Maldives is a country well known for extravagant beach holidays that attract over a million tourists every year. More than a quarter of resorts target luxury tourists. In peak season they pay thousands of dollar per night. Increasing number of tourists have caused chaos in the main Velana International Airport earlier this month and December. But, some lucky tourists who were aware of the premium service offered by Priority Maldives did not experience overcrowded situation in the arrival and departure terminal.
Priority Maldives is local travel agent based in the capital of Maldives and serves exclusively for luxury holidaymakers. Some of their tourists fly in to the Maldives in private jet, many in business of first class of commercial aircrafts. What they offer for the guests who want to avoid long queues is part of their VIP airport service. Under the package guests are greeted at the flight stairs as soon as they get off the plane and gets escorted directly to the lounge, instead of arrival terminal. Based on the distance between aircraft and lounge they may involve a vehicle that is shared with all VIPs arriving on the particular flight.
Once in the lounge the staff offers pre-reserved seats to make guests comfortable and offer drinks and snacks. While guests enjoy in comfort the Immigration Officers visit them to process passports. This happens while the regular passengers wait in queues to process their passports. For regular guests it takes about 45 minutes to 90 minutes to exit the airport terminal. The VIPs are on fast land they can exit within 10 minutes if they don’t have any checked-in baggage. Baggage collection takes some time as they first make to the belt. The staff collects baggage and presents to VIP guests sipping drinks in the lounge. When it is time to exit there is a representative arranged by Priority Maldives visiting the lounge to receive and escort the guest to transfer to the resort. The whole process is well planned and streamlined to perfectly suit to luxury holidays.
Despite so many luxury resort the Maldives also offers a broad range of budget holiday options. If you are planning budget holiday you the accommodations are available in local islands instead of private islands or resorts. Maafushi is one of the popular islands located near Velana International Airport that offers budget hotels under $150 per night. You may be surprised that for this price in some countries you can get five star hotel. In Maldives this is budget range. But, the budget hotels are also great in terms of quality, cleanliness and services. You are also accessible for variety of experiences such as scuba diving, reef snorkeling, sunset cruise, night fishing, jetski rides, sandbank picnic trips. In summer period the budget holidays are cheaper, you can workout a package that is about $70 – $100 per night. Many of these hotels also include a continental breakfast in the package. But, the local breakfast known as Mashuni Roshi is a simple but tasty choice for many. It is basically a tuna salad with a thick Indian bread.
Honeymoon holidays are perfect in private villas located in secluded locations with vegetation around to give privacy to the guests. The Maldives Private Villa features a collection of such bungalows either on the beach or overwater. These options are more exclusive and hence more pricey. For honeymoon holidays that happen once in a lifetime deserves a good investment that you can afford. Maldives has been widely regarded as the most romantic destination. There are reasons for that. Many island destinations such as Bora Bora or Fiji offers resorts located in bigger islands where locals and tourism take place together. In Maldives the resorts are isolated and local residents live in separate islands, this makes it more peaceful and convenient for guests to enjoy in Sunni-Muslim country. This also gives a balance that works perfectly for both sides. Local enjoys their local way of life while tourists enjoy beach in bikini.
Apart from islands, there luxury yachts if you want to stay aboard for a week on your honeymoon. It can cruise in the Indian Ocean and visit several resorts on the way. You can arrange this through a local travel agent and they will keep you contact as you travel. You can let them know which resorts you like to visit and the agent would communicate with resort for day visits. You can hop among different resorts, have breakfast in one and dinner in another. In a week you could experience about 5 different resorts. You can also plan to cruise in a tiny area of islands that you really like. For example the Baa Atoll region is rich in marine life. If you visit in summer there is a Hanifaru Bay manta experience which offers swimming with manta ways that gather annually to feast on planktons released by coral. It is a NATGEO featured manta point that is exceptionally rare to encounter anywhere in the world.
