They’ve been a regular within the South Pacific for many years: overwater bungalows, these standalone cottages perched proper above the water with thatched roofs and glass flooring. Within the Caribbean, although, it wasn’t till 2016, when Sandals opened their first overwater villas in Montego Bay, that the idea actually went mainstream.
In recent times, extra overwater bungalows have been popping up within the Caribbean, from a number of extra Sandals resorts (together with new overwater bungalows on the Sandals St Vincent) to tiny boutique inns on the Caribbean coast of Panama to, extra lately, a handful of “Chairman Overwater Bungalows” on the Royalton Antigua resort.
This week, Marriott’s Autograph Assortment model added extra overwater bungalows to the area’s portfolio.
They’re referred to as Overwater Suites, and they’re a set of 12 overwater bungalows on the Royalton CHIC Antigua, which is a part of Marriott’s Autograph Assortment (and, extra importantly, a part of the All-Inclusive by Marriott Bonvoy assortment).
It’s an enormous bonus for the Royalton CHIC, an adults-only, elevated resort idea that opened its doorways earlier this yr in Antigua, an island that’s arguably the Caribbean capital of luxurious all-inclusive resorts. It’s an island the place we’ve stayed numerous instances through the years and at all times famous the standard, range and uniqueness of Antigua’s all-inclusive product. That features a resort we lately named the primary all-inclusive resort within the Caribbean.
So what do you get in one in all these suites on the Royalton CHIC?
You get a personal plunge pool, direct entry to the ocean, glass flooring, personalised butler service and, effectively, about as romantic a room as you’ll discover within the Caribbean.
You additionally get 24-hour room service, Wi-Fi, and even a liquor dispenser proper within the unit.
There are literally three completely different suite classes: chairman, presidential and junior suites. The Chairman degree can are available a two-bedroom configuration if you wish to journey with one other couple. The entire classes include butler service.
Marriott, which first entered the all-inclusive area again in 2019, now boasts a number of dozen properties across the area — however that is the model’s signature overwater possibility.
So what in regards to the reserving price?
The entry-level overwater possibility, a “junior sundown overwater suite,” prices slightly below $2,200 per night time, or about $15,399 together with taxes and charges for a number of nights.
That worth goes as much as about $3800 per night time for a chairman-level two-bedroom suite, and $26,599.93 for per week.
