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1 Year Accomodation in an Over-Water Bungalow for $41,334 @ Anantara Veli Maldives

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1 Year Accomodation in an Over-Water Bungalow for $41,334 @ Anantara Veli Maldives
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7effect on 09/11/2020 - 11:36 anantara.com (21718 clicks)
Last edited 09/11/2020 - 17:16 by 1 other user

I really hope an OzBargainer takes this up.

Package includes:
Unlimited nights luxury accommodation in an Over Water Bungalow for the duration of 2021.
Daily breakfast for two persons.
Shared return transfers between Anantara Veli and Malé as often as required.
25% savings on dining and spa.

As far as I can tell, there's no cashback offer….HOWEVER….pay with a Qantas credit card and you'll have enough points for flights to Singapore (a stone's throw away from the Maldives!)

UPDATE: 3.5% Cashback: https://www.cashrewards.com.au/anantara-hotels-and-resorts (Full credit to Joey4)

UPDATE 2.0: 4.2% Cashback: https://www.shopback.com.au/anantara-hotels-and-resorts (Thanks arctan)

"Neither of those work. Per the terms "Bookings can only be made by contacting [email protected]" i.e. you book via email. You can't book online, so no cashback tracking." (odysseus on the ball)

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  • 7effect on 09/11/2020 - 11:37
    +116

    FYI, one of the legitimate reasons for an exemption to leave the country includes: "You are traveling outside Australia for three months or longer"
    https://covid19.homeaffairs.gov.au/leaving-australia
    ;-)

    • [Deactivated] on 09/11/2020 - 14:44

      FABULOUS. Finally some good news, thanks for sharing the update “travelling 3 months or longer” wasn’t on the list a couple of weeks ago.
      The whole problem will be returning home 😂 if ever…

      • Scythic on 09/11/2020 - 17:17
        +3

        You have 1 year to figure that out~

      • Nixo on 09/11/2020 - 20:38

        Do you know if we would still need to pay for the $3000 hotel quarantine when we come back after 3 or more months?

        • io on 10/11/2020 - 00:15

          Yes for SA

        • gruffogre on 11/11/2020 - 01:16
          +1

          Nixo - Tell you what….you do the thing and book this bad boy and I'll pass the hat around the forum and we'll cover any "nasty covid welcome back" tax.

          Your move my man…

        • [Deactivated] on 11/11/2020 - 19:02
          +1

          No. Vaccine will be here in March 2021.

  • UberIsCool on 09/11/2020 - 11:38
    +7

    This is epic. Hope one can swim.

  • Lesco Brandon on 09/11/2020 - 11:40
    +52

    This deal is so good I've actually signed up for 3 years

    • Kangal on 09/11/2020 - 12:21
      +5

      Ah, they're running out!!
      Gonna be Out of Stock soon, thanks broden >(

      • Almost Banned on 09/11/2020 - 14:15
        +5

        He's only a Broden if he buys all the stock and resells it at a profit.

    • inasero on 09/11/2020 - 12:23

      you're going to have to tell us what the resort life is like!

    • nzcoops on 09/11/2020 - 17:49
      +5

      Did you stack it with this?

      https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/579366 (Upgrade Xbox Live Gold to Game Pass Ultimate $1 @ Microsoft (3 Years Max)

    • bargainator9 on 09/11/2020 - 19:25
      +2

      Looks great - have to leave the kids at home though, as is adults only result,

  • agalea101 on 09/11/2020 - 11:41
    +53

    Wow 😮 I think I can survive on breakfast only for a year haha. OMAD diet

    • yotto27 on 09/11/2020 - 11:55
      +6

      yeah omad! how good is it for time saving and cost cutting - a true ozbargainer way of eating thats for sure!!!

    • JayCeeJay on 09/11/2020 - 12:39

      All you can eat breakfast?

    • seamonkey on 09/11/2020 - 13:46
      +4

      that's absolutely ridiculous. Not possible. I really believe you'd have to have breakfast each morning.

      • Tnetennba on 09/11/2020 - 14:54

        Isn't that what he's saying? Just have breakfast, and that's enough to keep him going for the whole day.

        Though, most people who do OMAD just eat dinner due to timing etc.

        • Iggemo on 09/11/2020 - 17:15

          I think the poster above you meant that you could take agalea's comment to mean he can survive for a year on ONE breakfast!

    • Radar on 09/11/2020 - 13:48
      +17

      take a little cooker and fishing gear and then supplement your diet breakfast with fresh fish.

      • team teri on 09/11/2020 - 13:56
        +4

        no cooker needed, sashimi :-)

        • agalea101 on 09/11/2020 - 14:13

          That's true! was a lot of fish right outside near the ladders that go down. Would be fun to cast a line out from the balcony or window haha. The small sharks freaked me out though

          • Jackson on 10/11/2020 - 00:34
            +1

            @agalea101: No line needed, just stick you head in the water and come out with a fish in your mouth "gooligoo-goo" style

        • odgaf on 09/11/2020 - 20:09
          +8

          umm i think id rather be in the maldives de stressing than the middle of the pacific in a leaking boat with no tow trucks in sight

    • nzthunderboy on 09/11/2020 - 14:37
      +1

      Only if we can negotiate buffet breakfast with take home option.

    • k1llersloth on 10/11/2020 - 15:52
      +1

      no bacon though - unless youre fine with turkey bacon

      Its the one thing i missed and i was only there for a week!

      • sim36 on 12/11/2020 - 08:54

        turkey bacon ain't no bacon

  • z3253304 on 09/11/2020 - 11:44

    that is (profanity) AMAZING

  • beeawwb on 09/11/2020 - 11:44
    +188

    Time to figure out how flexible my company's "Work From Home" policy really is…

    • websterp on 09/11/2020 - 12:24
      +19

      I'm thinking more along the lines of claiming this as a work related expense…I'm sure the ATO won't mind.

      • beeawwb on 09/11/2020 - 14:11
        +3

        From the ATO:

        Accommodation expense claims
        You can deduct your accommodation costs (as well as meal and incidental expenses), if all of the following apply. You:

        • declare any travel allowance you receive as income on your tax return
        • are required as part of performing your work duties to travel away from home
        • are only working away from home for relatively short periods of time (you aren't living away from home)
        • did not incur the expenses because of a choice you made to maintain your residence in a different location to your place of employment
        • have a permanent home at a location away from the work location that you are travelling to
        • pay for the accommodation yourself and aren't reimbursed for the costs you incur.

        Emphasis added.

        Rent / mortgage isn't typically able to be claimed, but running costs (e.g. electricity, internet) are. I guess you could theoretically call the charge a running cost for your "home" office, but you'd need to apportion it between business use / personal use. (22%? 37.5hr / 168hr/ week?) Speak to an accountant, preferably one who doesn't advertise in the yellow pages. :P

        • TimCinel on 09/11/2020 - 15:30
          +2

          Rent and mortgage interest can be claimed proportional to the space used as home office.

          • beeawwb on 09/11/2020 - 15:59
            +4

            @TimCinel: If your home is your principle place of business (i.e. running your business from a home), yes.

            But if you're just working from home then "Occupancy expenses such as rent, mortgage interest, insurance and rates" are a "NO" if "your home is not your principle place of business."

            • TimCinel on 09/11/2020 - 16:23

              @beeawwb: Two independent accountants recommended it to me since 2017. I don't know if ATO has updated their guidance on this since remote working has become so much more common this year, but that page certainly does make it sound like fully remote employees are not entitled to claim rent/utilities on dedicated home office space anymore.

              Pretty tough to argue that a dedicated home office isn't a "principal place of business" for a 100% remote employee.

              EDIT: There's a case not really captured on that page -

              Consider somebody who only works as a remote employee, in a dedicated office, from their home. Which of the following applies?

              you have a work area – a room such as a study or spare room is set aside primarily or exclusively for work activities but your home isn't your principal place of business – for example, you may have an office elsewhere, but work at home after hours

              Nope.

              you don't have a work area – your principal place of business is not at home, nor do you have an area or room primarily or exclusively set aside for work, but you do some work at home – for example, you might work for a few hours in the lounge room

              Nope.

              your home is the principal place of business – a business is run from home and a room is set aside exclusively for business activities. If this is your situation, see Running your business from home.

              Maybe not? "Principle place of business" terminology on this page steers towards self-employed. But this is the closest match.

              • beeawwb on 09/11/2020 - 17:39
                +2

                @TimCinel: "Consider somebody who only works as a remote employee, in a dedicated office, from their home. Which of the following applies?"

                That actually represents me. I've worked from home as a remote employee with a dedicated office space since 2017, to the point where my company has stopped "paying" for a desk for me in our city office. (That is, in our internal procurement system each staff member is assigned a desk so that their cost centre can pay an appropriate portion of the lease in each floor/building. I have no desk assigned to me in that system, so my cost centre is not paying any building leasing costs for me.)

                The way my accountant explained it to me is that I am not the one "conducting business". The principle place of business is for my company which leases a building in Brisbane (and many other cities) for the purpose of conducting business. The "business" is the company which holds the leases, and I am an employee to whom they provide a desk or, in my case, infrastructure to connect to our systems which "live" in that building (e.g. my files are stored on my laptop but synced to a server in the Brisbane data centre)

                So in the case of "a business is run from home and a room is set aside exclusively for business activities" I am not running a business. I am employed to help run somebody else's business, that they conduct in a different location.

                Of course, different accountants may advise different things, and I suppose if I really wanted I would ask the ATO for their "official" answer. I believe the way they'd look at it would be "who has the ABN?" but I can't be 100% sure without asking.

                • TimCinel on 13/11/2020 - 16:59

                  @beeawwb: Yeah, I still completely agree that the way that page is written would indicate that fully remote employees are not eligible to deduct rent, interest, etc.

                  Despite that, I'm still not convinced that it's outright not allowed. Notice that "generally" is used to qualify these statements in ATO's official "Employees working from home" publication, and it then goes on to explain what happens if you do claim occupancy expenses as an employee … That certainly indicates that it's not forbidden.

                  https://www.ato.gov.au/uploadedFiles/Content/IND/Downloads/w…

                  As an employee, generally you can’t claim a deduction for occupancy expenses, which includes rent, mortgage interest, property insurance, land taxes and rates.

                  If you do claim occupancy expenses,
                  you don‘t get the full main residence CGT exemption, although you may be entitled to a partial exemption.

                  Even the page you linked qualifies the advice on the page with, "in general":

                  In general, the deductions you can claim depend on whether…

                  Will hopefully remember to ask my accountant (who deducted some of my rent and utilities in FY18) about this next year. Will also hopefully remember to report back.

              • RMBC on 09/11/2020 - 19:38
                +3

                @TimCinel: Accountant here, don't do it if you are an employee, especially at the moment as it is a massive target area for the ATO with all the work from home going on.

                Also, as pointed out below, if you own your home and claim a portion of your home as deductible, ie a percentage of your mortgage interest, rates etc, it opens you up to capital gains tax on a portion of your home. Ordinarily your home, or main residence, is exempt from tax when you sell, so this can get quite expensive

                • littlegreenman on 09/11/2020 - 20:17
                  +3

                  @RMBC: Correct. Another accountant and registered tax agent here. You can only claim rent/mortgage/home insurance/rages etc. if it's a place of business and not readily convertible to private use.

                  If you're just an employee then you can only deduct running expenses. It's been like this for ever, COVID doesn't make a difference.

                • TimCinel on 11/11/2020 - 18:03

                  @RMBC: I have only previously claimed it while renting, never as an OO.

                  Aware of impact on CGT, thanks @RMBC / @bono

                  EDIT: No mentions? lame.

          • bono on 09/11/2020 - 17:39
            +3

            @TimCinel: Watch out about that you could open yourself up to capital gains tax if you sell your principal place of residence, and the onerous task of record keeping lots of things to reduce the CGT.

      • Kiro on 09/11/2020 - 19:18

        Don't buy a watch on the same purchase and you won't be sus

    • AustriaBargain on 09/11/2020 - 14:09
      +22

      Wifi is an extra $38,561 per year.

    • banana365 on 09/11/2020 - 14:54

      You'll not be an Australian resident for tax purposes. You can get it all back!

      • havebeerbelywillsumo on 09/11/2020 - 15:07
        +8

        Read that as "Wife is an extra $38,561 per year."

        • marty260 on 09/11/2020 - 15:09

          Not a deal, that's the RRP!!!

        • Montyjpm on 09/11/2020 - 17:19

          You would if you're the AgentOrange.

        • bmerigan on 09/11/2020 - 21:48

          Pretty accurate

  • Hinee on 09/11/2020 - 11:48
    +12

    $788 a week or $112 a night - not bad!

      • Hinee on 09/11/2020 - 12:12
        +16

        That came from 5 seconds on a calculator doing (41,000/52) / 7.

        If you care that much for the sums, 41k/7 = 788.4615384615385 /7 = 112.6373626373626

        • Bren20 on 09/11/2020 - 12:25

          41k/52

        • rompastompa on 09/11/2020 - 12:26
          +6

          Works out cheaper if you $41,000/365 = $112.3287671232876712/day

          Or, book it in for 2024 and it'll be $112.0218579234972678/day

          • windrc on 09/11/2020 - 12:53
            +2

            @rompastompa: Stay period is 1/1/21 until 23/12/21, so only 51 weeks

            • rompastompa on 09/11/2020 - 12:58
              +5

              @windrc: No deal then, price has been updated to $41,334/357 = $115.7815126050420168!

      • bio on 09/11/2020 - 12:13
        +1

        112.571428571…

    • Thrift on 09/11/2020 - 12:55
      +1

      $4.68 an hour!

      • Being Askhole on 09/11/2020 - 13:15
        +2

        $0.078 / Minute !!
        OR
        $0.0013 / Second !!

      • brongz on 09/11/2020 - 13:48
        +1

        Wow it’s so cheap, cheaper than a massage

        • Ozpit on 10/11/2020 - 12:50
          +1

          Except when your stay in paradise came to an end, it wouldn’t have been a happy ending.

  • demoiree on 09/11/2020 - 11:50

    Is internet free and have good speed ? something to consider before working from Maldive. But for 3.4k a month and possibly need to buy dinner every day maybe a deal breaker !

    • PTS on 09/11/2020 - 12:03
      +7

      Just need a starlink terminal and subscription…

    • R4 on 09/11/2020 - 12:36
      +8

      A suitcase full of pot noodles and you're sorted.

      • JamesLucas on 09/11/2020 - 13:07
        +6

        Free rides to the main island to buy cheap dinner supplies.

    • mr fox on 09/11/2020 - 13:09
      +12

      Can't be worse than Australia's.

      • 1st-Amendment on 09/11/2020 - 13:14
        +1

        You musn't travel outside major cities much…

      • Xizor on 09/11/2020 - 14:27
        +4

        Most people that say nonsense like this have only visited tourists hot spots or smaller but dense populations. Loads of countries have worse internet than oz or just as challenged once you move about.

    • tomsco on 09/11/2020 - 14:34
      +2

      Clicking into the cheapest room option shows complimentary wifi.

      Not sure if this deal would exclude being a special offer.

      https://www.anantara.com/en/veli-maldives/rooms/accommodatio…

  • [Deactivated] on 09/11/2020 - 11:50
    +12

    Watch them go under in a month lol

    • GeneralSkunk on 09/11/2020 - 13:03

      Ah not all that funny..

    • bargain_knight on 09/11/2020 - 13:16
      +1

      They are one of the larger hotel chains, who own and operate a number of large brands across the world. I doubt they will be liquidated even if they went bankrupt.

      To me this is a safe investment.

      • mrvaluepack on 09/11/2020 - 13:26
        +5

        Nothings safe in this current environment

      • nathand on 09/11/2020 - 13:48
        +25

        He means oceans rising from climate change.

    • Gradesbrah on 09/11/2020 - 14:24
      +2

      Credit card charge back?

  • Top G on 09/11/2020 - 11:57
    -4

    Does it include a lady friend ?

    • brongz on 09/11/2020 - 13:49
      +3

      Do you want me to come along?

      • PopCounty on 09/11/2020 - 14:11
        +4

        Are you a lady? Asking for a friend.

        • banana365 on 09/11/2020 - 14:55
          +11

          Picky picky.

        • buckster on 09/11/2020 - 16:50
          +8

          I've got two legs and a full set of teeth

          • xoom on 09/11/2020 - 18:11
            +3

            @buckster: My my. Having a pulse will do an ozbargainer.

      • Kiro on 09/11/2020 - 19:21

        Do you come with a supply of charged eneloops and a stack of SD card to take pics of the sights and sounds?

  • rawm on 09/11/2020 - 11:57
    +4

    An author (ie. Steven King, JK Rowling) would get straight on this deal

    • WhatWouldBiggieDo on 09/11/2020 - 13:16
      +169

      Thank you for giving us examples of what an author is

      • umexcuseme on 09/11/2020 - 13:21
        +35

        For those that don't know, an example is an example of something (i.e., a dog, a house).

        • TogTogTogTog on 09/11/2020 - 14:11
          +3

          A dog is a four-legged animal that is often kept as a pet or used for hunting.

      • noscopedJFK on 09/11/2020 - 13:48
        +3

        Thanks for your reply (ie. on OzBargain, Facebook) it was well deserved.

    • morediscount on 09/11/2020 - 13:22

      Tolkien ?…. u can read the Silmarillion

      • bmerigan on 09/11/2020 - 21:50
        +1

        That's some tough going there.

    • inasero on 09/11/2020 - 13:26
      +1

      Stephen King

      • Radar on 09/11/2020 - 13:38
        +4

        Steven with a ph

    • AustriaBargain on 09/11/2020 - 14:13
      +1

      King writes much faster than that.

  • TheRealCher on 09/11/2020 - 11:58
    +5

    All you can eat breakfast?

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