In Reply to: The thing is notice at 5* hotels posted by Andytoo on Monday, 26. September 2005 at 14:31 Bali Time:
We have been a few times, and discuss this same thing each time. In the end, you spend more time out of the hotel than in it, so this time (Jan 2006) we have booked Bali Gardens, which is 3 star approx. I took my teenage kids to the White Rose and gave them their own room - they stayed in it, and even ordered in MacDonalds by phone, so I wasted my money. If you read the archives for BG, comments are nearly all excellent, and it is by the beach, near good food, and near waterbom - my other kids are 9 and 7, and they want food and swimming. I got quotes for better places, but they were nearly 2 grand more. We won't go upmarket again until we win lotto (this weekend). Having said that, some of the dearer places are immaculate - we're taking a list this time to go and look at a few, to see if we're missing anything.