Paying for chairs is a deal breaker for me!!! There average price at around $250-300.00 and they can't absorb the chairs??? Maybe high season they can pull that BS, but not off season!! For the first time in YEARS we paid for chairs at Kontiki, I get it, they need to pay the staff. But always chairs were part of the deal no matter where we stayed on Orient. If you are a frequent flyer there, I would think they should forgo the fee!! Glad you had a wonderful restful vacation!!