Maldives is a dream destination to more people. This one for them who want to enjoy their vacation in Maldives. If you are a couple this the best place for your romantic date. Above Sun, Below Sea when you open your eyes at morning, what a lovely feel.
Right time for a trip
which can save you a lot of money in the Maldives trip.Maldives can be visited anytime, but the peak season to visit Maldives is from November to Mid- April.Accomodation prices are at a peak at that time. If you are planning a trip in this time then you will have to spend a little more compared to rest of the year.The lean phase is in the monsoon starting from May till September, accomodation prices are relatively lower at that time.If you want to save some money then monsoon can be a time to plan your Maldives trip.So if you are planning your Maldives travel then, in my opinion, this time period is the most suitable.'how to go'.Currently the available options are only by flight. From all the Metros like Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Kochi you can get direct flights to Male.There are 2 international airports but all the flights from India go to Male International Airport.
Internet facility
Now if we talk about internet, all the accomodations in Maldives whether they are hotels, guest houses or resorts, you will get Wifi everywhere. but if you want independence to go Live while on the beach and post photographs from there then you will need a SIM card.
Transport
Accomodation and transportation in Maldives are the two expenses which you can increase or reduce to adjust your budget.
Whether you are planning a luxury trip or a budget trip will depend on where you are going to stay and
what mode of transportation are you going to use to reach there.
You can plan a trip in 2 ways.
First option is budget, of course and the second is luxury or leisure trip. To plan a budget trip in Maldives,
- It is necessary that you stay at a public island where there are guest houses and hotels because they cost much less than resort islands.
- Second advantage is that to reach there you can use shared transportation whether they are shared speedboats or ferries.
Ferries are quite low cost, starting price is only USD $2 and for the speedboats, and time taken by speedboat is 35 minutes whereas ferry takes 1.5 hours. So the biggest advantage of staying on a public island isyou can use shared transport.. Talking about advantages there are many advantages of staying on a public island.
- Your food costs is reduced because there are a lot of eateries and you don't depend on your resort or hotel,
- Cost of food is quite less in hotels and eateries with respect to private island resorts.
- There are many excursions which also cost quite less compared to those in private islands. Most excursions start from US $20.
You can do those excursions and also if you want to have fun like on a private island while staying on public island,there are many tour agents on public islands who can plan a day trip to some resort. Traveling to and from the resort island,having lunch there, some drinks, use of the facilities there, snorkeling gear, etc.
The biggest con of staying on a public island is that the beaches are more crowded compared to island resort andprobably only one beach is dedicated to tourists where there are no restrictions of the local laws.
Now, if your budget is little higher, if you feel you can visit a private island then there are some resorts below the
luxury and ultra luxury resorts which provide budget accomodation on private resort islands. I will share 2-3 links,
If you are visiting a private island even than you can save some of your money, I have a money saving tip for that.
If take a costing from them and compare it with the resort, I'm sure there will be a difference in them and you can arrangeyour own transportation and visit the resort island and enjoy you trip.
After budget and semi-luxury let's talk about luxury trip.
If you are planning a luxury trip I will suggest you to get all-inclusive packages because it includes everything,your travel to and fro, breakfast, lunch, dinner, drinks. I found a website Luxury Escapes which has many good packages.
Now if we talk about food, the food is quite costly with respect to India. So if you want to save on food and
If you plan about 1-2 months prior then from all cities in India like Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Kochi from wheredirect flights are available, on an average for 2 people, I'm telling the expense for a couple, the average flight cost
Chennai to male return flight Rs.30,000 (for couple)
After that the next option for minimum expense is to stay on a public island, I'm taking an example of Maafushi as a public islandyou will get a room for about Rs.5,000 a night including breakfast so if you stay for 4 nights,your hotel accomodation cost will be about Rs.20,000. Next is food, if you take about 8 meals in 4 days
Apart from this, the excursions start from $20. Most important expense is reaching the public island from the airport.
That costs about $20 per person per way which is about $80 expense.
So consider that in about 59000 rupees you can easily plan a 4 day trip to Maldives from India.
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| Arena beach hotel |
Budget Stay on Public Islands
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| Biyadhoo Island Resort |
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| Pullman resort |
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