Maldives Travel Journal
A guesthouse on Maafushi runs $90–130 a night against $350+ at a resort. The saving is real, and so is what you trade for it: no alcohol on the island, swimwear on one designated beach, and no house reef at your door.
All-inclusive covers the buffet and the house pour. It doesn’t cover the à la carte restaurant, the dive centre, the excursions, or the 10% service charge Maldivian law requires on all of them. BB, HB, FB and AI decoded.