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Maldives: All Inclusive Mercure Maldives Kooddoo Resort 5 Nights for 2 Guests
from $2899
(Travel Nov. 1, 2021 - Dec. 23, 2022)at Travelzoo
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Mercure Maldives Kooddoo Resort via Travelzoo has a voucher for 5-Night Stay for 2 People in a Beach Villa for $2889 that includes daily breakfast, lunch and dinner, drinks and complimentary round trip domestic flights from Male airport. Valid for travel from Nov. 1, 2021 - Dec. 23, 2022.
Thanks to Deal Hunter serra for finding this deal.
Note, prices are for two guests per villa (not per person) and include 10% service charges and 12% local taxes — normally these would cost you more than $1500 per booking.
There is an option to purchase a 9-night stay that comes with activities and excursions or just purchase extra nights for $444 per night.
How to Book: Purchase a voucher from Travelzoo then follow the instructions on the voucher to make a reservation for your desired travel dates. To check availability or for general questions, please email the resort at [email protected]. Please allow 24-48 hours for a response. The number of rooms available at this discounted rate is limited and dates may sell out.
Mercure Maldives Kooddoo Resort via Travelzoo has a voucher for 5-Night Stay for 2 People in a Beach Villa for $2889 that includes daily breakfast, lunch and dinner, drinks and complimentary round trip domestic flights from Male airport. Valid for travel from Nov. 1, 2021 - Dec. 23, 2022.
Thanks to Deal Hunter serra for finding this deal.
Note, prices are for two guests per villa (not per person) and include 10% service charges and 12% local taxes — normally these would cost you more than $1500 per booking.
There is an option to purchase a 9-night stay that comes with activities and excursions or just purchase extra nights for $444 per night.
How to Book: Purchase a voucher from Travelzoo then follow the instructions on the voucher to make a reservation for your desired travel dates. To check availability or for general questions, please email the resort at [email protected]. Please allow 24-48 hours for a response. The number of rooms available at this discounted rate is limited and dates may sell out.
Editor's Notes
Written by RevOne | Staff- About this deal:
- See the forum thread for additional discussion and travel tips regarding this deal.
- About this product:
- Mercure Maldives Kooddoo Resort is a 4-Star Rated resort.
- Additional notes:
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Update: This popular deal is still available.
Mercure Maldives Kooddoo Resort via Travelzoo has a voucher for 5-Night Stay for 2 People in a Beach Villa for $2889 that includes daily breakfast, lunch and dinner, drinks and complimentary round trip domestic flights from Male airport. Valid for travel from Nov. 1, 2021 - Dec. 23, 2022.
Thanks to Deal Hunter serra for finding this deal.
Note, prices are for two guests per villa (not per person) and include 10% service charges and 12% local taxes — normally these would cost you more than $1500 per booking.
There is an option to purchase a 9-night stay that comes with activities and excursions or just purchase extra nights for $444 per night.
How to Book: Purchase a voucher from Travelzoo then follow the instructions on the voucher to make a reservation for your desired travel dates. To check availability or for general questions, please email the resort at [email protected]. Please allow 24-48 hours for a response. The number of rooms available at this discounted rate is limited and dates may sell out.
Mercure Maldives Kooddoo Resort via Travelzoo has a voucher for 5-Night Stay for 2 People in a Beach Villa for $2889 that includes daily breakfast, lunch and dinner, drinks and complimentary round trip domestic flights from Male airport. Valid for travel from Nov. 1, 2021 - Dec. 23, 2022.
Thanks to Deal Hunter serra for finding this deal.
Note, prices are for two guests per villa (not per person) and include 10% service charges and 12% local taxes — normally these would cost you more than $1500 per booking.
There is an option to purchase a 9-night stay that comes with activities and excursions or just purchase extra nights for $444 per night.
How to Book: Purchase a voucher from Travelzoo then follow the instructions on the voucher to make a reservation for your desired travel dates. To check availability or for general questions, please email the resort at [email protected]. Please allow 24-48 hours for a response. The number of rooms available at this discounted rate is limited and dates may sell out.
Editor's Notes
Written by RevOne | Staff- About this deal:
- See the forum thread for additional discussion and travel tips regarding this deal.
- About this product:
- Mercure Maldives Kooddoo Resort is a 4-Star Rated resort.
- Additional notes:
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"Do not travel to Maldives due to COVID-19. Exercise increased caution in Maldives due to terrorism."
Thats enough for me... lol. There are thousands of places to travel to in this world... Many that aren't a huge risk for Covid or Terrorism.
The inhabited islands (to my limited experience) have designated beaches where tourists may dress as they like. At the two islands I visited, the "bikini beaches" were the best beaches available in terms of sand and palm trees etc. On the street, nobody was called out, that I saw, but respect for their culture requires compliance. It is a Muslim country and if you venture off the resort islands you should try to honor their culture. If you don't want to do that, go to Florida instead.
The advantages of the local islands is the $$. A restaurant meal might cost as much as 200 rupiyee ($14), but 70-120 is more typical. A room costs $40 - $100. Dive shops are more eager and less expensive than at the resort. (Hint - "Noodles" = ramen)
Covid though... Resorts are less likely to receive you if you're not coming directly from Male, so go to the resort first then transfer to the local island. There's a "split-stay" form. Confirm in advance with any hotel that they will accept a split-stay from where-ever before you book. (Did I mention that Rocket Travel & T-mobile are Satan?).
Will the local island accept a split-stay from the resort? Can you use the domestic airport after staying at the local Island? Be sure. This resort is WAY to the south. A speedboat will be painful.
And, if you're reading to the end... take mosquito repellant. Even the resort we went to struggled (but failed) to keep us unbitten.
EDIT: Use google maps when choosing a guest house (Local Island hotel). Most are not on a beach. I'm told that which side of the island has sand cycles with the season, but west facing beaches always get the sunset show. At Mala Dihangethi they struggle to keep a beach, but what they have is right there. On Dhigurah, Athiri Beach has sand when you walk out the door. Others have 30 or 40 feet of jungle first.
Another Edit: Masks. On the local Island Dihangethi, no one other than government officials and health clinic staff wore masks. Months ago, someone got sick, but that was then and this is now. On Dhigurah we collected data. Regarding people in the streets, 20% wore masks, mostly young women, 20% wore chin diapers & 60% were unmasked. For people working in the guest houses and restaurants, 100% wore masks.
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Actually in Maldives right now near this resort, also went through the same small airport as them but took a different speed boat to ours (Pullman). Make sure to opt for the overwater bungalows if you can.
The fact that the reff is right outside your room is huge, we are about 100m from our reef and during monsoon season, winds pick up fast and out of nowhere making swimming in open ocean sketchy at best.
The flight from the states is very long - likely have to take Qatar or Emirates with stops in Dubai or Doha. Once you land in Male, need to take small plane for domestic flight to KooDoo - these flights are limited. So we landed at 7am and had to wait until 12:30pm for our flight to Koodoo. There is a nice lounge but expect somewhere close to 30-35 hrs of travel usually, 24 is best case scenario. Once you land on Koodoo, have to take a speedboat to resort
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The inhabited islands (to my limited experience) have designated beaches where tourists may dress as they like. At the two islands I visited, the "bikini beaches" were the best beaches available in terms of sand and palm trees etc. On the street, nobody was called out, that I saw, but respect for their culture requires compliance. It is a Muslim country and if you venture off the resort islands you should try to honor their culture. If you don't want to do that, go to Florida instead.
The advantages of the local islands is the $$. A restaurant meal might cost as much as 200 rupiyee ($14), but 70-120 is more typical. A room costs $40 - $100. Dive shops are more eager and less expensive than at the resort. (Hint - "Noodles" = ramen)
Covid though... Resorts are less likely to receive you if you're not coming directly from Male, so go to the resort first then transfer to the local island. There's a "split-stay" form. Confirm in advance with any hotel that they will accept a split-stay from where-ever before you book. (Did I mention that Rocket Travel & T-mobile are Satan?).
Will the local island accept a split-stay from the resort? Can you use the domestic airport after staying at the local Island? Be sure. This resort is WAY to the south. A speedboat will be painful.
And, if you're reading to the end... take mosquito repellant. Even the resort we went to struggled (but failed) to keep us unbitten.
EDIT: Use google maps when choosing a guest house (Local Island hotel). Most are not on a beach. I'm told that which side of the island has sand cycles with the season, but west facing beaches always get the sunset show. At Mala Dihangethi they struggle to keep a beach, but what they have is right there. On Dhigurah, Athiri Beach has sand when you walk out the door. Others have 30 or 40 feet of jungle first.
Another Edit: Masks. On the local Island Dihangethi, no one other than government officials and health clinic staff wore masks. Months ago, someone got sick, but that was then and this is now. On Dhigurah we collected data. Regarding people in the streets, 20% wore masks, mostly young women, 20% wore chin diapers & 60% were unmasked. For people working in the guest houses and restaurants, 100% wore masks.
Actually in Maldives right now near this resort, also went through the same small airport as them but took a different speed boat to ours (Pullman).
The flight from the states is very long - likely have to take Qatar or Emirates with stops in Dubai or Doha. Once you land in Male, need to take small plane for domestic flight to KooDoo - these flights are limited.
Doha was just rated as the best airport in the world. They showed a photo of the giant stuffed bear. There's a Harrods tea shop right there. Finger sandwiches and tarts soothed the wife.
Just a heads-up. Qatar had three flights in a row from Male to Doha: 677, 673 and 675. All were delayed. We were on 675 and got switched to 673 without being told. Even so, we barely made the transfer at JFK. We spent what seemed like hours in one line (677) then another (675) and another(673). If you're on 675 I recommend trying to switch to one of the earlier flights. They're resistant at the counter, directing us to our travel agent to make changes... or just have fun now and deal with it later.
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"Do not travel to Maldives due to COVID-19. Exercise increased caution in Maldives due to terrorism."
Thats enough for me... lol. There are thousands of places to travel to in this world... Many that aren't a huge risk for Covid or Terrorism.
I am beginning to believe such a designation is used to deter laypeople from going while elites roll in with private jets (and private security).
The inhabited islands (to my limited experience) have designated beaches where tourists may dress as they like. At the two islands I visited, the "bikini beaches" were the best beaches available in terms of sand and palm trees etc. On the street, nobody was called out, that I saw, but respect for their culture requires compliance. It is a Muslim country and if you venture off the resort islands you should try to honor their culture. If you don't want to do that, go to Florida instead.
The advantages of the local islands is the $$. A restaurant meal might cost as much as 200 rupiyee ($14), but 70-120 is more typical. A room costs $40 - $100. Dive shops are more eager and less expensive than at the resort. (Hint - "Noodles" = ramen)
Covid though... Resorts are less likely to receive you if you're not coming directly from Male, so go to the resort first then transfer to the local island. There's a "split-stay" form. Confirm in advance with any hotel that they will accept a split-stay from where-ever before you book. (Did I mention that Rocket Travel & T-mobile are Satan?).
Will the local island accept a split-stay from the resort? Can you use the domestic airport after staying at the local Island? Be sure. This resort is WAY to the south. A speedboat will be painful.
And, if you're reading to the end... take mosquito repellant. Even the resort we went to struggled (but failed) to keep us unbitten.
EDIT: Use google maps when choosing a guest house (Local Island hotel). Most are not on a beach. I'm told that which side of the island has sand cycles with the season, but west facing beaches always get the sunset show. At Mala Dihangethi they struggle to keep a beach, but what they have is right there. On Dhigurah, Athiri Beach has sand when you walk out the door. Others have 30 or 40 feet of jungle first.
Another Edit: Masks. On the local Island Dihangethi, no one other than government officials and health clinic staff wore masks. Months ago, someone got sick, but that was then and this is now. On Dhigurah we collected data. Regarding people in the streets, 20% wore masks, mostly young women, 20% wore chin diapers & 60% were unmasked. For people working in the guest houses and restaurants, 100% wore masks.
Thx for the nice write up.
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Also, if it is mandatory for our military folks to be vaxed', it should be for eveyone one else as well.
As far as a tracking chip :-) we already carry one, tracked by the friendly folks at appl, goog and the telco's
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