This question has been asked by many people, and it is also one of the most puzzling problems for people to travel to Maldives. Below I will answer this question through three principles+five angles, and a "guide to choosing islands by looking at pictures". Three principles of choosing islands. Number one: Who are you going with?
Suggested choice with parents:
Island near Male+Chinese service+meals suitable for Chinese people+medical services
Suggested choice with 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 choice for anniversary/honeymoon:
If you want to have a floating breakfast, go to the one with a floating breakfast; If you want to experience a water slide, find which island has a water slide … point two: what are the requirements?
knowing what specific requirements you have for hotel services when choosing a hotel can quickly reduce the number of islands and find the most suitable one.
Special services-all-inclusive, Chinese service, butler service, medical service
Island features-fewer people, low room density, good privacy, perfect beach, perfect snorkeling, mini island
Transportation mode-domestic flights (inland planes), seaplanes, speedboats on the island
Accommodation features-sand house, water house, and so on. Water swing, net red net bed, water slide
Hotel services-free wifi, free drinking water, laundry service, free mini bar, clothes ironing
Catering features-cafeteria, bar, floating breakfast, villa dining, sandbar dinner, underwater restaurant, privately ordered
Activity features-free snorkeling, water sports, diving center, spa, and so on.
according to your own acceptance ability, delimit the budget range, and at the same time screen out a large number of islands. At present, the average price of four stars in Madai is 8,111-13,111, the average price of five stars is 11,111-18,111, and the average price of six stars is 15,111-25,111. For ultra-luxurious ones like Baima and Jani, the minimum per capita is about 3.5, which is not capped. (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 preliminarily screened through the following five categories (transportation, accommodation, catering, facilities and features). The first step of the first type of transportation is to choose airlines
Generally, flights to Maldives are direct flights from 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 fees.
tips:
The price of direct flight is higher than the transfer opportunity, but it will take more time and energy to stop in the middle of the transfer, so it will be more worry-free if there are elderly people or children at home who suggest choosing direct flight.
Common direct flights
Departing cities: Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Xi 'an and other cities.
Airlines: Meijia Airlines, Capital Airlines, China Eastern Airlines, China Southern Airlines, Cathay Pacific Airlines, Maldives National Airlines Q2, etc.
Common connecting flights
Departing cities: Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Hong Kong, etc.
Airlines: Singapore Airlines, Sri Lanka Airlines, Emirates Airlines, Qatar Airways, etc.
transit places: Singapore, Hong Kong, Colombo, Dubai, Bangkok, etc.
If there are direct flights in your city, you can start directly from your city, which can save a lot of time. The second step is to choose the transportation to the island.
First of all, there are three kinds of transportation to the island:
1. Seaplane: It should be noted that the seaplane is not flying at night, and the guests who arrive after 4 o'clock must stay in Male for one night and go to the island the next morning, with an average price of 311-811 USD/person.
2. speedboat: shuttle service is available 24 hours a day, and you can go to the island on the same day. The price is 51-211 USD/person.
3. Inland plane+speedboat: Inland plane can fly at night, which means that the island of inland plane can usually connect with all international flights and can go to the island on the same day, and the price is 211-411 USD/person (except for a few islands which are very far away, it is recommended to transit in Male on the same day). Tips:
Water flying is noisy, and it will be hotter without air conditioning, but the scenery is very good, overlooking the beauty of the Indian Ocean;
you need to change to a speedboat for the internal flight, which is comfortable and fast, but it is quite tossing, because you can't see enough beauty like the water flight at high altitude ~ the second kind of food 1. Food style
Most resorts in Maldives offer two types of food, buffet and ordering food. In general, 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 food. Each special restaurant provides different flavors of food, including Japanese delicacies, Italian customs and Spanish dinners. Some resorts also provide various cuisines from China, such as hot pot, barbecue, noodles, rice and so on. 2. types of meals
the types of meals provided by most resorts can be mainly divided into the following four types (some resorts will provide an upgraded version of all-inclusive meals):
bb-bed breakfast with breakfast
HB-half board with breakfast and dinner
FB-full board with breakfast, lunch and dinner
AI-all inclusive, Three meals a day+some snacks and drinks+some activities on the island
The consumption of restaurants in Maldives is mainly in US dollars, which is on the high side, and 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 have one-price all-inclusive. 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 include dining 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 they also offer packages to upgrade HB/FB/AI, which can be booked from the merchants before going out, and the corresponding fees can be upgraded, or they can be upgraded at the hotel after going to the island. (The price of one-price all-inclusive and BB, the average per capita difference is several thousand. You can compare and see how it is cost-effective. It is not necessarily that one-price all-inclusive is cheaper than eating by yourself. ) the third kind of accommodation 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, and the specific subdivision includes fashionable and lively, quiet and luxurious, natural and simple, leisure and sports. Understand the style you really need and choose the most suitable one. 2. Type of house
(boat house, sand house, water house, sand house with swimming pool, water house with swimming pool, tree house, and "water slide" and "beach bubble house" which are very popular recently ...) 3. Can the water house be directly launched
Some hotels in Maldives have a very good water house environment, and they can go snorkeling directly, even if they don't.
Most islands have water houses and sand houses, and sand and water are basically the standard for Chinese people to travel. The further demand is 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, the privacy, the sunset over there, and whether there is shelter in front of the house … These requirements can also help you choose the island more clearly. Tips:
Many people will ask for hotel star rating and hotel brand. I don't recommend hotel brand and hotel star rating as screening conditions. Although 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 the tourism industry, more than 1,111 resorts in Maldives are divided into 369 categories. The fourth kind of natural environment
The natural environment here mainly includes snorkeling, beaches and whether there are large breakwaters. 1. snorkeling
The snorkeling level in Maldives is divided into three categories: AB and C.
The corals and fish around the islands of Grade A are very rich and diverse, and many beautiful underwater creatures, even turtles, clown fish and sharks, can be seen without going into the water.
There are relatively few class B island fishes and corals, but they can meet most of the demand for snorkeling.
The C-class islands are rare in coral and fish, and some even do not exist, so those with strong requirements for snorkeling are not suitable for choosing C-class.
But in fact, this rating is only for 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 especially 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 island itself.
Special activities 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 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 overwhelmed. At this time, my little cheats came 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, some are good and some are bad, and some islands have average beach quality and coarse sand. Trailing beach, which is super suitable for taking pictures, is also owned by many islands in the Maldives. For example, "Finoff" and "Kulamati" in Madai, which are currently known as the longest tails ...
Tips:
Those islands with good beaches are also divided into natural beaches and artificial beaches. The sand from artificial beaches is transported from other places. If there are small partners who have requirements in this regard, we should also pay attention to this issue when choosing islands. 3. Are there large breakwaters
Some islands in Maldives will build breakwaters, and the obvious breakwaters will affect the scenery. Some islands have only one side, and the impact is not great. Some islands may have all sides. It would be a tragedy to choose such an island. The fifth type of facilities and features 1. Island features
Nowadays, many friends want to go to Maldives for the island features of various online media such as Fackbook and Little Red Book, 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, etc. When choosing an island, choose what you want most. 2. Activities
Madai gives most people the impression of "Buddhist play", lying, sleeping, lying and sleeping ~
But in fact, many friends who have been there will be attracted by a wide variety of fun activities (of course, not including many Madai tourists who are Buddhist to lie and sleep and have a slow pace), and there are many deep snorkeling activities, sea activities and so on every day, as well as parties held in various hotels. Similar to the "Robinson Nunu Island" mentioned above, this is an island in the form of a club, with new themes every night. The overall atmosphere of 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. Look at the picture and choose an island
When you know an island, you must first know the location of all the facilities on the island. A map is very necessary. Being abroad, if your foreign language is not very good, there are countless tourists' practical experience, that is, to have a good map! ! ! And a good map can easily show the size, shape, beach size, coral and snorkeling of the island.
Take the map of Central Grand Island as an example: the black area indicated by A means the trench B means the snorkeling channel, which is dug by hand, so it is convenient to swim to the trench without being scratched by coral; the light blue area indicated by C means the black-green area indicated by lagoon D means the coral, which is suitable for people with average water quality to snorkel
It can be seen that 1. The Central Grand Island is oval in shape as a whole, and there are large beaches on the north side of the island, with 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 whole island. Coral area is very large and the overall growth condition is good. We can easily see the location of all the buildings on the island, and mom doesn't have to worry that I can't find the way anymore. If you have friends who like watching sunrise and sunset as much as I do, you can see which places are suitable for watching sunrise and sunset on the map.
I really feel like I have a picture in my hand. Of course, this little secret book was not used at the beginning. If you look at the maps of more than 111 islands one by one, the friends who choose the islands are afraid that they will really collapse on the spot. Write in the back
Many friends will adopt the method of "letting an understanding agent or friend recommend" when choosing an island. Generally, the recommendation of others has a strong subjective will, and they think that the good one may not be suitable for you. Moreover, in China, there are also many phenomena of controlling rooms and tickets. Most merchants recommend you to their own islands with this phenomenon, so it is inevitable to be biased ~
Many people always think that the agent is reasonable and fair. In fact, because the agent has direct cooperation with some hotels, their recommendation will only be limited to those hotels that can maximize their interests, and some hotels that have not established direct contact will be directly abandoned by them.
Most of the strategies for selecting islands in the market refer to more than 21 islands over and over again, resulting in more and more people in these islands in recent years, and the environment and services are declining year after year with more and more people. On the other hand, because the "appearances" of a large number of high-quality islands are really few, 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 after you really know your own needs can you quickly choose the right island while saving your time as much as possible.
In a word, Madai is a holiday paradise, and there is a legend that Madai will sink after 111 years. Whether it is true or not, let's take a trip while Madai is still young and we still have time! ! !