The Maldives runs on forward planning, and The Ritz-Carlton has put a number on it: book at least 90 days ahead at The Ritz-Carlton Maldives, Fari Islands and overwater and beach pool villas come down by 25 per cent for stays through 20 December 2026, with daily breakfast at La Locanda and return speedboat transfers from Male included.
A quarter off matters at this price point. Entry villas that open around 1,600 US dollars in high season land under 1,200 with the discount, and every villa on the island has its own pool, so the saving does not buy a lesser experience. The speedboat detail is worth underlining too: 45 minutes from the airport with no seaplane cut-off means you can use late-arriving international flights and still sleep in your villa that night.
The exclusions are the festive weeks from 21 December, and villa categories are capped per date, so the earlier side of the 90-day window is where the choice lives. Our inspector rated this island 9.2, largely for Kerry Hill’s ring-shaped villas; read the full review, then book the sunset side.
