How do you plan a holiday in the Maldives?

Print out the diagram shown here in a large format and follow the connections.

Before I go any further and someone takes me seriously, skip the picture and look at the simpler explanation 😉

You do not need an agency or any special experience of long-distance travel.

These are the main steps. Below them you will find links to more detail on each.

1. Flights. Find dates and prices that suit you.

2. Choose an island. A resort or a local island? Beach or reef? Peace and quiet or more activities? The islands are far from identical, even if they all look like paradise in the photos.

3. Book a hotel. I would choose the island first, then the hotel. A lovely room will not make up for the lack of a lovely beach.

4. Start preparing. Practise wearing fins and breathing through a snorkel for two hours every day.

5. Wait.

6. Wait some more...

7. Let's goooo… the plane is waiting

Steps five and six are the hardest. At least, they are for me. :)