About Maldives Offers
One place for the Maldives' best offers, found by the dates you travel and booked directly with the people who run them.
Why we built it
Every week, someone in the Maldives puts together a great offer. A guesthouse adds a sandbank trip to a four-night stay. A resort opens its quiet weeks at a lower rate. A dive centre prints a new price list.
Then the offer goes where offers usually go: a Facebook post, an Instagram story, a WhatsApp status. The people who already follow that business see it for a day or two, and then it sinks under everything else. The traveller planning a trip for exactly those dates never finds it, and books through a big booking site instead, which takes a commission from the owner.
We're MT Media, a PR and communications firm in Malé that works with Maldives hospitality, and the publisher of Maldives Today. Our work puts us beside resorts, hotels and guesthouses every day, and we kept seeing this happen. So much of the Maldives' best value comes from its guesthouses, local operators and family-run businesses, yet they had nowhere to put their offers where travellers actually look. So we built one: a single place for Maldives offers, searched by the dates you travel.
A ten-room guesthouse on a local island should be as easy to find as a big resort, and keep everything its guests pay.
Why book direct
- Offers from the people who run the place: every deal is posted by the property or operator itself, sometimes with transfers or excursions included.
- More of your money goes to your holiday: without a booking site's commission in between, a property can put more into the offer, like a better rate, a free transfer or an extra night.
- Talk to them before you book: ask about the room, the boat times or a birthday surprise, and hear back from the people who'll welcome you.
- No fees from us: we never take payment or add a fee. You pay the property directly, the way they accept.
What we want to change for operators
- Bookings stay with you: travellers message you on WhatsApp, visit your website or call, and pay you directly. We're never in the middle.
- No commission, ever: a flat plan, the same whether an offer brings you one booking or fifty.
- Offers that reach the right people: each offer shows to travellers whose dates it fits, for as long as it runs, not until the next post pushes it down.
- Run it from your phone: post an offer, change a price, end it early, and see how many people viewed it and tapped to book.
For operators
3 months free, to see it work
Every operator's first 3 months are free, with up to 5 live offers. No card, and nothing to cancel.
Use them to let the site earn its place. Post the packages you want to fill, share your page, and watch the views and booking taps on your dashboard. Every booking that comes in is yours in full.
When the free months end, Starter is $20 a month or $200 a year. For many guesthouses that's about what one booking of a few nights brings in, so a single booking can cover the year. By then you'll have your own numbers to decide with.
Made by MT Media
MT Media does PR, marketing intelligence and communications for Maldives hospitality, from Malé. Maldives Offers is one of its three publications, alongside Maldives Today, news for the country's hospitality industry, and Maldives Advisors, coming soon. More at mtmedia.mv.
Questions
Travelling
Who runs Maldives Offers?
MT Media, a PR and communications firm in Malé for Maldives hospitality, and the publisher of Maldives Today. We built the site, and we check every listing before it appears on it.
Do I book on Maldives Offers?
No. You book with the property or operator on their WhatsApp, website or phone, and pay them directly. We never take payment and never add a fee.
Is booking direct cheaper?
It can be. We charge no booking fee, and the offers come from the properties themselves, sometimes with transfers or excursions included. Compare the total for your dates before you book.
Why do I pick my dates first?
Most offers only run on certain dates. Pick yours and we show only the offers you can book for that trip.
Can I trust the offers?
We check every listing before it goes live, and the offers come from the properties themselves. Prices and rooms are theirs to confirm, so check the details when you message them.
Do I need an account?
No. Tap the heart to save an offer; your saved offers stay on your device.
Listing your property
How much does it cost to list?
Nothing for your first 3 months: you can list up to 5 live offers. After that, Starter is $20 a month or $200 a year for 1 live offer, and Pro is $50 a month or $500 a year for 5. Groups, resorts and agencies with more to list can ask us about Custom.
Do you take commission?
No, never. You pay a flat plan, however many bookings your offers bring.
What happens after the free months?
Choose Starter or Pro on your dashboard; your dashboard shows the date your free months end. If you don't choose one, your offers stay up for 7 more days, then go offline until you do. Nothing is deleted.
What do I need to get started?
Photos of your place, the offer you'd like to run and the dates it's valid for. Create your account and set it up yourself, or send us a message and we'll help.
How soon do my offers go live?
We check new listings within 12 hours. Once approved, the offers you publish appear on the site straight away.
Can I list here and on booking sites too?
Yes. We don't ask for exclusivity. Check your agreements with other sites about the prices you offer elsewhere.
Something else? Send us a message.