St. Regis Maldives Vommuli Resort [Master Thread]
Nov 23, 2022, 9:26 pm
#6257
Join Date: Nov 2022
Posts: 1
arrived on 22nd. Had a few intermittent showers that quickly passed, yesterday was sunny all day and looks to be the same today. Offered a overwater suite upgrade for $300++ per night (we passed). They said they are fully booked and we’re very limited on upgrades, which I wouldn’t disagree with based on how many people we have seen through the day
Nov 24, 2022, 2:55 am
#6259
Join Date: Nov 2022
Posts: 10
Arrived on the 21st and received a great upgrade from standard OWV to a sunset OWV closer to Alba with a great view of the Whale Bar. Was pleasantly surprised but we are Ambassador Elite and on our honeymoon. Got a complimentary blue hole session as well. Weather has been for the most part pretty good with some quick showers. Sunsets have been cloudly though.
Nov 26, 2022, 8:01 pm
#6261
Join Date: Nov 2022
Posts: 10
The seaplane was added to our final bill at the end along with food, watersport and spa charges. We didn't get a link prior to arriving to pay for it.
Nov 27, 2022, 7:05 am
#6262
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: New York City
Programs: AA EXP, DL DM, SPG Plat, Hilton Gold
Posts: 2,127
Anyone had any luck with getting them to be flexible on the $330++ fee per night for a rollaway bed? Seems a bit excessive but then I guess everything here is excessive!
Nov 27, 2022, 10:18 pm
#6263
Join Date: Oct 2022
Programs: Bonvoy Ambassador, Sixt Unlimited/DIA
Posts: 14
We are doing the shared Tour tomorrow, but if anyone is interested in sharing the whale shark Tour hit me up, we are here until the 4th december
Last edited by JulianBTC; Nov 27, 2022 at 11:59 pm
Dec 1, 2022, 1:23 pm
#6264
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Homeless
Programs: SPG Gold, Hyatt Platinum
Posts: 57
airplane transfer
hi,
i booked my reservation earlier in the year and since then st regis has increased their plane transfer fee.
1) does anyone know if they still honor the old rate at the time of booking?
2) also, if u updated the reservation to get points back, do u have to pay the new plane transfer rate?
thx!
i booked my reservation earlier in the year and since then st regis has increased their plane transfer fee.
1) does anyone know if they still honor the old rate at the time of booking?
2) also, if u updated the reservation to get points back, do u have to pay the new plane transfer rate?
thx!
Dec 1, 2022, 1:27 pm
#6265
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: London
Programs: BA Gold, Marriott LTP/PE
Posts: 292
hi,
i booked my reservation earlier in the year and since then st regis has increased their plane transfer fee.
1) does anyone know if they still honor the old rate at the time of booking?
2) also, if u updated the reservation to get points back, do u have to pay the new plane transfer rate?
thx!
i booked my reservation earlier in the year and since then st regis has increased their plane transfer fee.
1) does anyone know if they still honor the old rate at the time of booking?
2) also, if u updated the reservation to get points back, do u have to pay the new plane transfer rate?
thx!
Dec 2, 2022, 12:41 pm
#6267
Join Date: Feb 2022
Programs: IB, BA
Posts: 12
Potential stay over Holiday season/NYE
We stayed at St Regis back in Feb 2021, and after trying out two other nice Maldives properties in the Marriott portfolio (RC, Le Meridien) found SR to be the ideal blend of top-tier guest service, intimate and small feel to the island, amazing restaurants, pleasant crowd (mostly) yet relaxed and not overly pretentious. Vicent the GM was also great to deal with when we had an important issue to sort out with our OWV.
For the upcoming stay we are considering, the main holdback is that we don't really want to fork up $2k+ for the NYE dinner extravaganza but from what I've read it is *formally* a compulsory fee for all guests.
Is there a way to get around this, e.g. request an exception? We really don't want to be bothered with a "gala dinner" as primarily go to Maldives for the serenity and the privacy and would rather enjoy the celebrations from our villa.
For the upcoming stay we are considering, the main holdback is that we don't really want to fork up $2k+ for the NYE dinner extravaganza but from what I've read it is *formally* a compulsory fee for all guests.
Is there a way to get around this, e.g. request an exception? We really don't want to be bothered with a "gala dinner" as primarily go to Maldives for the serenity and the privacy and would rather enjoy the celebrations from our villa.
Last edited by mcr22x; Dec 2, 2022 at 3:46 pm
Dec 5, 2022, 10:12 am
#6268
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Cape Cod, MA, USA
Programs: American Airlines - Executive Platinum / Marriott - Ambassador
Posts: 45
We are coming Jan 15-21. Anyone have any updates on the new restaurant? Any updates on Decanter being open as regular booking or still private? If private, would there be anyone interested in doing this together? My partner is in the wine industry, and we are both huge foodies, so want to try it. I think we also want to do sunset fishing if anyone is interested in joining at some point, and potentially the local Island visit, if they are doing this again. We can't wait!
Dec 5, 2022, 1:23 pm
#6269
Join Date: Mar 2016
Posts: 655
We are coming Jan 15-21. Anyone have any updates on the new restaurant? Any updates on Decanter being open as regular booking or still private? If private, would there be anyone interested in doing this together? My partner is in the wine industry, and we are both huge foodies, so want to try it. I think we also want to do sunset fishing if anyone is interested in joining at some point, and potentially the local Island visit, if they are doing this again. We can't wait!
Dec 5, 2022, 1:30 pm
#6270
Join Date: Mar 2013
Programs: Aeroplan, Amex AeroPlat
Posts: 977
We stayed at St Regis back in Feb 2021, and after trying out two other nice Maldives properties in the Marriott portfolio (RC, Le Meridien) found SR to be the ideal blend of top-tier guest service, intimate and small feel to the island, amazing restaurants, pleasant crowd (mostly) yet relaxed and not overly pretentious. Vicent the GM was also great to deal with when we had an important issue to sort out with our OWV.
For the upcoming stay we are considering, the main holdback is that we don't really want to fork up $2k+ for the NYE dinner extravaganza but from what I've read it is *formally* a compulsory fee for all guests.
Is there a way to get around this, e.g. request an exception? We really don't want to be bothered with a "gala dinner" as primarily go to Maldives for the serenity and the privacy and would rather enjoy the celebrations from our villa.
For the upcoming stay we are considering, the main holdback is that we don't really want to fork up $2k+ for the NYE dinner extravaganza but from what I've read it is *formally* a compulsory fee for all guests.
Is there a way to get around this, e.g. request an exception? We really don't want to be bothered with a "gala dinner" as primarily go to Maldives for the serenity and the privacy and would rather enjoy the celebrations from our villa.