How to pay for a hotel in the Maldives from Russia?
When planning a trip to the Maldives, or any tourist trip in general, the question of whether it is possible to pay for all necessary expenses immediately arises:
- plane tickets;
- hotel at the place of stay;
- food;
- other expenses.
If with the payment of tickets to the Maldives everything is quite simple for now – after all, Aeroflot flies there on direct flights, for example. Tickets can be easily paid for in rubles on the airline’s website or on the aggregator’s website. But what about paying for hotels? Let’s figure it out.
How to pay for hotels and inns in the Maldives?
You can easily book a hotel on Booking. You won’t be able to pay for it, but the republic knows this and will expect payment from you on the spot. This means that you simply book the accommodation you need, arrive in the Maldives and pay in cash in dollars the price you saw on Booking. This is a proven and quite convenient method of payment in the current realities.
Of course, if you have a foreign bank card, you can easily pay with it both through Booking and on site. Any guest house accepts card payments.
Example of payment for accommodation in Relax Residence
We have the opportunity to book a hotel not through Booking, but through our own booking form – here. Its advantage is that you do not need to pay the service fee “Booking” and the tourist tax to the republic. As a result, your stay will be cheaper. Payment is also made in cash on site. or by card of a foreign bank.
You can also pay for all excursions to Todd either in cash or with a foreign bank card.
Non-standard payment options
If you want to avoid spending currency on paying for a hotel and want to pay in rubles, there are options here too. There are several popular hotel booking services in Russia: Ostrovok, Yandex. Travel. You can even find some hotels in the Maldives on them, with which these services work through partners. When booking your stay on them, you receive a reservation from a third party (in general, there are no problems with this), but you can easily pay with any Russian card online.