Ideas & methods for reserving a room at an Aman Resort

January 19, 2024

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At this time: How you can get most worth when reserving an Aman Resort?

Aman is without doubt one of the world’s most unique lodge manufacturers, providing journey experiences unmatched wherever else. Meticulously designed to border their pure or city settings, Aman inns are famend for breathtaking areas, regionally impressed structure, and supreme privateness. Every welcomes friends as if to the house of an in depth pal, instilling a way of peace and belonging amid among the most various pure and historic landscapes. It’s an method that has modified little since 1988 when the primary retreat was constructed on Phuket’s west coast. It was named Amanpuri, which means ‘place of peace’, and Aman was born. At this time, embracing greater than 30 ultra-luxe inns in 20 nations, Aman continues to hunt out transformative experiences and awe-inspiring areas around the globe. Amongst Aman’s habitués is a bunch of passionate repeat prospects – self-proclaimed ‘Aman junkies’ (rely me in) – who rave in regards to the service and design aesthetic and whose journey plans are decided by Aman areas.

However with the group’s stellar fame additionally comes a heavy price ticket and staying at an Aman Resort requires deep pockets (with entry room charges effectively above $1000 USD per evening at most properties). Sadly, Aman doesn’t have a loyalty program, most likely as a result of their rich and dependable friends maintain returning anyway. As well as, the model doesn’t compromise on exclusivity as you can not guide Aman inns apart from by way of the Aman web site, luxurious journey brokers and a few bank card corporations (extra on that beneath). So, it doesn’t make sense to start out searching for the speed of an Aman Resort on aggregator web sites like Hotelscombined and Trivago, since Aman gained’t pop up within the search outcomes anyway. Nonetheless, there are some ideas & methods that may prevent just a few hundred {dollars} per evening when staying at an Aman Resort. I hereby share with you the three greatest methods – not less than for my part – for reserving a room (and even suite) at an Aman property. You possibly can share your personal ideas within the feedback.

1. BOOK VIA VIRTUOSO

Virtually all Aman properties belong to the portfolio of Virtuoso. Virtuoso isn’t your traditional lodge reserving engine web site. It’s the trade’s main, invitation-only community of the world’s greatest luxurious journey advisors, spanning over 26 nations and 9,000 journey advisors. So whenever you guide an Aman lodge by way of Virtuoso, more often than not, you can be in contact with a Virtuoso journey agent who will make the reserving for you. There are some Virtuoso journey businesses although that provide an internet reserving instrument, reminiscent of Traditional Journey, which has a wonderful web site and is my total most well-liked Virtuoso journey company for reserving an Aman lodge (examine the Traditional Journey reserving web site beneath).

Reserving an Aman Resort by way of Virtuoso as an alternative of by way of the Aman web site has the next advantages:

The only greatest motive to guide an Aman Resort by means of a Virtuoso journey agent is that it means worth for cash as you’ll get entry to complimentary VIP perks, reminiscent of room improve, versatile check-in and check-out occasions, every day breakfast and a resort, spa, or meals credit score (or one thing else). Whereas the precise perks differ from lodge to lodge, they will simply be value just a few hundred {dollars} per evening.
Normally, the Virtuoso price is an identical to the Greatest Accessible Charge (BAR) discovered on the official Aman web site, which is a versatile price that may be cancelled with out penalty. For that motive, you’re leaving cash on the desk in case you guide a paid keep at the perfect obtainable price (BAR) by way of the Aman web site and never by way of Virtuoso.

2. BOOK VIA THE AMAN WEBSITE

Apart from the Greatest Accessible Charges (BAR) – that are at all times greatest booked by way of a Virtuoso journey agent – it is smart to examine the Aman web site for any affords, packages or particular offers. You possibly can examine these offers by clicking on the “exclusives” tab on the highest of the web site of every Aman Resort. A number of forms of offers are provided:

Single lodge bundle offers require a multi-day keep at one property and normally embrace a reduction on the room price and some advantages reminiscent of airport transfers and complimentary wellness remedies.
Multi-hotel bundle offers are provided in locations the place Aman manages a number of properties in shut proximity to 1 one other (e.g. Sri Lanka, Indonesia, India, China, and Bhutan). The bundle offers normally provide a reduced keep whenever you go to a number of inns throughout one itinerary along with complimentary transfers between the inns and few different advantages (e.g. spa remedies).

This web page on the official Aman web site exhibits an outline of all at present obtainable, Aman unique bundle offers. Let’s use Amanjiwo – one of many 4 ultraluxe inns that Aman manages in Indonesia – for example.

Whenever you would guide a room for one evening in July 2024 by way of the Amanjiwo web site, this may value you $1100 USD per evening (= Greatest Accessible Charge, which excludes taxes and breakfast). Whenever you guide the identical room by way of a Virtuoso journey agent, this can even value you $800 USD per evening however embrace breakfast, early check-in, late check-out, a room improve, and a complimentary lunch for 2.
Whenever you keep three nights at Amanjiwo as an alternative of 1, the room charges drops to $1000 USD per evening with the “Undiscovered Indonesia” deal. Along with the unique low cost, every day breakfast and airport transfers are additionally included on this bundle.
Amanjiwo is positioned within the cultural heartland of Java. Whenever you mix a keep at Amanjiwo with a keep at Amandari or Amankila on the legendary island of Bali and/or a keep at Amanwana, a tented camp on the serene nature reserve of Moyo Island, then you’ll take pleasure in extra advantages and reductions with the “Bali&Past bundle“, together with every day breakfast at every resort, inter-resort transfers, full board at Amanwana, and one exercise per resort:
- At Amankila: East Bali tour, trek or cycle tour
- At Amandari: rice terrace trek, artwork & crafts tour, Ayung River trek, guided market tour or biking from Amandari to Ubud
- At Amanjiwo: Guided tour of Borobudur, Javanese therapeutic massage, sundown martinis within the rice fields, hike within the Menoreh Hills, meditation in Mendut Temple or village tour by andong
- At Amanwana: sundown cruise, starlight cruise, bat cave trek or Hera wall snorkeling

3. BOOK VIA YOUR CREDIT CARD CONCIERGE

Whenever you personal an American Specific bank card, you’ll be able to guide nearly any Aman Resort by way of Amex Nice Lodges & Resorts. It will give you kind of the identical advantages as whenever you would guide the Aman Resort by way of a Virtuoso journey agent:

Room improve upon arrival when obtainable
Day by day (continental) breakfast for 2 individuals
Assured late 4pm check-out time
Midday check-in when obtainable
A spa, meals, and/or beverage credit score (valued at a minimal of US$ 100 USD)

Whenever you personal a Citi Status Card (USA residents solely) you can also make use of the fourth evening free profit: whenever you guide a 4 evening keep at an Aman property, you get reimbursed the price of the fourth evening, minus any taxes and repair charges. The fourth evening profit is calculated based mostly on the common nightly price of your full keep. Reservations should be made by means of Thankyou.com or the Citi Status Concierge and you could pay on your keep along with your Citi Status Card, ThankYou factors, or a mix of the 2. There are some things to pay attention to, although:

You possibly can solely use the fourth evening free profit when reserving the perfect obtainable price (BAR), and never when reserving one of many Aman unique multi-day packages which frequently symbolize a significantly better deal.
You possibly can’t mix the Citi Status fourth evening free with the advantages provided by way of Amex Nice Lodges & Resorts and/or Virtuoso. The latter typically symbolize a significantly better deal.