In Reply to: The dynamics are changing?? posted by Baldie on Thursday, 7. May 2009 at 11:38 Bali Time:
It's a good thing that the package deals are losing favour. For single travellers having to pay a supplement at a package deal hotel is just absurd when at most other hotels single occupancy is actually cheaper, sometimes quite significantly, for the equivalent standard of accommodation.
And those package deal hotels often could not give a flying f*** about guests as they know that the hotel will constantly be full. Things may well be different once the cheap air fare only flights kick in.
I do hope that travellers will branch out to try some of the smaller Balinese-owned hotels. I'm not sure about costs going up - the airline-affiliated hotels may well have to reduce their charges which would have a flow-on effect - wait & see.