I’m thinking of turning my nectary here...
...into a resort. Originally it was (obviously) going to be only a nectary but I just thought of the idea of turning it into a small resort along the lines of one of those pretty getaways that occur in the wine country like Napa Valley, for instance.
I have the vineyard finished..
so I thought to try making the actual nectary into a cute resort. My concern is that it will be on too small of a lot so I’m going to have to do some major renovations to my existing building.
So here’s my question: If any of you have built a resort before, how did it go for you and your sims? Is it fairly challenging? Any tips, tricks or ideas on what should be done for it?
I’m already doing research on Carl’s site with resorts, but I also thought to see if any of you on here had some resort experience
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Do you have Misty´s rabbithole rugs? Because they´ll help a lot when you have limited space! Then I would put them into a cellar with good access for the Sims. And you´ll have some place to put the requirements on the lot!
https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/953447/streuner-a-cat-s-tale
If the lot is too small, you can always copy it to the bin, then put it back down on a larger empty lot.
I have built a resort, up to 5 stars even. But it was a long time ago, just after Island Paradise came out, so I'm a little rusty. You're probably better off just looking at Carl's guide.
I've always wanted to try running one but keep forgetting to do that. Been playing the game since 2013 but there's still tons of stuff in the sims 3 left for me to explore... incredible, isn't it?
Your nectary looks very nice! I think it'd make a brilliant and unique resort lot. By the way, what world are you playing in? It's beautiful.
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https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuW44b3uCMtCSaq4gwC8EZg
That is a beautiful lot and would certainly make a fun place for sims to visit for a few days and relax. If you don't mind my asking where did you get the vines between the rows of grapes? It certainly gives it a more realistic grape arbor feel for a young vineyard. Beautiful!
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Carl's Guide for Resorts
You've built a beautiful nectary. If your Sims don't plan on running this resort you can build one or two bedrooms with a small kitchen for sort of a bed and breakfast. I don't know if townies will crash there but your Sims can.
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A top flight resort will need at lot of features to please guests, many of which are land-area intensive, like swimming pools, and a dining area big enough to accommodate food tables serving all kinds of meals.
I would recommend building your resort on an adjacent lot, near the nectary, instead, allowing each venue to really fully shine as what it is. YMMV, of course.
your lot is so beautiful @Amphora btw
I'm currently playing a family that owns a resort in Sunlit Tides called 'Sunlit Stay.'
Resorts are really fun to play around with and I think the aesthetic of your build would go well to make a bed and breakfast type resort. My resort is 4 stars currently and I have found that for a five star resort there are quite a few requirements:
-Buffet tables of all the different food set to high quality
-A pool (chlorinated)
-Hot tub
-Loads of decorations and flowers/shrubs etc
-Room service
-High upkeep
-Wedding Arch
-Coal firewalk pit
-Pool bar
-Gym
-Food stand
That's not everything but it's what came up in the reviews of my resort. I think most of these you'd be able to incorporate into your build as long as it's big enough. Like previous users have said, you can place the resort towers in the basement if you think they interfere with the aesthetic or take up to much space. Good luck with your resort if you go ahead with it. I'd love to see pictures of it when it's done.
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Here are pics to give you an idea of how my resort currently looks.
I went for a 50x50 lot size. As you can see the redundant wing of the hotel is at the back.
Your nectary is absolutely gorgeous. I hope you find a way to include the resort. Good Luck getting it sorted.
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When you start running the resort you need to click on it to see its reviews and they'll let you know what you need to add or remove to rate higher.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuW44b3uCMtCSaq4gwC8EZg
Thank you Also thanks for the tip about the guest rooms. As it happens I can do some minor adjustments so that sims can access the hidden towers. I have tried burying stuff in basements before, mainly community lots and it tends to end in tears.
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I built it in Isla Paradiso. It took a while to get it up to 5 stars. I originally built it at the end of the first playlist for The Isla Paradiso Bunch videos, but they didn't get the badge. It turns out you need a single sim household for the badge to trigger. Unless you are very lucky.
So I started the Caroline and Friends videos. Caroline got the badge for running the 0 star resort and the 5 star resort as a single sim household. But the other thing is the sim can't own more than one resort at a time to get the badge.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuW44b3uCMtCSaq4gwC8EZg
@AlexaKry
I haven’t really tried out rugs, no. I did once but it was a miserable failure so I’m somewhat leery of them
@IreneSwift
Thank you for the kind words! Yes, first thing I discovered is that this lot has pretty much no space for any of the required resort activities and frankly, I’m too lazy to retool the entire lot lol!
@Angie1301
Thank you!
@bklienhart
That is something I have done since I posted this question. Thank you for the idea
@ChocoCub
Thank you! The world I’m playing in is Saint Greer Islands
@Karritz
Towers in the basement is a brilliant idea! Thank you very much
@bekkasan
Thank you for your input! Everyone’s ideas on here have really helped me start the planning process on a resort
The vines can be found here. They are technically a fence but you can only recolor the grapes into either a white or a purple grape if I remember right
@SimplyJen
Thanks for the link and the ideas! I appreciate it
@Sindocat
Agreed. In the far future when I’m not feeling lazy I plan on plonking that lot somewhere and turning it into a big and fancy ol’ wine resort.
@Emo-usagi2187
I agree! Resorts are way hard to figure and plan out
@buffyballoon
Thank you! My sims aren’t usually very well off. Kind of ruins the fun for me
@FabBunny
Thanks! And thank you for all those ideas for the resort! That’s the kinda stuff I’ve been looking up and trying to find out so this is very helpful.
@Bettyboop55
What an absolutely lovely resort! You did such a great job on it. Much better than my one pathetic attempt
When I got IP I also got the "mended" version made by a fan, so the world worked mostly okay and I was able to play with the resorts.
Sims are horribly demanding. They complain if everything is not luxury. They want all the possible foods- that takes up a lot of room. They want entertainment - bars, hot tubs, fire walks, gyms, pools, which also takes up a lot of room They want fancy landscaping with lots of plants and features. The bathrooms break down, there is always something needing to be repaired. I've successfully created and run a good resort after practicing on the ready made ones. I wouldn't want to majorly rebuild something as lovely as your nectary. My tip - get a handy sim to make "unbreakable" anything and everything that can be upgraded. Sinks, tvs, radios, toilets, hot tubs, you name it, before you open the resort. Otherwise you'll be tearing out your hair in very short order. Read the guests' reviews daily to see what whingeing little complaints they are making that day. It gives you a good clue as to how you can improve your resort, and feed them plenty of suchi. They can't get enough suchi.
This is the best tip, right here, for getting up to 5 stars. You can also serve best quality food, best quality drinks, and have max service workers at the highest salary, and charge only medium costs to guests, and be quite profitable.
At least one resort rabbithole.
The tower one and the spanish inspired one when upgraded give you spas that help raise your resort level up so are handy for reaching 5 stars. To maximize profits the resort tower is the best as it fits the most people and profits are tied to how many people your resort can fit and the rates you charge. However, a smaller tower will not harm ratings unless you dont have a spa.
A small complex that will hold the reception desk, food services (buffet/bar) and a gym. If there isnt a good space out side for a pool, I'll try ro put that inside as well.
Also make sure your eating area can fit multipul buffet tables as sims like having a variety of food options. I useually slowly add these in as i have more money being made to cover the costs.
Finally I try to find a spot for a snack stand somewhere.
Food I imediatly raise the quality to top level and then I slowly raise the quality of other items over time as I can charge more and have more people stay (done by upgrading/adding towers).
I basically never bother with VIP suites since they take up a lot of time and space per person that can fit in it (dosnt translate into much profits).
Ultimatly as mentioned above, read reviews left at the end of each day it will give you good pointers on what to do.
(Top left to bottom right)Edur Zahrah, Cinderella, Tiana, Pocahantas, Ariel, Aurora, Belle, Emerson, Nicole, Traci, Addisyn
> I’m thinking of turning my nectary here...
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> ...into a resort. Originally it was (obviously) going to be only a nectary but I just thought of the idea of turning it into a small resort along the lines of one of those pretty getaways that occur in the wine country like Napa Valley, for instance.
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> I have the vineyard finished..
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> so I thought to try making the actual nectary into a cute resort. My concern is that it will be on too small of a lot so I’m going to have to do some major renovations to my existing building.
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> So here’s my question: If any of you have built a resort before, how did it go for you and your sims? Is it fairly challenging? Any tips, tricks or ideas on what should be done for it?
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> I’m already doing research on Carl’s site with resorts, but I also thought to see if any of you on here had some resort experience :)
Please please please make this lot downloadable. I have been trying to make those grapevines look realistic for soo long and yours look amazing! I'd love to see how you did it!