May 7, 2021, 10:45 am
Last edit by: jason8612
Hotel email:
[email protected]
Resort Shared Seaplane Transfer:
Prices are inclusive of tax and fees and to be paid upon check-out.
420 USD per adult (12 years and above)
210 USD per child (ages between 2 and 11.99 years)
Baggage
Complimentary for infants (below 2 years)
Standard baggage is30 25kg including hand luggage. Excess weight will be charged at 5.60 USD per kg (per round trip).
Max dimensions are 158 cm and 32 kg. Infants do not have baggage allowance.
Hours
Operate between 06:00 to 16:00.
For check-in, last international flight must arrive at or before 15:30.
For check-out, first international flight must depart at or after 09:00.
Complete Details can be found here.
COVID Related Topics
Testing
Testing available at 120++ USD pp and reservations should be made no later than 72 hours prior to departure.
Quarantine/Isolation Policy
What happens if I test positive for COVID? Current policy can be found here.
Contact Tracing
Where can I find the list of properties under contract tracing? Here.
What happens if a resort is listed under contract tracing?
Guests must travel directly between MLE airport and the property post arrival and pre departure via international flight ONLY.
Inter-island transfers will be ceased and guests will not be able to arrive from, depart to, another island in the Maldives.
Water Sports & Diving Menu
Spa, Beauty, & Fitness Menu
F&B Menu
Latitude Menu
Riviera Menu
Tabemasu Menu
Turquoise Menu
Velaa Lunch Menu
Velaa Dinner Menu
Waves Menu
Wine Master List
Mini Bar Menu
Meal Plans
Prices are inclusive of tax and fees
Bed and Breakfast per night
30 USD per adult (12 years and above)
15 USD per child (ages between 3 and 11.99 years)
Half Board per night
95 USD per adult (12 years and above)
47.50 USD per child (ages between 3 and 11.99 years)
Complimentary for infants (below 3 years)
Full Board Plus per night
155 USD per adult (12 years and above)
77.50 USD per child (ages between 3 and 11.99 years)
Complimentary for infants (below 3 years)
All-Inclusive per night
230 USD per adult (12 years and above)
115 USD per child (ages 3 and 11.99 years)
Complimentary for infants (below 3 years)
Details can be found here.
F&B Bonvoy Discounts
General Members & Silver Elite 10%
Gold Elite 15%
Platinum, Titanium, & Ambassador Elite 20%
Full Details can be found here.
Resort Map
Can be found here.
Room total can be found here.
Beach Bungalow and Beach Villa are categorized by location. See the resort map for more information.
Paid/confirmed upgrades
Rates per night as of 08-May-2021
From Sunrise OWV to Sunset OWV 50++ USD
From Sunrise OWV to Sunset OWV w/ pool 250++ USD
Terms
Must be for entire duration of reservation
Requires non-refundable payment at time of confirming
Availability and rates subject to change
Can you apply SNAs at this property? No.
Late Checkout Policy (subject to availability)
General Members: None
Silver Elite: "Priority"
Gold Elite: 2pm
Platinum & Titanium Elite: 4pm
Ambassador Elite: 4pm or "Your24"
Welcome Gift
General Members & Silver Elite: None
Gold Elite: 500 points per stay
Platinum, Titanium, and Ambassador Elite: Welcome Gift: 1000 points per stay OR amenity per stay OR breakfast at Turquoise Restaurant per day for 2 persons (member + 1)
Drone Restrictions
"We strictly prohibit the operation of any type of UAV or drones for any purpose within and above the premises of the resort as our guests' privacy is of our utmost concern. This prohibition extends to devices launched from the resort or from outside the boundaries of the resort. If you wish to take photographs or videos, you may do so at the common areas of our resort."
[email protected]
Resort Shared Seaplane Transfer:
Prices are inclusive of tax and fees and to be paid upon check-out.
420 USD per adult (12 years and above)
210 USD per child (ages between 2 and 11.99 years)
Baggage
Complimentary for infants (below 2 years)
Standard baggage is
Max dimensions are 158 cm and 32 kg. Infants do not have baggage allowance.
Hours
Operate between 06:00 to 16:00.
For check-in, last international flight must arrive at or before 15:30.
For check-out, first international flight must depart at or after 09:00.
Complete Details can be found here.
COVID Related Topics
Testing
Testing available at 120++ USD pp and reservations should be made no later than 72 hours prior to departure.
Quarantine/Isolation Policy
What happens if I test positive for COVID? Current policy can be found here.
Contact Tracing
Where can I find the list of properties under contract tracing? Here.
What happens if a resort is listed under contract tracing?
Guests must travel directly between MLE airport and the property post arrival and pre departure via international flight ONLY.
Inter-island transfers will be ceased and guests will not be able to arrive from, depart to, another island in the Maldives.
Water Sports & Diving Menu
Spa, Beauty, & Fitness Menu
F&B Menu
Latitude Menu
Riviera Menu
Tabemasu Menu
Turquoise Menu
Velaa Lunch Menu
Velaa Dinner Menu
Waves Menu
Wine Master List
Mini Bar Menu
Meal Plans
Prices are inclusive of tax and fees
Bed and Breakfast per night
30 USD per adult (12 years and above)
15 USD per child (ages between 3 and 11.99 years)
Half Board per night
95 USD per adult (12 years and above)
47.50 USD per child (ages between 3 and 11.99 years)
Complimentary for infants (below 3 years)
Full Board Plus per night
155 USD per adult (12 years and above)
77.50 USD per child (ages between 3 and 11.99 years)
Complimentary for infants (below 3 years)
All-Inclusive per night
230 USD per adult (12 years and above)
115 USD per child (ages 3 and 11.99 years)
Complimentary for infants (below 3 years)
Details can be found here.
F&B Bonvoy Discounts
General Members & Silver Elite 10%
Gold Elite 15%
Platinum, Titanium, & Ambassador Elite 20%
Full Details can be found here.
Resort Map
Can be found here.
Room total can be found here.
Beach Bungalow and Beach Villa are categorized by location. See the resort map for more information.
Paid/confirmed upgrades
Rates per night as of 08-May-2021
From Sunrise OWV to Sunset OWV 50++ USD
From Sunrise OWV to Sunset OWV w/ pool 250++ USD
Terms
Must be for entire duration of reservation
Requires non-refundable payment at time of confirming
Availability and rates subject to change
Can you apply SNAs at this property? No.
Late Checkout Policy (subject to availability)
General Members: None
Silver Elite: "Priority"
Gold Elite: 2pm
Platinum & Titanium Elite: 4pm
Ambassador Elite: 4pm or "Your24"
Welcome Gift
General Members & Silver Elite: None
Gold Elite: 500 points per stay
Platinum, Titanium, and Ambassador Elite: Welcome Gift: 1000 points per stay OR amenity per stay OR breakfast at Turquoise Restaurant per day for 2 persons (member + 1)
Drone Restrictions
"We strictly prohibit the operation of any type of UAV or drones for any purpose within and above the premises of the resort as our guests' privacy is of our utmost concern. This prohibition extends to devices launched from the resort or from outside the boundaries of the resort. If you wish to take photographs or videos, you may do so at the common areas of our resort."
Le Méridien Maldives Resort & Spa, Thilamaafushi, Maldives [Master Thread]
May 1, 2021, 2:09 pm
#31
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: GUM
Programs: OWE, *Gold, STE+, Globalist, Titanium, Spire, Diamond
Posts: 551
Is it me or are the base over water villas bigger than the W? What I don’t like about the W is that the door opens immediately to the bed. Whereas based on the mock ups here, there is a gap and a walk in closet that is in the base villa. Any thoughts on this vs the W? I am thinking of cancelling my W stay in favor of this for half the points.
I’m sure the overall experience would probably be better at the W, based on the positive reviews by FT. Though not sure if it’s twice as good for paying twice the points. The resort manager was previously the rooms director at W so he might have some insight. Maybe @khabah has a contact? I can’t even find a general email for the resort.
Update*: Property has updated Overwater Villa to 100sqm/1076sqft
Last edited by ALGU; May 1, 2021 at 3:21 pm Reason: Updated overwater dimensions
May 1, 2021, 6:30 pm
#32
Join Date: Apr 2021
Location: Manhattan, Palm Beach Island, San Francisco, Boston, & Hong Kong
Programs: Lifetime United Global Services, Delta Plat, Hyatt Globalist, Marriott Ambassador, & Hilton Diamond
Posts: 3,165
A few points properties in the Maldives dont allocate their land villa as a base room for awards like WA, W (small upcharge), or IC. In WAs case, they built more water/reef villas than beach villas, but the land villas kept being booked out by families, so they removed beach villas from being available through points. Something similar could happen here and we could later lose access to them via points.
In fact, the beach bungalow thats available on points vs. the beach villa, have the same rendering and room details. So maybe the LM anticipated this and made the beach bungalow a subcategory of the beach villa for awards. WA did something similar for their ocean villa subcategory of water villas.
I could totally be wrong of course, but hopefully we get more clarification once the property opens,
In fact, the beach bungalow thats available on points vs. the beach villa, have the same rendering and room details. So maybe the LM anticipated this and made the beach bungalow a subcategory of the beach villa for awards. WA did something similar for their ocean villa subcategory of water villas.
I could totally be wrong of course, but hopefully we get more clarification once the property opens,
May 1, 2021, 7:29 pm
#33
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Canada
Posts: 1,511
Not very educated on this one as some of you have probably dealt with in the past.
Why wouldn't the rewards / bookings be showing for February - just haven't updated the system that far or do you think they will up it by then.
Seriously looking at this hotel.........would like to grab some Aeroplan reward bookings sooner than later for this one but would feel more comfortable in having a booking finalized.
.....on another note. I understand the Maldives can be very expensive but what are the costs for alcohol at these hotels and food? I enjoy my cocktails a little bit too much when on vacation!!
I am thinking will get breakfast as Plat and then say spending $300.00 / day at the hotel for drinks whenever and dinner?..or should I be thinking significantly more than that and that is the low end. I am not worried about having steak and lobster every night.
Actually enjoy sitting at the bar/lounge and having dinner - much more casual and more to our liking.
Why wouldn't the rewards / bookings be showing for February - just haven't updated the system that far or do you think they will up it by then.
Seriously looking at this hotel.........would like to grab some Aeroplan reward bookings sooner than later for this one but would feel more comfortable in having a booking finalized.
.....on another note. I understand the Maldives can be very expensive but what are the costs for alcohol at these hotels and food? I enjoy my cocktails a little bit too much when on vacation!!
I am thinking will get breakfast as Plat and then say spending $300.00 / day at the hotel for drinks whenever and dinner?..or should I be thinking significantly more than that and that is the low end. I am not worried about having steak and lobster every night.
Actually enjoy sitting at the bar/lounge and having dinner - much more casual and more to our liking.
May 2, 2021, 4:20 pm
#34
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: GUM
Programs: OWE, *Gold, STE+, Globalist, Titanium, Spire, Diamond
Posts: 551
May 2, 2021, 4:25 pm
#35
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: GUM
Programs: OWE, *Gold, STE+, Globalist, Titanium, Spire, Diamond
Posts: 551
Last edited by ALGU; May 2, 2021 at 4:37 pm
May 2, 2021, 5:38 pm
#36
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Canada
Posts: 1,511
Super. Thanks for sharing the Westin Menu.....I guess I didn't look hard enough but couldn't seem to find a full menu like this. Yikes...I am probably in the lower bracket here when it comes to staying in these places but just to grab a burger at $42.00 USD .....and then a couple of beer and a couple of wines. Just having a casual dinner like this will probably run at $200.00 (what about the other 10 hours of the day ! lol) - I was hoping to budget about $300.00 / day if needed. Obviously wishful thinking on my part. This is still on my list to at least to grab this when the points are right and spend the money but it still kills me to spend that much money on food and booze for 10 days. I usually don't think myself as cheap and of course always like to snag a deal but I feel cheap right now! LOL I guess if we want to visit the Maldives......
May 2, 2021, 7:56 pm
#37
Join Date: Apr 2021
Location: Manhattan, Palm Beach Island, San Francisco, Boston, & Hong Kong
Programs: Lifetime United Global Services, Delta Plat, Hyatt Globalist, Marriott Ambassador, & Hilton Diamond
Posts: 3,165
Someone uploaded housereef first impressions on YouTube
May 2, 2021, 8:03 pm
#38
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Toronto
Programs: UA 1K, AC MM E75, Marriott LT Ti, IHG Dia Amb, Hyatt Glob
Posts: 15,521
Super. Thanks for sharing the Westin Menu.....I guess I didn't look hard enough but couldn't seem to find a full menu like this. Yikes...I am probably in the lower bracket here when it comes to staying in these places but just to grab a burger at $42.00 USD .....and then a couple of beer and a couple of wines. Just having a casual dinner like this will probably run at $200.00 (what about the other 10 hours of the day ! lol) - I was hoping to budget about $300.00 / day if needed. Obviously wishful thinking on my part. This is still on my list to at least to grab this when the points are right and spend the money but it still kills me to spend that much money on food and booze for 10 days. I usually don't think myself as cheap and of course always like to snag a deal but I feel cheap right now! LOL I guess if we want to visit the Maldives......
May 3, 2021, 11:56 am
#41
Original Poster
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Kuwait (KW)
Programs: Qatar Airways, Hyatt, Hilton, Marriott, IHG
Posts: 2,712
May 5, 2021, 2:25 am
#42
Join Date: Mar 2016
Posts: 413
Not very educated on this one as some of you have probably dealt with in the past.
Why wouldn't the rewards / bookings be showing for February - just haven't updated the system that far or do you think they will up it by then.
Seriously looking at this hotel.........would like to grab some Aeroplan reward bookings sooner than later for this one but would feel more comfortable in having a booking finalized.
.....on another note. I understand the Maldives can be very expensive but what are the costs for alcohol at these hotels and food? I enjoy my cocktails a little bit too much when on vacation!!
I am thinking will get breakfast as Plat and then say spending $300.00 / day at the hotel for drinks whenever and dinner?..or should I be thinking significantly more than that and that is the low end. I am not worried about having steak and lobster every night.
Actually enjoy sitting at the bar/lounge and having dinner - much more casual and more to our liking.
Why wouldn't the rewards / bookings be showing for February - just haven't updated the system that far or do you think they will up it by then.
Seriously looking at this hotel.........would like to grab some Aeroplan reward bookings sooner than later for this one but would feel more comfortable in having a booking finalized.
.....on another note. I understand the Maldives can be very expensive but what are the costs for alcohol at these hotels and food? I enjoy my cocktails a little bit too much when on vacation!!
I am thinking will get breakfast as Plat and then say spending $300.00 / day at the hotel for drinks whenever and dinner?..or should I be thinking significantly more than that and that is the low end. I am not worried about having steak and lobster every night.
Actually enjoy sitting at the bar/lounge and having dinner - much more casual and more to our liking.
All the bloggers are publishing this today, going to see an influx of elites during the opening date.. (If it's going on schedule to open in Sep 21)
So I pulled the trigger and booked 5 nights on points (35k/night for 140k total) in early Dec. Not sure travel will be safe later this year, you never know with this covid thing, but we'll definitely be vaccinated by then. Also don't want to lose out and see all the points rate inflate to peak tomorrow. Our strategy is if things are still bad, we can always cancel 10 nights before our stay without penalty. If we like the place, we have 2-3 40k certs left to burn, and can easily extend since 40k is peak rates anyways.
We been to the St Regis in Nov 2019, I would say $300 per day for meals is a more than enough budget if you want to include alcohol per meal. Then again, the St Regis was giving free Champagne every night at the evening ritual, so we just had more budget for food and snacks. We spent about $100-200 ish for every meal. We also didn't go crazy and order steak and lobsters every night.. lol
May 5, 2021, 7:00 am
#43
Join Date: Apr 2013
Programs: HHonors Diamond; Royal Ambassor
Posts: 478
In the background of one of the recently posted pictures, you can see the local island Olhuvelifushi, should be in walking/wading distance...
aerial view and other construction fotos.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Th...14m1!1BCgIgAQ#
aerial view and other construction fotos.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Th...14m1!1BCgIgAQ#
May 5, 2021, 7:34 am
#44
Join Date: Mar 2012
Posts: 3,166
Looks pretty good for a 35K points property.
It is expected with this price point, but the outdoor space of the water villas looks small and the lounge chairs don't look that comfortable.
Nevertheless, very enticing at 35K points per night.
It is expected with this price point, but the outdoor space of the water villas looks small and the lounge chairs don't look that comfortable.
Nevertheless, very enticing at 35K points per night.