Originally Posted by
demue
Okay as a Hyatt Diamond your treatment will certainly be better at the GH than as nobody at the IC, but the Club at the IC is very nice.
As a property, personally, I think the IC is well ahead of the GH. The GH could be in any warm, sunny place and is not very Balinese. It is very big, but I found it quite soulless and didn't like the beach much. Also location wise I prefer Jimbaran over Nusa Dua any day.
YMMV, but consider signing up for IHG Ambassador (the kit and free weekend night certificate likely won't arrive in time for your trip) getting a guaranteed one category upgrade. If you can spend the $$$ get a Club Duplex and Ambassador status and you should get a higher level suite, e.g. Balinese Suite or even better like Uluwatu or so.
Hmmm interesting - I didn't realize Ambassador was a thing that you could sign up / pay for. By that same theory based on this thread I could potentially get the slightly cheaper Singaraja Duplex ($200++) and would get upgraded to the club?
Splurging for the Club Duplex is probably out of the budget for this trip so unfortunately not an option to leverage a Club Room into a higher level suite.
Originally Posted by
phol
I actually did the IC and the GH back to back on a points splurge a few months ago. There is no comparison imo. The IC is miles ahead. The property itself is much better, as is the location, and the GH was full of tour groups (as was most of Nusa Dua).
Good to know - I just stumbled upon the IC Bali almost accidentally so didn't even realize it was an option. Sounds like making this swap might be the way to go - especially since Hyatt isn't offering any promos to make up for things on the points side.