I guess pricing depends on requested services and your Hotel.The cost was quoted by the Hotel and directly charged to my folio.

I can attest to that also. My recent stay in Sep 2009 was fantastic even as an SPG Gold. The upgraded studio room was superb and spacious. Loved the manicured lawns and exquisite bale begongs. Requests for coffee throughout the day were met without any glitch.

If I can't still accumulate 30-35k Starpoints for St Regis redemption, I may stay here again next July 2010 :)

Free Breakfast & Internet (I hope its unlimitted and not the 15min offered previously) sounds nice.

Is airport transfers really comp for platinums now ? Almost unbelievable ...

Mario,
I was given a card of additional Platinum benefits that has free internet on it.
No charges for it appeared on my Bill. I was given free transfers in a deal done with the Reservations Manager.If you PM me, I will give you her details.

Thanks :)

If the transfer was part of a deal (rather than a platinum benefit), I wouldnt pursue it.

We stayed here on New Years Day, mainly just to use up my AP free night and as many other hotels were full.

We opted for the collection and it worked great until we got outside when it went pear shaped and we were left standing in the heat for 25 minutes as the car was nowhere to be seen. They said it was stuck in traffic, which is fair enough and can happen, but they should know how the traffic is and arrange accordingly. All the others on the same flight who had the concierge service were away immediately. They tried to put us in a taxi for the same rate - US$17 - as the hotel was charging us!.

They eventually got us in another vehicle and away we went. In fairness when I complained about it the duty manager came to see us to apologise and they wiped the charge as well as providing a hotel car to wherever our next destination was, which was only the Conrad.

Other than that it was a fabulous stay as they put is in one of their two enormous suites, I think it was called the Raja ?. By far the biggest suite I have ever been in. Not bad for an award stay, just a shame we were only there one night.

Just an update on some of the information posted above,

1) Internet : Its complimentary for Platinum members throughout their stay (previously only for 15min per stay), you purchase it in your room at a rate of $15 per day but they will remove the charge.

2) Breakfast : Its "not" complimentary for Platinum members. The charge for continental breakfast is around $11++ while for full breakfast its around $15++

The one next to the huge beach front villa under construction ?

:):)I'll be there in March too!

I'll be doing one night at the Laguna Resort and the other night at the Westin (just 2 nights in Bali altogether) so will be a rather short trip in comparison to the rest of you.

Anybody have any suggestions on what one can do OUTSIDE the resort? I heard there're places you can go to watch dolphins etc - any advice would be much appreciated!!

:):):)

Go to Bali to watch dolphins ? I believe its off the northern coast which isnt quite so convenient. There is a golf course just outside the resort, if you play golf. Or hire a driver for a day to visit the usual spots if you have not already done it before.

We are doing a biking tour of the Bali countryside (balibiketours.com), checking out the Bali Zoo as well. May take a trip to Kuta too. Planning lots of beach/lagoon lounging!

Forgot about this thread...

Things to do outside the resort;

1) Bali bike tour was fantastic, if a bit hot. Had a great time, very informative.

2) Walked around Kuta (meh) and Seminayak (great fun for boutique shoppers like my wife). Beautiful beach, much better than Nusa Dua.

3) Eat. Bumbu Bali in Nusa Dua is faaaantastic. Get the rijstaffel (sp?)

And eat lots of passionfruit and jackfruit!

BTW resort and service were fantastic. Breakfasts were amazing. Get a lagoon access room; nothing beats waking up and jumping into the lagoon before an exotic fruit-filled meal.

oh no, I was watching for C&P for this property Dec 17-21 and it was available a few weeks ago but now there is nothing available for the entire month! ack! anyone know if C&P may open up closer to time? Or am I just out of luck? :(

Highly unlikely.

hmmmm so it looks like no more C&P but there is availability for using points to redeem for free nights.

Is it worth it to stay at the Laguna 10,000pts per night versus the Westin 7,000pts per night?

We will be putting up my parents as well so a 3 night trip would run us 60k pts for Laguna vs 41k for Westin...