all inclusive resorts in Bali
Jun 28, 2011, 10:36 pm
#1
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all inclusive resorts in Bali
Does anyone have any good recommendations for an all inclusive resort in Bali? My wife and I are looking for a great beach front experience and hopefully we can find something all inclusive.
Jun 30, 2011, 5:43 am
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All-inclusive is the anti-Bali option; you would miss out on most of the point of being there! Superb local food, dirt cheap. The all-inclusive beach resorts are concrete butlered 5-star ghettos, you might as well fly to Hawaii instead of all the way to DPS. Also all-inclusive are not cost-effective (unlike Mexico or Caribbean). Really think doing this is a big mistake -- I made that mistake in my first trip to Bali, staying in Nusa Dua ... never again, the rest of Bali is soooooo much better and less artificial.
Jul 12, 2011, 5:45 am
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After 16 visits to Bali, can I fourth the above?
Unless you are staying in a hotel with no other eating option (Nihiwatu springs to mind on Sumba, or in Bali, probably only The Menjangan) you miss out on so much going all inclusive.
As well as paying over the odds (as nothing beats the ambience a freshly caught BBQ on the beach with ice cold Bintang for less than US$10), you deprive the myriad of local entreprenuers and restaurants.
All inclusive in Asia tends to be re-heated European rubbish with a token local dish thrown in minus local flavours and spices.
Unless you are staying in a hotel with no other eating option (Nihiwatu springs to mind on Sumba, or in Bali, probably only The Menjangan) you miss out on so much going all inclusive.
As well as paying over the odds (as nothing beats the ambience a freshly caught BBQ on the beach with ice cold Bintang for less than US$10), you deprive the myriad of local entreprenuers and restaurants.
All inclusive in Asia tends to be re-heated European rubbish with a token local dish thrown in minus local flavours and spices.
All-inclusive is a horrible way to go in a place like Bali.