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Maldives - who to book with?

  • 03-12-2015 09:45AM
    #1
    gaillimh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 448 ✭✭


    Hi.
    If you were to book a holiday to the Maldives - would there be savings to be made booking independently or is booking a package more cost effective?

    If so - are there some particular specialists who would be better to use?

    Any recommendations for somewhere to stay for 1 week on honeymoon on a budget of around €4K?


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  • #2
    dowhatyoulove
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 156 ✭✭dowhatyoulove


    We booked with purely maldives - a UK company. Very good price for 10 days. We went to kuredu resort - highly recommend! We are defo planning to go back for our 5th anniversary already!


  • #3
    gaillimh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 448 ✭✭gaillimh


    So I think the Maldives has now been replaced in our thoughts by South Africa & Mauritius (can't seem to change the thread title)...

    Anyway - has anybody here done Cape Town & Mauritius for a honeymoon?
    If so - did you book independently or with an operator?

    I'm trying to get the best price possible for Cape Town & Mauritius combo but it's coming in fairly expensive when I price it separately.
    Flights alone costing 3.5K.

    Anyone got any ideas of an operator who might be able to get a cheaper package?
    Cheers


  • #4
    cocker5
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,274 ✭✭✭cocker5


    gaillimh wrote: »
    So I think the Maldives has now been replaced in our thoughts by South Africa & Mauritius (can't seem to change the thread title)...

    Anyway - has anybody here done Cape Town & Mauritius for a honeymoon?
    If so - did you book independently or with an operator?

    I'm trying to get the best price possible for Cape Town & Mauritius combo but it's coming in fairly expensive when I price it separately.
    Flights alone costing 3.5K.

    Anyone got any ideas of an operator who might be able to get a cheaper package?
    Cheers

    have you been to mauritius before OP?

    Ive been to both Maldives and Mauritius.. you cannot compare the two IMO.

    Im lucky I've been to Maldives twice and the for honeymoon did SA and Mauritius... woudl never to back to mauritus again TBH... SA was amazing though


  • #5
    Wexy86
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 440 ✭✭Wexy86


    I booked our flight direct with Emirates and the Maldives(Kuramathi) inc transfers with TravelLab - was quoted €1800 more for the exact same package with an Irish operator!

    If you have a look on Tripadvisor there are numerous recommendations of agents and they can help narrow down your choice of Island based on your requirements.


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