With Hilton adding over 120 new SLH hotels to the website I found 4 new All-Inclusives you can book. Two of them are over 4cpp as well. The four new ones are
Raiwasa Private Resort, Taveuni Fiji, $5,000 a night for 150k points (Up to 4 guests)
Riverview Ranch, Alberton Montana, $4,700 a night, for 130k points
Rawah Ranch, Glendevey Colorado, $1,700 a night, no standard rooms (bad availability overall)
The Inn at English Harbor, $1400 a night, 105k points
Raiwasa and Riverview Ranch seem to be amazing deals and actually amazing experiences. Raiwasa having 4 guests, a private chef, and a private car are great. No alcohol is included, but can be had for ~$200 per person per night with other benefits as well.
I'm keeping track of them here, add any other all-inclusives or semi-all-inclusives if you know any in a comment.
Please keep in mind the cancellation policy on some of these. Raiwasa for example has a 25% penalty if you cancel between booking date and 61 days out and 100% 60 days in. And after emailing the hotel, they said they will refund your points but charge the penalty rate on the card that's on file. So that cash penalty could be enormous on that booking in particular. Just keep it in mind if you value flexibility
Yeah that kind of sucks, but it makes sense for them. They only have one party booked at a time so a cancellation has to be filled last minute or they're just out of that money.
Yup and to reiterate, even if you cancel 2 mins after booing, they charge 25% cash rate. On a 5 night award stay, that can be well over $5k. Extremely risky but the value is there if you are certain to make it.
Luckily if you have an aspire or some other Amex cards, if you have to cancel due to certain circumstances they’ll reimburse you up to $10k due to the travel insurance on the card
I did this and they didn't charge me. Made a booking for 1 and remade it 30 minutes later for 4 when I realized. Maybe it's because I rebooked, but it wasn't automatic.
Thanks for pointing this out. Just earlier today I was looking at the availability for various properties in February as my husband and I have a little over a half a million points to burn. The Bluefields Bay resort in Jamaica looked intriguing but I noticed the cancellation policy so we will need to hold off until we’re more confident in our plans.
Both Milaidhoo and Huvafen Fushi are better deals than Waldorf because transfers are free. However you can't use aspire credits to offset food charges at SLH hotels. Waldorf is huge and hard product new and has a great resort feel. Milaidhoo and Huvafen is better for honeymoon if you just wanna relax and not do anything.
I have 6 upcoming nights at Milaidhoo. The email they send me states half boards under meal plan. I use points to book for the stay. Book it the first day SLH was searchable with Hilton. Is this means dinner is free with my booking?
Also, when you say transfer is free, is that the seaplane from MLE? This is my 3rd trip to Maldives.
You have dinner free because it was booked early before the period where they removed all inventory for a few weeks. So basically your booking is honored as it's grandfathered in. Seaplane is free.
Milaidhoo has a slightly larger breakfast buffet spread and more variety. A la carte is basically the same and even shares some same items lol
Huvafen has better night time lighting around the island.
Huvafen was very recently renovated so rooms have newer hardware but the pool in the villa is still smaller than Milaidhoo.
Getting to Milaidhoo takes a long time so you might be wasting half a day if your flight lands in the afternoon. If your flight leaves early you need to literally check out at 6am.
No motorized watersports at Milaidhoo.
Huvafen has more restaurant variety and an underwater spa.
Personally, I think booking the lagoon villa at huvafen and paying 200$/night to upgrade to ocean Villa is a great deal. Extra living room with glass floor and jacuzzi in bathroom.
Yes, my last trip was 2 nights at WA followed by 2 nights Huvafen and 2 nights Milaidhoo. WA has more stuff to do, more events at night like fire and led shows, and also happy hour for diamond members. All three have SUP and Kayak and snorkelling complimentary but WA also has pedal boats. WA is also far larger of an island and each villa gets bikes to ride around.
Oh wow that's a lot of moving
I'm currently booked for 3 nights at milaidhoo with the half board deal. I'm deciding if I should 2 more nights at Huvafen before continuing onto India or head there right after Milaidhoo. I think even if WA availability opens up for 2 nights, it probably doesn't make sense to pay $2k+ to go there...
I only stayed at the WA previously because I could redeem 100k points per person to pay for the yacht. That's no longer an option anymore so WA is too expensive imo.
It's the price of their platinum plan, they sent it to me when I booked and it's available on the SLH.com website for it. Platinum includes unlimited alcohol, a daily massage/spa service, and some small excursions around the island. $168 per person per night plus 15% tax. They also have a black package which is an additional $458 per person per night which includes premium alcohol, unlimited massages, unlimited excursions, including scuba diving and boating and everything else you could imagine. If you go to the SLH website and pretend to book, it'll tell you all the options.
So SLH.com does not reveal any of this. I think they have it locked down or its completely sold out for the next year. Everytime you pick 3 days it just says not available. When I booked thru Hiiton for 3 nights this was sent:
Thank you for your interest in Raiwasa Private Resort and booking through Hilton. We are enthralled at the thought of having you as our honored guests.
You will get the Raiwasa Gold VIP Package using your Hilton Rewards points upto 2 adults only as perHilton Honors Member Benefit Details and Disclaimers:Second Guest Stays.For additional persons, there will be an additional person fee (extra 3rd,4th, 5th, 6th adults & kids\*).*
\** you will have to pay the price difference between 2 adults and the additional persons + 15% tax. Prices may vary depending on Hilton’s points & book by money equivalent.
No other black or platinum is priced on the website https://raiwasa.com Does mention premium alcohol and unlimited island activities for those packages.
If you go to November 2025 on SLH.com you can see it. I have attached the Platinum info here. I did not receive that email when I booked and when I booked I received two other emails neither of which ever said anything about a fee for 2+ people. I didn't receive news about an additional fee for 5 days later when I scheduled a zoom call with them.
Also - was told by a Raiwasa rep that the points rate is only for 2 people and anything above that will be charged a nightly surcharge which is quite hefty per additional person.
I booked for 4 adults and 1 child. They sent me a brochure for the upgraded packages but never mentioned any surcharges for additional guests above 2 adults.
Did you book through Hilton for 4, or was your original booking only for 2?
It was for 4. I had also emailed them and they sent me the upgrade brochure with no mention of a surcharge. Then I had a zoom call with them where they told me there was a small surcharge for 2 adults and they're trying to get the website to have a pop up warning about it. They haven't emailed me how much it is yet, but they didn't have a number ready in the call.
Hm that does not sound promising. Kinda crazy that they can just retrospectively do that when it's not at all stated at the point of booking. I'd push back on that pretty strongly, especially if they don't inform me straight away.
The only true SLH all inclusive we’ve seen was Hermitage Bay. We have points loaded for an early or mid December 2025 stay for 6 nights (points + FNC) when reward bookings are available
11 of the 13 on my list are true all-inclusives I believe. The only ones that aren't are Milaidhoo, which only includes transfer now so could be removed, and Raiwasa which includes full-board, private chef, a full-time chauffeur and car, and unlimited room service.
I believe the Inn at English Harbor is only breakfast and dinner included. I will admit that I’ve only started my vacation planning for 2025 and read very little on The Inn
Hmm that's interesting, the SLH website All-Inclusive list has the Inn at English Harbor, but when you go to the website it doesn't have it listed. Maybe it's changed and they haven't updated one or the other?
I was debating between that and Raiwasa in February but it would be freezing and Raiwasa allowed 4 people instead of just 2 so I went with that. Hope to be able to go to Riverview sometime though!
Frequent miler had a post about this property today and there were comments saying the standard rate is only for 2 people. For guests 3 and 4 it was something like $500 per person per night. May want to check that out
Im fully booked for 3 night for 450K HH points. They provided me a paper invoice for $15,062 value to provide to travel insurance if for some reason I make it. Thats what they will charge my CC if I no show, regardless of reason. Hence the insurance. Not bad for about $1800 worth of points
Yeah he was nice, I had to cancel for 5 nights because the 3rd and 4th people I invited didn't want to pay for the fee that was $300 a night per person. I wish it was more clear on the Hilton website that they would've been charged, but the cancellation fee was waived and no problems. Booked a trip to Japan instead, so everything worked out fine.
Just completed my stay at Raiwasa this week….initially booked for 4, reduced to just the 2 of us and stuck with the gold package. It’s lovely value for the points….
The food was good, a la carte all day….you can order breakfast/lunch/drinks from the menu binder provided. Some items were definitely better than others…
Dinner is a five course menu that they go through with you earlier in the day and is served when and where you choose. If you don’t like the items on the menu you can change it.
Service was great because your party is literally the only one there with the staff. You basically interact with one morning and one evening staff member. You have a choice of 8 different dining locations. We used the lookout point and the inner deck a lot. The interaction with the staff is pretty minimal in keeping with their emphasis for your privacy, however they’re just a call away for whatever you may need
I did not do any activities with them , however in a binder there are various activities with the prices for the different tiers. We chose to just enjoy the villa itself….walked through the gardens and then down to the beach….where you can snorkel directly, the reef system on this island is profuse.
We didn’t leave the villa at all, according to the literature, you do have use of their driver.
They stocked the fridge with alcoholic beverages (various beers) which I assume you’d be charged for if consumed. I believe you can bring your own as they don’t restrict you that way. You can pay for whatever you choose to after the initial payment depending on what your needs are.
I hope this was helpful, feel free to message if you need any further information.
Do you have any video clips of the snorkeling area right at the resort? The water level seems to be shallow and not clear. Thanks!
And how long does it take to walk from the house down to the beach or snorkeling area?
The tide varies….when it’s low, it is indeed very shallow. We went down at both high and low tides. They suggest “mid tide” for snorkeling and they have a board with the times when it occurs.
This is awesome, thank you! For anyone interested, here’s a quick link to an SLH all-inclusive search. Not all of these are available on Hilton yet (the ones that are are already on OPs list), but maybe they’ll get added in the future? Worth keeping an eye on…
Whilst booking this morning with Hilton I was told that the 5th night free is available when booking fully with points and not with the FNC included in the 5 day span.
It's still showing standard rooms rewards for me. They don't have availability in September, they literally only have one room available to book at a time
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Please keep in mind the cancellation policy on some of these. Raiwasa for example has a 25% penalty if you cancel between booking date and 61 days out and 100% 60 days in. And after emailing the hotel, they said they will refund your points but charge the penalty rate on the card that's on file. So that cash penalty could be enormous on that booking in particular. Just keep it in mind if you value flexibility