Hotel Le Palmiste

My bad points discuss Hotel Le Palmiste in Mauritius in much detail. If you are visiting Mauritius and is planning to be up on the NW side of the island, the best place is Grand Bae. This is a very active neighbourhhod, and felt like in Andheri/Bandra belt of Mumbai. The other good place to be at is the Eastern side. This is also another beautiful location, where lagoons are wider, and less commercialised, hence more beautiful and private.

The best way to visit Mauritius is to book your flight tickets on your own, and book a hotel after visiting their websites, or by speaking to someone who's living there. There are even options to rent houses.

You can rent out a small car for 1200-1500 Mauritian Rupee (app. 1800 INR per day), per day, which i believe is the best option to consider. This would be more cost-effective and private than paying Seaside Holidays.

Seaside holidays have tie-ups with Makemytrip, Cox and Kings , STPI and other top-travel agencies in India. If it is a 4 night package, the first 3 days, they'd take you to the silly shops which is either owned by them, or where they have a tie-up. You do not get to feel the sea until the 4th day. After each tiring day of shopping/window-shopping, we generally end up doing site-trips on our own, which we could have had without their kind help.

'Terms and conditions' of Seaside Holidays were strange I found. Time management! The last thing i wanted during a vacation was to manage my time as suited my vendor! In office, i have always done it for clients, but this was the first such experience with a vendor. This was something i was not prepared for - not on a vacation.