In Reply to: on a budget posted by gertie on Saturday, 31. October 2009 at 07:35 Bali Time:
for a month all up in Set/Oct just gone.
Everywhere was pretty full and hard to squeeze prices down when it's like that, Idul Fitri etc..
Flying from Sydney, we spent a little under 8 grand all up over the month for us & our 4 kids. (everything doubles as you need 2 rooms wherever you stay)
Best thing for us was finding cheap deals on the internet.
Stayed in Palm Beach hotel the 1st 3 nights, then the next 12 over on Lembongan in the Tanis Villas. Would spend a month here no problems.
Back to Tuban for 2 nights at Holiday Inn (internet deal Asia on Sale).
Hired a car for the next 12 days (200K per day), headed down to Bingin where we stayed 5 nights and Ulu's for another 5 (Blue Point internet deal, Agoda site).
Back to Rama Beach for last 2 nights (found on internet whilst staying at Ulu's), and even did Waterbom Park in our budget.
We have friends who happily go to Fiji for a week, stay in the resort and easily fork out 10 to 15 grand for it, don't know what they're missing.
The time before this we hired a car the whole time and cruised around Bali with the little ones in the back in bassinet's bought from Hardy's. Turning up at a place then organizing the next leg over a Bintang and a Sampoerna.
Whatever the cost you're taking away priceless family memories in the end.