QUOTE(pspfan @ Oct 7 2015, 04:18 PM)
just received a letter from Mayabnk informing me that im one of the 50 winners for the Maybank Visa Infinite Overseas Spend Campaign contest.. 4d3n flight & accomodation @Anantara vaction club resort.. is it any good?
I just returned from Phuket AVC - room and air tickets complimentary from Maybank
If you have nothing better to do and just want to relax and spend 3 nights with your partner, sure by all means GO.
The room I was given was located in the apartment block, not the Villas that comes with private pools. No sea view whatsoever. However the single room is freaking huge. But I tell you, if you go fill up the bath, you can see that the water looks like urine color, hahaha.
All the rooms no sea view. The beach is about 10 minutes walk and nothing great.
Anyway - I did not select to pay for the daily breakfast or transport between airport/hotel when I confirmed my booking with Mayflower.
A week before my trip, I received an email from AVC marketing offering me (1) Daily FREE breakfast, (2) FREE transport between airport/hotel AND FREE 4000 Thai Baht and in return I have to attend their sales preview which takes 2 hours.
FREE money, of course I accepted the offer.
With the FREE 4000 Baht, it can be use for makan at the Anantara Hotel Opposite (the Thai restaurant food pretty good and it cost about 2200 Baht for 2 person set dinner), also at Thai Express opposite the hotel (DO NOT order the crispy duck which was horrible) and at the pub there too. I also used the FREE voucher to pay for the shuttle to Central Festive Shopping Centre (1 hour drive) costing 500 Baht (2 person).
FYI, I took the taxi from Central Festive to Phuket town and was charged 200 Baht. The same Taxi driver wanted 1000 Baht to AVC. Nowadays, Phuket Town not worth visiting, like a death place unlike years ago when it was bustling with activities. From the town, I paid 800 Baht back to AVC (had to bargain with the taxi driver).
So, like I said, you want to relax and do nothing else, good place. The Free Wi-Fi is quick tho, hahaha. And the best thing about Phukst, no haze!
It would have been great if we were given hotel room FREE at Patong Beach
This post has been edited by Gen-X: Oct 9 2015, 10:38 AM