Traveling to Maldives - the island paradise is the desire of many hearts that love to travel around the world. However, the luxury of Maldives appearing on travel groups and forums often makes many tourists afraid that this is a lavish destination for tourists with a lot of money. However, this is a quite wrong concept.
Traveling to the Maldives is similar to other famous tourist destinations around the world, the cost of the trip can vary greatly depending on the tourist season, the quality of the services and your choice.
Here are the costs for a trip to the Maldives:
Maldives entry fee
Unlike other countries, Maldives is a country that thrives on tourism. Therefore, tourists to Maldives do not need a visa and do not need to prepare complicated documents like other countries. To freely explore Maldives, you just need to follow the correct procedures and provide the following documents: Proof of hotel reservation, round-trip air ticket, credit card.
However, when you land in the Maldives, these documents and procedures are not too strict and everyone is very friendly, sometimes you do not even need to present these documents. But make sure you have all the documents if you have to check to avoid trouble for your trip to the island paradise.
The cost of entering the Maldives is almost zero. Compared to other destinations with high entry costs and complicated visa procedures, the Maldives is truly a paradise friendly to tourists around the world. You can also save a fair amount of money because there is no entry fee to the Maldives.
Cost of travel to Maldives
There are no direct flights from Vietnam to Maldives, so you will have to transit in another country. Therefore, the cost of traveling to Maldives is one of the fixed and quite expensive costs for a trip to the island paradise from Vietnam. To save the maximum cost, you can diligently hunt for cheap tickets on ticket hunting websites or online booking websites of airlines.
My advice to you is to choose to transit in Singapore and stay here for 1 to 2 days to have fun and explore before officially departing for the dreamy Maldives.
The cost for a flight to Singapore and a short stay here for fun per person is about 7.5 - 8 million VND.
Hotel costs in Maldives
You should check the prices of hotels and resorts in Maldives on international booking websites such as Booking, Agoda, Trip Advisor... After choosing the hotels that suit your wishes and preferences, try to compare prices and service quality carefully.
Some cases quote low prices but do not include all fees and only charge the room rate.
The prices of hotels and resorts in Maldives are also very diverse depending on the location and quality of the resort, not all places are expensive up to hundreds of millions as you can see on some travel channels of the "big guys".
Room rates also depend on when you travel to Maldives because Maldives has a tourist season. During the tourist season from November to the end of April of the following year, services are more expensive. This is the dry season in Maldives, so the weather is clear and the sea is more beautiful than the rainy season.
However, if you travel to Maldives from May to the end of October, you will receive many incentives for services. Room rates will be reduced sharply from 30 to 50%. Usually, a 4-star hotel in Maldives for a double room with 3-meal buffet, diving services to see coral, fishing... will cost from 3.2 to 4 million VND/night.
Travel costs in Maldives
Maldives is a coral island nation with islands scattered far apart, so traveling from Male airport to the resorts and hotels you choose will cost a significant amount. Of course, in Maldives, different transportation services will also have very different prices.
- Transportation costs to the resort
There are many options for getting to the resort you are staying at, including option 1: From the airport, you can hire a transportation service to get to the resort or hotel you have booked in advance. However, available services are often more expensive, so you should try contacting outside service companies.
Option 2: You can contact the resort via email or phone to make an appointment. You will have to provide your flight number and landing time so that the resort can prepare a vehicle to pick you up. Note that before deciding to book a room at a resort, pay attention to the location of the resort in relation to the airport. If the resort is cheap, the cost of traveling by seaplane can be up to 1,000 USD.
Option 3: This way you can go to the airport and rent a service right outside the airport to go to the resort, it will be cheaper but contact the service companies outside the airport in advance to be sure.
Option 4: If the resort you booked is located near the airport or the capital Male and you are staying overnight there, you can talk to the locals and ask them to take you to the resort for a negotiated fee. This way is cost-effective but takes a lot of your time or if you arrive at the destination and cannot find a driver, it is quite annoying.
Cost of entertainment in the capital Male
Getting to Male from the resort:
Option 1: You can spend the last day in Maldives to go out and explore the capital Male. It is only about 5 minutes away from the international airport, so you can choose to come here as well as go to the airport, so the transportation services you book in advance will not be charged extra. After playing in the capital, the next morning you can take a ferry to Ibrahim Nasir International Airport. The one-way ticket price is less than 1 USD, there is a trip every 10 minutes.
Option 2: Explore Male first, then go to the resort. This is the option chosen by many tourists. After leaving the airport, you can go to the pier right in front of the airport and take a ferry to Male. Exploring the capital in 1 day is enough because the capital is very small.
Cost of food in Maldives
The cost of food in Maldives if you have used the full service package is very low. You should enjoy the special fruits at local stores. With about 3 to 4 USD, you can freely wander around the market and eat.
Smokers can ask for a local cigarette and enjoy it with a cup of hot tea. This is a very interesting way to experience local culture.
Tourists enjoy strolling around the central fish market and watching people trade, learning about the culture, customs and daily life of the local people.
TH (according to VTC News)Source: https://baohaiduong.vn/du-lich-maldives-ton-bao-nhieu-tien-385969.html
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