{"id":217279,"date":"2024-11-20T02:38:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-20T07:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesopedia.com\/news\/al-maha-luxury-collection-dubai-suite-emirates\/"},"modified":"2024-08-31T03:53:19","modified_gmt":"2024-08-31T07:53:19","slug":"al-maha-luxury-collection-dubai-suite-emirates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesopedia.com\/en\/reviews\/hotels\/al-maha-luxury-collection-dubai-suite-emirates\/","title":{"rendered":"Review : Suite Emirates – Al Maha, a Luxury Collection Desert Resort & Spa, Dubai | Marriott Bonvoy"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Al Maha – a Luxury Collection Desert Resort & Spa – Dubai<\/a> is one of the dream hotels in the Marriott Bonvoy<\/a> program.<\/p>\n

Thanks to points, I’ve already had the chance to stay there with Audrey in late 2018. We wrote a detailed report on our experience<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Back in the area in March 2022, this time for a mother-son trip, I decided – at the last minute – to spoil my mother by surprising her with a trip to this hotel.<\/p>\n

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Al Maha – a Luxury Collection Desert Resort & Spa – Dubai<\/a> is on the list of 200 Marriott Bonvoy hotels that are seeing price increases as of March 29, 2022<\/a>. If you too want to have an extraordinary experience<\/strong>, don’t delay! Otherwise, it will cost you at least 20,000 extra points per night. Just like other hotels of this type<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I booked our two-night stay right after landing in Dubai, only about 10 hours before we arrived!<\/p>\n

Checking availability, I was lucky to get a rate of 85,000 points for the first night and 100,000 points for the second. That is a total of 185,000 points<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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You should know that this hotel costs between 70,000 points and 100,000 points depending on the off-season\/standard\/high-season pricing. During the high season – when temperatures are still reasonable (October-April) – it is rare to see this hotel below its maximum 100,000 points.<\/p>\n

For example, here is the pricing for 2 nights in April:<\/p>\n

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During this particular stay, I was surprised to be upgraded to the best the Al Maha has to offer: the Emirates Suite<\/strong>. Retailing at nearly $7,000 per night:<\/p>\n

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So here is my experience of a dream two-night stay in the Emirates Suite at Al Maha, a Luxury Collection Desert Resort & Spa, Duba<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Feel free to check out our first article<\/a> which talks about the “classic” (but already great) experience of a Bedouin Suite stay. The one everyone can book with Marriott Bonvoy points.<\/p>\n

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Al Maha – a Luxury Collection Desert Resort & Spa – Dubai<\/a> is located just an hour’s drive from downtown Dubai. To get there, we chose to rent a car. Be aware that if you want to get there via a taxi or Uber<\/a>, it will cost you around $100 per trip.<\/p>\n

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A few hundred meters after the highway exit, camels can already be spotted on the road. Something that immediately made my mother feel out of place.<\/p>\n

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Then we arrived at the Wildlife Reserve: Dubai Desert Conservation Reserve. A guard makes sure we are on the list to stay there and advises us that it is forbidden to stop along the nine-kilometre path through the desert to reach the hotel.<\/p>\n

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When we arrived at the reception, a luggage handler took care of our belongings until we reached our room. And we were welcomed by Kero, who was our butler during our stay. And what an incredible employee!<\/p>\n

Truth be told, when I made my last-minute reservation (at 1 am the same day…), I wrote in the Marriott Bonvoy mobile app chat that I was happy to return to the Al Maha after a successful first stay and to bring my mother. And as a Titanium member, I would hope to have a suite with a full view of the desert.<\/p>\n

In this type of accommodation, you don’t necessarily need a status: the basic room (Bedouin Suite) is already extraordinary, and you get everything for free when you use points.<\/p>\n

Kero immediately put me at ease by telling me that they had upgraded our reservation so that I could give my mom the best experience possible.<\/p>\n

Always smiling and responding quickly to the smallest question via chat or phone, I raise my glass to Kero:<\/p>\n

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Upon check-in, we were told about the different activities we are entitled to during our stay. Two free activities per day<\/strong> to choose from:<\/p>\n