All I heard was that it's a club resort whereby you pay an one-off fee and you get to enjoy the rest of your trip hassle-free, all your food and activities would be covered for.
To be honest, I thought it was kind of dodgy, you know, to be engaged in silly activities like some motivational team work stuff most company trips would have.
But it was more than that.
Soon, I were to find out it's actually the perfect travelling escape! The Concept of Club Med is pure genius!
How is this so you ask?
Okay, first. Let me explain how Club Med works.
Every single person working on the resort is called Gracious Organizers (apart from staff like cleaners), short for GOs. Each of them, is your friend, confidante, server, entertainer and play guide.
And the guests, would be called GMs - Gracious Members.
Here at Club Med, you're not a guest, but a member to a club.
You pay a fee, and then everything since the day you check in till the day you check out will be covered for. You don't have to worry about spending more money.
Once you got your room keys, just keep your wallet in your room safe and enjoy your paradise by the beach.
Okay, first. Let me explain how Club Med works.
Every single person working on the resort is called Gracious Organizers (apart from staff like cleaners), short for GOs. Each of them, is your friend, confidante, server, entertainer and play guide.
And the guests, would be called GMs - Gracious Members.
Here at Club Med, you're not a guest, but a member to a club.
You pay a fee, and then everything since the day you check in till the day you check out will be covered for. You don't have to worry about spending more money.
Once you got your room keys, just keep your wallet in your room safe and enjoy your paradise by the beach.
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In Club Med Cherating, they offer free flow of cocktail and beer beverages during your entire stay throughout the day (I heard in Club Med Mauritius there's free-flow of champagne!), and there will be resort buffers on offer three times a day.
There are two restaurants in Club Med Cherating: the main restaurant and the secondary located on the other beach.
You'll have access to the pool, or you can just hit the beach within steps from your room.
Every day, there's activities for you to explore. Be it playing trapeze like a circus talent,
or rock climbing,
or sailing,
or if you're young at heart, there will be the teen's room where you can fully explore your geeky side.
Computer games, guitar hero, real guitars, etc.
There's plenty more: Power walk or gym or yoga by the beach in the morning, etc.
Check me rocking this trampoline.
Now, imagine this scenario.
Then every night, there's party by the pool, to drink your life away and curse at your ex's name while you dance and grind with a new hot Swedish who can't wait to ravish you (this I'm just assuming, hey I got hit on by a good looking European during the trip, it can happen).
In Club Med Cherating, they offer free flow of cocktail and beer beverages during your entire stay throughout the day (I heard in Club Med Mauritius there's free-flow of champagne!), and there will be resort buffers on offer three times a day.
There are two restaurants in Club Med Cherating: the main restaurant and the secondary located on the other beach.
You'll have access to the pool, or you can just hit the beach within steps from your room.
Every day, there's activities for you to explore. Be it playing trapeze like a circus talent,
or rock climbing,
or sailing,
or if you're young at heart, there will be the teen's room where you can fully explore your geeky side.
Computer games, guitar hero, real guitars, etc.
There's plenty more: Power walk or gym or yoga by the beach in the morning, etc.
Check me rocking this trampoline.
I was shitting in my pants.
Though the only thing NOT FREE on the resort is the spa, which is a third party service to the resort so you would need to pay extra for that.
Oh gosh I loved the Balinese massage.
Before I get way out of topic here, let me talk about the evening entertainment.
Every night, there will be performance, performed by none other than these very Gracious Organizers.
It's insane. They work in the day time, bringing "members" everywhere, going on powerwalks and stuff, then they perform at night, a routine they scripted it themselves and which costumes they designed themselves.
Like where the heck did they find the time, were they supermen or something?!
(I heard they did they practice at night after everyone sleeps, like from 1am till 2:30am, that's crazy!)
Though the only thing NOT FREE on the resort is the spa, which is a third party service to the resort so you would need to pay extra for that.
Oh gosh I loved the Balinese massage.
Before I get way out of topic here, let me talk about the evening entertainment.
Every night, there will be performance, performed by none other than these very Gracious Organizers.
It's insane. They work in the day time, bringing "members" everywhere, going on powerwalks and stuff, then they perform at night, a routine they scripted it themselves and which costumes they designed themselves.
Like where the heck did they find the time, were they supermen or something?!
(I heard they did they practice at night after everyone sleeps, like from 1am till 2:30am, that's crazy!)
So where does the brilliant concept I talked about come in?
Now, imagine this scenario.
You just broke up from a long term relationship.
You wanted to take a break. It's been forever since you went travelling on your own and you didn't know how to anymore. You hardly had any close single friend you could hang out or asked to travel with you because all those years you spent every waking hour with your good-for-nothing boyfriend.
Where could you go?
You're afraid. You're insecure about travelling alone. You didn't know how to rent your own car or take your own public transport, or order your own food in a foreign country.
Everything seemed scary and you seemed to be running out of choices in terms of travelling destination.
Then suddenly a place like this turned up. Club Med - A place where everyone was friendly, where everyone was your friend. You didn't have to worry what you would have to do after being single because there's tons of activities for you to do once you check in.
People feeling more pleased to bring you on your first rock-climb, or sailing, or even sit down with you just to talk about everything under the stars away with a cocktail, or two, or three.
A place where you meet gorgeous fun loving like-minded people. A place to take your mind off and be completely yourself, instead of feeling insecure on what would happen if you lose your wallet.
Then every night, there's party by the pool, to drink your life away and curse at your ex's name while you dance and grind with a new hot Swedish who can't wait to ravish you (this I'm just assuming, hey I got hit on by a good looking European during the trip, it can happen).
Of course, this is just a scenario. It can apply to single ladies or bachelors around, or couples or even families. It's a concept that works all around.
Now imagine this. There are over 100 Club Med destinations around the world, from the 5 Triton (they ranked it by Triton instead of stars) in Mauritius to 3 Triton in Sahoro, Japan.
Check out Club Med Kani in Maldives.
Not just beaches, in Japan there's ski resort Club Med. Means you can ski all day long and might even find yourself a romance up in the snow mountain. So very "Eat, Pray, Love" style.
My recent trip to Club Med Cherating in Kuantan was to celebrate Club Med's 60th Birthday. I will talk about my stay there in the next post, which involves lots of good food and good themed parties. ;) Oh, and there's Michael Jackson, too.
That's about as much as I can share on my thoughts on Club Med in this post.
In fact, I want to plan a trip to Club Med Kani. Damn those water chalets are beautiful!
