24 things When selling the Maldives...

The destination we all dream for, some of you sell

1. Maldives Government off day is Friday.
2. Working Hours are 9 am - 6pm.
3. Non-negotiable on payment policies.
4. Non-negotiable on cancelation policy.
5. Rates are higher November - April. (Winter)
6. Rates are lower May – October. (Summer)
7. Not a shopping Destination.
8. One Island One Resort.
9. Inter Resort transfers are via the Airport. Airport -> Resort 01 -> Airport -> Resort 02 -> Airport. (mostly)
10. Usual turnaround time of resorts on confirmation is 24H.
11. Availability of Maldives is always subject to change without prior notice, as they have less room counts and sold globally.
12. Speedboat resorts are only resorts within Male Atoll.
13. Seaplanes land on water, no they are not air conditioned, and yes they are very scenic.
14. How Domestic transfers work are; Land in International terminal, come out, walk to the domestic terminal, land in domestic airport, and take speedboat to the resort. Why take a speedboat after landing in the domestic airport? As the concept says One Island One Resort.
15. Airport is not in Male, it is in Hulhule Island. Male city is a boat ride (Dhoni) away from Hulhule.
16. No there are no cars in resorts.
17. Maldives is not very famous for its night life, but for its aquatic life, no there are no jungles or mountains (trekking).
18. Maldives resorts are very strict on their exclusivity agreements.
19. Maldives offers and rates, are mostly segmented market wise.
20. Maldives Resorts, it is always better to know client budget. Prices vary vastly even within a singular star category e.g.: 05 Star.
21. Male City Tour is done on foot.
22. Maldives for speedboat resorts, once check out they do not drop you straight to the airport till the time of your flight they keep you in the resort, you can pay and use their services. This is slightly different with seaplane and domestic flight as they have operating hours.
23. Seaplane timings are given the one day prior usually in the evening.
24. Maldives transfers are not arranged on times, but on International flight numbers.

Cheers!

LISWITH

Maldives

First came the floods, then came the cyclones – Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka has been the victim of floods, and now of cyclones now. Sri Lanka has been effected atleast by 03 natural disasters per year. This is the time for General Public and the Government to take precautions on a Disaster Management Crisis. Each natural disaster is sadly struck in the same given areas and districts, leaving 1000s displaced each time. The settling reoccurs in the same given areas, making them prone to the next natural disaster.

Sri Lanka took step number one where the Met Dept. issued a bad weather warning. This was not taken seriously by the General Public even though warned earlier, this includes me as well. This would be people losing trust in the system and not taking such statements seriously.

This is greatest of times for the Government or a Public entity to have an effective Disaster Management Crisis team which would be ready for action anytime the country needs.

Environmental disaster has had a frequency, it is high time we listened to Mother Nature and took the necessary precautions.

Cheers!

LISWITH