Would you have preferred if Sulani was a vacation world?

After playing Sulani as a residential world for a couple of days I can see why the teams made it the way it is. As someone who never did care for running or owning resorts I don't really miss having that option. I will probably do a workaround for a few of my wealthier Sims so they are able to own a home on Sulani along with owning a home in their home world. That would be enough to satisfy me. Previous attempts at having resorts and hotels never seemed to work out very well so perhaps the fact they aren't a part of this expansion was the best idea afterall.

"Rhiannon1307;c-17150680" wrote:
Yes and no. I would really love the option to have rentable lots in all worlds as was possible in Sims 2 and 3. Or even better, have actual hotels. I loved hotels in Sims 2.

Yes! There's no need for vacation worlds - they should definitely do it like Sims 2, that was brilliant.

It should have been both. Hotels\resorts should have been a major feature because nothing else in the pack is.

"keekee53;c-17151128" wrote:
It should have been both. Hotels\resorts should have been a major feature because nothing else in the pack is.

Funny because to me it's the exact opposite.
Hotels and resorts are pointless to me, but the pack as it stands now is amazing.

Actually, I like having dual use.
I am using a retail property as a vacation house. It's nice that other sims live In Sulani and I have the choice of either having a sim live there, or have my sims living outside Sulani and enjoying it too. This expands the game for all my sims instead of just having a thematic wrapper over the same game play with a few activities thrown in to support the theme and is only enjoyed by a few.

I am playing out a sim who is a writer and adventurer.
He lives in San Myshuno and bought an empty plot of land in Sulani. He started out just camping there for the weekend and slowly built up the lot to a vacation home.


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At this point he was staying for an entire week, since the money was rolling in from book sales and well paying freelance writer gigs.
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He met a Sulanese (?) who turned out to be a mermaid.
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She had an adventurous spirit and they both went to Selvadorada, which was certainly the opposite of paradise. (pretty miserable. :D )
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It was very interesting to go adventuring with a mermaid. She brought some useful powers, but at the same time there was the threat of dehydration.
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Since their vacation home is actually a retail lot, I took advantage of being able to sell both Sulani and Selvadorada items to tourists.
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They now live in Windenburg, on the island, which is better for her since she is a bit of a loner and doesn't like crowds, and she is surrounded by water (even though she can't swim in it :p ). They still jaunt off to Sulani which is appreciated more when you are away from it for a while.
The plan is for them to have children and add a second level to the vacation home in Sulani. They will eventually retire there.


Want to enjoy GeekCon despite the rain, bring a mermaid.


I really love playing this way and I love this scenario and I wish vacation homes had been supported in this pack along with the depth to make it more enjoyable and less clunky. I can't use this for sims with fame since the paparazzi are vicious on retail lots. I can't wait to use Sulani for my University students on spring break and they will probably live there for a year after graduating, working the conservationist career, before moving to the other worlds and starting their true careers.

I would PREFER to be able to change all my worlds to whatever I would like them to be Vacation etc. I don't like being restricted to one world we had more control in Sims 3 we could even change things in the world that were not a lot I just feel restricted in Sims 4. Please give the Sims players more control of the game I don't want more things just an open world.

I don't care about being able to live there or not, but having an option to use it as a vacation world for those who wanted it should have been there. I'm incredibly disappointed that they did not include hotels or any way to use rentals in Sulani. The lack of activity makes it seem more fitting for a vacation spot personally anyway, so I'll never understand why they didn't include that as an option. Here's hoping they'll update it so we can have rentals there in the future.

"ListentoToppDogg;c-17151325" wrote:
I don't care about being able to live there or not, but having an option to use it as a vacation world for those who wanted it should have been there. I'm incredibly disappointed that they did not include hotels or any way to use rentals in Sulani. The lack of activity makes it seem more fitting for a vacation spot personally anyway, so I'll never understand why they didn't include that as an option. Here's hoping they'll update it so we can have rentals there in the future.

1. Hotels would be the total opposite of what Island Living is about. It's like putting a highway right thru Granite Falls.
2. What lack of activity?

I was disappointed before I got the expansion but when I got it and started to play I changed my mind very quickly. I LOVE being able to be a resident/native and play with households living there.

All vacation worlds can benefit from both. Not just one or the other.