In Reply to: Cringe factor and Bali Ayu posted by Hillary on Wednesday, 19. July 2006 at 09:47 Bali Time:
We've stayed there three times and will again. We have never experienced any bad behaviour there from anyone, just friendliness from Aussies, Kiwis and assorted Europeans, many of them [like me] "older Australians". We tried Bali Ayu after it was recommended to us by a couple of Aussie friends, who are very polite people themselves.
I don't doubt that Bali Ayu sometimes gets some ignorant guests who make normal people squirm, but I suppose that could be said of just about anywhere. Maybe we've just been lucky, or maybe you were unlucky.
We use places like Bali Ayu as a lead-in hotel to get a good deal and then spend the rest of our time moving around and negotiating our own deals at hotels which take our fancy, so we never find ourselves in the situation of having a spoilt holiday which we can't easily get out of.
For those who are interested, there is a current thread on BaliChat about ignorant people, not all of whom are budget type travellers.