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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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      • [Deactivated] on 09/11/2020 - 20:02

        Cutting open a family pet is bit extreme. Wouldn't a plastic bag do just as well?

  • juxjux on 09/11/2020 - 11:59
    +4

    I wish I had WFH capabilities. For 2 people that's 20k a year. 3k less than what I currently pay for rent in Sydney. I'd jump at this 100% if I had the means.

    • bargain_knight on 09/11/2020 - 13:18

      You do need to share a room with the other person. Is that your current situation?

      • brongz on 09/11/2020 - 13:52
        +18

        What do you expect when you’re renting in Sydney CBD?? Your own room and shower??

      • Matt P on 10/11/2020 - 00:22

        A room? Luxury! 20k barely gets you a shared walk in wardrobe

  • bohn on 09/11/2020 - 12:00

    Internet included?
    Might do this for WFH.

    • Kangal on 09/11/2020 - 12:19

      People already have, mostly Americans moving out of State of New York/California.

      • freefall101 on 09/11/2020 - 12:54
        +6

        Has someone forwarded this to Donald yet?

        • tomsco on 09/11/2020 - 14:35

          Will he have a job post January?

    • R4 on 09/11/2020 - 12:39
      +1

      It says complimentary WIFI included - although no mention if this is timed or restricted.

    • shinig3mi on 09/11/2020 - 13:39
      +2

      The time difference is really a deal breaker. You will need to start work at 3am.

      • tokziktigah on 09/11/2020 - 14:53
        +2

        Perfect for breakfast about 4 hours into the work day then!

  • justcallmeboss on 09/11/2020 - 12:00
    +27

    Cheaper than Sydney

    • dheywood on 09/11/2020 - 13:02
      +10

      Most places are.

  • trunks on 09/11/2020 - 12:01
    +1

    Does it include housekeeping?

    • samba on 09/11/2020 - 12:06

      Being an active hotel, they'd come by each day (I can only assume). I was on Kooddoo at the Mercure and they did that.

      • PVA on 09/11/2020 - 12:15
        +4

        Most longer than a weeks stay end up only house keeping every 7 days, not daily.

        • Xianese on 09/11/2020 - 12:35
          +1

          Standard would be twice a week to empty bins and replace towels, with one full service a week, assuming it's like where I've lived/worked.
          Not a bad deal tbh…

        • SeVeN11 on 09/11/2020 - 12:41
          +6

          that's more often than I clean my house!

  • auskck8293 on 09/11/2020 - 12:01
    +3

    I want to go to there

    http://gph.is/1aZ9XCO

  • chinchilla on 09/11/2020 - 12:02
    +1

    can you have tax deductions if you work full time?

  • samba on 09/11/2020 - 12:04

    Some Maldives resorts have an all-inclusive package (unlimited food and drinks)… I wonder what it would be on top for that?

  • Eggsperential on 09/11/2020 - 12:04
    +3

    Best deal to ever grace Ozb

  • Sunshines bright on 09/11/2020 - 12:05
    +3

    wish I was in a position to look further into this!!!

    • ego22 on 09/11/2020 - 16:17
      +2

      Slow internet?

    • Andard on 11/11/2020 - 10:45

      sit back a bit

  • Muzeeb on 09/11/2020 - 12:06
    +1

    Wouldn't want to be there in the wet season

  • plague69 on 09/11/2020 - 12:07

    Should get together for a group buy… 4 piece timeshare 3 months each.

    I think the living expenses would kill you though

    • Cheapskate Paul on 09/11/2020 - 13:03

      From the terms & conditions:
      "The names of both guests must be provided at the time of payment and are not able to be changed. Only these two named guests will be allowed to stay in the bungalow."

    • Ridiculous Panda on 09/11/2020 - 23:28
      +1

      Why not list it on airbnb?

      • xoom on 09/11/2020 - 23:32

        See above for why you cannot do it.

  • flashi007 on 09/11/2020 - 12:09
    +47

    I stayed here for my honeymoon. Was 10/10. Some tips:

    1. The breakfast is 10/10. Buffet style. Everything you want and made to order as well. The hot tip was to go as late as possible and fill up so you don’t have to eat lunch that day. Saves the cost of the meal. Can grab some packet cereals and fruit when you leave to snack on during the day

    2. Anantara Veli is one of three resorts connected via ferry - all part of the the same larger complex. You stay here but can visit the others. It’s like having three resorts to use - each with their own dining options and beaches. Awesome.

    That’s all the info I can give. If I had the cash I’d take this up for sure.

    Can someone babysit my kids for a year?

    • haji on 09/11/2020 - 12:14

      Stayed at Mercure in Kooddoo 2 years ago and was telling my wife let's ask the locals to rent out a house for a year. The price of this isn't too bad actually but dinner will be a big problem if it's not included. I remember the gourmet burger alone with Aussie Wagyu Beef was something like $28AUD++

      Can someone look after our horses for a year?

      • samba on 09/11/2020 - 12:22

        You'd need to get a boat and fish, or work with the locals somehow to buy food. There'd be supermarkets on Male of some kind, or just get family and friends to ship you a pallet of mixed canned goods.

      • justtoreply on 09/11/2020 - 12:52
        +15

        Burgers are expensive. You have horses. I can see a solution..

        • Andard on 11/11/2020 - 10:46

          Found the Ikea rep

      • StickMan on 09/11/2020 - 17:10

        So the burger cost less in overseas luxury resort than in AU? Damn.

      • Band28 on 09/11/2020 - 18:17

        I haven't stayed anywhere for a while.

        Can someone look after my dog for a year?

    • jonnoyeo on 09/11/2020 - 12:22

      bring some empty containers, lunch and dinner sorted

      • flashi007 on 09/11/2020 - 13:32

        You aren’t officially allowed to take the food from
        The buffet but I used to fill my pockets with biscuits and stuff and carry out the fruit in my hands pretending to eat it

    • calinya on 09/11/2020 - 12:38

      How much did you pay for your honeymoon trip, if you don't mind me asking?

      • flashi007 on 09/11/2020 - 13:37
        +4

        Sep 23-30 2014
        Cost us $3843 US

        We haggled with the agent who was organising our trip - who is a male local. It was originally quoted as 6K. All of a sudden it got cheaper. Once we were there, I paid an extra 100US/night to have our last 3 nights in an upgraded room. If we’d booked the upgrade prior to arriving to would have been 1200US in total. It was great. An upgraded room is worth more to them filled than empty.

        • calinya on 09/11/2020 - 14:37

          Thanks for that! Seems like you got a pretty good deal.

    • GeneralSkunk on 09/11/2020 - 13:05
      +1

      You get a +1 for your last sentence!

    • life is suffering on 09/11/2020 - 14:42

      lol

  • acersaurus on 09/11/2020 - 12:09
    +1

    Not bad, but you could buy a house in Moldova for that price.

    • billybrown on 09/11/2020 - 12:12
      +5

      ??? Moldova vs Maldives, what comparison are you making here?

      • haji on 09/11/2020 - 12:19
        +39

        The first, third, fourth and sixth letters are the same?

      • acersaurus on 09/11/2020 - 12:21
        +2

        Both paradise.

    • samba on 09/11/2020 - 12:13
      +13

      But then you'd have to live in a shack made of potatoes in bleak and dreary soviet-era Europe… that's a far cry from all you can eat breakfast buffets on an over-water bungalow in a tropical paradise.

      • acersaurus on 09/11/2020 - 12:23

        Haha but at the end of the year you'd still have a house.

      • 1st-Amendment on 09/11/2020 - 13:16
        +6

        Have you ever lived anywhere small, remote and tropical for longer than a week? It might sound good looking at the postcard, but the boredom would drive you nuts…

        • TheRealCher on 10/11/2020 - 14:47

          I lived with sonny…. He was small, remote and smelt tropical… It ain't worth it… I'll take a navy air carrier any day….

    • slipperypete on 09/11/2020 - 12:19
      +23

      I think you are sad for not reading facts and relying on youtube and Facebook news

    • enveloped on 09/11/2020 - 12:19
      +7

      The climate emergency was declared by the Maldives Parliament less than 9 months ago. You don't mean that in the resolution it predicated that the islands will be under several metres of water within 9 months? I hope you did read the resolution to back that bold statement.

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

      What sources are you relying on for this claim? Or are you just fitting the stereotype of the majority with this view of a lot to say but no idea?

    • [Deactivated] on 09/11/2020 - 12:30
      +10

      How do people like you get out of bed of a morning and just decide to be so wrong?

      • abuch47 on 09/11/2020 - 12:55
        +9

        murdoch et al

    • Telios on 09/11/2020 - 12:32
      +6

      Another poor soul lost to the bullshit algorithmic bias of Facebook and Twitter.

      Good luck in the future buddy.

    • UFO on 09/11/2020 - 13:31
      +2

      "climate emergency BS"

      Wow.

      People who refuse to look at the hard facts available to them, and instead rely on Fox/Sky News and other Trumptard 'news sources', are the ones that are wrecking this world for everybody else. They in the minority, but have somehow been given too much power, too much voice.

      Scientific facts, evidence based decision making, even commonsense. These are the attributes that used to apply to most full functioning adults that made the important decisions in the world. Now it's a race to the lowest common denominator.

      These same people bleating about conspiracy theories and climate hoaxes will be the FIRST to scream for help when reality sets in.

      I wish you the best of luck in the near future redler… it sounds like you may well need it.

      • t_c on 09/11/2020 - 16:33

        Just as watching every episode of Judge Judy doesnt make one a lawyer, why is it so many people feel qualified to have an opinion on climate change either for or against without at the very minimum gaining a degree in the field?

        • UFO on 09/11/2020 - 16:42
          +1

          What a ridiculous notion.

          If 98% of properly qualified scientists reckon something is true, I don't need to become a scientist before agreeing with their educated opinion!
          You're confusing "supporting" science, with being an actual scientist…. and then incorrectly saying I can't voice that support because I'm not one.

          Your post actually supports my argument btw. Who are you to go against all that scientific evidence? I'm safely assuming you have absolutely NO formal qualifications in the field?

          And yes… I like Judge Judy, what of it :).

          • t_c on 09/11/2020 - 16:56

            @UFO: Correct, I didn't study climate change at uni therefore I have no opinion on the matter.

            Just as I don't spew financial advice to people after reading the wall street journal.

            • UFO on 09/11/2020 - 17:57
              +1

              @t_c: But people ARE free to give financial opinion to anyone that listens… especially if they ask it of you.
              Fool on them if they put too much weight on the information they receive however.

              But if someone asks for my opinion, I'll gladly give it. You honestly don't you give your opinion on anything because you don't possess formal qualifications on the topic?

              I get what you're saying, I do.
              But I'm not publishing a thesis or pretending I know something special or new. I'm free to express an opinion that scientific consensus backs me up on. That's better than expressing an opinion not based on any credible fact.

              Not expressing an opinion at all would completely remove the premise behind this very forum now wouldn't it :) ?

  • Cluster on 09/11/2020 - 12:11
    +7

    After a couple of weeks you would be bored out of your brain. This sounds like a fantastic offer… for the hotel. They know few people are coming in 2021 because of travel restrictions.

    • haji on 09/11/2020 - 12:23
      +11

      This. As much as it sounds like a dream, after staying at a similar resort in Maldives for 5 nights, the maximum I could possibly stay without feeling imprisoned no matter how beautiful the island is would be 2 weeks.

    • GeneralSkunk on 09/11/2020 - 13:09
      +1

      Yeah I agree with that. But you could take it as a meditation getaway. You’d be able to really disconnect. Or to do remote learning (course) on the side of a job. Something really accessible from there like marine biology or coral biology. And learn snorkeling, free diving, kite surfing or something for fun.

      If I didn’t have kids, and a wife to say no, this would be a thing I’d seriously consider.

    • SomeGuyOnOzB on 09/11/2020 - 13:13

      Monsoon season in an on the water stay?

    • 1st-Amendment on 09/11/2020 - 13:18
      +3

      This! I've stayed in a fair few 'tropical paradises' in my time. A couple of days of boredom is relaxing, but after 4 days I can't wait to leave. A year would feel like a prison sentence…

      • Maz78 on 09/11/2020 - 14:55

        Exactly. People fail to realise that there would be nothing to do there. Sure, honeymoon and holiday you go there for a few days to relax and shag… but a YEAR!? You'd go mad!

      • anastasiastarz on 09/11/2020 - 23:23

        With netflix, a suitcase full of crafts and another of books 3mths would be perfect.

        • xoom on 09/11/2020 - 23:26
          +1

          With netflix

          With slow internet? Good luck with that.

          Better off bringing a hdd or 2 full of movies and tv shows

      • uniqualz on 10/11/2020 - 11:13

        Yep.. 2 weeks max! How many omelettes can one man take?

    • pharkurnell on 09/11/2020 - 13:42
      +5

      Did a 2 week scuba holiday on Uepi island in solomons.. So remote, no TV, radio - nothing but sand water and coconut trees.

      They had to drag me off the joint at the end of the 2 weeks…

    • Samsungnote10 on 09/11/2020 - 14:19
      +2

      agree, as one of my friends told me, you visit paradise for a holiday or a memory

      live there and it quickly becomes hell

  • capslock on 09/11/2020 - 12:16
    +24

    It would be like being in lockdown again but instead of a 5km radius it will be just a 100m radius.

    • Gradesbrah on 09/11/2020 - 14:27

      Except I am allowed to swim beyond my 100m radius.

  • Bullion78 on 09/11/2020 - 12:18
    +1

    Wonder how much to upgrade to all inclusive??

  • lomie on 09/11/2020 - 12:18
    +38

    Ah, a real life Zoom background!

  • Orico on 09/11/2020 - 12:19
    -6

    The food in Maldives is very expensive. You also have to pay with US Dollars which means losing 30%+ of your money when you exchange it.

    • pat25d on 09/11/2020 - 12:24
      +32

      Not sure if you understand how currency conversion works. If you go to Vietnam and pay with VND you don't gain 15,000% spending power.

      • Telios on 09/11/2020 - 12:33
        +33

        How dare you assume my Dong isn't worth 15000% more in Vietnam…

      • Orico on 09/11/2020 - 14:16
        -3

        I'm saying the AUD/USD is at 0.7 last time I checked. Go to an Aussie destination for a holiday.

        • tomleonhart on 09/11/2020 - 16:21

          What’s an average meal in the Maldives cost ?

          • cynicor on 09/11/2020 - 21:53

            @tomleonhart: Depends on the location. In Male, at a local's place, not a heap, a few USD. But at a resort, lots more. Around 30USD-80USD for a mains

    • andymatter on 09/11/2020 - 12:37

      Not sure that is how exchanging your money works.

      • Orico on 09/11/2020 - 14:18
        +1

        Everything there is still expensive plus you have to pay with USD.

    • JamesLucas on 09/11/2020 - 13:15

      Depends where you go, on Maafushi I found a local workers restaurant. Curry, Naan, juice and a bottle of water for $2.50usd. All you can eat beachside BBQ was about $20usd.

      10hr boat trip to swim with nurse sharks, manta rays, lunch on a sand bank and local island tour was a mere $40usd.

  • KangaDrew on 09/11/2020 - 12:38
    +2

    INB4 OzBargained

    • xoom on 09/11/2020 - 23:01

      the FOMO is strong in this one.

  • [Deactivated] on 09/11/2020 - 12:40
    +3

    Singapore and Maldives are not a stone’s throw away…

    I haven’t been to the Maldives, but I reckon you’d be as bored as batshirt after 2 weeks there…

    Also, check what the visa requirements are (if you intending to stay longer than what a holiday visa allows).

  • littlesoldier on 09/11/2020 - 12:40
    +1

    I think I will be pretty sad once the 1 year has been over
    Can't move back to normal life..

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