
Programs: SPG-Plat, Hilton-Diamond, Club Carlson-Silver, Cathay-Diamond, Virgin-Gold
Posts: 2,183
Personally I would just book it, its clearly stated in the t&c's. The more people contact the hotel to confirm these things the quicker offers get pulled!
May 20, 2020, 4:11 am
#3712
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: UK/TZ
Programs: QRPC Plat; Marriott Plat; Hilton Gold
Posts: 353
Well yes and no. Yes it is clearly stated in the T&Cs and hence it would make sense to book first and then potentially get in touch. I'd rather not risk an unnecessary disagreement/argument at a place like maldives where once I have reached there is no other option and especially when we are talking quite high monies
May 20, 2020, 5:15 am
#3713
Join Date: Nov 2008
Programs: SPG-Plat, Hilton-Diamond, Club Carlson-Silver, Cathay-Diamond, Virgin-Gold
Posts: 2,183
Well yes and no. Yes it is clearly stated in the T&Cs and hence it would make sense to book first and then potentially get in touch. I'd rather not risk an unnecessary disagreement/argument at a place like maldives where once I have reached there is no other option and especially when we are talking quite high monies
May 20, 2020, 5:23 am
#3714
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: UK/TZ
Programs: QRPC Plat; Marriott Plat; Hilton Gold
Posts: 353
I guess my opinion is more suited for the risk-averse/confrontation-averse traveller who could avoid all this by simply confirming in advance
May 20, 2020, 6:20 am
#3715
Join Date: Nov 2008
Programs: SPG-Plat, Hilton-Diamond, Club Carlson-Silver, Cathay-Diamond, Virgin-Gold
Posts: 2,183
Absolutely agree - the underlying assumption is that you have time and resources to go through this potential faff which would leave a bad taste in your mouth at the end of a splendid holiday in the Maldives.
I guess my opinion is more suited for the risk-averse/confrontation-averse traveller who could avoid all this by simply confirming in advance
I guess my opinion is more suited for the risk-averse/confrontation-averse traveller who could avoid all this by simply confirming in advance
May 20, 2020, 6:54 am
#3716
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: UK/TZ
Programs: QRPC Plat; Marriott Plat; Hilton Gold
Posts: 353
Presumably, you bring that conversation before the stay rather than after right? And per your point, you can then get Marriott involved as it is going against the T&Cs
May 20, 2020, 2:08 pm
#3717
Join Date: Nov 2018
Location: SFO
Programs: DL Gold, Hilton Gold, SPG Gold
Posts: 46
I went ahead and booked it via Points Advance. Seeing as the points sale is going on until 6/30 I figured I'd wait as long as I could to see what I think the world will look like in December before I go ahead and buy a ton of Marriott points while obviously taking the risk that they change the rate. One question which isn't directly related to this resort, does anyone know if I can buy points across multiple accounts and then just transfer them into one? As long as I only do 100k per account?
May 20, 2020, 8:23 pm
#3718
Join Date: Jul 2004
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Not a very meaningful question (apologies as I'm new to this website), but is there any easy way to check the current weather at the resort on a given day? My partner and I had a trip planned for this week and we are just wondering how the weather turned out on the island so we can live through it vicariously (and more importantly determine if a late May or early June trip during rainy season would be likely for next year!)
(and more importantly determine if a late May or early June trip during rainy season would be likely for next year!)As for checking historical weather, I'm not sure there's much... even when there, there's not really any good source of weather predictions!
May 20, 2020, 8:36 pm
#3719
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Join Date: Feb 2019
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May 20, 2020, 11:11 pm
#3720
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Palm Springs, CA
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