Stay at Some Amazing Five Star Resorts at an Affordable Price
Many times the cost of GETTING there is overcome by the cost of STAYING there
Luxury at an Affordable Price: It’s what we all dream of, right? And, of course, the word “AFFORDABLE” is different for everyone, and we all define it by our own budget and standard. But, moving on…
I lived in the United States for 64 years, and over those six plus decades, I had a few occasions to stay at really nice resorts. Sometimes it was a vacation, and sometimes it was a business meeting or event. But they were always pricey affairs! I own a timeshare in Maui, and that makes visiting Hawaii very affordable, but if I wanted to stay at a similar resort out there, it would break my budget...
But here's some good news: you can travel to many places in the world--and I'm specifically going to concentrate on Southeast Asia for this-- and you can stay at some of the most beautiful resorts you've ever seen, for a fraction of the price.
While in Vietnam, we toured three high-end resorts in the Da Nang area. Two of them we visited as part of a tour (but did not stay), and one we stayed in Hoi An, called Hoiana Beach Club. We had a spectacular room, very high tech, plus a great wrap around ocean view balcony in a five-star resort which would have cost normally about $1000 USD. The resort was huge, almost like a self-contained city, and offered half a dozen restaurants and an assortment of pools, including one that was available—for free—for day use. That required a two drink minimum, but the beach club, called “NOX,” was gorgeous! And if you like to gamble, the resort was part of a beautiful casino, so that brings in a lot of foreign gambling dollars. Hoiana owned four kilometers of waterfront sand, and it was as though you were on your own private island—but still attached to land, and just 30 minutes south of Da Nang.
Further south in Can Tho, Vietnam, we stayed at the Victoria Resort, and the nearby Azerai Resort. They were both special, but oh so different! The Azerai was on its’ own Island and required a five minute ferry ride to get to. We had a totally detached villa with no one around us and lots of privacy, plus an enormous pool to lounge around. There were lakes filled with lotus flowers and they offered free bike usage to tool around the small island. It truly was magical. Meanwhile, Victoria, just a 5-minute ride away, was more in town, so we could walk downtown (really cool) and other things, but the architecture and the design felt like a throwback to the 1930s, so that was very special. Both of these places were in the $200 USD per night range. But in the US (or many parts of the world), these would have been two to three times that.
In Indonesia, Bali, we stayed at the ARNA Suites Glamping resort which is normally about $200 per night and what a trip that was! Our room was a high quality tent with just a few solid walls, and open to the outside. The air flow was beautiful, and it felt rustic even though we had a five-star restaurant on site with an infinity pool, one side looking towards the ocean, and the other looked out towards the Blue Lagoon, which is one of the highlights of the Nusa Ceningan island. And our room? Everything we needed was right at our fingertips. The message is, this resort is truly unique and special, but would cost many times that in most parts of the world. If you could even find such a place!!
Meanwhile, we just left a similar resort in Siem Reap, Cambodia, and this one was truly in a class by itself.
It's called Shinta Mani, and we stayed in one of 10 pool villas with our own butler. The unit had the softest and most comfortable bed we’ve ever slept in, plus an outdoor shower and an outdoor tub filled with lotus blossoms when we arrived! We also enjoyed a high quality culinary feast courtesy of a world famous chef who uses ingredients from within a 25 km away. The 115 room resort has standard, deluxe, and special pool villas designed by a world class designer, Bill Bensley, and is part of a Foundation which employs locals as interns, trains them, and teaches them the hospitality industry. It was nice knowing that in addition to having an awesome room, we were helping the local community. In full disclosure, THAT room was over $500, but was gifted to us, but their deluxe rooms, which were really nice, were in that similar $200 night range. How much would that cost in the US? Probably over a grand.
I don't share this to brag but to let you know that you can live large in many parts of the world. Many times the cost of getting there is easily outweighed by the cost of staying there.
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