Please, CONFIRM with the hotel, not once, not twice but at least three times regarding the transfer from the airport to the hotel. We had it confirmed twice, both through e-mail and phone but STILL they did not register our transfer so we had to sit in their lounge for 8 HOURS.
We arrived 07 AM in Male Airport and knew that the flight transfer was sometime between 09-11.00 but when we arrived to the counter after recieving our luggage they told us THAT WE HAD'NT CONTACTED THE HOTEL regarding the arrival time to arrange a transfer so they told us that we will be in the next transfer which was around 3-4 PM...
I showed the staff our confirmation but still nothing, we had to sit in the lounge for 8-9 hours for the next flight, this was the worst ever experience we've ever had during a trip.
Next issue, our flight transfer back to Male from the hotel, they knew our flight to Dubai was 11 PM (23.00), still they put us on a early flight, so around 1 PM we were forced out from the hotel to fly back to Male airport, when we arrive, they sad that they dont have departure service so we had to wait in Male Airport (check in counter area) from 2PM to 8PM (6 hours). We saw some other guest from the hotel in the airport, they arrived 6PM with a later flight, so the hotel forced us out early so we basicly missed out 2 days in the hotel, both the first day and the last day.
Other than this two issues everything was great, the staff, barmens, the food, everything was excellent.