How to choose islands and hotels in Maldives

This question has been asked by many people, and it is also one of the most headache problems for everyone to travel to Maldives. Next, I will answer this question through three principles+five angles and a guide to choosing islands by looking at pictures.

Three principles of island selection. First: Who are you going with? Parents suggested options:

Close to Male+islands with Chinese service+meals suitable for China people+medical services.

Suggested choices for children:

Allow children to go to the island+have children's clubs+have preferential policies for children+attach importance to children's services+have family suites (or provide extra bed services)

Suggested options for anniversary/honeymoon:

The whole Maldives is a honeymoon paradise, a holiday resort tailored for honeymoon, so this group of people has a wide range of choices ~ you just need to go to the person you like ~

If you want to snorkel well, go snorkeling a; If you want to eat floating breakfast, go to the one where you eat floating breakfast; If you want to experience the water slide, find an island with a water slide …

The second point: What are the requirements? Knowing what specific requirements you have for hotel services when choosing a hotel can quickly reduce the number of isolated islands and find the most suitable one.

Special services-all-inclusive, Chinese service, butler service and medical service.

Island features-few people, low room density, good privacy, perfect beach, perfect snorkeling and mini island.

Mode of transportation-domestic flights (inland planes), seaplanes and speedboats go to the island.

Accommodation features-Wu Sha, Shuiwu, Wu Sha swimming pool, Shuiwu swimming pool, private swimming pool, infinity swimming pool, family suite, jacuzzi, Shuiwu directly going out to sea, private boat accommodation, water swing, net red net bed and water slide.

Hotel services-free wifi, free drinking water, laundry service, free mini-bar, clothes ironing.

Dining features-cafeteria, bar, floating breakfast, villa dining, sandbar dinner, underwater restaurant, private order.

Activity features-free snorkeling, water activities, diving center, spa, aerial landing on the island, theme activities.

The third point: What is the price? According to their own ability to accept, delimit the budget scope, and at the same time screen out a large number of isolated islands. At present, the average price of four stars in the Ma Dynasty is 8,000-1 0.3 million, the average price of five stars110,000-10.8 million and the average price of six stars10.5 million-25,000. (The above prices are for reference, and the consumption on the island varies greatly. )

5 angles, rapid initial screening At the beginning of island selection, the islands can be initially screened through the following five categories (transportation, accommodation, catering, facilities and features).

The first step of the first mode of transportation is to choose an airline. Generally, flights to Maldives are direct flights to major cities in China. If you need a longer vacation time, you can choose a connecting flight. Singapore Airlines is the first to be promoted, with good service facilities and relatively expensive expenses.

Tips:

The price of direct flights is higher than that of connecting flights, but stopovers will take more time and energy. If there are old people or children at home, it will be more worry-free.

Ordinary direct flight

Departing cities: Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Xi and other cities.

Airlines: Meijia Airlines, Capital Airlines, China Eastern Airlines, China Southern Airlines, Cathay Pacific Airlines, Maldives National Airlines Q2, etc.

Ordinary connecting flight

Departure cities: Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Hong Kong, etc.

Airlines: Singapore Airlines, srilankan airlines, Emirates Airlines and Qatar Airways.

Transit: Singapore, Hong Kong, Colombo, Dubai, Bangkok, etc.

If there are direct flights in your city, you can leave directly from your city, which can save a lot of time.

The second step is to choose the transportation on the island. The first is popular science time. There are three modes of transportation on the island:

1. Seaplanes: It should be noted that seaplanes do not fly at night. Guests arriving after 4 o'clock must stay in Male for one night and go to the island the next morning. The average price is 300-800 USD/person.

2. speedboat: there is a 24-hour shuttle bus that can go to the island on the same day. The price is 50-200 USD/person.

3. Inland plane+speedboat: Inland plane can fly at night, which means that the island of inland plane can usually connect all international flights and can go to the island on the same day, and the price is 200-400 USD/person (except for some very far islands, it is recommended to transfer at Male on the same day).

Tips: flying on water is noisy, and it will be hot without air conditioning, but the scenery is very good, overlooking the beautiful scenery of the Indian Ocean;

You need to change speedboats for internal flight, which is comfortable and fast, but it's quite tossing, because you can't see enough beautiful scenery such as water flight at high altitude ~

The second meal 1. Food Style Most resorts in Maldives offer two types of meals, buffet and a la carte. Generally speaking, the main restaurant provides buffet, and the cost is included in the room rate. The resort may provide one or more special restaurants for tourists to order. Each specialty restaurant offers different flavors of food, including Japanese food, Italian style and Spanish dinner. Some resorts also offer various delicacies from China, such as hot pot, barbecue, noodles and rice.

2. The types of meals provided by most resorts can be divided into the following four types (some resorts will provide upgraded all-inclusive meals):

Bb bed breakfast includes breakfast.

Half board includes breakfast and dinner.

FB- Full board includes breakfast, lunch and dinner.

AI- All-inclusive, three meals a day+some snacks and drinks+some activities on the island.

Restaurant consumption in Maldives is mainly in US dollars, which is on the high side. At the same time, the higher the star rating, the higher the consumption on the island. You can choose one-price all-inclusive before booking. If you can have the Chinese price list of the island you are going to and make your own meal budget, you don't have to pay all the price. You can also change restaurants at will every day, instead of just eating one-price all-inclusive designated restaurants.

Tips: BB, HB and FB generally do not contain catering drinks, but they can provide drinking water and some soft drinks for free, and the extra ones need to be purchased separately. Many hotels include breakfast BB by default, but there are also packages to upgrade HB/FB/AI, which can be booked from merchants before going out, and the corresponding fees can be upgraded, or upgraded at the hotel after going to the island. (The price of one-price all-inclusive and BB is different by thousands per capita. You can compare it and see how cost-effective it is. It is not necessarily cheaper to eat it all at one price than to eat it yourself. )

The third kind of accommodation is 1. Hotel style (fashionable and lively, quiet and luxurious, natural and simple, leisure and sports)

Many hotels in Maldives have different styles, mainly divided into primitive and modern types. The specific subdivision includes fashion, liveliness, quiet luxury, natural simplicity and leisure sports. Know the style you really need and choose the most suitable one.

2. Types of houses (boathouse, sand house, water house, sand house with swimming pool, water house with swimming pool, tree house, and recently very popular "water slide" and "beach bubble house" ...)

3. Can the water house be launched directly? Some hotels in Maldives have a very good water house environment. You can go snorkeling directly. Even if you don't go into the water, you can stand on the deck of the villa and watch fish and sharks pass by from time to time …

4. What is the room size, accommodation and privacy? Most islands have water houses and sand houses, and sand and water are basically the standard for China people to travel. Further needs are whether there is a private swimming pool, a private beach, a net bed, whether you can enjoy a floating breakfast ... What is the density of the room, privacy, the sunset over there, whether there is shelter in front of the house or not ... These needs can also help you choose the island more clearly.

Tip: Many people will ask about hotel star rating and hotel brand. I don't recommend hotel brands and hotel stars as screening criteria. Although the hotel star rating can be referenced, the star rating here is not absolutely authoritative. The star rating of Madai Island is the agent of many Maldives. According to the experience of tourism, there are 369 resorts in Maldives 100.

The fourth natural environment The natural environment here mainly includes snorkeling, beaches and whether there are large breakwaters.

1. snorkeling Maldives snorkeling grades are divided into three categories: A B C,

The corals and fish around the A-class islands are very rich and diverse. You can see many beautiful underwater creatures without going into the water, even turtles, clown fish and sharks.

Class B island fish and corals are relatively few, but they can meet most of the needs of snorkeling.

There are few corals and fishes in the C-class island, and some even don't exist, so it is not suitable for people who have strong requirements for snorkeling to choose C-class.

But in fact, this rating is only for the division of the island itself. There will be all kinds of snorkeling, deep diving and free diving activities on the island, all of which are famous or particularly good diving spots, which can make up for the shortcomings of the island itself. After all, the construction of water houses and islands will cause certain damage to the water quality environment of the islands themselves.

Features such as fluorescent snorkeling at night, watching dolphins at sea, the famous devil fish snorkeling in Madai, whale shark swimming and so on are all very famous activities.

Tips:

Similarly, the rating of snorkeling here is also a simple classification of snorkeling in Maldives by domestic agents, which has certain reference significance. However, if you choose one of the A-class snorkeling islands, most people will be at a loss. That's when my little secret book comes into play. By comparing two A-class snorkeling islands with maps, we can not only judge which one is better, but also know whether these islands are really high-quality islands.

2. Beach The beach quality of most islands in Maldives is generally high, soft and white, good and bad. The beach quality of some islands is average and the sand is coarse. Trailing beach, which is super suitable for taking pictures, is also available on many islands in Maldives. For example, Madai is currently known as the longest trailing "Finoff" and "Kulamati" …

Tips:

Those islands with better beaches are also divided into natural beaches and artificial beaches. Sand from artificial beaches is shipped from other places. If some small partners have this requirement, they should also pay attention to this issue when choosing an island.

3. Is there a large breakwater? Some islands in Maldives will build breakwaters, and obvious breakwaters will affect the scenery. Some islands have only one side, which has little impact. Some islands may have all sides. It would be a tragedy to choose such an island.

Category V facilities and functions 1. Island features Many friends want to go to Maldives now, all for the island features of various online media such as Fackbook and Xiaohongshu, such as endless swimming pool, water slide, net red net bed, water swing, glass floor, jacuzzi, private swimming pool, floating breakfast, trailing beach, bubble house and so on. When choosing an island, choose what you want most.

2. The event Ma Dai gave most people the impression of "Buddhist drama", lying down, sleeping, sleeping ~

But in fact, many friends who have been there will be attracted by all kinds of interesting activities (of course, not including many Madai tourists who believe in Buddhism to sleep and relax). Every day, there are many deep snorkeling activities, sea activities and so on, as well as parties held by various hotels. Similar to the "Robinson Nunu Island" mentioned above, it is an island in the form of a club with a new theme every night. The overall atmosphere on the island is relatively happy and there are many activities.

So if you just want to watch dolphins, whale sharks snorkeling and devil fish swimming together … then you can find an island with such a project.

When you know an island, you must first know the location of all the facilities on the island. Maps are very necessary. Being abroad, if your foreign language is not very good and you have the practical experience of countless tourists, you must have a good map! ! ! Moreover, a good map can easily show the size, shape, beach size, coral and snorkeling of the island.

Take the map of the central big island as an example:

The black area indicated by A refers to trench, and B refers to snorkeling channel. Manual excavation can easily swim to the trench without being scratched by coral. The light blue area represented by C represents lagoon, and the dark green area represented by D represents coral, which is suitable for people with average water quality to snorkel.

1. The Central Hotel is oval as a whole, and there is a large beach on the north side of the island, which is of very high quality. 2. The trench on the north side of the island is very close, so you can easily enter snorkeling. Beginners can also find suitable snorkeling sites with lagoons and corals around the island. Coral has a large area and the overall growth condition is good. We can easily see the location of all the buildings on the island, and my mother no longer has to worry that I can't find my way. If you have friends who like watching sunrise and sunset as much as I do, you can look at some places suitable for watching sunrise and sunset on the map. It really feels like holding a picture, which is available all over the world. Of course, this little secret book didn't work at first. If you look at the maps of more than 100 islands one by one, I'm afraid friends who choose islands will really collapse on the spot.

It is written at the back that the method that many friends will adopt when choosing an island is "recommended by an agent or a friend who knows". Generally, other people's recommendations have strong subjective will, and they think that good ones may not be suitable for you. Moreover, in China, there are also a lot of phenomena of controlling houses and tickets. Most merchants recommend their own islands with this phenomenon, which is inevitably biased ~

Many people always think that agency is reasonable and fair. In fact, because the agency has direct cooperation with some hotels, their recommendation will only be limited to those hotels that can maximize their interests, while some hotels that have not established direct contact will be directly abandoned by them.

Most of the island selection strategies in the market are about more than 20 10 islands, which leads to more and more people on these islands in recent years, but the environment and services are declining year by year. On the other hand, due to the fact that a large number of high-quality islands have rarely appeared, the stability of the number of people has kept the service quality at a high level and the environment has not been destroyed.

Therefore, only when we really know our own needs can we quickly choose the right island while saving time as much as possible.

In a word, Madai is a holiday paradise, and there is a legend that Madai will sink after 100 years. Whether it's true or not, let's go while Madai is still young! ! !