Holidays in the Maldives Cheaper Than InTurkey. Is it possible?
Everyone knows that paradise vacation in one of thebungalows under the palm trees on the silk sand near the azure waters (in the
midst of all the cliches of advertising chocolate bars) will cost a round or
even indecent unwieldy amount. It's time to break this stereotype. The theme of
our triphaka as cheap, not more expensive than in Turkey, to go to the Maldives
- the embodiment of the romantic luxury of our sinful world.
Economical accommodation in the Maldives
According to the program of development of tourism in the
90th and zero in the Maldives was discovered 200 luxury hotels and only on the
uninhabited islands of the archipelago before. Hotels were built and the staff
consisted almost entirely of Indians and Sri Lankans. All of that would protect
indigenous Muslim population from the evil influence of tourism.
But in 2009 came warming (although the island crosses the
equator and before) in the legislation. Now, any resident of the islands can be
arranged with the hotel. Changes in laws gave rise to the discovery of a number
of private guest houses, guesthouses and small hotels. And this is a real
economic revolution! Is now a reality take modest room for $ 25 a night, which
is 10 times cheaper than in a simple island resort hotel?
If you want this trip to the Maldives, meet the locals and
island culture. If you are not willing to pay $ 300 a night for a room at the
Island Hotel, stop at one of the small guesthouses to enjoy the beauty of one
of the most beautiful, protected archipelago of the planet.
Cheap flight to Maldives
This question is key, as far as cheap to buy Male succeed,
and will develop the entire budget trip. Get a ticket for charter from Moscow
to the Maldives for less than $ 1000 will not succeed. Therefore, we will use
hacking techniques. Find cheap ticket on a regular flight will help here this material.
Several times in the season all the major airlines organize the sale. Last
autumn sale allows you to buy a ticket from Moscow via Dubai or Doha for 22,000
rubles, about $ 610, which in principle is comparable with tickets to Antalya.
The second step is necessary to check the ticket in Colombo
these tickets are always available (although Sri Lanka near the Maldives),
sometimes you can buy a ticket from Moscow to Colombo-Moscow near $ 400. The
flight from Colombo to Male Sri Lankan Airlines will cost $ 100. Even cheaper,
you can buy a ticket from Colombo to Male flight China Eastern Airlines. The
minimum ticket price at the moment $ 79. Tip: On this flight the airline is not
stated, but you can buy it directly contacting by phone or representative
office in Moscow http://ru.ceair.com/.
Interesting cost flights offers Air Asia, from Kuala Lumpur
to Male - less than $ 130. And sometimes it explodes Air Asia tickets and
special offers incredible $ 10. Therefore it is necessary to check the cost of
tickets to Kuala Lumpur, especially if you do not fly from the European part of
Russia.
Another option hacker "on a thin". Buy charter or
blokcharterny ticket to Dubai, and from the Emirates ticket on a regular flight
to Male. Charter or charter block is quite possible to take $ 300 or even less.
Regular flight ticket, if you're lucky, the same. Be sure to check out all the
possible date of departure, the cost varies significantly on a daily basis.
Use the tips. If luck will not turn away, you are sure to
buy a ticket to the Maldives (and vice versa) for $ 600-700.
How to get to their island
Arriving at the Male International Airport, take the boat -
the ferry pier near the exit of the air terminal. The ferry leaves every 15
minutes and takes passengers to the capital (5 times a day movement suspended
during prayer) for 20 minutes. The ticket price of $ 1. Then take a taxi (about
$ 5) to the main pier, which is to go to your island. Check the schedule of
ferries http://www.mtcc.com.mv/transporthome.aspx. Note on Fridays ferry does
not go (another Muslim tradition). Tickets for the ferry from $ 3 to $ 20.
If the desired day of the ferry is not (it is best to look
at the ferry schedule before buying the ticket), stay overnight in any hotel
Male. And to get the most distant islands will have to do an overnight stay on
the island along the way. If you wait a public ferry did not want to, but one
of the distant island, you can rent a boat, prepare the trip by boat taxi
costing a pretty penny, $ 300-400.
Turkey against
Maldives. TOUR VS TRAVEL
Let us compare the two-week vacation in the high season,
from 5 to 19 August . Cost immediately for two (calculation in February). Cost
of Turkey - a good tour operator, with fuel surcharges and early booking
discount (it is cheaper by 20-30%). The cost of the Maldives - the price of
independent travel.
Turkey is 2282 $
Organized tour for two at the most modest hotel in Belek -
BELKON HOTEL 4 * charter flight included.
MALDIVES - $ 2,163
At the time of this writing, no ticket sale was not. After
checking all the options most suitable ticket (airline Etihad) worth 25,575
rubles, at the rate of - $ 710. Room for two in the hotel (not the cheapest)
Venturo Inn 2 * in the South Male Atoll - $ 715 with all taxes, fees, breakfast
and free Wi-Fi. The cost of the ferry ticket (on the road and a half hours) $
3.5 + one-way ferry from the air terminal and taxis, the total cost of
transportation - $ 28.
Welcome to the Maldives!
What is Maldivian Food?
Not all the islands you can find many restaurants, they are
usually where there are tourists: in hotels, guesthouses and hostels. Often in
the price already includes the power. But if the power is off, the local
cuisine is readily available. Coffeehouses delight coffee for $ 1.5, snacks,
sandwiches, and noodles - about $ 3.
Every morning the fishermen on the pier sell their catch,
join the locals for fresh fish Bargain that would then throw it on the grill in
the kitchen of the guesthouse.
Simple Maldivian cuisine for breakfast delight thick sweet
tea with milk, served with delicious cakes Roshi and chopped tuna, mixed with lime
juice and onions. Lunches and dinners are usually composed of fresh fish,
delicious curries, rice and tortillas Roshi.
How to organize excursions on the islands
Many owners of guesthouses help with the organization of
excursions, trips and diving. Please contact in advance with the owner of your
room and find out. For night fishing boat local fisherman or swimming with
whale sharks, you pay less and not be surrounded by a crowd of tourists.
If the guest house does not help with excursions, contact a
large hotel that would join their group.
Some nuances
Far from the islands hotels have to take some of the
customs of the local population. No alcohol and pork. Sunbathing in bikini on
the beach of a residential island, most likely, will not be the same, only
covering the shoulders and legs. Sunbathing in a bathing suit you can on trips
or diving, riding off the island.
Budget tourism in the Maldives is just beginning. You
probably will not find on a ferry a single foreigner. Maldives as before
bekpekerskih away from the road, they are still a symbol of luxury in this
world. Now is the time to get acquainted with friendly Maldivians, examine all
shades of azure and sapphire, to leave a mark on the coral sand desert island
and spend all no more than a trip to Turkey.
