Privacy, cost and space are the key reasons why renting a luxury vacation villa on the island paradise of Bali, Indonesia can be a superior experience to booking a hotel for a vacation abroad.
By their very nature, hotels are often located near airports, in the center of busy commercial areas, or surrounded by noisy nightclubs and restaurants. When you book a hotel room, you should expect a lot of other travelers to be around. You may be there to see the sights, but you can also expect to see many other tourists.
Hotels often have crowded in-house bars, nightclubs and pool areas, all of which tend to create noise and interfere with your privacy. All too often, there can be late-night poolside parties at Bali hotels that probably don’t encourage you to get a restful sleep.
Villas, however, are often built in spectacular beachfront areas, or tucked away in mountainous regions with sensational views, perhaps even in the midst of rural Bali village areas. Many villas have their own private pools, where you can ‘naked dip’ to your heart’s content, if you wish, in complete privacy and peace. When you rent a villa for a vacation, you almost certainly have the entire house and gardens for your own use, usually with plenty of getaway corners where you can find peace or immerse yourself in a good book.
The villas have their own large kitchens so you can avoid the need to go to expensive restaurants or even cook your own meals. Many villas in Bali have their own in-house employed help staff who can even prepare custom meals for you, if you’re not the cook type.
Hotel rooms generally have only one bathroom. Villas often have an en-suite bathroom in each room, which means much more privacy, space, and options.
Hotel rooms usually have a bar fridge where you pay strictly per item you consume. The villas have a full-size fridge and even a freezer that you can pack with whatever food, snacks or soft drinks you prefer.
Depending on whether you’re willing to pay for a suite, hotel rooms, particularly in Bali, tend to be designed to fit as many people as possible in one building. Some even have specially designed (small) furniture that tries to make a small room seem bigger. Let’s just say that most mid-range hotels are designed for as many people as they can afford. Space is at a premium.
When renting a villa for your vacation, and many have four bedrooms or more, you can expect to pay up to 50% less, per square foot, than you would in an average hotel. Because they are often located in high-demand, high-density commercial areas, hotels have to charge higher prices to ensure they cover their high rental overhead.
In hotels, it is likely that you will have to queue at the reception to organize excursions, trips or additional services. You may even find that most of the best food is gone if you arrive too late for breakfast. Breakfast hours are very restricted in a hotel, because it must serve many more people.
In a villa, however, you have your own house staff dedicated to your personal service. You can sleep late and have breakfast whenever you want. The villa helpers can prepare meals for you as you wish and can go shopping for the exact ingredients you prefer. They can do daily cleaning, laundry and can arrange transportation, car or motorbike rental and book daily excursions for you. No queues, no crowds, less hassle and no wasted time.
Despite these reasons, official Bali figures show that more than 70% of visiting international tourists stay in hotels, while only 16.4% stay in Bali villas. Most are missing out on the unique villa experience.
There are many reasons why booking your Bali vacation in a luxury villa is so much better than being confined to a hotel room once again. It has been said that once a traveler stays in a villa for a vacation, he will never want to submit to the traditional hotel experience again.
Next time you are planning a holiday in Bali, why not consider the Villa option? You will be pleasantly surprised at how different a hotel experience is.