$99 outgoing seats available from 22 jan,
End of school holidays discount.
promoted as from 26th, but seats earlier shown.
e.g. Family 2+2 $671 returning 1/2 (miss one day school? ) Or $791 returning earlier.
Includes airport taxes at both ends. No Visa fee in Bali currently.
Lots more Summer offers at the regular discounts:
https://tigerair.com.au/deals
a) a Taxi. Prepaid in airport.
b) 20 years? Whats wrong with a $2/night beach bungalow like last time?
a) Thanks, taxi sounds great.
b) Well I am double the age, with about five times the income, so I can afford to spend more than $2/night now. :)
For accommodation find the best online price then email/phone them directly and ask them to match/beat it and include airport transfer. Places like agoda.com and booking.com take 10-15% comission, they'll usually be more than happy to give you 5-10% less than the best price you can find and the airport transfer costs them nothing relative to your room charges.
I like Sanur & Ubud. Maya Resort & Spa has a location in both and both are good.
Thank you, I'm going to check them out now.
Hotels sign contracts with the major OTA's. Part of that contract relates to not being undercut.
The vast majority of hotels will actually tell you to book through the OTA as they cannot offer such low rates.
To ensure that hotels are fulfilling their end of the bargain, OTA's employ mystery shoppers who's job is to phone around and see which contracted hotel is willing to discount their room past the agreed price that they cannot drop below.
The consequences of undercutting the booking agents are drastic ensure compliance. Most will stick very solid to their agreement.
Think of a business that no longer appeared on Google or Bing. It would be a near fatal outcome.
That's why hotels are unlikely to take the risk.
So ask yourself, why would the property be willing to risk their relationship with businesses that provide endless referrals, for the sake of discounting for 1 guest?
What hotels can do that OTA's cannot, is offer 7 nights for the price of 6 or throw in airport transfers/meal/massage. They won't beat the OTA's price and then chuck in those extras.
It used to happen but now it's rare.
If heading to Sanur, have a look at the Fairmont (now managed by Accor). Maya is nice but has tiny pools and a very small beach frontage.
I've heard that argument before. And yet I'm generally able to get a price match, sometimes a discount.
Hang on. That's not what you originally stated.
You suggested that they will discount 5-10% past the best online price you can find, plus throw in extras.
I'm clarifying that that just doesn't happen anymore, for the valid reasons I have provided.
It makes no long term business sense for a hotel to undercut their selling agents.
I'm heading to Sanur at Christmas. I am staying in a club room at the Prama.
I found the best online price which happened to be through Agoda.
I phoned the hotel reservations department. Told them about the rate I was looking at online, was told that they cannot reduce their own online rate and suggested booking through the agent.
They still stick to their guns knowing that they could have saved 10-15% commission.
Of course there are properties that will run the gauntlet but rarely are they reputable hotels.
@JudoChop: So your story of it not working in one instance is perfectly valid but my story of it working multiple times is to be ignored? Come on.
The worst that can happen is they say no. Give it a go.
Sounds like illegal price-fixing.
How about if I just book my first night, or arrive early, and visit a few front desks, asking for a good rate?
Also, you can ask to be shown the room, and might get a better one than by booking in advance.
- All assuming that its not peak season and full, and you are in an area with competition close by.
Would this be a good idea? We travel light.
@tantryl:
It's not one instance. I am in the industry and gave you a 'recent' personal example. I even named the hotel!!! All you've given is generalisations that would cause someone to waste their time calling Indonesia multiple times for no gain in 90% of instances.
Please don't ignore the reasoning I gave you.
Walk-up rates are typically going to be more expensive than the best online rate you can find.
@JudoChop: I can generally agree with that for the higher star places. If we were in the immediate post bali bombing period that'd be an option but not really now.
On your "waste their time calling Indonesia multiple times for no gain in 90% of instances" - why would they call multiple times? Why would they even call once?
Pick your place. The place you like the look of. Find the best price you can find. Email them and ask for that price. Don't get a positive reply? Call them if you really want. Try to make an agreement. It doesn't work? Go with the cheaper online offer. You're "wasted" an entire 5-10 minutes and if you're on a plan with some free international minutes a grand total of $0.
Thanks to those who made accomodation suggestions. Ended up booking 5 nights at The Ayana Resort & Spa, Jimbaran.
Nice spot. Looks like your airfare was about the same as one nights accommodation.
My husband picked it. I would of preferred to stay in Ubud.
Might be a bit rainy in January.
Its wet season, but no big deal - it keeps the dust and smoke down. Still plenty of sunshine.
Singapore has a 365 day wet season.
Last Christmas over our 3 week Bali vacation we had a total of 4 daytime downpours that last around 15-20 mins each. Then the sun came out again :)
Ok, so I just booked a stay for a few days (2 adults and 1 child). Haven't been to Bali in approximately 20 years.
* Whats the best way to get from the airport to the hotel?
* What is a half decent (4 or 5 star) hotel to stay at?